Alan Blumenfeld (born September 4, 1952) is an American character actor, best known for his role in

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's TV series ''

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'' as Maury Parkman, the

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father of Matt Parkman played by

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, and as Bob Buss in the

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''2gether''. He has played Greg Grunberg's father in both '' Felicity'' and ''Heroes''.

Life and career

Blumenfeld has been acting since the age of 7 in his

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, and has appeared in prime time television shows such as ''

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'', '' JAG'', ''

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'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' and ''

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'' respectively. Blumenfeld currently lives in

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and is still active in theater, film and television acting. He also teaches acting at

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Filmography

Film

Television

Television guest appearances

Video games

* ''

'' (1998) as Glottis * '' Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy'' (2001) as Willard * ''

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'' (2003) as Brutter / Mog / Grim * ''

'' (2005) as Boyd Cooper / Second Peasant * ''

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'' (2006) as Brutter * '' SpyHunter: Nowhere to Run'' (2006) as IES Soldiers / Kryo / Nostra Scientist * ''

The Darkness II ''The Darkness II'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K Games. The game is the sequel to ''The Darkness (video game), The Darkness'' (2007) and based on the The Darkness (comics), comic boo ...

'' (2012) as Additional Voices * ''

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'' (2015) as Skinny Malone / Clarence Codman / Evan Watson

References

External links

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