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name: "Kurt Fuller"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 September 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T07:30:31.414655+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kurt Fuller

Actor. Born 16 September 1953 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 September 1953, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 1992–2011
- **Also known as:** 柯特·富勒, کرت فولر
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Fantasy 1, Music 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $334m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29685

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight in Paris*](https://film.one/film/midnight-in-paris.md) (78)

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## Biography

Kurt Fuller is an American actor. Born on 16 September 1953 in San Francisco, he was raised in Stockton, California. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1971 and from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 with a degree in English literature.

Fuller worked as a realtor by day while acting on stage at night before his breakthrough in 1986, creating the leading role in Steven Berkoff's play *Kvetch*. He is known for film roles including Hardemeyer in *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Russell in *Wayne's World* (1992), the Sheriff in *Scary Movie* (2000), Walter Ribbon in *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2006) and John in *Midnight in Paris* (2011). On television he has played recurring characters such as Woody Strode in *Psych* (2009–2014) and Zachariah in *Supernatural* (2009–2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Midnight in Paris* (2011), Fi1m 78, as John — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-in-paris.md)
- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, as Mr. McClung — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, as Bud Everhard — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Wayne's World* (1992), Fi1m 72, as Russell Finley — [page](https://film.one/film/waynes-world.md)

## Also known for

- *The Pursuit of Happyness* (2006), Walter Ribbon
- *Supernatural* (2005), Zachariah
- *Scary Movie* (2000), The Sheriff
- *Avatar: The Last Airbender* (2005), Quon / Additional Voices (voice)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Hardemeyer
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), Mr. Young
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), Jed Karey
- *Bones* (2005), Sid Lauren

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