Brett Cullen
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1956-08-26 (68 years old)
Place of Birth Houston, Texas, USA
Also Known As Peter Brett Cullen , Μπρέτρ Κάλλεν, 布萊特-考倫, 布莱特·考伦
Brett Cullen
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
Known For
Actor
as Sawyer
as Judge Milton Cox
as Paul
as Harper Finn
as Bill Sharman
as Walter Sylvan
as Captain McKeutchen
as Ed
as Thomas Wayne
as Steve
as Dr. Willard Pearrow
as Curtis Grange
as Chuck Flynn
as Father
as Captain Beckett
as Self - Friend
as Arthur Crosby
as Ralston Rhodes
as Will Hayes
as Gerald Kindt
as Clay Hopper
as The Stranger
as Ilya Koslov
as Don Barbara
as Michael Stappord
as Ben
as Congressman
as Sgt. Tom Eckert
as Sgt. Nickerson
as Nathaniel Price
as Used Car Salesman
as Robert
as David Wheeler
as Nathan Ingram
as Jimmy Brennan
as Captain Perkins
as Donald Currie
as Frank Buckley
as Greg Davis
as Jake
as Agent Patterson
as Self
as Mark Keeler
as Christian Dahl
as Robert
as Avery
as Dane Kurtik
as Paul McFee
as Barton Blaze
as Allan
as Lawrence Henderson
as Frank Torrance
as Walt Riggins
as Ted LeBeau
as Jack Bell
as Jack Applewhite
as Preacher Justin Mills
as David Harris
as Hub Weber
as Sam Penny
as Xander
as Dr. Jake Mitchell
as Detective Burnett
as Goodwin Stanhope
as Brad, Sr.
as Heston
as Rob Deamer (2003)
as Todd Gelfand
as Carson Drew
as Greg Pritchard
as Michael Boland
as James Duffy
as Charlie Martin
as Eddie Martel
as Deacon
as John Nolan
as Governor Ray Sullivan R-WV
as Dan Fortano
as Judge Leonard Andrews
as Luke Barton
as Dave Scott
as Bryan
as Coach David Blair
as Michael Sanford
as James
as Self
as Clade Charbonnet
as Sean
as Adam
as Jack Mann
as Jamie Johnson
as CAPCOM 1
as Dr. James Martin
as Sundance Kid
as Saddle Tramp
as Carl Jasper
as Police Chief Sam Wasser
as Frank
as Dennis Becker
as Ed Wylie
as Tim Rutland
as Pete Drayton
as Deral
as Kurt
as Ken
as John Whitney
as Gallagher
as Peter Harmon
as Jeff Harper
as Malcolm Dundee
as Marshal Sam Cain
as Ronnie Price
as Donny Smithern
as Dennis Brady
as Philo Henderson
as Billy
as Brad Turner
as Cooper
as Duane
as Robert
as Charles Ross
as Bob Cleary
as Dan Fixx
as Gideon Chisholm
as McKegney
Producer
as Co-Producer