Curtis Armstrong Biography

Curtis Armstrong is an American actor best known for playing the roles of Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds movies, Herbert Viola on the TV series Moonlighting, Miles Dalby in the film Risky Business.

Curtis Armstrong Age

Curtis was born on November 27, 1953, Detroit, MI. He is 65 years as of 2018.

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Curtis Armstrong Height

He stands at a height of 5′ 4″

Curtis Armstrong Wife

He is married to Elaine Aronson. Armstrong had a Catholic upbringing but converted to Judaism when he married Elaine Aronson

Curtis Armstrong Early Life

Armstrong was born in Michigan, Norma E’s son, Detroit. (Born D’Amico), a teacher of descent from Italy (Abruzzo) and Robert Leroy Armstrong. He graduated from Berkley High School in Berkley, Michigan, and then graduated from Rochester, Michigan, Oakland University. His daughter was born in 1996, Lily Armstrong.

Armstrong had a Catholic upbringing, but when he married Elaine Aronson, he converted to Judaism.

Curtis Armstrong Career

His first role was in the Risky Business film of 1983. He is best known, however, for his role as Booger in Nerds Revenge and his sequel Nerds II Revenge: Nerds in Paradise. In the 1992 television film Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and the 1994 television film Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love, he later reproduced his role as Booger. In The Simpsons episode “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt),” Armstrong’s typecasting in the role was mocked. His other movies include Better Off Dead, Big Bully, One Crazy Summer, Bad Medicine, Van Wilder’s National Lampoon, Smokin’ Aces, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Jingle All The Way, Southland Tales, and My Horses Beer.

In the television series Moonlighting, he also played a recurring role as Herbert Viola and played Ahmet Ertegün’s role in the biographical film Ray (2004).
On Disney Channel’s original series The Emperor’s New School And The Buzz on Maggie, Armstrong gave voices to Mr. Moleguaco and Mr. Bugspit. Also in Akeelah and the Bee was Curtis. In the 1997 cult-comedy film Elvis Meets Nixon, he played “Farley,” a fictional composite character based on members of the real entourage of Elvis Presley. He also played a bit as “Russ” on Reaper’s short-lived television show.

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He’s voicing “Snot” on American Dad’s animated sitcom!To parody his role from the Nerds ‘ Revenge. He also played a role in the Stroker and Hoop cartoon series on Adult Swim as Double Wide. He appeared as Mr. Welch in Akeelah and the Bee’s 2006 production. He was playing his first role on VH1’s 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty. In the 2007 movie, Smokin’ Aces, he played “Mecklen.”

He had the top part of his head shaved to simulate male pattern baldness in the feature film Ray to prepare for his role as music executive Ahmet Ertegün. He starred in episode 10 — “Much Too Much” — and in season two of Grey’s Anatomy had a much smaller part in episode 11— “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” On That’s 70s Show, episode 315, “Radio Daze,” Armstrong played a deejay called Jerry Thunder. Armstrong was in an episode of Boston Legal in 2006. He starred as a convenience store clerk on the iCarly episode “iStakeout” in 2008, suspected of making unauthorized copies of films. He appeared in Ratko in 2009: The Son of the Dictator, and Locker 13. He played fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series My Name is Earl. From 2008–2013 he portrayed Dr Parker/Dr. Dawson on The Game.

In 2009, Armstrong found six premiers in a mental institution playing a paranoid character in the House season, “Broken.” Also in 2009 Armstrong appeared in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love as a teacher obsessed with the school principal, and in the movie “Gold Retrievers” he also appeared as a bumbling bandit.

In 2010, he made a guest appearance on Glory Daze’s television show and began voicing the main character on Dan V’s animated series. He appeared on the Blue Mountain State (S01E11) of Spike TV as well. He appeared on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2011, and on season seven of The Closer has a recurring role as attorney Peter Goldman. He takes up this role in Major Crimes season four.

He appeared as himself on the TV show Rules of Engagement on October 27, 2011.

Besides his acting career, Armstrong’s affinity for Harry Nilsson’s music has prompted him to become a Nilsson’s work enthusiast. He has written liner notes for Nilsson album CD reissues and has been instrumental in preparing for these reissues for archival and a bonus track. In addition, Armstrong is a keen fan of stories from Washington Irving, Laurel and Hardy, and the Sherlock Holmes stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Armstrong and former nerds co-star Revenge Robert Carradine is hosting the King of the Nerds series of TBS reality TV competition. The series was premiered in January 2013, pitting contestants with expertise in a variety of geek interests to see who is going to be crowned with the eponymous title.

Armstrong appeared in a New Girl episode as Dr. Foster in May 2013.

In the 9th, 10th and 11th seasons of Supernatural, he continues to play the angel Metatron in several episodes.

Curtis Armstrong American Dad

He voices “Snot” on the animated sitcom American Dad.

Curtis Armstrong Supernatural

He played the role of as Metatron

Curtis Armstrong Films

1983 Risky Business as Miles Dalby
1984 Revenge of the Nerds as Dudley “Booger” Dawson
1985 Better Off Dead as Charles De Mar
Bad Medicine as Dennis Gladstone
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear as Goov
One Crazy Summer as Ack Ack Raymond
1987 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Dudley “Booger” Dawson
1989 How I Got Into College as Arcadia Bible Academy Recruiter
1991 Hi Honey – I’m Dead as Arnold Pischke
1992 Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation as Dudley “Booger” Dawson
1994 Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love as Dudley “Booger
1996 Big Bully as Clark
Jingle All the Way as Chain Smoking Booster
1998 Safety Patrol as Bert Miller/Tim Bartlett
2002 Van Wilder as Campus Cop
Project Viperas Keach
2003 Quigley as Dexter Persley
My Dinner with Jimi as Herb Cohen
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt as Jerry the Butler
2004 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Mr. Ralph
The Seat Filler LaJean
Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy as Brodrick Dooley
Ray as Ahmet Ertegun
2006 National Lampoon’s Pucked as Janitor
Akeelah and the Bee as Mr. Welch
Southland Tales as Dr. Soberin Exx
Smokin’ Aces AS Mecklen
2007 Route 30 AS Ned
2008 Beer for My Horses AS D.A.
2009 Legally Blondes as Mr. Gary Golden
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love as Mr. O’Donnell
2011 Flypaper as Mitchell Wolf
The Dog Who Saved Halloween (TV movie) as Max
2012 Sparkle as Larry
2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue as Maru (voice)
2020 Barbie

Curtis Armstrong Risky Business

He played the role of

Curtis Armstrong Revenge Of The Nerds

Curtis Armstrong starred as Booger

Geeky college students Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and Lewis (Robert Carradine) are evicted from their dormitory when the Alpha Betas — who recently burned down their own fraternity house by accident — confiscate the building. When the college forces the freshmen to live in the gym, Gilbert, Lewis and their fellow dorks relocate to a run-down house. When the Alpha Betas, led by jock Stan (Ted McGinley), repeatedly humiliate them, the nerds plot revenge. Release date: July 20, 1984 (USA) Director: Jeff Kanew Featured song: Revenge of the Nerds Box office: 60.4 million USD (Including rentals) Screenplay: Steve Zacharias, Jeff Buhai

Curtis Armstrong TV Shows

Year Series Role
1986–1989 Moonlighting as Herbert Quentin Viola
1991 Hi Honey – I’m Dead as Arnold Pischkin
1993–1997 The Terrible Thunderlizards as Scooter
1995 M.A.N.T.I.S as B.B. Rantzer
Lois & Clark as Albie Swenson
1997 The Hunger as Bart Brookman
1998 Brimstone as Jimmy G.
1998 The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer as Confederate soldier
1998 Love Boat: The Next Wave as Mitch Beeber
1999 Felicity as Danny
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun as Ken Fretts
2001 The Amanda Show as Video Store Clerk
2001 That ’70s Show as Jerry Thunder
2001-2002 The Chronicle as Sal the Pig-Boy
2005–present American Dad! as Snot
2005-2006 The Buzz on Maggie as Mr. Bugspit
2005 Grey’s Anatomy as Robert Martin
2006–2008 The Emperor’s New School as Mr. Moleguaco
2007 Shredderman Rules as Mayor Izzo
Wizards of Waverly Place as Zit
Ghost Whisperer as Harold
2008 iCarly as Store Clerk
Psych as Jervis
2008–13 The Game as Dr. Parker/Dr. Dawson
2009 My Name Is Earl as Chaz Dalton
House as Richter
2010 Blue Mountain State as Ronnie Hayes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Clint Pudder
2011 Curb Your Enthusiasm as Computer Guy
Rules of Engagement as Himself
That’s Our Joe Snot
2011–2012 The Closer as Peter Goldman
2011–2013 Dan Vs. as Dan
2012 Scandal as Attorney Cole
2012–2015 Robot and Monster as Robot/Marf/Robot-bot
2013 Bones as Oscar Schultz
Hot in Cleveland as Clark
New Girl as Mr. Foster
2013–2015 King of the Nerds as Himself, in reference to Dudley “Booger” Dawson
2013–2016 Supernatural as Metatron
2015 Workaholics as Richard Ottmar
2015 Highston Uncle Billy
2016 Major Crimes as Peter Goldman
2016 Frequency as Karl
2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Super Amazing Bouncy Ball
2017 MacGyver (2016 TV series) as The Pawn
2018 Champaign ILL as Burt
2019 Doom Patrol as Ezekiel The Cockroach
2019 Happy! as Dayglow Doug

Curtis Armstrong Doom Patrol

He starred as Ezekiel the Cockroach in a 2019 film Doom Patrol.

Curtis Armstrong Better Off Dead

Lane Meyer (John Cusack) is a teen with a peculiar family and a bizarre fixation with his girlfriend, Beth (Amanda Wyss). When Beth dumps Lane, he decides to kill himself, making bumbling attempts at suicide. Outside of his morbid endeavors, Lane spends time with his oddball buddy, Charles (Curtis Armstrong), and befriends Monique (Diane Franklin), a visiting French student. Eventually, Lane resolves to race Beth’s obnoxious new beau on the ski slopes, with unexpected results. Release date: August 23, 1985 (USA) Director: Savage Steve Holland Screenplay: Savage Steve Holland Production company: CBS Theatrical Films Producers: Michael Jaffe, Gil Friesen, Andrew Meyer

Curtis Armstrong Icarly

He is the one that allegedly sold pirated movies in the iCarly episode “iStakeout”.

Curtis Armstrong Net Worth

He has a net worth of $2.5 million dollars.

Curtis Armstrong Dodgeball

He played the role of Mr. Ralph.

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 American sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller.

The plot follows a group of misfits entering a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.

Curtis Armstrong Book

• 2018: A Plum Assignment: Discourses on P. G. Wodehouse and His World Curtis Armstrong
• 2017: Revenge of the Nerd: Or . . . The Singular Adventures of the Man Who Would Be Booger Curtis Armstrong

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