Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953) is an American character actor. He has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He is known for his roles in the films No Holds Barred and Ghostbusters II (both 1989), Wayne's World (1992), and Scary Movie (2000), as well as for his television roles playing Coroner Woody Strode in the USA Network television series Psych (2009–2014) and Zachariah in Supernatural (2009–2019).

Kurt Fuller
Fuller at GalaxyCon Columbus in 2024
Born	(1953-09-16) September 16, 1953 (age 72) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Education	Lincoln High School (Stockton, California) University of California, Berkeley
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Jessica Hendra ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	2

Early life

Fuller was born in San Francisco, California, and raised in Stockton.

Career

Fuller has played television director Russell in Wayne's World; a mayoral aide in Ghostbusters II; the television executive and mastermind of the "Battle of the Tough Guys", Mr. Brell, in No Holds Barred; a real estate agent in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark; and NSC Director Robert Lindsey in the third season of Alias. Fuller has also played real-life figures Werner Klemperer (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, portraying a malevolent 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.^[2]

In 1986, he played Frank in the US premiere of Steven Berkoff's play Kvetch in West Los Angeles.^[3] The following year he reprised the role Off-Broadway at the Westside Arts Theater.^[4] From 2010 to 2011, Fuller appeared in the ABC Network series Better with You, but the show was canceled after a single season.

Fuller portrayed director of the C.I.A., Grayden Osborne, in the ABC drama Scandal. He has also appeared in Fox's Us & Them with Jane Kaczmarek and Jason Ritter.

Personal life

Fuller in 2008

He is married to actress and author Jessica Hendra (daughter of actor and writer Tony Hendra) and has two daughters, Julia and Charlotte. Fuller is Jewish.^[5]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Running Man	Tony
1988	Miracle Mile	Gerstead
	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark	Mr. Glotter
	Red Heat	Detective
1989	True Believer	George Ballistics
	No Holds Barred	Brell
	Ghostbusters II	Jack Hardemeyer
	Under the Boardwalk	Tortoise
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Pollard Browning
1991	Eve of Destruction	Bill Schneider
	Bingo	Lennie
1992	Wayne's World	Russell Finley
	Original Intent	Alex Grabowsky
1993	Calendar Girl	Arturo Gallo
1994	Reflections on a Crime	Howard
1995	Stuart Saves His Family	Von Arks
	French Exit	Stubin
	Just Looking	Chuck
1996	Twisted Desire	Detective Becker
	The Fan	Bernie
	Independence Day	Dr. Libby Fields	News Footage
1997	Looking for Lola	Dr. Gregory Hinson
	Moonbase	Deckert
1999	Diamonds	Moses Agency
	Red Dog Squadron	Kaiser Wilhelm
	Pushing Tin	Ed Clabes
2000	Scary Movie	Sheriff Burke
2002	Joshua	Father Pat Hayes
	The New Guy	Mr. Undine
	Auto Focus	Werner Klemperer
	Repli-Kate	President Chumley
2003	Anger Management	Frank Head
2004	Ray	Sam Clark
2005	Don't Come Knocking	Mr. Daily
	The Civilization of Maxwell Bright	Berdette
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness	Walter Ribbon
	Good Cop, Bad Cop	Kramer
2007	Mr. Woodcock	Councilman Luke
2008	Superhero Movie	Mr. Thompson
	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous	Cousin Barry
2009	National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year	Dean Reardon
2010	Group Sex	Bloom
	The Prankster	Dean Pecarino
2011	Midnight in Paris	John
2012	The Silent Thief	Howard Henderson
	Love and Germophobia	Dr. Robinson	Short film
2013	The Frozen Ground	D.A. Pat Clives
	Wrong Cops	Music producer
2014	The Wolves of Savin Hill	Carl
2015	Accidental Love	Reverend Norm
	A Light Beneath Their Feet	Dr. Rutter
2018	Josie	Gordie
	Baja	Hal Johnson
	Office Uprising	Lentworth
2019	Phil	Dean Wurtz
2023	Sound of Freedom	Frost

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Knight Rider	Cameraman	Episode: "Speed Demons"
1985	Wildside	Elliot Thogmorton	6 episodes
1986–1994	L.A. Law	Ed Freeling / Stan Nussbaum / Clifford Gild	3 episodes
1987	Warm Hearts, Cold Feet	Roger	Television film
	Cagney & Lacey	Lorca	Episode: "Waste Deep"
	The Tortellis	Charo's Manager	Episode: "Coochie, Coochie"
	Hooperman	Eliot, the Nephew	Episode: "John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye"
	Sledge Hammer!	FBI Agent Bunion	Episode: "Hammer Hits the Rock"
	Beverly Hills Buntz	Harry	Episode: "Fit to Be Tied"
1987–1988	Jake and the Fatman	Mr. Burnstein	2 episodes
1988	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Adam's Dad	Episode: "The Soccer Show"
	Newhart	Bill Dryden	Episode: "Would You Buy a Used Car from This Handyman?"
	The Van Dyke Show	Steve	Episode: "Dick Stops Smoking"
	227	Bosworth Duncan	Episode: "A Yen for Lester"
1989	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Peter Webster	Episode: "Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story"
	Glory Days	Walter Ayoob	Episode: "Whattya Wanna Do Tonight?"
1990	Capital News	Miles Plato	13 episodes
	Hurricane Sam	Mr. Gower	Television film
1991	Shannon's Deal	Garth	Episode: "Greed"
	Stat	Mickey Weller	Episode: "Psychosomatic"
	Quantum Leap	Lloyd Eastland	Episode: "Nuclear Family - October 26, 1962"
	Marilyn and Me	Harry Lipton	Television film
1992	Laurie Hill	Dr. Spencer Kramer	10 episodes
	Civil Wars	Jonathan Bentel	Episode: "Dirty Pool"
	The Heart of Justice	Dr. Leonard	Television film
1993	Relentless: Mind of a Killer	Dahlberg	Television film
	Harmful Intent	Bingham	Television film
1994	Ellen	Dr. Collins	Episode: "The Refrigerator"
	Diagnosis: Murder	Dr. Albert Blank / Walter Litvak	3 episodes
1995	NewsRadio	Ed Harlow	Episode: "Pilot"
	Virus	Dr. Williams	Television film
	Vanishing Son	Isaac	2 episodes
	See Jane Run	Dr. Melloff	Television film
	Live Shot	Mitch Merman	Episode: "The Forgotten Episode"
	Murder, She Wrote	Sheriff Milo Pike	Episode: "A Quaking in Aspen"
	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	Episode: "Pilot"
	Suddenly Susan	Bill Keane	Episode: "First Episode"
	Twisted Desire	Det. Becker	Television film
	Doomsday Virus	Chet Walter	2 episodes
1997	Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder	Detective Tom Green	Television film
	Crisis Center	Unknown character	Episode: "He Said, She Said"
1997–1998	Timecop	Dr. Dale Easter	9 episodes
1998	Brooklyn South	Gerald Nader	Episode: "Violet Inviolate"
	Dharma & Greg	David Saunders	Episode: "The House That Dharma Built"
	Principal Takes a Holiday	Principal Frank Hockenberry	Television film
1998–1999	Chicago Hope	Artie Lomax	2 episodes
1999	The Practice	Mr. Lawrence	Episode: "Target Practice"
	The Jack Bull	Conrad	Television film
	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	Milton Love/Mike Love's Dad	2 episodes
	Angels in the Infield	Simon	Television film
2001	Malcolm in the Middle	Mr. Young	Episode: "Hal Quits"
	That's My Bush!	Karl Rove	8 episodes
2002	The Tick	Destroyo	Episode: "The Tick vs. Justice"
	Boston Public	Ken Thomas	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Five"
	Porn 'n Chicken	Dean Widehead	Television film
	The West Wing	SitRoom Civilian Advisor	2 episodes
	Felicity	Paul Korsikoff	Episode: "Back to the Future"
	Live from Baghdad	Inky	Television film
2003	The Guardian	Frank DeScala	Episode: "Understand Your Man"
	Judging Amy	Leonard Zook	Episode: "Maxine Interrupted"
	Oliver Beene	Mitch	Episode: "Home, a Loan"
	Monk	Dennis Gammill	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man"
	Karen Sisco	Bo Sweeten	Episode: "Nostalgia"
	Alias	Robert Lindsey	6 episodes
	The Handler	Edward Burke	Episode: "Dirty White Collar"
2004	Las Vegas	Siegel	Episode: "Blood is Thicker"
2005	House	Mark Adams	Episode: "Poison"
	Unscripted	Kurt	2 episodes
	Charmed	John Norman	Episode: "Carpe Demon"
	Yes, Dear	Doctor	Episode: "Jimmy Has Changed"
	Boston Legal	Reverend Donald Diddum	3 episodes
	The 4400	Keane Driscoll	Episode: "Graduation Day"
2005–2006	Desperate Housewives	Detective Barton	5 episodes
2006	In Justice	Kenneth Long	Episode: "Confessions"
	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Quon (voice)	Episode: "Lake Laogai"
2006–2007	Big Day	Steve	12 episodes
2007	Eyes	Michael Zucker	Episode: "Whistleblower"
	Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip	Ted Atkins	Episode: "Monday"
	The Batman	Superior (voice)	Episode: "Artifacts"
	My Name Is Earl	Mr. Baldwyn	Episode: "G.E.D."
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Sheriff Ned Bastille	Episode: "Ending Happy"
	Ugly Betty	Mr. Tanen	Episode: "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back"
	Shark	Ben Bentley	Episode: "For Whom the Skel Rolls"
	Grey's Anatomy	Jerry	Episode: "Physical Attraction... Chemical Reaction"
2008	Hollywood Residential	Chet
2009	Eli Stone	Doug Stemple	Episode: "Tailspin"
	Glee	Mr. McClung	Episode: "Preggers"
	Legally Mad	Lou Peable	Unaired pilot[6]
2009–2010, 2019	Supernatural	Zachariah	8 episodes
2009–2014	Psych	Coroner Woody Strode	33 episodes
2010	Men of a Certain Age	Scarpulla Manager	Episode: "Back in the Sh*t"
	Sons of Tucson	Principal	Episode: "Pilot"
	Drop Dead Diva	Henry Bingum	Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey"
	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"
	Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight	Mr. Abramson	3 episodes
	The Crazy Ones	Mitchell Payson	Episode: "Dead and Improved"
	Jennifer Falls	Dr. Wessman	Episode: "Three Dates with My Mother"
	Franklin & Bash	Eckhart Smits	Episode: "Honor Thy Mother"
	Manhattan Love Story	William	11 episodes
2015	Hot in Cleveland	Gerald	Episode: "Duct Soup"
	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"
	Psych: The Movie	Coroner Woody Strode	Television film
	American Dad!	Stadium Manager (voice)	Episode: "The Long Bomb"
2018	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jed Karey	3 episodes
	Shooter	Andrew Gold	3 episodes
	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Gareth Pratt	10 episodes
	Heathers	Principal Gowan	Recurring role
	Black-ish	Police Officer	Episode: "Christmas in Theater Eight"
2018–2019	The Good Fight	Judge Peter Dunaway	2 episodes
2019	Grand Hotel	Clive	Episode: "Groom Service"
2019–2024	Evil	Kurt Boggs	Series regular
2020	Psych 2: Lassie Come Home	Coroner Woody Strode	Television film
2021	Psych 3: This Is Gus
2022	Grace and Frankie	Albert	Episode: "The Raccoon"
	Would I Lie to You?	Himself	Episode: "Allowance PowerPoint"
2023	Night Court	Jeff Dewitt	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	L.A. Noire	Richard Coombs	Voice