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Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American actor, comedian and writer.[1] He is best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss (1996–2002)[2][3] and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton's Batman (1989) and Larry in Bull Durham (1988).

Robert Wuhl
Wuhl in 1998
Born	(1951-10-09) October 9, 1951 (age 70) Union, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	Union High School
Alma mater	University of Houston
Occupation	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Barbara Koldys Capelli ​ ​ (m. 1983)​

Early life

Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey to a Jewish family.[4][5] His father worked as a produce distributor.[6] After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston,[2] where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Wuhl was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater in April 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Wuhl's first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights along with other fledgling actors Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Fran Drescher, followed by a small role in the film Flashdance (1983). Wuhl then had larger roles in movies including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) with Robin Williams,[7] Bull Durham (1988) with Kevin Costner,[2][3] Tim Burton's 1989 Batman (as reporter Alexander Knox) with Michael Keaton,[2][4] Blaze (1989) with Paul Newman,[4] Missing Pieces (1991) with Eric Idle, Mistress (1992) with Robert De Niro, Blue Chips (1994) with Nick Nolte, and Cobb (1994) with Tommy Lee Jones.[8][9] He wrote two of the six episodes for the TV series Police Squad! in 1982, and did an audio commentary for its release on DVD in 2006.

Wuhl appeared once on both The Dating Game and The $10,000 Pyramid.

He and Keith Carradine appeared in the 1985 music video to Madonna's hit "Material Girl". In 1992, he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars.

Wuhl won two Emmy Awards for co-writing the Academy Awards in 1990 and 1991 with Billy Crystal, Bruce Vilanch, David Steinberg, and others.[10]

From 1996 to 2002 he wrote and starred in the HBO series Arli$$ as the title character, an agent for high-profile athletes.[11]

From 2000 to 2001, he was a frequent panelist on the ESPN game show 2 Minute Drill, often quizzing the contestants on sports-related movies. Wuhl was a player in the Game Show Network's Poker Royale series, a competition between pros and comedians.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl,[2] where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr. Wuhl aired on HBO in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of Assume the Position at Ars Nova in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

Wuhl hosted a sports, sports business and entertainment daily talk radio show,[12] for Westwood One (now Dial Global) from January through December 2011. Wuhl occasionally fills in for Boomer Esiason on the Boomer and Carton show.

Wuhl played "Herb Tucker" in a revival of Neil Simon's play, I Ought to Be in Pictures.[1] In 2017, he appeared with Don Most in another Simon play, The Sunshine Boys, at Judson Theatre Company. [13]

In 2015, he portrayed himself on American Dad!, in the episode "Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour". He then returned in 2017 to play himself again in the episode "The Talented Mr. Dingleberry". In 2019, he returned in the episode "One-Woman Swole", portraying himself as a judge in a bodybuilding contest. In 2021, he returned yet again in the episode "Cry Baby". ^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Hollywood Knights	Newbomb Turk
1983	Flashdance	Mawby's Regular
1987	Good Morning, Vietnam	Marty Lee Dreiwitz
1988	Bull Durham	Larry Hockett
1989	Batman	Alexander Knox
	Wedding Band	Waiter
	Blaze	Red Snyder
1991	Missing Pieces	Lou Wimpole
1992	Mistress	Marvin Landisman
	The Bodyguard	Oscar Host
1993	Sandman	Victor Giles
1994	Blue Chips	Marty
	Cobb	Al Stump
1995	Open Season	Stuart Sain
	Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde	Man with Lighter
1997	Good Burger	Angry Customer
1998	Welcome to Hollywood	Himself
2001	Monkeybone	David Stone	Uncredited
2013	Contest	Zack Conti
2020	Shirley	Randy Fisher
2022	The People's Joker	Robert Wuhl

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Moonlighting	Nut in Holding Cell	Episode: "Blonde on Blonde"
	Falcon Crest	Stand-up Comic	Episode: "Topspin"
	L.A. Law	Crutchfeld	Episode: "Pigmalion"
1988	CBS Summer Playhouse	Sid Barrows	Episode: "Sniff"
1989	Tales from the Crypt	Barker	Episode: "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"
	Not Necessarily the News	Commentator	Episode #7.9
1993	Percy & Thunder	Jim Keisling	Television film
1996–2002	Arliss	Arliss Michaels	80 episodes
1997	The Last Don	Bobby Bantz	2 episodes
1998	The Last Don II	Bobby Bantz	2 episodes
2006–2007	Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl	Himself	2 episodes
2007	Everybody Hates Chris	Abe Himmelfarb	Episode: "Everybody Hates DJs"
	Boston Legal	Bob Binder	Episode: "Oral Contracts"
2012–2013	Franklin & Bash	Hon. Maxwell Nulis	2 episodes
2015–2021	American Dad!	Himself	4 episodes
2016	Blue Bloods	Captain Ward Gibson	Episode: "Whistleblowers"
2019	Supergirl	Alexander Knox	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	The Grandfather	Episode: "Ultimate Suffering"
2020–2021	The George Lucas Talk Show	Himself	12 episodes

References

External links

• Robert Wuhl at IMDb

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[es] Robert Wuhl

Robert Whul (9 de octubre de 1951) es un actor, cómico y escritor estadounidense.

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[ru] Вул, Роберт

Роберт Вул (англ. Robert Wuhl; род. 9 октября 1951) — американский актёр, комик и сценарист[1]. Наиболее известен как создатель и звезда комедийного сериала «Арлисс» (1996–2002)[2][3] и исполнитель роли Александра Нокса в фильме Тима Бертона «Бэтмен».

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