Kurt Fuller

Kurtis Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Stockton, California in 1971, and the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. He is best known for his roles in Psych, No Holds Barred, Wayne's World, and Supernatural. He also has a major part in Ghostbusters II (1989) and Scary Movie (2000).
== Career ==
Standing 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, Fuller is frequently cast as a weaselly executive, a smarmy authority figure, a law enforcement officer or overprotective father.[citation needed] He may be recognized as nerdy television director Russell in Wayne's World, a spiteful mayoral aide in Ghostbusters II, the sleazy television executive and mastermind of the "Battle of the Tough Guys", Mr. Brell in No Holds Barred, a seedy real estate agent in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, and power-abusing, egotistical NSC Director Robert Lindsey in the third season of Alias. Usually cast in comedic roles, Fuller played Werner Klemperer, whom he resembles, in Paul Schrader's Auto Focus and Karl Rove on the TV satire That's My Bush!. He also portrayed Pacific Bell Retirement Fund Executive Walter Ribbon in The Pursuit of Happyness.
Fuller has also appeared in many television shows, including Knight Rider, Timecop, Quantum Leap, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Ally McBeal, Felicity, Malcolm in the Middle, The West Wing, Boston Legal, Boston Public, House, Monk, Desperate Housewives, the live-action version of The Tick, Charmed, Carnivàle, My Name Is Earl, Ugly Betty, Glee, Drop Dead Diva and the pilot episodeof NewsRadio. He has had a recurring role as Woody the Coroner on Psych and another on Supernatural, depicting an angel called Zachariah.[1] He also acted as a Senior Police Officer in the 2000 comedy Scary Movie, who is the commanding officer of Doofy.
From 2010 to 2011, Fuller appeared in the ABC Network series Better with You: the show was canceled after a single season.
Fuller portrays director of the C.I.A., Grayden Osborne, in the ABC drama Scandal. He also appears in FOX's Us & Them with Jane Kaczmarek and Jason Ritter.
== Personal life ==
Fuller was born in San Francisco, California. He is married to actress and author Jessica Hendra (daughter of actor and writer Tony Hendra) and has two daughters named Julia and Charlotte. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987	The Running Man 	Tony 	
1988	Miracle Mile 	Gerstead 	
1988	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 	Mr. Glotter 	
1989	True Believer 	George Ballistics 	
1989	No Holds Barred 	Brell 	
1989	Ghostbusters II 	Jack Hardemeyer 	
1989	Under the Boardwalk 	Tortoise 	
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities 	Pollard Browning 	
1991	Eve of Destruction 	Bill Schneider 	
1991	Bingo 	Lennie 	
1992	Wayne's World 	Russell Finley 	
1992	Original Intent 	Alex Grabowsky 	
1993	Calendar Girl 	Arturo Gallo 	
1994	Reflections on a Crime 	Howard 	
1995	Stuart Saves His Family 	Von Arks 	
1995	French Exit 	Stubin 	
1995	Just Looking 	Chuck 	
1996	Twisted Desire 	Detective Becker 	
1996	The Fan 	Bernie 	
1997	Looking for Lola 	Dr. Gregory Hinson	
1997	Moonbase 	Deckert 	
1999	Diamonds 	Moses Agency 	
1999	Red Dog Squadron 	Kaiser Wilhelm 	
1999	Pushing Tin 	Ed Clabes 	
2000	Scary Movie 	The Sheriff 	
2002	Joshua 	Father Pat Hayes 	
2002	The New Guy 	Mr. Undine 	
2002	Auto Focus 	Werner Klemperer 	
2002	Repli-Kate 	President Chumley 	
2003	Anger Management 	Frank Head 	
2004	Ray 	Sam Clark 	
2005	Don't Come Knocking 	Mr. Daily 	
2005	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright 	Berdette 	
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness 	Walter Ribbon 	
2006	Good Cop, Bad Cop 	Kramer 	
2007	Mr. Woodcock 	Councilman Luke 	
2008	Superhero Movie 	Mr. Thompson 	
2008	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous 	Cousin Barry 	
2009	National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year	Dean Reardon 	
2010	Group Sex 	Bloom 	
2010	The Prankster 	Dean Pecarino 	
2011	Midnight in Paris 	John 	
2012	The Silent Thief 	Howard Henderson 	
2012	Love and Germophobia 	Dr. Robinson 	Short film
2013	The Frozen Ground 	D.A. Pat Clives 	
2013	Wrong Cops 	Music producer 	
2015	Accidental Love 	Reverend Norm 	
2015	A Light Beneath Their Feet 	Dr. Rutter 	
2017	The Wolves of Savin Hill 	Carl 	
2017	The Philosophy of Phil 	Jerome 	Post-production
2018	Office Uprising 	Lentworth 	
=== Television ===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1984 	Knight Rider 	Cameraman 	Episode: "Speed Demons"
1985 	Wildside 	Elliot Thogmorton 	6 episodes
1986-94 	L.A. Law 	Ed Freeling / Stan Nussbaum / Clifford Gild	3 episodes
1987 	Warm Hearts, Cold Feet 	Roger 	Television film
1987 	Cagney & Lacey 	Lorca 	Episode: "Waste Deep"
1987 	The Tortellis 	Charo's Manager 	Episode: "Coochie, Coochie"
1987 	Hooperman 	Eliot, the Nephew 	Episode: "John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye"
1987 	Sledge Hammer! 	FBI Agent Bunion 	Episode: "Hammer Hits the Rock"
1987 	Beverly Hills Buntz 	Harry 	Episode: "Fit to Be Tied"
1987-88 	Jake and the Fatman 	Mr. Burnstein 	2 episodes
1988 	It's Garry Shandling's Show 	Adam's Dad 	Episode: "The Soccer Show"
1988 	Newhart 	Bill Dryden 	Episode: "Would You Buy a Used Car from This Handyman?"
1988 	The Van Dyke Show 	Steve 	Episode: "Dick Stops Smoking"
1988 	227 	Bosworth Duncan 	Episode: "A Yen for Lester"
1989 	CBS Schoolbreak Special 	Peter Webster 	Episode: "Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story"
1989 	Glory Days 	Walter Ayoob 	Episode: "Whattya Wanna Do Tonight?"
1990 	Capital News 	Miles Plato 	13 episodes
1990 	Hurricane Sam 	Mr. Gower 	Television film
1991 	Shannon's Deal 	Garth 	Episode: "Greed"
1991 	Stat 	Mickey Weller 	Episode: "Psychosomatic"
1991 	Quantum Leap 	Lloyd Eastland 	Episode: "Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962"
1991 	Marilyn & Me 	Harry Lipton 	Television film
1992 	Laurie Hill 	Dr. Spencer Kramer 	10 episodes
1992 	Civil Wars 	Jonathan Bentel 	Episode: "Dirty Pool"
1992 	The Heart of Justice 	Dr. Leonard 	Television film
1993 	Relentless: Mind of a Killer 1993 	Dahlberg 	Television film
1993 	Harmful Intent 	Bingham 	Television film
1994 	Ellen 	Dr. Collins 	Episode: "The Refrigerator"
1994 	Diagnosis: Murder 	Dr. Albert Blank / Walter Litvak 	3 episodes
1995 	NewsRadio 	Ed Harlow 	Episode: "Pilot"
1995 	Virus 	Dr. Williams 	Television film
1995 	Vanishing Son 	Isaac 	2 episodes
1995 	See Jane Run 	Dr. Melloff 	Television film
1995 	Live Shot 	Mitch Merman 	Episode: "The Forgotten Episode"
1995 	Murder, She Wrote 	Sheriff Milo Pike 	Episode: "A Quaking in Aspen"
1995 	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 	Vincent Van Strough (voice) 	Episode: "History of the Monster World: Part One /
Fear, Thy Name Is Ickis"
1996 	The Faculty 	Everette Sloan 	
1996 	Suddenly Susan 	Bill Keane 	Episode: "First Episode"
1996 	Twisted Desire 	Det. Becker 	Television film
1996 	Doomsday Virus 	Chet Walter 	2 episodes
1997 	Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder	Detective Tom Green 	Television film
1997 	Crisis Center 	Unknown character 	Episode: "He Said, She Said"
1997-98 	Timecop 	Dr. Dale Easter 	9 episodes
1998 	Brooklyn South 	Gerald Nader 	Episode: "Violet Inviolate"
1998 	Dharma & Greg 	David Saunders 	Episode: "The House That Dharma Built"
1998 	Principal Takes a Holiday 	Principal Frank Hockenberry 	Television film
1998-99 	Chicago Hope 	Artie Lomax 	2 episodes
1999 	The Practice 	Mr. Lawrence 	Episode: "Target Practice"
1999 	The Jack Bull 	Conrad 	Television film
1999 	Family Law 	Mr. Cutler 	Episode: "The Fourth Trimester"
1999–2001	Providence 	Thrifty Ticket Agent / Michael 	2 episodes
1999–2002	Ally McBeal 	Attorney Paget / Bernard Marsh 	2 episodes
2000 	The Beach Boys: An American Family 	Mike Love's Dad 	2 episodes
2000 	Angels in the Infield 	Simon 	Television film
2001 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Mr. Young 	Episode: "Hal Quits"
2001 	That's My Bush! 	Karl Rove 	8 episodes
2002 	The Tick 	Destroyo 	Episode: "The Tick vs. Justice"
2002 	Boston Public 	Ken Thomas 	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five"
2002 	Porn 'n Chicken 	Dean Widehead 	Television film
2002 	The West Wing 	SitRoom Civilian Advisor 	2 episodes
2002 	Felicity 	Paul Korsikoff 	Episode: "Back to the Future"
2002 	Live from Baghdad 	Inky 	Television film
2003 	The Guardian 	Frank DeScala 	Episode: "Understand Your Man"
2003 	Judging Amy 	Leonard Zook 	Episode: "Maxine Interrupted"
2003 	Oliver Beene 	Mitch 	Episode: "Home, a Loan"
2003 	Monk 	Dennis Gammill 	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man"
2003 	Karen Sisco 	Bo Sweeten 	Episode: "Nostalgia"
2003 	Alias 	Robert Lindsey 	6 episodes
2003 	The Handler 	Edward Burke 	Episode: "Dirty White Collar"
2004 	Las Vegas 	Siegel 	Episode: "Blood is Thicker"
2005 	House 	Mark Adams 	Episode: "Poison"
2005 	Unscripted 	Kurt 	2 episodes
2005 	Charmed 	John Norman 	Episode: "Carpe Demon"
2005 	Yes, Dear 	Doctor 	Episode: "Jimmy Has Changed"
2005 	Boston Legal 	Reverend Donald Diddum 	3 episodes
2005 	The 4400 	Keane Driscoll 	Episode: "Graduation Day"
2005–2006	Desperate Housewives 	Detective Barton 	5 episodes
2006 	In Justice 	Kenneth Long 	Episode: "Confessions"
2006 	Avatar: The Last Airbender 	Quon (voice) 	Episode: "Lake Laogai"
2006–2007	Big Day 	Steve 	12 episodes
2007 	Eyes 	Michael Zucker 	Episode: "Whistlebower"
2007 	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 	Ted Atkins 	Episode: "Monday"
2007 	The Batman 	Superior 	Episode: "Artifacts"
2007 	My Name Is Earl 	Mr. Baldwyn 	Episode: "G.E.D."
2007 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Sheriff Ned Bastille 	Episode: "Ending Happy"
2007 	Ugly Betty 	Mr. Tanen 	Episode: "How Betty Got Her Grieve Backy"
2007 	Shark 	Ben Bentley 	Episode: "For Whom the Skel Rolls"
2007 	Grey's Anatomy 	Jerry 	Episode: "Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction"
2008 	Hollywood Residential 	Chet 	
2009 	Eli Stone 	Doug Stemple 	Episode: "Tailspin"
2009 	Glee 	Mr. McClung 	Episode: "Preggers"
2009–2010	Supernatural 	Zachariah 	7 episodes
2009–2014	Psych 	Coroner Woody Strode 	33 episodes
2010 	Men of a Certain Age 	Scarpulla Manager 	Episode: "Back in the Sh*t"
2010 	Sons of Tucson 	Principal 	Episode: "Pilot"
2010 	Drop Dead Diva 	Henry Bingum 	Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey"
2010 	Svetlana 	Interrogator 	Episode: "Water-Board Certified"
2010–2011	Better with You 	Joel Putney 	22 episodes
2011–2016	The Good Wife 	Judge Peter Dunaway 	7 episodes
2012–2014	Parenthood 	Dr. Bedsloe 	5 episodes
2013 	Scandal 	Grayden Osborne 	4 episodes
2013–2014	Us & Them 	Michael 	7 episodes
2014 	Rebels 	Arnie 	Episode: "Pilot"
2014 	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight 	Mr. Abramson 	3 episodes
2014 	The Crazy Ones 	Mitchell Payson 	Episode: "Dead and Improved"
2014 	Jennifer Falls 	Dr. Wessman 	Episode: "Three Dates with My Mother"
2014 	Franklin & Bash 	Eckhart Smits 	Episode: "Honor Thy Mother"
2014 	Manhattan Love Story 	William 	11 episodes
2015 	Hot in Cleveland 	Gerald 	Episode: "Duct Soup"
2015 	Bones 	Sid Lauren 	Episode: "The Big Beef at the Royal Diner"
2015–2017	Rosewood 	Floyd Butters 	3 episodes
2016 	BrainDead 	J.K. Cornish 	Episode: "The Power of Euphemism: How Torture Became
a Matter of Debate in American Politics"
2017 	Bull 	Judge Robert Genda 	Episode: "Name Game"
2017 	Psych: The Movie 	Coroner Woody Strode 	Television film
2017 	American Dad! 	(voice) 	Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2018 	Heathers 	Principal Gowan 	Recurring role
2018 	Shooter 	Andrew Gold 	3 episodes