Larry Poindexter


Larry Poindexter is an accomplished American actor known for numerous small parts in movies and television, as well as many commercials and audio advertisements. He is also an accomplished singer.

Early life

Poindexter was born in Dallas, Texas on December 16, 1959.

Career

Poindexter is currently best known for his role in 2003's SWAT, where he played by-the-book LAPD Captain Tom Fuller, who went head to head with Samuel Jackson's character Hondo. Daytime audiences know him best from ABC soap opera General Hospital as the not-so-good Dr. Asher Thomas. He played Asher from June 3, 2005, until August 8, 2005, when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan after he murdered A.J. Quartermaine and Rachel Adair. His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his backstory was a retcon of Jason and A.J.'s history.
He was also a recurring character on JAG, as the lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah MacKenzie in Season 3.
He has also appeared in the soap operas Santa Barbara, Days of Our Lives, was a frequent guest on the MTV show Just Say Julie and the primetime shows Quantum Leap and Push, Nevada. His film career includes ', Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Poindexter also appeared on Friends as "Fireman Dave". He appeared in ' as FBI agent Ray Collins and on How I Met Your Mother. He was also featured as Reisenkemp in the comedy Coverage and appeared as the swinging dad, Rick Berger in The Hard Times of RJ Berger, the cult MTV scripted comedy, until May 2011.
He was lead singer for the Alt-Country band The High Lonesome in the 1990s. Their album Feel Free To Do So is being re-released winter of 2010.
His father, H. R. Poindexter, is a Tony award-winning light and set designer. His wife is Carol Kritzer a very successful Casting Director, whom he married in 2002. He has twin boys.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983Going BerserkClaudell
1984Toy SoldiersTrevor
1986Invaders from MarsMarine No. 3
1987Number One with a BulletPreppy Guy
1987'Sgt. Charlie McDonald
1988Blue MoviesCliff
1989Warm Summer RainSteve
1990Night EyesBard Goldstein
1992The Opposite Sex and How to Live with ThemCarrie's Date
1995'Announcer
1995SorceressLarry Barnes
1995Virtual CombatEmployee
1995Body Chemistry 4: Full ExposureSimon MitchellVideo
1996Dead of NightKeane
1997Strategic CommandJack Haynes
1997Steel SharksDobbins
1997Time Under FireCole
1998'Lt. Kreister
1999Angels, Baby!Hamilton
1999Valerie FlakeCliff Lambert
1999Judgment DayJeffVideo
2000IntrepidFirst Officer 'Lazo' Lazaro
2000CoverageReisenkempShort film
2001AblazeAndrew Thomas
2001Thy Neighbor's WifeChris Stewart
2002StrandedNickVideo
2003SWATCapt. Thomas FullerFeature Film
2006Entity: NineBowman
2006Mojave Phone BoothDarrell
2006Material GirlsSol
2008Ninja CheerleadersDet. Harris
200917 AgainDean

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982'Greg LewisEpisode: "1.1"
1983Thursday's ChildMalcolmTV movie
1983CHiPsMark Anthony Harlington IIIEpisode: "Fun House"
1983Happy DaysErik SandlerEpisode: "Affairs of the Heart"
1983'KenEpisode: "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can"
1984Days of Our LivesBen WelchTV series
1984HotelDanEpisode: "Outsiders"
1985'Episode: "The Big D"
1985Crazy Like a FoxEpisode: "Fox in 3/4 Time"
1985Silver SpoonsMatt HendersonEpisode: "A Magnificent Obsession"
1986Growing PainsAndreEpisode: "The Love Song of M. Aaron Seaver"
1986'Milo TrentEpisode: "Cold Reading"
1986Santa BarbaraJustin Moore9 episodes
1987Karen's SongJerryEpisode: "Aloha Oe"
1987Sledge Hammer!Teddy OvermanEpisode: "Big Nazi on Campus"
1987–1988DuetCooper Hayden22 episodes
1988NightingalesToddTV movie
1989Just Say JulieVarious RolesTV series
1989Quantum LeapCapt. Tony LaMottEpisode: "Genesis: Part 1"
1989Tour of DutyCPT PalmerEpisode: "Sealed with a Kiss"
1990ALFSergeant ArmstrongEpisode: "Consider Me Gone"
1990She'll Take RomanceMike HellerTV movie
1992PassionataAlan SpencerTV movie
1992Dangerous CurvesGordon PiersonEpisode: "In the Name of Love"
1993Melrose PlaceDanny BakerEpisodes: "Single White Sister" and "Peanut Butter and Jealousy"
1993Murphy BrownKevinEpisode: "To Market, to Market"
1993Harry and the HendersonsIan WilsonEpisode: "Beauty and the Beast"
1993Incredi-GirlTV movie
1994Hot LineEpisode: "Payback"
1994Black SheepAlex P. KeatonTV movie
1994SistersMatt KirshnerEpisode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
1994EllenDonEpisode: "So Funny"
1994Party of FiveGeorge LewisEpisode: "Good Sports"
1994Silk StalkingsWayne ThorntonEpisode: "Vengeance"
1995Kissing MirandaGilbert 'Gib' NashTV movie
1995FriendsFireman DaveEpisode: "The One with the Candy Hearts"
1995Weird ScienceAgent ScolderEpisode: "Fly Boy"
1995–1996Hope and GloriaJeffrey4 episodes
1995–1996New York DazeHenry22 episodes
1996KirkGuy DunhamEpisode: "The Love Letter"
1996'DoctorEpisode: "The Bubble Show"
1996'Dr. Maxwell DeterEpisodes: "Forget Me Not" and "Oedipus Wrecks"
1996'Dr. TimEpisode: "A Night to Remmeber"
1996Party of FiveProf. Tom 'T.J.' DigmanEpisode: "Mixed Signals"
1996Pacific BlueJeff WeingardEpisode: "Point Blank"
1997Spy GameJacksonEpisode: "What, Micah Worry?"
1997RewindMikeTV series
1997–1998JAGDalton Lowne7 episodes
1997Weird ScienceLt. PommafritteEpisode: "Stalag 16"
1998Weird ScienceScolder
Doctor		Episodes: "Night of the Swingin' Steves" and "Genie Junior"
1998Style & SubstanceDax ChandlerEpisode: "No Soap, Romeo"
1999Early EditionAddison PrestonEpisode: "Two to Tangle"
1999Zoe, Duncan, Jack and JaneColinEpisode: "Run, Man Ray, Run"
1999Introducing Dorothy DandridgeJoey YoungTV movie
1999BeckerJordan BrewsterEpisode: "My Boyfriend's Back"
1999SnoopsKevinEpisode: "The Heartless Bitch"
2000'HeathTV series
2000PopularHarold BeanEpisode: "Ch-Ch-Changes"
2000Chicken Soup for the SoulWalter VanderbiltEpisode: "Destiny in a Bottle"
2000VIPOliver KingEpisode: "Loh-Down Dirty Shame"
2001Sabrina, the Teenage WitchElliotEpisode: "Do You See What I See?"
2001Family LawAsst. Attorney General KaminsEpisode: "Clemency"
2001FreakyLinksDex CrawfordEpisode: "Subject: The Final Word"
2001'ManEpisode: "The License"
2002'Episode: "The Enemy Within"
2002FireheartHarvey WardTelevision movie
2002RoswellColonel GriffinEpisode: "Crash"
2002Push, NevadaWell Dressed Man No. 35 episodes
2003'Chris ConklinEpisodes: "Diagnosis" and "Acts of Betrayal"
2004Nip/TuckMr. KintnerEpisode: "Joel Gideon"
2004'Fire Investigator Jack ClarkeEpisode: "Bad Words"
2004Judging AmyAtty. George CantonEpisode: "Legacy"
2004Will & GraceDan FallonEpisode: "The Newlydreads"
2004NYPD BlueBarrett GoodenEpisodes: "My Dinner with Andy" and "I Like Ike"
2005General HospitalDr. Asher ThomasTV series
2005BonesSenator BethlehemEpisode: "Pilot"
2005'Dr. Stanley ThatcherEpisode: "Grand Murder at Central Station"
2006Las VegasMr. BurkeEpisode: "The Bitch Is Back"
2006Jake in ProgressRogerEpisode: "PB & J"
2006Crossing JordanMr. O'RileyEpisode: "Mysterious Ways"
2006StandoffCongressman Carl CunninghamEpisode: "Pilot"
2006'Agent Ray Collins8 episodes
2007EyesDaniel WeissEpisode: "Karma"
2007LifeWarren GibneyEpisode: "Pilot: Merit Badge"
2007Big ShotsNick DawkinsEpisode: "Greatest Amerimart Hero"
2007WeedsFiremanEpisode: "Go"
2007Without a TraceRichard LudlowEpisode: "One Wrong Move"
2008ValentineJerryEpisode: "Act Naturally"
2008'Leonard McBrideEpisode: "Bombshell"
2008Notes from the UnderbellyDoctorEpisode: "The List"
2008Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionPilot
Frank the Pilot		Episodes: "1.1" and "1.3"
2009Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionEpisode: "2.2"
2009Jack and Janet Save the PlanetRobertTV movie
2010How I Met Your MotherJoe DonovanEpisode: "Perfect Week"
2010Tracey Ullman's State of the UnionMitchEpisode: "3.2"
2010SupernaturalPastor David GideonEpisode: "99 Problems"
2010Miami MedicalHenryEpisode: "What Lies Beneath"
2010Notes from the UnderbellyDoctorEpisode: "Baby on Board"
2010–2011'Rick Berger20 episodes
2011CalifornicationProsecutorEpisode: "The Trial"
Episode: "...And Justice for All"
2011Rizzoli & IslesDr. Byron SluckeyEpisode: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
2011Drop Dead DivaDr. PremingerEpisode: "You Bet Your Life"
2011'D.A. Claude MelvoyEpisode: "Targets of Obsession"
2012D.A. Claude MelvoyEpisode: "Altered Stakes"
2012Imaginary FriendDuaneTV movie
2012Franklin & BashCarter DunlapEpisode: "650 to SLC"
2012SupermomsTV series
2013Hawaii Five-0Lee BennerEpisode: "Kupu'eu"
2014Days of Our LivesFather LouisTV Series
2014CastleDetective McBrideEpisode: "Bad Santa"
2014ScandalMr. MorganEpisode: "Like Father, Like Daughter"
2016Bunk'dGeraldEpisode: "Xander Says Goodbye"
2016Major CrimesAmanda's FatherEpisode: "Present Tense"
2016Secrets and LiesMark PetersonEpisode: "The Parent"
2017OutcastPeter2 episodes
2017K.C. UndercoverForemanEpisode: "Under Construction"
2017Ten Days in the ValleyMale OfficerEpisode: "Day 7: Breaking the Story"
2018HeathersMr. KellyEpisode: "I'm a No-Rust-Build-Up Nan Myself"
2019SWATSergeant BoyerEpisode: "Day of Dread"
2019NCISDoctor BermanEpisode: "Daughters"