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Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born Bronson Alcott Poncharavsky May 20, 1959 in New York City, New York, to Henry and Rosina Poncharavsky) is an American actor.

Although he was born in New York City, Pinchot was raised in southern California. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, he found his way back East to attend Yale University by way of a scholarship. He was a member of Morse College. He began college studying painting but became interested in acting. He retains an active interest in ancient Greek sculpture (460-31 BC).

Pinchot has appeared in several feature films, including Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop (and reprising his popular supporting role in Beverly Hills Cop III), It's My Party, and True Romance.

Pinchot is probably best known for his role in the ABC family sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–1993) as Balki Bartokomous from the (fictional) island of Mypos. Like his character in Beverly Hills Cop, Balki had a humorous foreign accent. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1987 for this role.

In August 1993, just weeks after the last new episodes of Perfect Strangers aired on ABC, Pinchot returned to prime-time network television as the star of the CBS sitcom The Trouble With Larry. Co-starring Perry King, Shanna Reed, and Courteney Cox, the show was universally panned by critics and canceled after just three weeks.

Pinchot was added to the ABC sitcom Step by Step in 1996, in part as a replacement for Sasha Mitchell, and remained on the show for a season. He played a character reminiscent of the character he played in Beverly Hills Cop. Pinchot then starred in the short-lived 1997 science fiction comedy Meego, which aired on CBS. He guest-starred in a first-season (1996) episode of the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, playing the younger brother of Dr. Mary Albright (Jane Curtin).

In 1999, Pinchot and Gailard Sartain played the nephews of the legendary Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, respectively, in the movie The All-New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy (1999). Although the film, which co-starred Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, was denied a theatrical release and premiered on video, Pinchot was praised for his deft impersonation of Stan Laurel.

In December 2002, Pinchot became a third-degree freemason.

From March 12 to August 15, 2004, Pinchot performed in the revival of Sly Fox on Broadway, opposite Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Stoltz, René Auberjonois, Peter Scolari, and others.

Pinchot was a cast member on the fifth season of the VH1 series The Surreal Life, which premiered July 2005.

Pinchot currently lives in Harford, PA, and will be the host on the syndcated verison of Deal Or No Deal.

Bronson Pinchot has a brother, Justin Pinchot, who had a guest role on the Perfect Strangers episode "It Had to Be You".

Many people find similarities between Pinchot (in his not-so-flattering photo, shown above) and Gerardo, the main star in three controversial Movistar commercials aired in Argentina.

Selected filmography

Risky Business (1983)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
After Hours (1985)
Perfect Strangers (1986–1993) (TV Series)
Second Sight (1989)
Blame It On The Bellboy (1992)
True Romance (1993)
The Trouble with Larry (1993–1993) (TV Series)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
The Langoliers (1995) (TV)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Step by Step (1996–1997) (TV Series)
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice)
The All-New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy (1999)
Second Best (2004)

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