Alan Blumenfeld
Alan Blumenfeld (born September 4, 1952) is an American character actor, best known for his role in NBC's TV series Heroes as Maury Parkman, the telepath father of Matt Parkman played by Greg Grunberg, and as Bob Buss in the telefilm 2gether. He has played Greg Grunberg's father in both Felicity and Heroes.
Alan Blumenfeld
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- Born
- 4 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Alan Blumenfeld (born September 4, 1952) is an American character actor, best known for his role in NBC's TV series Heroes as Maury Parkman, the telepath father of Matt Parkman played by Greg Grunberg, and as Bob Buss in the telefilm 2gether. He has played Greg Grunberg's father in both Felicity and Heroes.
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Alan Blumenfeld (born 1952) is an actor, of American nationality. The actor was born in Rockville Centre. Alan Blumenfeld worked for Pomona College and lived in Los Angeles. Languages used include English.
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• Born — 4 September 1952 • Birthplace — Rockville Centre, New York, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1983–present • Website — alanblumenfeld.com
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Blumenfeld has been acting since the age of 7 in his first grade, and has appeared in prime time television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, JAG, Gilmore Girls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace, and Judging Amy. He has also appeared in movies, including The Ring, In Her Shoes, and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. He was also the voice of Glottis and Boyd Cooper on the cult video-games Grim Fandango and Psychonauts respectively. Blumenfeld currently lives in Los Angeles and is still active in theater, film, voice and television acting. He also teaches acting at Pomona College in Claremont, CA.
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• 1998 Grim Fandango as Glottis • 2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy as Willard • 2003 Jak II as Brutter / Mog / Grim • 2005 Psychonauts as Boyd Cooper / Second Peasant • 2006 Daxter as Brutter • 2006 SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run as IES Soldiers / Kryo / Nostra Scientist • 2012 The Darkness II as Additional Voices • 2015 Fallout 4 as Skinny Malone / Clarence Codman / Evan Watson
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1952
Alan Blumenfeld was born on 4 September 1952.
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- 1.GilmoreGirls.org : Recent News. www.gilmoregirls.org.
- 2.O'Connor, Alice. See Grim Fandango's cast reunite for a live read-through. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. June 13, 2018.
- 3.intern. Character actor has called Culver City home for decades Culver City News. www.culvercitynews.org. 2012-10-21.
- 4.Wilensky, David A.M. ‘Merchant of Venice’: a play for our time?. J. 2017-06-26.
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