Actor
Brett Cullen
Born 26 August 1956 · Houston, Texas, USA
Brett Cullen is an American character actor from Houston, Texas, working in film and television since the 1980s. He is known for TV roles in Falcon Crest, The Young Riders and Friday Night Lights, and for supporting film parts, notably Thomas Wayne in Joker (2019).
Key films
Joker (2019)
He played billionaire Thomas Wayne, one of his most visible roles in a major, widely seen film.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
A supporting role in Christopher Nolan's Batman finale, which put him in a major blockbuster.
Apollo 13 (1995)
An early supporting part in Ron Howard's acclaimed space drama.
Ghost Rider (2007)
A supporting role in a Marvel comic-book adaptation, showing his range in genre films.
The Shallows (2016)
A supporting role in a popular survival thriller starring Blake Lively.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 69
- 1984Single Bars, Single Women · as DuaneActor
- 1985Midas Valley · as Brad TurnerActor
- 1986Stewardess School · as Philo HendersonActor
- 1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story · as BillyActor
- 1988Dead Solid Perfect · as Donny SmithernActor
- 1990The Image · as Malcolm DundeeActor
- 1991By the Sword · as GallagherActor
- 1991Where Sleeping Dogs Lie · as John WhitneyActor
- 1991The Sitter · as Jeff HarperActor
- 1991In a Stranger's Hand · as Peter HarmonActor
- 1992Leaving Normal · as KurtActor
- 1993Prehysteria! · as FrankActor
- 1993Mother of the Bride · as DennisActor
- 1993Complex of Fear · as Ed WylieActor
- 1994Wyatt Earp · as Saddle TrampActor
- 1994The Gambler: Playing for Keeps · as Sundance KidActor
- 1994A Kiss Goodnight · as Carl JasperActor
- 1994Keys · as Police Chief Sam WasserActor
- 1995Apollo 13 · as CAPCOM 1Actor
- 1995Something to Talk About · as Jamie JohnsonActor
- 1995The Omen · as Jack MannActor
- 1996Shattered Mind · as SeanActor
- 1997Perfect Body · as Coach David BlairActor
- 1997The Hired Heart · as BryanActor
- 1997The Killing Jar · as Michael SanfordActor
- 1997Levitation · as JamesActor
- 2000The Replacements · as Eddie MartelActor
- 2000The Expendables · as DeaconActor
- 2001On Golden Pond · as Charlie MartinActor
- 2002Nancy Drew · as Carson DrewActor
- 2003National Security · as HestonActor
- 2003Learning Curves · as Brad, Sr.Actor
- 2004Pixel Perfect · as XanderActor
- 2004NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 · as Hub WeberActor
- 2004Deceit · as Sam PennyActor
- 2004Life on Liberty Street · as Dr. Jake MitchellActor
- 2004Suburban Madness · as David HarrisActor
- 2006Gridiron Gang · as Frank TorranceActor
- 2007Ghost Rider · as Barton BlazeActor
- 2007The Life Before Her Eyes · as Paul McFeeActor
- 2008The Burning Plain · as RobertActor
- 2008Brothel · as AveryActor
- 2009Reunion · as JakeActor
- 2010The Runaways · as Donald CurrieActor
- 2011Monte Carlo · as RobertActor
- 2011Puncture · as Nathaniel PriceActor
- 2011Skateland · as David WheelerActor
- 2011The Space Between · as Used Car SalesmanActor
- 2012The Dark Knight Rises · as CongressmanActor
- 2012Red Dawn · as Sgt. Tom EckertActor
- 2012The Guilt Trip · as BenActor
- 2012Beneath the Darkness · as Sgt. NickersonActor
- 201342 · as Clay HopperActor
- 2015The Last Rescue · as Captain BeckettActor
- 2015Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell · as Self - FriendActor
- 2016The Shallows · as FatherActor
- 2016River Guard · as Chuck FlynnActor
- 2018The Riot Act · as Dr. Willard PearrowActor
- 2018White Lie · as SteveActor
- 2019Joker · as Thomas WayneActor
- 2019The Turkey Bowl · as EdActor
- 2021Reminiscence · as Walter SylvanActor
- 2022American Carnage · as Harper FinnActor
- 2022It Snows All the Time · as PaulActor
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life · as SelfActor
- 2024The Long Game · as Judge Milton CoxActor
- 2025Safe House · as MarshallActor
- 2026The Breadwinner · as Walter WilcoxActor
- 2026Kill Code · as SawyerActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.