Larry Poindexter
{{Short description|American actor (b. 1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Larry Poindexter
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|16}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1982–present
| children = 2
| spouse = Carol Kritzer (m. 2002)
}}
Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer.
Early life
Poindexter was born in Dallas, Texas on December 16, 1959.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
Career
He may be best known for his role in 2003's S.W.A.T., in which he played by-the-book LAPD Captain Tom Fuller, who went head to head with Samuel L. Jackson's character "Hondo".{{cite book | last1=Williams | first1=B. | last2=Zenger | first2=A. | title=Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge Research in Literacy | year=2007 | isbn=978-1-134-23579-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ybR-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT86 | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=86}}{{cite magazine| magazine=Jet |title=Samuel L. Jackson & LL Cool J Star in Action-Thriller Movie 'S.W.A.T.'|date=August 18, 2003 | publisher=Johnson Publishing Company | issn=0021-5996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g70DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=60}}
Poindexter appeared in the ABC soap opera General Hospital as Asher Thomas. He played Asher from June 3, 2005, until August 8, 2005, when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) after he murdered A.J. Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) and Rachel Adair (Amy Grabow). His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his backstory was a retcon of Jason and A.J.'s history.
He played a recurring character on season 3 of JAG, Dalton Lowne, the doomed lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie (Catherine Bell), who falls prey to another man obsessed with Mac. He appeared in the soap operas Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, and was a frequent guest on the MTV show Just Say Julie. He appeared in Quantum Leap, How I Met Your Mother, and Friends. He was in Blade: The Series as FBI agent Ray Collins.
Poindexter was lead singer for the alternative country band The High Lonesome in the 1990s. Their album Feel Free To Do So was released in 1995.{{cite magazine | first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Los Angeles |magazine=Billboard | publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. | issn=0006-2510 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15 | access-date=16 September 2024 | date=20 April 1996|page=15}}
He was one of the producers of The Cher Show at the Neil Simon Theatre in 2018/19.{{cite book | last=Dietz | first=D. | title=The Complete Book of 2010s Broadway Musicals | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-5381-2633-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DwnyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA377 | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=377}}
Personal life
His father, H. R. Poindexter, was a Tony Award-winning light and set designer. His wife is Carol Kritzer, a casting director, whom he married in 2002. The couple have twin sons.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1983
| Claudell | |
| 1984
| Trevor | |
| 1986
| Marine #3 | |
| 1987
| Preppy Guy | |
| 1987
| American Ninja 2: The Confrontation{{cite book | last=Shaw | first=A. | title=Seen That, Now What?: The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Video You Really Want to Watch | publisher=Touchstone | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-684-80011-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgVStU_SWRcC&pg=PA34 | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=34}} | Sergeant Charlie McDonald | |
| 1988
| Blue Movies | Cliff | |
| 1989
| Steve | |
| 1990
| Bard Goldstein | |
| 1992
| The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Carrie's Date | |
| 1995
| {{sortname|The|Skateboard Kid II|nolink=1}} | Announcer | |
| 1995
| Sorceress | Larry Barnes | |
| 1995
| Virtual Combat | Employee | |
| 1995
| Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure | Simon Mitchell | Video |
| 1996
| Dead of Night | Keane | |
| 1997
| Jack Haynes | |
| 1997
| Dobbins | |
| 1997
| Time Under Fire | Cole | |
| 1998
| {{sortname|The|White Raven|The White Raven (1998 film)}}{{cite book | last=Kachmar | first=D.C. | title=Roy Scheider: A Film Biography | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4766-0903-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHYwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA205 | language=de | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=205}} | Lieutenant Kreister | |
| 1999
| Angels, Baby! | Hamilton | |
| 1999
| Valerie Flake | Cliff Lambert | |
| 1999
| Jeff | Video |
| 2000
| First Officer 'Lazo' Lazaro | |
| 2000
| Coverage | Reisenkemp | Short film |
| 2001
| Ablaze | Andrew Thomas | |
| 2001
| Thy Neighbor's Wife | Chris Stewart | |
| 2002
| Stranded | Nick | Video |
| 2003
| S.W.A.T. | Captain Tom Fuller | Feature Film |
| 2006
| Entity: Nine | Bowman | |
| 2006
| Mojave Phone Booth | Darrell | |
| 2006
| Sol | |
| 2008
| Detective Harris | |
| 2009
| 17 Again | Dean | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1982
| {{sortname|A|New Day in Eden|nolink=1}} | Greg Lewis | Episode: "1.1" |
| 1983
| Malcolm | TV movie |
| 1983
| CHiPs | Mark Anthony Harlington III | Episode: "Fun House" |
| 1983
| Erik Sandler | Episode: "Affairs of the Heart" |
| 1983
| {{sortname|The|Facts of Life|The Facts of Life (TV series)}} | Ken | Episode: "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" |
| 1984
| Ben Welch | TV series |
| 1984
| Hotel | Dan | Episode: "Outsiders" |
| 1985
| {{sortname|The|Paper Chase|The Paper Chase (TV series)}} | Unknown | Episode: "The Big D" |
| 1985
| Unknown | Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" |
| 1985
| Matt Henderson | Episode: "A Magnificent Obsession" |
| 1986
| Andre | Episode: "The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver" |
| 1986
| {{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)}} | Milo Trent | Episode: "Cold Reading" |
| 1986
| Justin Moore | 9 episodes |
| 1987
| Jerry | Episode: "Aloha Oe" |
| 1987
| Teddy Overman | Episode: "Big Nazi on Campus" |
| 1987–1988
| Duet | Cooper Hayden | 22 episodes |
| 1988
| Nightingales | Todd | TV movie |
| 1989
| Various Roles | TV series |
| 1989
| Captain Tony LaMott | Episode: "Genesis: Part 1" |
| 1989
| CPT Palmer | Episode: "Sealed with a Kiss" |
| 1990
| ALF | Sergeant Armstrong | Episode: "Consider Me Gone" |
| 1990
| Mike Heller | TV movie |
| 1992
| Passionata | Alan Spencer | TV movie |
| 1992
| Dangerous Curves | Gordon Pierson |xEpisode: "In the Name of Love" |
| 1993
| Danny Baker | Episodes: "Single White Sister" and "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" |
| 1993
| Kevin | Episode: "To Market, to Market" |
| 1993
| Ian Wilson | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 1993
| Incredi-Girl | Unknown | TV movie |
| 1994
| Hot Line | Unknown | Episode: "Payback" |
| 1994
| Black Sheep | Alex P. Keaton | TV movie |
| 1994
| Sisters | Matt Kirshner | Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" |
| 1994
| Ellen | Don | Episode: "So Funny" |
| 1994
| George Lewis | Episode: "Good Sports" |
| 1994
| Wayne Thornton | Episode: "Vengeance" |
| 1995
| Gilbert 'Gib' Nash | TV movie |
| 1995
| Friends | Fireman Dave | Episode: "The One with the Candy Hearts" |
| 1995-1998
| Agent Scolder / Lieutenant Pommafritte / Doctor | Episodes: "Fly Boy", "Stalag 16", "Night of the Swingin' Steves" & "Genie Junior" |
| 1995–1996
| 4 episodes |
| 1995–1996
| Henry | 22 episodes |
| 1996
| Kirk | Guy Dunham | Episode: "The Love Letter" |
| 1996
| {{sortname|The|Naked Truth|The Naked Truth (TV series)}} | Doctor | Episode: "The Bubble Show" |
| 1996
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Maxwell Deter | Episodes: "Forget Me Not" and "Oedipus Wrecks" |
| 1996
| {{sortname|The|John Larroquette Show}} | Dr. Tim | Episode: "A Night to Remember" |
| 1996
| Professor Tom 'T.J.' Digman | Episode: "Mixed Signals" |
| 1996
| Jeff Weingard | Episode: "Point Blank" |
| 1997
| Spy Game | Jackson | Episode: "What, Micah Worry?" |
| 1997
| Rewind | Mike | TV series |
| 1997–1998
| JAG | Dalton Lowne | 7 episodes |
| 1998
| Dax Chandler | Episode: "No Soap, Romeo" |
| 1999
| Addison Preston | Episode: "Two to Tangle" |
| 1999
| Colin | Episode: "Run, Man Ray, Run" |
| 1999
| Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Joey Young | TV movie |
| 1999
| Becker | Jordan Brewster | Episode: "My Boyfriend's Back" |
| 1999
| Snoops | Kevin | Episode: "The Heartless Bitch" |
| 2000
| {{sortname|The|Sullivan Sisters|nolink=1}} | Heath | TV series |
| 2000
| Popular | Harold Bean | Episode: "Ch-Ch-Changes" |
| 2000
| Chicken Soup for the Soul | Walter Vanderbilt | Episode: "Destiny in a Bottle" |
| 2000
| V.I.P. | Oliver King | Episode: "Loh-Down Dirty Shame" |
| 2001
| Elliot | Episode: "Do You See What I See?" |
| 2001
| Assistant Attorney General Kamins | Episode: "Clemency" |
| 2001
| Dex Crawford | Episode: "Subject: The Final Word" |
| 2001
| {{sortname|The|Tick|The Tick (2001 TV series)}} | Man | Episode: "The License" |
| 2002
| {{sortname|The|Agency|The Agency (2001 TV series)}} | Unknown | Episode: "The Enemy Within" |
| 2002
| Fireheart | Harvey Ward | Television movie |
| 2002
| Roswell | Colonel Griffin | Episode: "Crash" |
| 2002
| Well Dressed Man #3 | 5 episodes |
| 2003
| {{sortname|The|Division}} | Chris Conklin | Episodes: "Diagnosis" and "Acts of Betrayal" |
| 2004
| Nip/Tuck | Mr. Kintner | Episode: "Joel Gideon" |
| 2004
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Fire Investigator Jack Clarke | Episode: "Bad Words" |
| 2004
| Attorney George Canton | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2004
| Dan Fallon | Episode: "The Newlydreads" |
| 2004
| Barrett Gooden | Episodes: "My Dinner with Andy" and "I Like Ike" |
| 2005
| Dr. Asher Thomas | TV series |
| 2005
| Bones | Senator Bethlehem | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005
| CSI: NY | Dr. Stanley Thatcher | Episode: "Grand Murder at Central Station" |
| 2006
| Mr. Burke | Episode: "The Bitch Is Back" |
| 2006
| Roger | Episode: "PB & J" |
| 2006
| Mr. O'Riley | Episode: "Mysterious Ways" |
| 2006
| Standoff | Congressman Carl Cunningham | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006
| Blade: The Series{{cite book | last=Muir | first=J.K. | title=The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed. | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7864-3755-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dx6hBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 | access-date=16 September 2024 | page=168}} | Agent Ray Collins | 8 episodes |
| 2007
| Eyes | Daniel Weiss | Episode: "Karma" |
| 2007
| Life | Warren Gibney | Episode: "Pilot: Merit Badge" |
| 2007
| Nick Dawkins | Episode: "Greatest Amerimart Hero" |
| 2007
| Weeds | Fireman | Episode: "Go" |
| 2007
| Richard Ludlow | Episode: "One Wrong Move" |
| 2008
| Jerry | Episode: "Act Naturally" |
| 2008
| Leonard McBride | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| 2008-2010
| Doctor | Episodes: "The List" & "Baby on Board" |
| 2008-2010
| Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Pilot / Frank, The Pilot / Mitch | Episodes: "1.1", "1.3", "2.2" & "3.2" |
| 2009
| Jack and Janet Save the Planet | Robert | TV movie |
| 2010
| Joe Donovan | Episode: "Perfect Week" |
| 2010
| Pastor David Gideon |
| 2010
| Henry | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2010–2011
| {{sortname|The|Hard Times of RJ Berger}} | Rick Berger |
| 2011
| Prosecutor | Episode: "The Trial" |
| 2011
| Dr. Byron Sluckey | Episode: "We Don't Need Another Hero" |
| 2011
| Dr. Preminger | Episode: "You Bet Your Life" |
| 2011–2012
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | District Attorney Claude Melvoy | Episodes: "Targets of Obsession" & Episode: "Altered Stakes" |
| 2012
| Imaginary Friend | Duane | TV movie |
| 2012
| Carter Dunlap | Episode: "650 to SLC" |
| 2012
| Supermoms | Unknown | TV series |
| 2013
| Lee Benner | Episode: "Kupu'eu" |
| 2014
| Father Louis | TV series |
| 2014
| Castle | Detective McBride | Episode: "Bad Santa" |
| 2014
| Scandal | Mr. Morgan | Episode: "Like Father, Like Daughter" |
| 2016
| Bunk'd | Gerald | Episode: "Xander Says Goodbye" |
| 2016
| Amanda's Father | Episode: "Present Tense" |
| 2016
| Mark Peterson | Episode: "The Parent" |
| 2017
| Outcast | Peter | 2 episodes |
| 2017
| Foreman | Episode: "Under Construction" |
| 2017
| Male Officer | Episode: "Day 7: Breaking the Story" |
| 2018
| Heathers | Mr. Kelly | Episode: "I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Nan Myself" |
| 2019
| S.W.A.T. | Sergeant Boyer | Episode: "Day of Dread" |
| 2019
| NCIS | Dr. Berman | Episode: "Daughters" |
| 2020
| Pilot (AKA "Captain") | Episode: "You're Not Going to Get Me to Say Anything Bad About Mickey" |
References
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