Michael Cudlitz

Michael Cudlitz Biography

Michael Cudlitz (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor, best known for his role in the TNT drama Southland, starring as John Cooper, and in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers as Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman.

Life and career

Cudlitz was born in Long Island, New York and grew up in Lakewood Township, New Jersey. 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. He voiced Corporal Griffen in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and its eventual sequel, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Cudlitz also had a small role in the third Mighty Ducks movie, ', as one of the opposing players.

His most recent role was on the NBC/TNT drama Southland where he played patrol officer John Cooper, a 20-year veteran and training officer. The character struggled with chronic back pain, addiction to pain medication, and ethical issues relating to his partners. 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. The show was cancelled in 2013.

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
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story	Tad Overton	1993
'	Cole	1996
Grosse Pointe Blank	Bob Destepello	1997
The Negotiator	Palermo	1998
NYPD Blue	S05E19	1998
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Bob	1999
Band of Brothers	Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman	2001
Medical Investigation	Lt. Troy Adams	2005
Over There	Colonel Ryan	2005
Wanted	Dep. Reed	2005
Prison Break	Guard Bob Hudson	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"2013
Surrogates	Colonel Brendan	2009

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Red Faction Guerrilla	Saul Marius	voice over
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Griffen	voice over

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