Paul Le Mat
Born: 1945-09-22 in Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Paul Le Mat (born September 22, 1945) is an American actor. He first came to prominence with his role in American Graffiti (1973); his performance was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Le Mat's breakout performance in George Lucas's American Graffiti landed him the lead role in box office hit Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975). He also is known for his work in the Jonathan Demme films Handle with Care (1977) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He won another Golden Globe award for his performance in the TV film The Burning Bed (1984) and starred in the cult film Puppet Master (1989), which spawned a franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Le Mat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2009
- Chrome Angels as Elliot
2006
- Tales of the Rat Fink as Cruisin' (voice)
2004
- The Long Shot as Guido Levits
2001
- Big Bad Love as Monroe
1999
- The Outfitters as Robby
1998
- American History X as McMahon
- The Making of 'American Graffiti' as Self
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Sheldon Ludovic (segment "Eclipse")
1994
- 100 Years at the Movies as Self (archive footage)
- Sensation as Mitch Snyder
- Deep Down as Ray
- Caroline at Midnight as Emmet
1992
- Wishman as Basie
- Deuce Coupe as Sheriff
- Woman With a Past as Merle
- In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion as Doug Bodrero
1989
- Puppetmaster as Alex Whitaker
- Easy Wheels as Bruce
- Grave Secrets as David Shaw
- Blind Witness as Det. Mike Tuthill
- No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
1988
- Secret Witness as Kurt
1987
- Into the Homeland as Derrick Wilson
- The Hanoi Hilton as Earl Hubman
- P.I. Private Investigations as Detective Wexler
- P.K. and the Kid as Kid Kane
1986
- On Wings of Eagles as Jay Coburn
- Long Time Gone as Nick Sandusky
1985
- The Twilight Zone as Tom Bennett
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Luke Purdue
- The Burning Bed as Mickey Hughes
- The Night They Saved Christmas as Michael Baldwin
1983
- Rock & Rule as Omar (voice)
- Strange Invaders as Charles Bigelow
1982
- Death Valley as Mike
- Jimmy the Kid as John Dortmunder
- The Gift of Life as Dwayne Sutton
1980
- Melvin and Howard as Melvin Dummar
1979
- More American Graffiti as John Milner
1977
- Citizens Band as Spider
1975
- Aloha Bobby and Rose as Bobby
1973
- American Graffiti as John Milner
- Firehouse as Billy Dalzell