Christopher Curry (actor)

{{short description|American character actor}}

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Christopher Curry (born Christopher Root; October 22, 1948) is an American character actor of film and television who has appeared in more than 70 films and television programs since the 1980s. His best-known roles are as Captain Bosch in C.H.U.D. and Rico's father in Starship Troopers. He also had a small role in Red Dragon, and appeared as FBI Agent Stuckey in Home Alone 3. From 2011 until 2015, he portrayed the recurring role of Earl Kinsella, the father of Wade Kinsella in the CW TV series Hart of Dixie.

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

1981

|The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper

|Hippie

|

rowspan="2"|1984

|C.H.U.D.

|Captain Bosch

|

ABC Afterschool Special

|Surveyor

|Episode: The Almost Royal Family

1986

|F/X

|Mitchell

|

rowspan="2"|1988

|Too Young the Hero

|Laslo

|TV movie

The Laser Man

|Officer

|

rowspan="3"|1989

|See You in the Morning

|Larry's Brother

|

Last Exit to Brooklyn

|Riot Police Officer

|

Cross of Fire

|Hollings William Jennings Bryan

|TV movie

rowspan="4"|1990

|Hunter

|Pete Florino

|2 episodes

thirtysomething

|Dr. Eilerton

|Episode: "Life Class"

Desperate Hours

|Chabon

|

The Return of Superfly

|Tom Perkins

|

rowspan="3"|1991

|Guns of Paradise

|Tuck Sweeney

|Episode: "Bad Blood"

The Boys

|Policeman #1

|TV movie

Palace Guard

|

|Episode: "House Arrest"

rowspan="2"|1992

|Reasonable Doubts

|Dr. Bruner

|Episode: "Home to Roost"

Quantum Leap

|Mr. Takin

|Episode: "Trilogy (Part 2) – For Your Love"

1993

|L.A. Law

|Brian McAlister

|Episode: "That's Why the Lady Is a Stamp"

rowspan="4"|1994

|Betrayed by Love

|Capt. Stevenson

|TV movie

Wings

|Bobby Young

|Episode: "Moonlighting"

In the Heat of the Night

|Bitsy Mergere

|Episode: "Poor Relations"

Chicago Hope

|Special Agent Tom Jerryman

|Episode: "Genevieve and Fat Boy"

rowspan="5"|1995

|Bye Bye Love

|Dad #1 at McDonald's

|

Babylon 5

|Ronald Quantrell

|Episode: "And Now For a Word"

Bushwhacked

|Trooper

|

The Client

|Dan Jacobs

|Episode: "Dear Harris"

Murder, She Wrote

|Sheriff Mike Chubb

|Episode: "Frozen Stiff"

1996

|JAG

|Captain Dykstra

|Two Episodes

rowspan="7"|1997

|Dave's World

|Kruger

|Episode: The Creeping Peril

Johnny Bravo

|Man on Street / Guy #2

|Voice, 2 episodes

Starship Troopers

|Mr. Rico

|

Chicago Hope

|Jim Dolan

|Episode: "All in the Family"

Home Alone 3

|FBI Agent Stuckey

|

Beverly Hills, 90210

|Jerry Wester

|2 episodes

Matchbox Circus Train

|Frank Sanders

|

1998

|Bulworth

|Journalist

|

rowspan="2"|1999

|Love American Style

|Daddy

|Segment: "Love In The Old South"

Star Trek: Voyager

|Automobile Driver

|Episode: "11:59"

rowspan="4"|2001

|Summoning

|Sam

|Short

The Song of the Lark

|Fritz Kohler

|TV movie

Taking Back Our Town

|Walt Haney

|TV movie

Crossing Jordan

|Jimm Keller

|Episode: "Blue Christmas"

rowspan="3"|2002

|The West Wing

|Colonel Lee

|Episode: "We Killed Yamamoto"

City of Ghosts

|Larry Luckman

|

Red Dragon

|Mr. Fisk

|

rowspan="4"|2003

|Dirt

|Vice consul

|

Alias

|Heinz Brucker

|Episode: "Truth Takes Time"

The Lyon's Den

|Attorney / Zach's Attorney

|2 episodes

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

|Michael Paul Floyd (OSS)

|Voice, Video Game

rowspan="2"|2004

|Patients

|Murray

|TV movie

Shelter

|Robert

|Short

rowspan="3"|2005

|Lincoln's Eyes

|

|Voice, Short

Psychic Driving

|Dr. Leonard Mahler

|Short

Ultimate Spider-Man

|

|Voice, Video Game

rowspan="4"|2006

|Huff

|Matt Stewart

|3 episodes

Hitman: Blood Money

|Operahouse Tourist / U.S. Guards

|Voice, Video Game

Mystery Woman: Oh Baby

|Jackson Chandler

|TV movie

Flags of Our Fathers

|Ed Block

|

2007

|General Hospital: Night Shift

|Jared's Father

|2 episodes

rowspan="4"|2008

|Without a Trace

|Joel Kemper

|Episode: "Article 32"

Crazy

|Dr. Taylor

|

The Rise of the Argonauts

|

|Voice, Video Game

Young Person's Guide to History

|King George III

|1 episode

2009

|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

|Pundit #2

|

rowspan="3"|2010

|Amish Grace

|Minister

|TV movie

Days of Our Lives

|Elevator Man

|Voice, 1 episode

The Young and the Restless

|Russ Curtis

|3 episodes

rowspan="2"|2011

|Claustrophobia

|Orwell

|

Rizzoli & Isles

|Judge Martin

|Episode: "Can I Get a Witness?"

2011-2014

|Hart of Dixie

|Crazy Earl / Earl Kinsella

|13 episodes

2012

|BlackBoxTV

|Doctor Bannister

|Episode: "AEZP: The Hollow"

rowspan="3"|2013

|Jobs

|Board Member #1

|

Castle

|Gaston

|Episode: "Hunt"

Glee

|Gunther

|2 episodes

2014

|SpaceBear

|Perplexulo, Dream Trout

|Voice, TV movie

2016

|Sully

|Rob Kolodjay

|

References

  • [http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=4006 Christopher Curry at Aveleyman]