Eric Allan Kramer (born March 26, 1962) is an American actor. He is known to television audiences for his roles as Scott Miller on AMC's Lodge 49, Dave Rogers on The Hughleys, and Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie. He was the first actor to play the Marvel Comics superhero Thor in live-action, in the made-for-television film The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988). He also appeared as Iron Mike Wilcox in the 2019 video game Days Gone.
Eric Allan Kramer | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 26, 1962 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Other names | Eric Allen Kramer Eric Kramer |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta (BFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Father | Roger Kramer |
Early life and education
editKramer was born March 26, 1962,[1] in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father, Roger Kramer (1939–2023),[2][3] was a professional football tackle and a two-time CFL All-Star.[4][5] He has a younger sister named Lisa (b. 1965).[6]
Kramer attended the BFA program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which led to acting in the theater and some television and movie roles, as well as a career in fight choreography.[7]
Career
editIn 1987, Kramer made his acting debut in television film The Gunfighters. He also starred in the 1990 film Quest for the Mighty Sword,[8] replacing previous lead actor Miles O'Keeffe. He played Thor in NBC's television film The Incredible Hulk Returns and a Russian baseball player in the television movie The Comrades of Summer. Among Kramer's more notable roles have been Little John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bear in American Wedding, and Boris, bodyguard to producer Lee Donowitz, in True Romance. He has also appeared in a number of notable television series, including Mad About You, Two and a Half Men, Wizards of Waverly Place, NCIS, Growing Pains, Cheers, Empty Nest, Blossom, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NewsRadio, JAG, Roseanne, Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld, That '70s Show, Ellen, Monk, Jack and Bobby, Phil of the Future, How I Met Your Mother, The King of Queens, My Name Is Earl, and Will and Grace (where he was in the same episode as his Good Luck Charlie wife Leigh-Allyn Baker). Kramer was also a series regular on the sitcom Bob as Whitey van de Bunt (1993) and the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys as Dave Rogers.[9]
Kramer continues to work on the stage as a member of the Antaeus Classical Rep Company in Los Angeles and received an Ovatti Award nomination for his role in The Wood Demon. He also co-starred as Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie. He also played Link's dad in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans.
Filmography
editFilms
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Quest for the Mighty Sword | Ator | Direct-to-video |
| 1993 | Robin Hood: Men in Tights | Little John | |
| True Romance | Boris | ||
| 1994 | Road to Saddle River | Dieter | |
| 1995 | The Crazysitter | Elliot | |
| 1996 | High School High | Hulk | |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | Henry Bardshar | |
| 2003 | American Wedding | Bear | |
| 2006 | Grilled | Irving | |
| 2009 | Flying By | Steve | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Meat and Potatoes | Bill | Short film |
| 2014 | Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? | Ragnar Danneskjöld | |
| Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? | John Doyle | ||
| The Mundane Goddess | Zeus | Short film | |
| 2015 | LA Apocalypse | Sergeant Wade | |
| 2016 | 8989 Redstone | Daryl Masters | |
| Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel | Moon | ||
| 2017 | Pitching Tents | Bruce | [10] |
| 2023 | Alarmed | Larry Tench |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Gunfighters | Luke Collins | TV movie |
| 1988 | The Incredible Hulk Returns | Thor | TV movie[11] |
| Murder, She Wrote | Gunnar Tilstrom | Episode: "Snow White, Blood Red" | |
| 1989 | Roseanne | Bobo | Episode: "Dan's Birthday Bash" |
| Growing Pains | Tony | Episode: "Feet of Clay" | |
| Cheers | Rudy | Episode: "The Two Faces of Norm" | |
| 1990 | Doctor Doctor | Dr. Destruction | Episode: "Family Affair" (credited as Eric Allen Kramer) |
| 1990–1991 | Down Home | Drew McCrorey | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
| 1991–1994 | Empty Nest | Apartment Manager/Sven/Sam | 3 episodes |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Ray Miller | Episode: "His Honor's Offer" |
| Anything But Love | Actor | Episode: "Angst for the Memories" | |
| Wings | Biker | Episode: "Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy" | |
| Seinfeld | Biker | Episode: "The Keys" | |
| 1993 | Bob | Whitey van de Bunt | 3 episodes |
| Johnny Bago | Tipper Donovan | Episode: "Johnny's Golden Shaft" | |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | Jack "The Jackhammer" Mills | Episode: "Gloves Off" |
| Blossom | Wildman Boyette | Episode: "The Game You Play Tomorrow" | |
| Renegade (TV Series) | Terry Houston | Episode: "Muscle Beach" | |
| 1995 | Ellen | Detective Gil Ryan | Episode: "Guns 'N Ellen" |
| Platypus Man | Doug Monroe | Episode: "Sweet Denial" | |
| A Whole New Ballgame | Tommy | Episode: "Twisted" | |
| Hope and Gloria | Issac | 3 episodes | |
| The Home Court | Nick Kaofis | Episode: "The Cheesehead Stands Alone" | |
| Dweebs | Helmut | Episode: "The Crush Show" | |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Drull | 2 episodes |
| Nash Bridges | Lyle | Episode: "Leo's Big Score" | |
| NewsRadio | Ted Chambers | Episode: "The Trainer" | |
| 1997 | Mad About You | Skippy (Orderly #2) | Episode: "The Penis" |
| JAG | Colonel | Episode: "Force Recon" | |
| Men Behaving Badly | Husband | Episode: "It's Good to Be Dead" | |
| Rough Riders | Henry Bardshar | Miniseries, 2 episodes | |
| Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Mr. Loudon | Episode: "One on One" | |
| Malcolm & Eddie | Mike McGinley | 3 episodes | |
| Alright Already | Matt | Episodes: "Again with Mah Johngg" | |
| 1998 | Pacific Blue | Lt. Derrick Williams | Episode: "House Party" |
| Dharma and Greg | Officer Davis | Episode: "Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend" | |
| Caroline in the City | Olaf | Episode: "Caroline and the Cabby" | |
| Murphy Brown | Wally Tuttle | Episode: "Second Time Around" | |
| Arli$$ | Chet | Episode: "Whatever It Takes" | |
| 1998–2002 | The Hughleys | Dave Rogers | Main role |
| 2001 | Surviving Gilligan's Island | Alan Hale, Jr. | TV docudrama |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Bill | Episode: "The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump" |
| The O.C. | Soccer Coach | Episode: "The Heights" | |
| 2004 | That 70s Show | Stuart Sutcliffe | Episode: "Sally Simpson" |
| Phil of the Future | Coach Buchinksy | Episode: "Future Jock" | |
| Oliver Beene | Krazy King | Episode: "The King and I" | |
| 2005 | The King of Queens | Luke | Episode: "Pour Judgement" |
| Jack & Bobby | Officer Burke | Episode: "And Justice for All" | |
| Will & Grace | Barry | Episode: "Sour Balls" | |
| 2005, 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Vic "The Eagle" Patterson/Deputy Sheriff | Episodes: "Hollywood Brass" and "The Descent of a Man" |
| 2005 | Cuts | Brian | Episode: "Wife Swap" |
| 2006 | Rodney | Paul | Episode: "Sleepover" |
| Monk | Darrell Cain | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Astronaut" | |
| How I Met Your Mother | Bob Rorschach | Episode: "Milk" | |
| 2007 | Big Shots | Eddie Jenowski | Episodes: "The Way We Weren't" |
| 2008 | Hollywood Residential | Pete | 8 episodes |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | Coach Gunderson | Episode: "Alex in the Middle" | |
| 2009 | My Name is Earl | Jim | Episode: "Friends with Benefits" |
| Maneater | Jones Merrifield | 2 episodes | |
| 2010–2014 | Good Luck Charlie | Bob Duncan | Main role, 97 episodes; also directed 2 episodes[12] |
| 2010 | Huge | Cliff / Trent's dad | 1 episode |
| Full Nelson | Erik the Viking | ||
| 2011 | Jessie | Jack | Episode: "One Day Wonders" |
| NCIS | Phillip Ekkerly | Episode: "Thirst" | |
| Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! | Bob Duncan | Disney Channel Original Movie[13] | |
| 2013–2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Homeland Security Special Agent Tom Panetti | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Jessie | Bob Duncan | Episode: "Good Luck Jessie" |
| 2015 | The Thundermans | Mike Evilman | Episodes: "Meet the Evilmans", "Evil Never Sleeps"[14] |
| Bones | Eric Simms | Episode: "The Putter in the Rough" | |
| 2015–2016 | Mike & Molly | Officer Seely | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | The Librarians | Olafsson | Episode: "And the Reunion of Evil" |
| Guidance | Principal John Decost | 9 episodes | |
| Shooter | Paul Helling | Episode: "Danger Close" | |
| 2018–2019 | Lodge 49 | Scott Miller | Main role[15] |
| 2018 | Mom | Earl | Episode: "Cottage Cheese and a Weird Buzz" |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Carroll Wilkes | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Sydney to the Max | Coach Carlock | Episode: "Father of the Bribe" |
| 9-1-1 | Kendall's Dad | Episode: "Pinned" | |
| Fuller House | Kurt | Episode: "Something Borrowed"[16] | |
| Good Luck Charlie: Reunion 2020 | Himself | TV special[17][18][19] | |
| 2020-2021 | Side Hustle | Briles | 3 episodes[20] |
| 2021 | Big Shot | Jerry | Episode: "Everything to Me" |
| Colin in Black & White | Basketball Coach | Episode: "Cornrows" | |
| 2022 | The Neighborhood | Barry | Episode: "Welcome to the Quinceañera" |
| The Conners | Bobo | Episode: "Two More Years and a Stolen Rose" | |
| Station 19 | Randall | Episode: "The Road You Didn't Take" | |
| 2023 | CSI: Vegas | Mr. Auerbach | Episode: "Ashes Ashes"[21] |
| 2024 | The Really Loud House | Buford | Episode: "The Odyssey"[22] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Days Gone | Iron Mike Wilcox (voice)[23] | Also motion capture |
References
edit- ^ Rose, Mike (March 26, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for March 26, 2023 includes celebrities Steven Tyler, Diana Ross". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Instagram insisted on messing up this pic in my post about Dad, so I post it here on it's [sic] own… This is one of my favorite pics of mom and dad, put in the Calgary newspaper when he played for the Stampeders… The title was "Beauty and the Beast"… :)". instagram.com.
- ^ "A few pics to remember the man, my father, who we lost early Sunday morning, my sister and I at his side to help his peaceful passage… His last years were hard, fighting a combination of dementia and a body battered in the trenches of professional football, but dad endured and maintained his sense of humor to the end… He leaves a lifetime of memories and accomplishments too many for a simple post like this… Simply said, he loved his family and friends, was always the biggest man in the room, had a loud and infectious laugh, delighted in a good joke, and was generous, supportive, opinionated and stubborn… And he loved his road trips with our mom who we lost in 2004… Will not be able to pour a glass of red without thinking of him…". instagram.com.
- ^ "My Dad and I fishing in Northern Saskatchewan back in the day when I still believed I had hair on the top of my head... He's still in Canada, in a senior living home now... Hoping I can finally get to travel and see him soon, after a year, now that we're both vaccinated... #wearamask". instagram.com.
- ^ "My father, back when he was on bubble gum trading cards..." instagram.com.
- ^ "Roger Allan Kramer 1939 - 2023". www.forevermissed.com.
- ^ Eric Allan Kramer ABC bio Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine from The Hughleys
- ^ "The Unknown Movies – Quest For The Mighty Sword (1989)". Archived from the original on April 6, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
- ^ Eric Allan Kramer Biography ((?)-), Film Reference
- ^ "Let's all wish the scene-stealing Eric Allan Kramer a very happy birthday! His portrayal of Bruce Whitaker in #pitchingtentsmovie should not be missed! #PrimeVideo #tubi". facebook.com.
- ^ "Stan Lee on the set of the made-for-television movie "The Incredible Hulk Returns" with Eric Allan Kramer as 'Thor' and Lou Ferrigno as 'Hulk' in 1988". facebook.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Eric Allan Kramer". IMDb.
- ^ "On set with Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!". www.girlslife.com.
- ^ "Eric Allan Kramer as Mr Evilman in The Thundermans edit fancam video". youtube.com.
- ^ "Eric Allan Kramer Pours One Out For "Lodge 49"". whiskyadvocate.com.
- ^ "Manny Kramer- Rumored Son Of Actor And Director Eric Allan Kramer". www.zgr.net.
- ^ "Disney's 'Good Luck Charlie' Cast Reunites for 10-Year Anniversary! See Baby Charlie All Grown Up (Exclusive)". www.etonline.com.
- ^ "The Good Luck Charlie 10 year reunion was something we didn't know we needed in life, but we really did. Life just got so much better 📸: @miatalerico101". instagram.com.
- ^ "EmotionalSee All the Times the 'Good Luck Charlie' Cast Reunited Since the Show Wrapped". www.j-14.com. October 27, 2023.
- ^ "'Trashy Jobs' Sneak Peek - Side Hustle - Nickelodeon". www.nickalive.net.
- ^ "CSI: VEGAS: 'Ashes, Ashes' Photos". www.givememyremote.com.
- ^ "TONIGHT… Death rides a set of wheels… #reallyloudhouse #nickelodeon". www.instagram.com.
- ^ "Talking Iron Mike with the Actor Eric Allan Kramer". thebrokenroad.blog. April 22, 2020.