Brett Cullen
Peter Brett Cullen (born August 26, 1956) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs. Early in 2007, he was cast as the role of an estranged father to one of the American football players, Tim Riggins (played by actor Taylor Kitsch), in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. Cullen was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Lucien Hugh Cullen, an oil industry executive, and Catherine Cullen. He graduated from Madison High School in Houston in 1974. Cullen graduated from the University of Houston, giving great credit to his highly acclaimed acting mentor and University of Houston professor, Cecil Pickett, who also mentored such Houston born actors as Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, & Brent Spiner among others. Cullen and Dennis Quaid's close friendship to this day dates back to the 1970s and it is Cullen who introduced Dennis Quaid to his current wife, Kimberly Buffington at a dinner in Austin, Texas. Cullen played Dan Fixx in the 1980s CBS drama Falcon Crest for two seasons (1986–1988) and Marshal Sam Cain in the ABC western series The Young Riders for one season (1989–1990). In 1980, he appeared as the second Gideon Chisholm in the last nine episodes of the CBS western miniseries The Chisholms. In the four earlier episodes, the Gideon Chisholm role was played by Brian Kerwin. Cullen was the lead actor as Ned Logan in the short-lived Legacy, which lasted for just one season (1998–1999). On the series The West Wing Cullen played Ray Sullivan, a fictional governor of West Virginia and the Republican nominee for Vice President. His guest appearances on TV include: The Incredible Hulk, Tales from the Crypt, MAS*H, V, Matlock, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Ally McBeal, Walker, Texas Ranger, Once and Again, Without a Trace, Cold Case, The Mountain, Monk, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Desperate Housewives, Pepper Dennis, Lost, Ghost Whisperer, Private Practice, Ugly Betty, and Friday Night Lights. In 2009, he had a recurring role in the ABC Family television series Make It or Break It. He has played two real-life astronauts, Jack Lousma in Apollo 13 (Brett is the CapCom at the time of the explosion; at that shift Lousma was the CapCom in real life) and David Scott in the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. His most recent appearance was in the role of Barton Blaze in the movie Ghost Rider. Other movie credits include Wyatt Earp (with Kevin Costner), Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (with Kenny Rogers and Bruce Boxleitner), Something to Talk About (with Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid), The Replacements (with Gene Hackman), On Golden Pond (with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer), Nancy Drew, and Gridiron Gang. He also played Bob Cleary in the 1983 mini-series The Thorn Birds. Cullen was recently cast in the up-coming femme comedy Monte Carlo alongside Selena Gomez, Andie MacDowell and Leighton Meester and is playing the role of Tom Eckert in the upcoming war film Red Dawn. On February 8, 2011, Brett was named the official spokesman for Houston Works which helps Houston residents with job training and placement, scholarships, consulting, technical initiatives focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics and summer job programs along with Youth Summits. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- 2024 · The Long Game as Judge Milton Cox
- 2023 · Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self
- 2022 · It Snows All the Time as Paul
- 2022 · American Carnage as Harper Finn
- 2022 · Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Bill Sharman
- 2021 · Reminiscence as Walter Sylvan
- 2020 · Big Dogs as Captain McKeutchen
- 2019 · The Turkey Bowl as Ed
- 2019 · Joker as Thomas Wayne
- 2018 · White Lie as Steve
- 2018 · FBI as Curtis Grange
- 2018 · The Riot Act as Dr. Willard Pearrow
- 2016 · River Guard as Chuck Flynn
- 2016 · The Shallows as Father
- 2015 · Narcos as Arthur Crosby
- 2015 · The Last Rescue as Captain Beckett
- 2015 · Point of Honor as Ralston Rhodes
- 2015 · Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self - Friend
- 2014 · Stalker as Will Hayes
- 2014 · True Detective as Gerald Kindt
- 2013 · The Blacklist as The Stranger
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Ilya Koslov
- 2013 · Under the Dome as Don Barbara
- 2013 · Devious Maids as Michael Stappord
- 2013 · 42 as Clay Hopper
- 2012 · The Guilt Trip as Ben
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Congressman
- 2012 · Red Dawn as Sgt. Tom Eckert
- 2012 · Beneath the Darkness as Sgt. Nickerson
- 2011 · Puncture as Nathaniel Price
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Nathan Ingram
- 2011 · Revenge as Jimmy Brennan
- 2011 · The Space Between as Used Car Salesman
- 2011 · Monte Carlo as Robert
- 2011 · Skateland as David Wheeler
- 2011 · Body of Proof as Captain Perkins
- 2010 · The Gates as Frank Buckley
- 2010 · The Runaways as Donald Currie
- 2010 · Justified as Greg Davis
- 2009 · White Collar as Agent Patterson
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- 2009 · Make It or Break It as Mark Keeler
- 2009 · Castle as Christian Dahl
- 2009 · Reunion as Jake
- 2008 · The Burning Plain as Robert
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Dane Kurtik
- 2008 · Brothel as Avery
- 2007 · Private Practice as Allan
- 2007 · The Life Before Her Eyes as Paul McFee
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Lawrence Henderson
- 2007 · Ghost Rider as Barton Blaze
- 2006 · Friday Night Lights as Walt Riggins
- 2006 · Ugly Betty as Ted LeBeau
- 2006 · Gridiron Gang as Frank Torrance
- 2006 · Pepper Dennis as Jack Bell
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Jack Applewhite
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Preacher Justin Mills
- 2004 · Suburban Madness as David Harris
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Detective Burnett
- 2004 · Lost as Goodwin Stanhope
- 2004 · The Mountain as
- 2004 · NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 as Hub Weber
- 2004 · Deceit as Sam Penny
- 2004 · Pixel Perfect as Xander
- 2004 · Life on Liberty Street as Dr. Jake Mitchell
- 2003 · Cold Case as Rob Deamer (2003)
- 2003 · NCIS as Todd Gelfand
- 2003 · Learning Curves as Brad, Sr.
- 2003 · National Security as Heston
- 2002 · Nancy Drew as Carson Drew
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Greg Pritchard
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Michael Boland
- 2002 · Monk as James Duffy
- 2001 · On Golden Pond as Charlie Martin
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as John Nolan
- 2000 · The Replacements as Eddie Martel
- 2000 · The Expendables as Deacon
- 1999 · The West Wing as Governor Ray Sullivan R-WV
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Leonard Andrews
- 1999 · Family Law as Dan Fortano
- 1998 · Legacy as
- 1998 · The Simple Life as Luke Barton
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Dave Scott
- 1997 · The Hired Heart as Bryan
- 1997 · Ally McBeal as
- 1997 · Perfect Body as Coach David Blair
- 1997 · Behind the Music as Self
- 1997 · The Killing Jar as Michael Sanford
- 1997 · Levitation as James
- 1997 · Orleans as Clade Charbonnet
- 1996 · Suddenly Susan as Adam
- 1996 · Arliss as
- 1996 · Shattered Mind as Sean
- 1995 · The Omen as Jack Mann
- 1995 · Something to Talk About as Jamie Johnson
- 1995 · Apollo 13 as CAPCOM 1
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Dr. James Martin
- 1994 · Gambler V: Playing for Keeps as Sundance Kid
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Saddle Tramp
- 1994 · A Kiss Goodnight as Carl Jasper
- 1994 · Keys as Police Chief Sam Wasser
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Tim Rutland
- 1993 · Prehysteria! as Frank
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Pete Drayton
- 1993 · Mother of the Bride as Dennis Becker
- 1993 · Complex of Fear as Ed Wylie
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Deral
- 1992 · Grapevine as Ken
- 1992 · Leaving Normal as Kurt
- 1991 · Where Sleeping Dogs Lie as John Whitney
- 1991 · By the Sword as Gallagher
- 1991 · In a Stranger's Hand as Peter Harmon
- 1991 · The Sitter as Jeff Harper
- 1990 · The Image as Malcolm Dundee
- 1989 · The Young Riders as Marshal Sam Cain
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Ronnie Price
- 1988 · Dead Solid Perfect as Donny Smithern
- 1987 · I'll Take Manhattan as Dennis Brady
- 1986 · Stewardess School as Philo Henderson
- 1986 · Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story as Billy
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Cooper
- 1985 · Midas Valley as Brad Turner
- 1984 · V as Robert
- 1984 · Eureka Stockade as Charles Ross
- Future · Hard Matter as Sawyer
- 1984 · Single Bars, Single Women as Duane
- 1983 · The Thorn Birds as Bob Cleary
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Dan Fixx
- 1979 · The Chisholms as Gideon Chisholm
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as
- 1972 · M*A*S*H as McKegney