Brett Cullen
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 26, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- Houston, Texas, USA
Biography
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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Kill Code
Movie · as Sawyer
The Breadwinner
Movie · as Walter Wilcox
Marshals
TV · as Harry Gifford · 9 eps
Safe House
Movie · as Marshall
Ransom Canyon
TV · as Samuel Kirkland · 11 eps
The Long Game
Movie · as Judge Milton Cox
BEEF
TV · as Kenny · 1 ep
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
Movie · as Self
American Carnage
Movie · as Harper Finn
It Snows All the Time
Movie · as Paul
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV · as Bill Sharman · 10 eps
Reminiscence
Movie · as Walter Sylvan
Big Dogs
TV · as Captain McKeutchen · 8 eps
The Turkey Bowl
Movie · as Ed
Joker
Movie · as Thomas Wayne
Truth Be Told
TV · as Owen Cave · 7 eps
The Riot Act
Movie · as Dr. Willard Pearrow
White Lie
Movie · as Steve
FBI
TV · as Curtis Grange · 1 ep
The Shallows
Movie · as Father
River Guard
Movie · as Chuck Flynn
The Last Rescue
Movie · as Captain Beckett
Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
Movie · as Self - Friend
Point of Honor
TV · as Ralston Rhodes · 1 ep
Narcos
TV · as Arthur Crosby · 10 eps
True Detective
TV · as Gerald Kindt · 3 eps
Stalker
TV · as Will Hayes · 1 ep
42
Movie · as Clay Hopper
Under the Dome
TV · as Don Barbara · 5 eps
Devious Maids
TV · as Michael Stappord · 26 eps
The Blacklist
TV · as The Stranger, Ilya Koslov · 6 eps
Red Dawn
Movie · as Sgt. Tom Eckert
The Guilt Trip
Movie · as Ben
Beneath the Darkness
Movie · as Sgt. Nickerson
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as Congressman
Puncture
Movie · as Nathaniel Price
Skateland
Movie · as David Wheeler
The Space Between
Movie · as Used Car Salesman
Monte Carlo
Movie · as Robert
Person of Interest
TV · as Nathan Ingram · 11 eps
Body of Proof
TV · as Captain Perkins · 1 ep
Revenge
TV · as Jimmy Brennan · 2 eps
The Runaways
Movie · as Donald Currie
The Gates
TV · as Frank Buckley · 6 eps
Justified
TV · as Greg Davis · 1 ep
Lone Star
TV · as Cooper Thomas · 1 ep
Reunion
Movie · as Jake
Castle
TV · as Christian Dahl · 1 ep
Three Rivers
TV · 1 ep
Make It or Break It
TV · as Mark Keeler · 18 eps
White Collar
TV · as Agent Patterson · 2 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Life Before Her Eyes
Movie · as Paul McFee
The Burning Plain
Movie · as Robert
Brothel
Movie · as Avery
The Mentalist
TV · as Dane Kurtik · 1 ep
Ghost Rider
Movie · as Barton Blaze
Burn Notice
TV · as Lawrence Henderson · 1 ep
Private Practice
TV · as Allan · 1 ep
Damages
TV · as Wayne Sutry · 6 eps
Gridiron Gang
Movie · as Frank Torrance
Friday Night Lights
TV · as Walt Riggins · 4 eps
Ugly Betty
TV · as Ted LeBeau · 3 eps
Pepper Dennis
TV · as Jack Bell · 5 eps
Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Jack Applewhite · 1 ep
Criminal Minds
TV · as Preacher Justin Mills · 2 eps
Pixel Perfect
Movie · as Xander
NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
Movie · as Hub Weber
Suburban Madness
Movie · as David Harris
Deceit
Movie · as Sam Penny
Life on Liberty Street
Movie · as Dr. Jake Mitchell
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Detective Burnett · 2 eps
Lost
TV · as Goodwin Stanhope · 4 eps
The Mountain
TV · 4 eps
National Security
Movie · as Heston
Learning Curves
Movie · as Brad, Sr.
Cold Case
TV · as Rob Deamer (2003) · 1 ep
NCIS
TV · as Todd Gelfand · 2 eps
Nancy Drew
Movie · as Carson Drew
CSI: Miami
TV · as Michael Boland · 1 ep
Monk
TV · as James Duffy · 1 ep
Without a Trace
TV · as Greg Pritchard · 1 ep
On Golden Pond
Movie · as Charlie Martin
The Expendables
Movie · as Deacon
The Replacements
Movie · as Eddie Martel
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as John Nolan · 1 ep
Once and Again
TV · 1 ep
Family Law
TV · as Dan Fortano · 1 ep
The West Wing
TV · as Ray Sullivan · 5 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Judge Leonard Andrews · 1 ep
Legacy
TV · as Ned Logan · 18 eps
The Simple Life
TV · as Luke Barton · 7 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
TV · as Dave Scott · 3 eps
Levitation
Movie · as James
The Hired Heart
Movie · as Bryan
Perfect Body
Movie · as Coach David Blair
The Killing Jar
Movie · as Michael Sanford
Ally McBeal
TV · as Professor James Dawson · 1 ep
Orleans
TV · as Clade Charbonnet · 8 eps
Behind the Music
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Shattered Mind
Movie · as Sean
Arli$$
TV · as Ryan Mason III · 1 ep
Suddenly Susan
TV · as Adam · 3 eps
Something to Talk About
Movie · as Jamie Johnson
Apollo 13
Movie · as CAPCOM 1
The Omen
Movie · as Jack Mann
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. James Martin · 1 ep
The Omen
TV · as Jack Mann · 1 ep
Gambler: Playing for Keeps
Movie · as Sundance Kid
A Kiss Goodnight
Movie · as Carl Jasper
Keys
Movie · as Police Chief Sam Wasser
Wyatt Earp
Movie · as Saddle Tramp
Prehysteria!
Movie · as Frank
Mother of the Bride
Movie · as Dennis
Complex of Fear
Movie · as Ed Wylie
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Pete Drayton · 1 ep
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Tim Rutland · 1 ep
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · as Deral · 1 ep
Leaving Normal
Movie · as Kurt
Grapevine
TV · as Ken · 1 ep
By the Sword
Movie · as Gallagher
In a Stranger's Hand
Movie · as Peter Harmon
The Sitter
Movie · as Jeff Harper
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
Movie · as John Whitney
The Image
Movie · as Malcolm Dundee
The Young Riders
TV · as Marshal Sam Cain · 24 eps
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Ronnie Price · 1 ep
Dead Solid Perfect
Movie · as Donny Smithern
Freddy's Nightmares
TV · as Carl · 1 ep
I'll Take Manhattan
TV · as Dennis Brady · 4 eps
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
Movie · as Billy
Stewardess School
Movie · as Philo Henderson
Matlock
TV · as Kevin Gilliam · 1 ep
Midas Valley
Movie · as Brad Turner
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Cooper · 1 ep
Single Bars, Single Women
Movie · as Duane
V
TV · as Robert · 1 ep
Eureka Stockade
TV · as Charles Ross · 3 eps
The Thorn Birds
TV · as Bob Cleary · 4 eps
Falcon Crest
TV · as Dan Fixx · 56 eps
The Chisholms
TV · as Gideon Chisholm · 9 eps
The Incredible Hulk
TV · 1 ep
M*A*S*H
TV · as McKegney · 1 ep