Robert Wuhl
(born October 9, 1951) is an American comedian, actor and writer.
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Biography
Early life
Wuhl was born in
Union, New Jersey to a father who worked as a produce distributor.
[1] After attending
Union High School, Wuhl headed to the
University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron Chapter of
Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
Career
After several years of
stand-up comedy, Wuhl had roles in movies including
Batman
with
Jack Nicholson,
Bull Durham
with
Kevin Costner,
Cobb
with
Tommy Lee Jones,
Mistress
with
Robert DeNiro and
Good Morning, Vietnam
with
Robin Williams. His first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy
Hollywood Knights
along with other fledgling actors
Tony Danza,
Michelle Pfeiffer and
Fran Drescher. He wrote two episodes 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 was in the beginning of the music video to
Madonna's 1985 hit "
Material Girl."
In 1992, he appeared in
The Bodyguard
as host of the
Oscars. In reality he won two
Emmy Awards for co-writing the Academy Awards in 1990 & 1991 with
Billy Crystal.
From 1996-2002 he wrote and starred in the
HBO series
Arli$$
as the title character, an agent for high-profile athletes. Wuhl was a player in the
Game Show Network's
Poker Royale
series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show,
Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl
, 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.
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