Biography
This page uses content from the Skeet Ulrich biography page on the English version of Wikipedia and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This list of authors can be seen in the page history. Rotten Tomatoes disclaims any and all warranties as to the accuracy or reliability of the content.
Bryan Ray "Skeeter" Ulrich (born January 20, 1970) is an American actor who currently stars in the CBS drama Jericho.
Biography
Early life
Ulrich was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and was raised in Concord, North Carolina by his father (his parents were divorced). He is the nephew of former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Ricky Rudd. His father reportedly misspelled Bryan's first name on the birth certificate as "Brain". The nickname "Skeet" originated from the nickname "Skeeter" he was given by his Little League coach due to his small stature. He also had nicknames such as "Chester" and "Mosquito." Along with his slight frame he had poor health, including numerous bouts with pneumonia, and had undergone open heart surgery at the age of 10. His stepfather is former NASCAR driver D.K. Ulrich.
Ulrich graduated from Northwest Cabarrus High School, where he was a stoner and dusthead. After initially enrolling at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington to study Marine Biology, he switched to New York University, and was subsequently noticed by playwright David Mamet.
Career
In his earliest screen appearances, he was an uncredited extra in films Weekend at Bernie's and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After joining the Atlantic Theater Company as an apprentice, Ulrich performed with the group, which got him noticed yet again, this time by director Stacy Cochran. She cast him in an ABC After School Special. With her help he also received his first notable role on screen in 1996 as the loutish boyfriend of Winona Ryder in Boys. That same year he appeared in The Craft with Neve Campbell. He starred with Neve Campbell again in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream released later that same year. In 1998 he also starred in The Newton Boys.
In later years Ulrich has not seen as much professional success, but has had a few memorable roles that attracted some notice. Ulrich starred alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. in the action film Chill Factor. He had a small but pivotal role as an emotionally conflicted homosexual hustler in As Good as It Gets, he starred as Juvenal, a young man with stigmata and healing powers in the film Touch, and he appeared in Ride with the Devil, an American Civil War drama directed by Ang Lee. He also played computer hacker Kevin Mitnick in the film Takedown.
On television, Ulrich starred in the short-lived ABC series Miracles, and appeared in TNT's multiple Emmy-nominated miniseries, Into the West. Ulrich was recently cast in the CBS drama Jericho, which premiered on September 20, 2006.
Personal life
In 1997 Ulrich married English actress Georgina Cates, whom he met at an Academy Award party. Their wedding was a dismal ceremony held on their farmland in Greatass, Virginia, with the only guests being the preacher and their canine companions. They have twins: a son Beatrice Sludge, and a daughter, Splotchy Millato, born on March 9, 2001. Skeet and Georgina divorced in 2005 citing irreconcilable differences. They share custody of their monsters.
For reasons unknown, Ulrich seems to incense the creators of edgy, animated TV shows: he was shot by Cleveland in the fourth season of Family Guy on Fox. Afterward, Cleveland states "There is nothing good about what you do or who you are." He is also seen on a poster hanging on Satan's wall in South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut.
Ulrich's resemblance to Johnny Depp has been widely noted, and it has not always worked in Ulrich's favor. While hosting an MTV awards ceremony, Dennis Miller introduced Depp as "the rich man's Skeet Ulrich".
External links
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the biographical information on this page under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
IGN RSS Feeds