Bronson Pinchot (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Bronson Alcott Pinchot (born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous in the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986-93).

He also starred in films, such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996) and The First Wives Club (1996), as well as on television series, such as The Prankster in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. In 2012, he starred in his own reality series, The Bronson Pinchot Project on the DIY Network.

Pinchot has worked extensively as an audiobook narrator, with over 100 recordings as of 2014. AudioFile magazine recognized him as Best Voice in Fiction & Classics for his 2010 renderings of Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2009) and David Vann's Caribou Island (2011).

Personal life

Pinchot was born in Manhattan. His mother, Rosina (ne Asta) was an Italian American and a typist, and his father, Henry (originally Poncharavsky) was of Russian descent and a bookbinder, who was born in New York and raised in Paris. His younger brother, Justin is also an actor. He was raised in Southern California, where he graduated from South Pasadena High School at the top of his class and was appointed valedictorian. He earned a full scholarship to Yale University, where he was placed in Morse College and graduated magna cum laude. Pinchot began his Yale career in fine art, but after he was cast in a college play, a casting director discovered him, which resulted in his film debut, Risky Business.

In 1999, Pinchot spent a great deal of time in Harford, Pennsylvania, restoring the circa 1839 mansion of former Pennsylvania state Senator Edward Jones. He purchased six properties in the small, rural town of 1,300 "in an effort to revive the town's 19th-century aesthetic".

Career

Pinchot appeared in several feature films, such as Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop, The First Wives Club, True Romance, Courage Under Fire and It's My Party. Fisher Stevens asked Pinchot to play Ben Jabituya in the 1986 film Short Circuit, but Pinchot was fired. He also played Dennis Kemper in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sara and Balki Bartokomous in the long-running ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers.

In 2008, Pinchot published his novel The Learners in audio editions, author Chip Kidd's followup to The Cheese Monkeys. He also voiced Max, the fully restored Black 1964 VW Beetle, in the 2009 Volkswagen "Das Auto" campaign. In 2009 and 2014, Pinchot narrated over 100 audiobooks, in which he won a number of awards. In 2010, Pinchot read the audio version of the novels Matterhorn and Blood Oath. For the Blackstone Audio collection Patricia Highsmith: Selected Novels and Short Stories, he provided a reading of several stories, including Highsmith's memorably creepy novel Strangers on a Train. He was chosen by Audible.com as their 2010 Narrator of the Year. On February 12, 2012, Pinchot starred in a home restoration show on DIY Network The Bronson Pinchot Project. The program is based on his hobby of restoring old homes using salvaged materials.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Risky Business	Barry
1984	Beverly Hills Cop	Serge
1984	The Flamingo Kid	Alfred Schultz
1985	Hot Resort	Brad
1985	After Hours	Lloyd
1989	Second Sight	Bobby
1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Bellboy
1993	True Romance	Elliot Blitzer
1993	The Jungle Creature: Hugo	Hugo (voice)	English version
1994	Beverly Hills Cop III	Serge
1995	Napoleon	Birdo (voice)	English version
1996	It's My Party	Monty Tipton
1996	Courage Under Fire	Bruno
1996	The First Wives Club	Duarto Feliz
1996	Jungledyret 2 - den store filmhelt	Hugo (voice)	English version
1997	Babes in Toyland	Rodrigo (voice)
1998	Slappy and the Stinkers	Roy
1998	Quest for Camelot	Griffin (voice)
1998	Beach Movie	Ronald	a.k.a. Boardheads
1999	Out of the Cold	Max Kaplan
1999	The All-New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy: For Love or Mummy	Stanley
2002	Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control	Devon Sharpe
2003	Straight No Chaser	Josh Peters	Short
2004	Second Best	Doc Klingenstein
2005	Diamond Zero	Bergerac De La Houssey	AKA: IceMaker
2007	The Wager	Colin Buchanan
2007	Mr. Art Critic	M.J. Clayton
2008	From a Place of Darkness	Carl
2008	The Tale of Despereaux	Town Crier (voice)
2009	Hooking Up	Mr. Kimbal (voice)
2009	Good Clean Fun	Dean Vernon
2010	Pure Country 2: The Gift	Joseph
2011	You and I	Torrino
2012	Virgin Alexander	Bim Norse
2013	Kung-Fu and Titties	The Beaver
2015	The Strike	Carlo Lombardi
2016	Double Play	Bob

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Sara	Dennis Kenper	13 episodes
1985	Amazing Stories	Director	Episode: ""Mummy Daddy"
1986	Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood	Charles Dickens	Television film
1986	Between Two Women	Photographer	Television film
1986-93	Perfect Strangers	Balki Bartokomous / Mama	151 episodes
1990	ABC TGIF	Balki
1990	The Great American Sex Scandal	Sanford Lagelfost / Jorge Jimenez / Arthur Lloyd / Magda	Television film
1992	Eek! the Cat	Additional voices
1993	The Trouble with Larry	Larry Burton	7 episodes
1994/95	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Kyle Griffin / The Prankster	2 episodes
1995	The Langoliers	Craig Toomey	Miniseries; 2 episodes
1995	Dumb and Dumber	Dymbster (voice)	2 episodes
1995	The Adventures of Hyperman	Valerie Knockisblokov (voice)	Episode: "Cosmo Not/The Brain Game"
1996	High Society	Arthur Zipkin	Episode: "Nip and Tuck"
1996	Duckman	Dr. Henri Ducharme (voice)	Episode: "A Room with a Bellevue"
1996	3rd Rock from the Sun	Roy Albright	Episode: "Ab-dick-ted"
1996	Bruno the Kid	General Armando Castrato (voice)	36 episodes
1996	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	The Man / The Dog (voices)	Episode: "Work"
1996	Clueless	Mr. Pomormo / Ka-feen	2 episodes
1996 1997	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Dietrich Duchump Deitrich Dunlap (voices)	"Amulet of Enfarg/Bad Hair Day" "The Lips Have It/Escape Claws"
1997	Meego	Meego	13 episodes
1997	High Incident	Matt Shukat	Episode: "Show Me the Money"
1997	The Angry Beavers	Truman / Brat (voices)	Episode: "House Broken/Stinky Toe"
1997	I Am Weasel	Oscar / Guard / Old Wardrobe Man (voices)	Episode: "I Are Big Star"
1997	Step by Step	Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux / Black Bart	24 episodes
1997	Merry Christmas, George Bailey	Mr. Carter	Television film
1997 2000	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Sonny the Toad / Killer Whale / Reindeer (voices)	"Thumbelina" "The Snow Queen"
1998	Hey Arnold!	Ronnie Matthews / Director / Chauffeur (voices)	2 episodes
1999	The Wild Thornberrys	Franz Fensterkopf (voice)	2 episodes
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Shakey / Science (voices)	Episode: "Haunted Moon"
2002	Breaking News	Phillip	Episode: "Spin Art
2003	All Grown Up!	Pepe (voice)	Episode: "Chuckie's in Love"
2005	The Surreal Life	Himself	Season 5 Castmember
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Dr. Greg Ross	Episode: "Beast"
2007	Six Degrees	Thomas Johnson	Episode: "Ray's Back"
2007	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Henry Carlisle	Episode: "Alternate"
2008	The Young and the Restless	Patrick Dalton	6 episodes
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Bastille	Episode: "Mana'o"
2011	The Problem Solverz	AI (voice)	Episode: "Videogamez"
2011	Shake It Up	Kashlack Hessenheffer	Episode: "Vatalihootsit It Up"
2012-13	The Bronson Pinchot Project	Himself (host)	20 episodes
2014	NCIS	George Burton	Episode: "Parental Guidance Suggested"
2015	The Mysteries of Laura	Head Chef J.T. Thompson	Episode: "The Mystery of the Frozen Foodie
2015	Ray Donovan	Flip Brightman	2 episodes

Direct to video

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1996	Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie	General Armando Costrato
2001	Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure	Francois

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1987	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Perfect Strangers
1996	National Board of Review	Best Cast	The First Wives Club

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