Steven Culp

Steven Culp
Born	Steven Bradford Culp (1955-12-03) December 3, 1955 La Jolla, San Diego, California, U.S.
Alma mater	College of William and Mary (B.A.) Brandeis University (M.F.A.)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Barbara Ayers (currently married)
Children	2

Steven Bradford Culp (born December 3, 1955) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Rex Van de Kamp on ABC's Desperate Housewives, Clayton Webb on JAG, and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Jeff Haffley on NBC's The West Wing.

Early life

Culp was born in La Jolla, California. Both his father and stepfather were in the United States Navy. He attended First Colonial High School in Virginia where he was voted most talented student.

He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1978 with a major in English literature and also studied at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He earned an M.F.A. from Brandeis University in 1981.

Career

One of Culp's earliest roles was in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993) as Robert Campbell, a reporter looking into the Jason murders. He also played the father of the titular character in James and the Giant Peach. Culp is known for his recurring roles as CIA Agent Clayton Webb on JAG (1997–2004) and Major Hayes on Star Trek: Enterprise (2003–2004). His characters in both series were killed in the same week in the shows' season finales, although Webb's character in JAG reappeared in the series’ subsequent season premiere. In 2004, Steven became the first actor to appear as a recurring character in four television series simultaneously: The West Wing, Star Trek: Enterprise, JAG and ER.

Culp portrayed Robert F. Kennedy twice, in the TV movie Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996) and the film Thirteen Days (2000). In 1995, Culp briefly starred on The Young and the Restless as Brian Hamilton. He played Commander Martin Madden in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), a character written to replace William Riker as first officer of the Enterprise. However, due to the film's length, Culp's scenes were included in several cut from the final film. His scenes as Madden can be seen in the Nemesis DVD deleted scenes. In the third season of Star Trek: Enterprise, Culp played the recurring character Major Hayes, leader of the M.A.C.O.s. He was in five episodes; "The Xindi", "The Shipment", "Harbinger", "Hatchery" and "Countdown", where Hayes was shot saving a fellow crewmember.

Other performances include playing the leading role of the photographer Richard Stewart in the English as a Second Language educational video series Family Album, U.S.A. He also had a role as antagonist Peter Drummond in the television movie How to Make a Monster, in which computer game programmers accidentally give life to a deadly AI and members of a software company attempt to beat the game to save their lives. Culp played Rex Van de Kamp on Desperate Housewives for one season. His character was killed at the end of the season, although Culp reprised his role several times in flashback sequences and as narrator. He appeared in the television series The West Wing as Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Jeff Haffley. Culp starred in a few episodes of the second season of 24 as Secret Service agent Ted Simmons.

Culp won the Celebrity Poker Showdown Seventh Season Championship game. He was seen on the ABC series Traveler as Special Agent in Charge Fred Chambers and on NCIS as Navy Commander William Skinner. He also appeared in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Miller's Crossing", and on Medium, in the episode "Do You Hear What I Hear", as well as on the pilot episode of The Mentalist. He starred as Thomas Foran in the film The Chicago 8. In 2012, Culp guest starred on episodes of ABC's Body of Proof, TNT's Perception and played Dr. Parker on Grey's Anatomy. He also had a recurring role on NBC's Revolution as Edward Truman, high commander of the Patriots.

Personal life

He is married to Barbara Ayers, and they have two children together. He had two half-sisters, Shelly Grabinsky and Kathryn Harvey. On January 1, 2006, Kathryn was murdered in Richmond, Virginia, along with her husband, Bryan, and their two daughters, Stella and Ruby (ages 9 and 4, respectively). In February 2006, two men were convicted of the Harvey family murder and several other murders, as well as other crimes in the Richmond area. One of those men, Ricky Gray, was executed at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, by lethal injection on January 18, 2017. The other man, Ray Dandridge (Gray's nephew), pled guilty to his role in the murders and is serving three life sentences without possibility of parole.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Gross Anatomy	Jerry Fanning Forrester
1991	Dead Again	Party Guest
1993	Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday	Robert Campbell
1993	Fearless	Emergency Doctor
1996	James and the Giant Peach	James' Father
2000	Nurse Betty	Friend
2000	Thirteen Days	Robert F. Kennedy
2002	Star Trek Nemesis	Commander Martin Madden	His scenes in Nemesis were cut but would appear in the DVD version.
2002	The Emperor's Club	Older Martin Blythe
2004	Spartan	Gaines
2005	The Sisters	Dr. Harry Glass
2005	Deck the Halls	Lifetime character
2007	Firehouse Dog	Zachary Hayden
2008	From Within	Pastor Joe
2008	Leaving Barstow	Mr. Johns
2011	The Chicago 8	Thomas Foran
2014	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Senator Scudder
2017	The Last Word	Sam Serman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Another World	Tom Nelson
1983–1984	One Life to Live	Daniel Wolek
1988	Lincoln	John Hay
1988	The Cosby Show	Father-to-Be
1989	ABC Afterschool Special
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Carter
1989	Duet	Martin
1989	Murphy Brown	Brad Stockton
1989	Newhart	Brett
1989	Hooperman
1990	L.A. Law
1990	Father Dowling Mysteries	Bill Taylor
1992	Quicksand: No Escape	Bartender
1992	Dream On	Dan
1993	Reasonable Doubts	Peter Maxwell
1994	Diagnosis: Murder	Company Man
1995	Touched by an Angel	Dr. Rence Patterson
1995	Sisters	Graham Pressman
1995	The Young and the Restless	Brian Hamilton
1996	Baywatch Nights	Garth Youngblood
1996	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mr. Dreesen
1996	Norma Jean & Marilyn	Robert F. Kennedy
1997	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman	Peter Doyle
1997	Pacific Palisades	Judge
1997	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Father James
1997–2004	JAG	Special Agent Clayton Webb, CIA	Recurring role; 41 episodes
1998	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	Thomas Belafontaine
1998	Profiler
1998	Chicago Hope	Mr. Turner
1998	Any Day Now	Randall Clemens
1999	Brimstone	Frankie
1999	V.I.P.	Financial Officer
2000	Ally McBeal	Attorney Dixon
2000	Family Law	Mr. Petry
2000	Providence	Dr. Jordan Roberts
2000	Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For	William Batsby
2001	How to Make a Monster	Drummond
2001	Boston Public	Mel Breen
2001	Philly	Detective John O'Brien
2002	Crossing Jordan	Detective Rick Frazier
2002	Push, Nevada	Well-Dressed Man
2003	24	Ted Simmons
2003	Mister Sterling	Senator Ron Garland
2002–2003	The Practice	Atty. Emmanuel Kupcheck / Hospital Atty. Alldredge
2003	The Lyon's Den	Brad Manning
2003–2005	The West Wing	Speaker of the House Jeff Haffley	Recurring role; 9 episodes
1999–2004	ER	Dave Spencer / Dr. Charles Cameron
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lieutenant Mendez
2003–2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Major Hayes	Recurring role; 5 episodes
2007	The Closer	Lucas Cordry	Season 3: Til Death Do Us Part, Parts I and II
2007	Stargate: Atlantis	Henry Wallace	Episode: "Miller's Crossing"
2007	Boston Legal	A.D.A. Norman Wilson	Season 4: Oral Contracts
2007	NCIS	Commander William Skinner	Season 5: Chimera
2008	Medium	Darren Swenson
2008	Criminal Minds	Lawyer Lester Serling	Season 3: Tabula Rasa
2008	The Mentalist	Morgan Tolliver
2009	Impact	President Edward Taylor
2010	Burn Notice	Christian Aikins	Season 4: Where There's Smoke
2011	The Chicago Code	Dennis Mahoney
2011	Law & Order: Los Angeles	Ben Corrigan
2012	Body of Proof	Eric Greyson
2004–2012	Desperate Housewives	Rex Van de Kamp	Series regular (season 1), guest star (seasons 2-3, 5, 7-8)
2012	Zoo	Clayton Burke
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Parker
2012	Longmire	Johnson Mace
2013	Revolution	Edward Truman
2015	Scream Queens	Clark Ulrich
2015	Bosch	D.A. Richard 'Rick' O'Shea
2015	Arrow	Senator Joseph Cray
2016	How to Get Away with Murder		Season 2, Episode 1
2017	The Orville	Willks
2018	Waco	FBI Agent Jeff Jamar
2018	The Last Ship	President Joshua Reiss

External links

• Steven Culp at IMDb
• Steven Culp at AllMovie