
Brett Cullen
Biography
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.
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Acting (65 movies)

Ghost Rider
2007

The Long Game
2024

Pixel Perfect
2004

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story
1986

The Runaways
2010

The Life Before Her Eyes
2007

Dead Solid Perfect
1988

Levitation
1997

By the Sword
1991

The Hired Heart
1997

Red Dawn
2012

NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323
2004

The Gambler: Playing for Keeps
1994

Stewardess School
1986

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
2023

The Guilt Trip
2012

Puncture
2011

Skateland
2011

The Image
1990

Perfect Body
1997

Beneath the Darkness
2012

Prehysteria!
1993

42
2013

The Expendables
2000

Suburban Madness
2004

Reunion
2009

American Carnage
2022

The Burning Plain
2008

In a Stranger's Hand
1991

Mother of the Bride
1993

The Space Between
2011

Leaving Normal
1992

Midas Valley
1985

Deceit
2004

Complex of Fear
1993

Something to Talk About
1995

The Killing Jar
1997

The Last Rescue
2015

On Golden Pond
2001

Shattered Mind
1996

Apollo 13
1995

The Dark Knight Rises
2012

The Replacements
2000

National Security
2003

It Snows All the Time
2022

The Shallows
2016

Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell
2015

The Omen
1995

A Kiss Goodnight
1994

Monte Carlo
2011

Keys
1994

Nancy Drew
2002

The Sitter
1991

The Turkey Bowl
2019

The Riot Act
2018

Joker
2019

Single Bars, Single Women
1984

White Lie
2018

Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
1991

Wyatt Earp
1994

Brothel
2008

Life on Liberty Street
2004

Gridiron Gang
2006

Reminiscence
2021

Safe House
2025
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