Joseph Culp

Acting

Joseph Culp

Born 1963-01-09 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Joseph Culp (born January 9, 1963) is an American actor and director. He is the son of actor Robert Culp and his second wife, Nancy Ashe. He received his acting training at HB Studio in New York City. Culp appeared in a recurring role as Archie Whitman, the depression-era father of Jon Hamm's character Don Draper in the AMC series Mad Men. He was the first actor ever to play Doctor Doom in the first film version of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the unreleased film, The Fantastic Four. He also narrated the film September 11—The New Pearl Harbour by Massimo Mazzucco. Culp also featured in the neo-noir detective video game L.A. Noire as Walter Robbins in the homicide case "The Studio Secretary Murder". He co-founded the Walking-In-Your-Shoes technique with Joseph Cogswell, a body-mind approach. In 1992, he and Cogswell founded the Walking Theatre Group, based in Los Angeles. He is the uncle of American rapper Bones. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Culp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Apollo 13 poster
7.5

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Apollo 13

1995

The Fantastic Four poster
4.4

When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four to fight their arch-enemy, Dr. Doom.

The Fantastic Four

1994

Driven poster
5.8

Set in the callous streets of L.A., a group of sleep deprived cab drivers are changed forever by the arrival of a mysterious new cabbie and the events of one incredible week.

Driven

1998

Panther poster
6.3

In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.

Panther

1995

Baadasssss! poster
6.5

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of Melvin's brash and sometimes deceptive conduct on the set of the film, including questionable antics like writing bad checks, tricking a local fire department and allowing his son, Mario, to shoot racy sex scenes at the age of 11.

Baadasssss!

2004

Full Eclipse poster
5.1

The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.

Full Eclipse

1993

Outlaw Posse poster
4.7

1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose rationale to the gold leaves a trail of dead bodies.

Outlaw Posse

2024

Blackout poster
7.2

After being charged with hacking into the Pentagon security system, computer-whiz Josh Martin is kidnapped during house arrest and delivered to a shadowy criminal known as Charles Keller. Requested to hack into the state’s highly advanced electrical system and shut it down, it’s clear what Keller wants—total chaos. When California goes dark, he gets what he wants. And tonight, no one will be prepared for what’s about to happen.

Blackout

2012

Dream Lover poster
4.4

After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected results.

Dream Lover

1986

No artwork available
NR

A struggling magician and his successful sister reconcile their father's military legacy.

The Veteran

2023

Three Days of Hamlet poster
7.0

Over three days, actors’ lives are juxtaposed with the characters they’re rehearsing and performing in a stage reading of Shakespeare’s classic.

Three Days of Hamlet

2012

A Doctor's Story poster
6.7

A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.

A Doctor's Story

1984

Innocents poster
4.3

A traveling cellist gets involved with two disturbed sisters on their way to Seattle to tell their mom that their dad has just passed away. On the way, the two kill a judge and a few others unknown to the cellist. Eventually he gets pinned for the crimes and is forced to defend himself.

Innocents

2000

Wild Hearts poster
6.3

When Bob Hart, a widowed police detective trying to raise a rebellious teenage daughter, inherits a Montana horse ranch, he jumps at the opportunity to leave Los Angeles for the open range. Soon after arriving, Bob accepts the position as county sheriff and discovers that the seemingly bucolic countryside is far from tranquil. His problems include wolves who attack his stock, ruthless developers trying to take over the town and a female veterinarian with a chip on her shoulder, while trying to build a new home.

Wild Hearts

2006

Project: Tinman poster
4.5

A mechanical man with a moral code and soul looking for adventure and his creator after escaping the military. He attempts to discover the reasons why he was created. An action-adventure pilot for ABC, a series that never happened.

Project: Tinman

1990

Welcome to the Men's Group poster
2.7

A men's support group descends into chaos when longstanding conflicts threaten the trust between the men.

Welcome to the Men's Group

2016

The Arrival poster
4.4

An old man, who has been near a fallen meteor, starts to get younger and younger, with a terrible thirst for blood.

The Arrival

1991

Assault on Dome 4 poster
3.7

In this science-fiction action opus, intergalactic extremist Alex Windham has seized control of Dome 4, a scientific outpost on another planet, after escaping from a penal colony on Mars. Windham is forcing the staff of Dome 4 to construct new weapons that he can use to destroy his enemies, but what he doesn't know is that one of his captives is the wife of interstellar lawman Chase Moran, and Mor

Assault on Dome 4

1996

Iguana poster
6.0

A grotesquely disfigured harpooner called Iguana is severely mistreated by his fellow sailors on a whaling ship in the 19th century. One night he escapes and takes up residence on a remote island. He makes himself ruler of the island and declares war on mankind. Anyone unfortunate enough to wind up on the island with Iguana is subjected to his cruel tyranny.

Iguana

1988

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four poster
6.7

A history of the ill-fated 1994 production of “The Fantastic Four” that was executive produced by Roger Corman.

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four

2015

Los Locos poster
3.0

In the Wild West of the 1800s, a gunman is hired to take a group of emotionally-challenged people across the desert.

Los Locos

1997

Caged in Paradiso poster
5.0

A prisoner's wife joins him on an island where a killer satellite and shark-infested waters keep inmates in check.

Caged in Paradiso

1989

Blue Bayou poster
10.0

A Los Angeles lawyer has to go to New Orleans for a steamy case involving a troubled teen.

Blue Bayou

1990

No artwork available
7.0

A nine-year-old girl with a mother in the hospital decides to live alone and fend for herself.

The Secret Life of Houses

1994

Behind the camera