Larry Poindexter
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Larry Poindexter | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 16, 1959 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer born and raised in Dallas, Texas.
Life and career
Poindexter is currently best known for his role in 2003's S.W.A.T., where he played by the book LAPD Captain Tom Fuller who went head to head with Samuel Jackson's Hondo. Daytime audiences know him best from ABC soap opera General Hospital as the not so good Dr. Asher Thomas from June 3, 2005 until August 8, 2005 when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan (Steve Burton) after he murdered both AJ Quartermaine (Billy Warlock) and Rachel Adair (Amy Grabow). His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his backstory was a retcon of Jason and AJ's history. He was also a recurring character on JAG, playing the lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah MacKenzie in season 3.[citation needed]
He has also appeared in the soap operas Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, was a frequent guest on the MTV show Just Say Julie and the primetime shows Quantum Leap and Push, Nevada. His film career includes American Ninja 2, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Poindexter also appeared on Friends (The One With The Candy Hearts) as "Fireman Dave" he also appeared in Blade: The Series as FBI agent Ray Collins and on How I Met Your Mother. He was also featured as Reisenkemp in the comedy "Coverage". He currently is appearing as the swinging dad, Rick Berger in "The Hard Times of RJ Berger the cult MTV scripted comedy.
He was lead singer for the Alt-Country band The High Lonesome in the 1990s. Their album Feel Free To Do So is being re-released winter of 2010.[needs update]
His father, H. R. Poindexter, is a Tony award-winning light and set designer. His wife is Carol Kritzer a very successful Casting Director, whom he married in 2002. He has twin boys.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Claudell | |
| 1984 | Toy Soldiers | Trevor | |
| 1986 | Invaders from Mars | Marine #3 | |
| 1987 | Number One with a Bullet | Preppy Guy | |
| 1987 | American Ninja 2: The Confrontation | Sgt. Charlie McDonald | |
| 1988 | Blue Movies | Cliff | |
| 1989 | Warm Summer Rain | Steve | |
| 1990 | Night Eyes | Bard Goldstein | |
| 1992 | The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Carrie's Date | |
| 1995 | The Skateboard Kid II | Announcer | |
| 1995 | Sorceress | Larry Barnes | |
| 1995 | Virtual Combat | Employee | |
| 1995 | Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure | Simon Mitchell | Video |
| 1996 | Dead of Night | Keane | |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Jack Haynes | |
| 1997 | Steel Sharks | Dobbins | |
| 1997 | Time Under Fire | Cole | |
| 1998 | The White Raven | Lt. Kreister | |
| 1999 | Angels, Baby! | Hamilton | |
| 1999 | Valerie Flake | Cliff Lambert | |
| 1999 | Judgment Day | Jeff | Video |
| 2000 | Intrepid | 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. | Capt. Thomas Fuller | |
| 2006 | Entity: Nine | Bowman | |
| 2006 | Mojave Phone Booth | Darrell | |
| 2006 | Material Girls | Sol | |
| 2008 | Ninja Cheerleaders | Det. Harris | |
| 2009 | 17 Again | Dean |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | A New Day in Eden | Greg Lewis | Episode: "1.1" |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | Malcolm | TV movie |
| 1983 | CHiPs | Mark Anthony Harlington III | Episode: "Fun House" |
| 1983 | Happy Days | Erik Sandler | Episode: "Affairs of the Heart" |
| 1983 | The Facts of Life | Ken | Episode: "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" |
| 1984 | Days of Our Lives | Ben Welch | TV series |
| 1984 | Hotel | Dan | Episode: "Outsiders" |
| 1985 | The Paper Chase | Episode: "The Big D" | |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Episode: "Fox in 3/4 Time" | |
| 1985 | Silver Spoons | Matt Henderson | Episode: "A Magnificent Obsession" |
| 1986 | Growing Pains | Andre | Episode: "The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver" |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Milo Trent | Episode: "Cold Reading" |
| 1986 | Santa Barbara | Justin Moore | 9 episodes |
| 1987 | Karen's Song | Jerry | Episode: "Aloha Oe" |
| 1987 | Sledge Hammer! | Teddy Overman | Episode: "Big Nazi on Campus" |
| 1987-1988 | Duet | Cooper Hayden | 22 episodes |
| 1988 | Nightingales | Todd | TV movie |
| 1989 | Just Say Julie | Various Roles | TV series |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Capt. Tony LaMott | Episode: "Genesis: Part 1" |
| 1989 | Tour of Duty | CPT Palmer | Episode: "Sealed with a Kiss" |
| 1990 | ALF | Sergeant Armstrong | Episode: "Consider Me Gone" |
| 1990 | She'll Take Romance | Mike Heller | TV movie |
| 1992 | Passionata | Alan Spencer | TV movie |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves | Gordon Pierson | Episode: "In the Name of Love" |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Danny Baker | Episode: "Single White Sister" Episode: "Peanut Butter and Jealousy" |
| 1993 | Murphy Brown | Kevin | Episode: "To Market, to Market" |
| 1993 | Harry and the Hendersons | Ian Wilson | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast" |
| 1993 | Incredi-Girl | TV movie | |
| 1994 | Hot Line | 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 | Party of Five | George Lewis | Episode: "Good Sports" |
| 1994 | Silk Stalkings | Wayne Thornton | Episode: "Vengeance" |
| 1995 | Kissing Miranda | Gilbert 'Gib' Nash | TV movie |
| 1995 | Friends | Fireman Dave | Episode: "The One with the Candy Hearts" |
| 1995 | Weird Science | Agent Scolder | Episode: "Fly Boy" |
| 1995-1996 | Hope and Gloria | Jeffrey | 4 episodes |
| 1995-1996 | New York Daze | Henry | 22 episodes |
| 1996 | Kirk | Guy Dunham | Episode: "The Love Letter" |
| 1996 | The Naked Truth | Doctor | Episode: "The Bubble Show" |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Dr. Maxwell Deter | Episode: "Forget Me Not" Episode: "Oedipus Wrecks" |
| 1996 | The John Larroquette Show | Dr. Tim | Episode: "A Night to Remmeber" |
| 1996 | Party of Five | Prof. Tom 'T.J.' Digman | Episode: "Mixed Signals" |
| 1996 | Pacific Blue | 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 |
| 1997 | Weird Science | Lt. Pommafritte | Episode: "Stalag 16" |
| 1998 | Weird Science | Scolder Doctor |
Episode: "Night of the Swingin' Steves" Episode: "Genie Junior" |
| 1998 | Style & Substance | Dax Chandler | Episode: "No Soap, Romeo" |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Addison Preston | Episode: "Two to Tangle" |
| 1999 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | 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 | The Sullivan Sisters | 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 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Elliot | Episode: "Do You See What I See?" |
| 2001 | Family Law | Asst. Attorney General Kamins | Episode: "Clemency" |
| 2001 | FreakyLinks | Dex Crawford | Episode: "Subject: The Final Word" |
| 2001 | The Tick | Man | Episode: "The License" |
| 2002 | The Agency | Episode: "The Enemy Within" | |
| 2002 | Roswell | Colonel Griffin | Episode: "Crash" |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | Well Dressed Man #3 | 5 episodes |
| 2003 | The Division | Chris Conklin | Episode: "Diagnosis" Episode: "Acts of Betrayal" |
| 2004 | Nip/Tuck | Mr. Kintner | Episode: "Joel Gideon" |
| 2004 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Fire Investigator Jack Clarke | Episode: "Bad Words" |
| 2004 | Judging Amy | Atty. George Canton | Episode: "Legacy" |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Dan Fallon | Episode: "The Newlydreads" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Barrett Gooden | Episode: "My Dinner with Andy" Episode: "I Like Ike" |
| 2005 | General Hospital | Dr. Asher Thomas | TV series |
| 2005 | Bones | Senator Bethlehem | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | Dr. Stanley Thatcher | Episode: "Grand Murder at Central Station" |
| 2006 | Las Vegas | Mr. Burke | Episode: "The Bitch Is Back" |
| 2006 | Jake in Progress | Roger | Episode: "PB & J" |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Mr. O'Riley | Episode: "Mysterious Ways" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Congressman Carl Cunningham | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Agent Ray Collins | 8 episodes |
| 2007 | Eyes | Daniel Weiss | Episode: "Karma" |
| 2007 | Life | Warren Gibney | Episode: "Pilot: Merit Badge" |
| 2007 | Big Shots | Nick Dawkins | Episode: "Greatest Amerimart Hero" |
| 2007 | Weeds | Fireman | Episode: "Go" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Richard Ludlow | Episode: "One Wrong Move" |
| 2008 | Valentine | Jerry | Episode: "Act Naturally" |
| 2008 | CSI: Miami | Leonard McBride | Episode: "Bombshell" |
| 2008 | Notes from the Underbelly | Doctor | Episode: "The List" |
| 2008 | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Pilot Frank the Pilot |
Episode: "1.1" Episode: "1.3" |
| 2009 | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Episode: "2.2" | |
| 2009 | Jack and Janet Save the Planet | Robert | TV movie |
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Joe Donovan | Episode: "Perfect Week" |
| 2010 | Tracey Ullman's State of the Union | Mitch | Episode: "3.2" |
| 2010 | Supernatural | Pastor David Gideon | Episode: "99 Problems" |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | Henry | Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2010 | Notes from the Underbelly | Doctor | Episode: "Baby on Board" |
| 2010-2011 | The Hard Times of RJ Berger | Rick Berger | 20 episodes |
| 2011 | Californication | Prosecutor | Episode: "The Trial" Episode: "...And Justice for All" |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Dr. Byron Sluckey | Episode: "We Don't Need Another Hero" |
| 2011 | Drop Dead Diva | Dr. Preminger | Episode: "You Bet Your Life" |
| 2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | D.A. Claude Melvoy | Episode: "Targets of Obsession" |
| 2012 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | D.A. Claude Melvoy | Episode: "Altered Stakes" |
| 2012 | Imaginary Friend | Duane | TV movie |
| 2012 | Franklin & Bash | Carter Dunlap | Episode: "650 to SLC" |
| 2012 | Supermoms | TV series, post-production | |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | Lee Benner | Episode: "Kupu'eu" |
| 2014 | Days of Our Lives | Father Louis | TV Series |
| 2014 | Castle | Detective McBride | Episode: "Bad Santa" |