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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Cullen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Hard Matter | Sawyer | 2025 |
Series | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Bill Sharman | 2022-03-06 |
Movie | It Snows All the Time | Paul | 2022-07-29 |
Movie | American Carnage | Harper Finn | 2022-07-15 |
Movie | Reminiscence | Walter Sylvan | 2021-08-18 |
Series | Big Dogs | Captain McKeutchen | 2020-07-01 |
Movie | The Turkey Bowl | Ed | 2019-11-15 |
Movie | Joker | Thomas Wayne | 2019-10-01 |
Movie | White Lie | Steve | 2018-10-17 |
Movie | The Riot Act | Dr. Willard Pearrow | 2018-09-14 |
Movie | River Guard | Chuck Flynn | 2016-07-01 |
Movie | The Shallows | Father | 2016-06-24 |
Movie | Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell | Himself - Friend | 2015-01-09 |
Series | Point of Honor | Ralston Rhodes | 2015-01-15 |
Series | Narcos | Arthur Crosby | 2015-08-28 |
Movie | The Last Rescue | Captain Beckett | 2015-04-21 |
Series | True Detective | Gerald Kindt | 2014-01-12 |
Series | The Blacklist | The Stranger | 2013-09-23 |
Series | Under the Dome | Don Barbara | 2013-06-24 |
Series | Devious Maids | Michael Stappord | 2013-06-23 |
Movie | 42 | Clay Hopper | 2013-04-12 |
Movie | The Guilt Trip | Ben | 2012-12-19 |
Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Congressman | 2012-07-17 |
Movie | Red Dawn | Tom Eckert | 2012-03-15 |
Movie | Beneath the Darkness | Sgt. Nickerson | 2012-01-06 |
Movie | Monte Carlo | Robert | 2011-07-01 |
Movie | Skateland | David Wheeler | 2011-05-13 |
Movie | The Space Between | Used Car Salesman | 2011-09-11 |
Series | Person of Interest | Nathan Ingram | 2011-09-22 |
Movie | Puncture | Nathaniel Price | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | The Runaways | Donald Currie | 2010-03-19 |
Series | White Collar | Agent Patterson | 2009-10-23 |
Series | Three Rivers | Unknown | 2009-10-04 |
Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Unknown | 2009-10-03 |
Series | Make It or Break It | Mark Keeler | 2009-06-22 |
Series | Castle | Christian Dahl | 2009-03-09 |
Movie | Reunion | Jake | 2009-03-06 |
Movie | The Burning Plain | Robert | 2008-11-07 |
Series | The Mentalist | Dane Merrick | 2008-09-23 |
Movie | Brothel | Avery | 2008-02-27 |
Movie | Ghost Rider | Barton Blaze | 2007-01-15 |
Series | Burn Notice | Unknown | 2007-06-28 |
Movie | The Life Before Her Eyes | Paul McFee | 2007-09-08 |
Series | Private Practice | Unknown | 2007-09-26 |
Series | Friday Night Lights | Walt Riggins | 2006-10-03 |
Series | Ugly Betty | Unknown | 2006-09-28 |
Movie | Gridiron Gang | Frank Torrance | 2006-09-15 |
Series | Pepper Dennis | Unknown | 2006-04-04 |
Series | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown | 2005-09-23 |
Movie | Suburban Madness | David Harris | 2004-10-04 |
Series | Desperate Housewives | Unknown | 2004-10-03 |
Series | Lost | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Series | The Mountain | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 | Hub Weber | 2004-03-21 |
Movie | Deceit | Sam Penny | 2004-03-15 |
Movie | Pixel Perfect | Xander | 2004-01-16 |
Movie | Life on Liberty Street | Dr. Jake Mitchell | 2004-01-01 |
Movie | National Security | Heston | 2003-01-17 |
Series | NCIS | Unknown | 2003-09-23 |
Movie | Learning Curves | Brad, Sr. | 2003-08-02 |
Series | Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Movie | Nancy Drew | Carson Drew | 2002-12-15 |
Series | Without a Trace | Greg Pritchard | 2002-09-26 |
Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Series | Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
Movie | On Golden Pond | Charlie Martin | 2001-04-29 |
Movie | The Replacements | Eddie Martel | 2000-08-11 |
Movie | The Expendables | Deacon | 2000-04-25 |
Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
Series | Once and Again | Unknown | 1999-09-21 |
Series | Family Law | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Series | From the Earth to the Moon | Dave Scott | 1998-04-05 |
Series | The Simple Life | Luke Barton | 1998-06-03 |
Series | Legacy | 1998-10-09 | |
Movie | The Hired Heart | Bryan | 1997-10-13 |
Series | Ally McBeal | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | Perfect Body | Coach David Blair | 1997-09-08 |
Movie | The Killing Jar | Michael Sanford | 1997-05-27 |
Movie | Levitation | James | 1997-04-01 |
Series | Orleans | Clade Charbonnet | 1997-01-08 |
Series | Arliss | Unknown | 1996-08-10 |
Movie | Shattered Mind | Sean | 1996-05-27 |
Movie | The Omen | Jack Mann | 1995-09-08 |
Movie | Something to Talk About | Jamie Johnson | 1995-08-04 |
Movie | Apollo 13 | CAPCOM 1 | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Keys | Police Chief Sam Wasser | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | A Kiss Goodnight | Carl Jasper | 1994-06-01 |
Movie | Wyatt Earp | Saddle Tramp | 1994-06-24 |
Movie | Gambler V: Playing for Keeps | Sundance Kid | 1994-10-02 |
Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
Movie | Prehysteria! | Frank | 1993-06-30 |
Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
Movie | Mother of the Bride | Dennis Becker | 1993-02-27 |
Movie | Complex of Fear | Ed Wylie | 1993-01-12 |
Series | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Deral | 1993-01-03 |
Movie | Leaving Normal | Kurt | 1992-04-29 |
Movie | Where Sleeping Dogs Lie | John Whitney | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | By the Sword | Danny Gallagher | 1991-10-07 |
Movie | In a Stranger's Hand | Peter Harmon | 1991-09-29 |
Movie | The Sitter | Jeff Harper | 1991-06-10 |
Movie | The Image | Malcolm Dundee | 1990-01-27 |
Series | The Young Riders | Marshal Sam Cain | 1989-09-20 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Ronnie Price | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Dead Solid Perfect | Donny Smithern | 1988-12-18 |
Series | I'll Take Manhattan | Dennis Brady | 1987-03-01 |
Movie | Stewardess School | Philo Henderson | 1986-08-01 |
Movie | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | Billy | 1986-05-19 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
Movie | Midas Valley | Brad Turner | 1985-06-27 |
Movie | Single Bars, Single Women | Duane | 1984-10-14 |
Series | The Thorn Birds | Bob Cleary | 1983-03-27 |
Series | Falcon Crest | 1981-12-04 | |
Series | The Chisholms | 1979-03-29 | |
Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |