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Michael Cudlitz Born December 29, 1964
Long Island, New YorkOccupation Actor Years active 1989–present Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor. He can be seen in the TNT drama Southland, starring as John Cooper, and the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers as Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman.
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Life and career
Cudlitz was born in Long Island, New York and grew up in Lakewood Township, New Jersey.[1] He attended the California Institute of the Arts. He is married to Rachel Cudlitz and has two children.
His first acting role was in the 1989 film Crystal Ball, playing Scottie. Cudlitz is mostly remembered for playing Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman, in Band of Brothers, as well as playing Tony Miller on Beverly Hills, 90210, and Tad Overton on Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. He has also played various roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, the second seasons of 24 and Lost, and Prison Break. More recently, he supplied the voice of Sgt. Glenn "Hawk" Hawkins in the video game Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. He also guest starred on Over There and had a regular role on the FOX series Standoff. He also had a small, but highly memorable and well received, role in the 1997 dark comedy Grosse Pointe Blank as the former big man on campus, and now (10 years later) drug addicted and highly frustrated Bob Destepello.
Cudlitz also had a small role in the third Mighty Ducks movie, D3: The Mighty Ducks, as one of the opposing players.
His most current role is in the NBC drama Southland where he plays patrol officer John Cooper, a 20-year veteran and training officer. The character struggles with chronic back pain and addiction to pain medication. Prior to the start of shooting for the show, Cudlitz had a large mole removed from his right upper lip. The mole had previously been a signature feature of the actor's appearance.
Southland was officially canceled by NBC on October 8, 2009, only two weeks prior to the premiere of the show's sophomore season. It was announced on November 2, 2009 that the cable network TNT had secured the rights to the six unaired episodes of Southland, as well as to the seven episodes that make up the first season. They also announced that they would start airing Southland on Tuesday January 12, 2010 at 10PM, starting with the pilot episode.
Recently he appeared in the science fiction film Surrogates as Colonel Brendon.
Filmography
Series Character Year(s) Growing Pains Chuck 1991–1992 Life Goes On Ernie 1992 A River Runs Through It Chub 1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Tony Miller 1992–1993 D3: The Mighty Ducks Cole 1996 Grosse Pointe Blank Bob Destepello 1997 The Negotiator Palermo 1998 Band of Brothers Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman 2001 Medical Investigation Lt. Troy Adams 2005 Over There Colonel Ryan 2005 Wanted Dep. Reed 2005 Sex Drive Rick 2008 Lost Big Mike Walton 2005, 2008 Standoff Frank Rogers 2006–2007 Criminal Minds Francis Goehring 2007 Life Mark Rawls 2007–2008 Southland John Cooper 2009- Surrogates Colonel Brendan 2009 References
- ^ Hegedus, Eric. "Shooting from the lip: ‘Southland’ cop sounds off on NBC cancellation and TNT rescue", New York Post, February 28, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011. "Cudlitz, 45, has moved on. The Flushing native and former Lakewood, NJ, resident, has aroused a lot of interest in his portrayal of Cooper, who has many personal issues, including his developing gay identity, a prescription drug dependency and a job-threatening back injury, and an ex-wife who figures into his pill-popping problem."
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Categories:- 1964 births
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Living people
- People from Lakewood Township, New Jersey
- People from Long Island
- Actors from New York
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