Don Stark

Don Stark
Donald Martin Stark (born July 5, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Pinciotti on the Fox Network sitcom That '70s Show for all eight seasons (19982006) and fictional Los Angeles Devils owner Oscar Kinkade in VH1's Hit the Floor, Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and John Carter (2012). He also provided the voice of Vincent in Father of the Pride (2004–2005) and voiced Rhino in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1995-1997). He is the proud of father of two daughters, Nicole and Samantha.
Early life
Stark was born in New York City. His father, Nathan Stark (1924–2008), was an actor. Don's mother, Harriet (1926–1993), was a homemaker.
As a child, Stark and his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, settling in the San Fernando Valley. Stark graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in Reseda, California, in 1972. He played football for the school team, and he won leading roles in the theater arts department. He portrayed John in Dark of the Moon, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, and, in an award-winning Shakespeare Festival scene, the title role in Othello.
After high school, Stark attended California State University, Northridge, originally studying business before deciding to major in theater arts.
Career
Stark has an extensive background in dancing, bodybuilding and martial arts. Don is probably best recognized as Bob Pinciotti, the bumbling next-door neighbor of the Forman family and the father of Donna Pinciotti (Laura Prepon) on the FOX sitcom That '70s Show.
Don's roles in movies include Switchblade Sisters (1975), Tilt (1979), Evilspeak (1981), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and The Couch Trip (1988), as well as a small role as a clerk in the comedy film Feds (1988). He has also been a guest on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and had a small role in the Star Trek film Star Trek: First Contact. He had a small role in an episode of Supernatural as a victim of a ghost that had been summoned by ritual to murder. He also guest starred on Viper, Disney Channel's Cory in the House, Stargate SG-1 and CSI.
He had a supporting role in the 1996 television series Time Cop. In addition, he appeared in iCarly's movie: iGo to Japan as Freight Dog, the pilot who flies the gang over to Tokyo, Japan.
Stark appears in the first episode of the 1987 TV series Beauty and the Beast as one of the attackers who puts Linda Hamilton's character "Catherine" in Central Park where the beast, or "Vincent", played by Ron Perlman, finds her and helps her, which begins the series. He appeared as David in the film My Name is Jerry. He appeared as the Prime Minister of Russia in the episode of Cory in the House, "Air Force One Too Many". He plays the boss, Stan, in the web series Corey & Lucas For the Win. He also provided his voice for Rhino in few episodes of Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
One of his more recent appearances was as a mobster in the episode of Castle, "Murder He Wrote". He also had a small, uncredited role as a principal in Anger Management, "Charlie Lets Kate Take Charge". Stark plays the role of Oscar Kincade in the television series Hit the Floor. He played Uncle Frank in the 2015 film Hello, My Name Is Doris. He played Judge Talbertson in the 2017 Scorpion episode, "Who Let the Dog Out ('Cause Now It's Stuck In a Cistern')". Also in 2017, Stark played Bernie Greenfield, a drug-addicted Hollywood executive in There's...Johnny!.
Selected filmography
1973 Outrage as Carl Dibble
1975 Switchblade Sisters as Hook
1979 Tilt as Gary Laswitz
1981 Evilspeak as Bubba Caldwell
1981 Choices as Lance
1986 Peggy Sue Got Married as Doug Snell
1988 The Couch Trip as Peterson
1988 Under the Gun as Joey
1988 Arthur 2: On the Rocks as Diner Customer
1988 Feds as Willy
1991 9 1/2 Ninjas! as 'Sledge'
1991 Liquid Dreams as Escort to Penthouse
1993 The Baby Doll Murders as Eric Green
1993 Freaked as Editor
1993 Lightning in a Bottle as Yard Messenger
1994 Revenge of the Red Baron as Detective Lewis
1994 Ring of Steel as Lieutenant Taylor
1994 3 Ninjas Kick Back as Umpire
1994 Maverick as Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
1995-1997 Spider-Man as Rhino (voice)
1995 Night of the Running Man as Rodney
1995 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up as Sheriff
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Gus
1995 Bombmeister as Unknown
1996 Heaven's Prisoners as Eddie Keats
1996 Santa with Muscles as Lenny
1996 Star Trek: First Contact as Nicky 'The Nose'
1996 Earth Minus Zero as John 'J.W.' Wayne
1998 Letters from a Killer as Geary
1998 American Dragons as Rocco
1998-2006 That '70s Show as Bob Pinciotti
1999 California Myth as Marshall
1999 Goosed as Dick
2002 The 4th Tenor as Tony
2002 Curb Your Enthusiasm as Stu Braudy
2004 Slammed as Uncle Mack
2007 Supernatural as Jay Wiley.
2008 iCarly as Freight Dog
2009 Dark House as Detective Gorog
2009 My Name Is Jerry as David
2011 Meeting Spencer as 'Wolfie'
2012 John Carter as Dix, The Storekeeper
2012-2017 NCIS as Marty Fiero
2013 Wrong Cops as Gary
2013 Random Encounters as Dr. Tim
2014 Roswell FM as Howard Bellringo
2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris as Uncle Frank
2015 Safelight as Jack
2016 Monkey Up as Tucker (voice)
2016 Café Society as Sol
2016 C Street as Super
2017 There's...Johnny! as Bernie Greenfield
2018 Green Book as Jules Podell
2018 Shameless as Congressman Wayne Ubberman
2019 7 Days to Vegas as Jim 'Angry Jim'
2022 Dollface as Craig Wiley
2023 That '90s Show as Bob Pinciotti
References
External links
Don Stark as Oscar Kindcade on VH1's Hit the Floor
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American people of German-Jewish descent
American people of Italian descent
California State University, Northridge alumni
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
Male actors from New York City
21st-century American Jews
1954 births
Cleveland High School (Los Angeles) alumni