Kurt Fuller

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Kurt Fuller
Fuller at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Kurt Fuller (1953-09-16) September 16, 1953 (age 67) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education	Lincoln High School (Stockton, California) University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Jessica Hendra ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	2

Kurt 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 major parts 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 episode of NewsRadio. He has had a recurring role as Woody the Coroner on Psych and another on Supernatural, depicting an angel called Zachariah.^[1] Fuller later reprised the role for Supernatural's 300th episode "Lebanon." He also acted as a Senior Police Officer in the 2000 comedy Scary Movie, who is the commanding officer of Doofy.

In 1986 Fuller played the part of Frank in the US premiere of Steven Berkoff's play Kvetch in West Los Angeles.^[2] The following year he reprised the role Off-Broadway at the Westside Arts Theater.^[3]

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 in September 2008

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. Fuller is Jewish.^[4]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Video games[]

References[]

External links[]

• Kurt Fuller at IMDb