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'''Curtis Armstrong''' (born November 27, 1953){{cn|date=October 2024}} is an American actor.
He is also known for providing his voice for such characters as Schmuley "Snot" Lonstein on the animated TV series ''[[American Dad!]]'' and Maru in the animated film ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' in addition to portraying the title character on the animated TV series ''[[Dan Vs.]]'', Mr. Moleguaco in ''[[The Emperor's New School]]'', Ezekiel the Cockroach on ''[[Doom Patrol (TV series)|Doom Patrol]]'', and Robot Default on ''[[Robot and Monster]]''.
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From 2013 to 2015, he served as the co-host of the [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] reality television competition series ''[[King of the Nerds]]''.
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Armstrong was born
Armstrong attended [[Western Michigan University]] and later transferred to the Academy of Dramatic Art at [[Oakland University]] in [[Rochester, Michigan]], graduating in 1975.<ref name= redford/><ref>Sandoval, Emiliana. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-145164617.html "Five Things: about Curtis Armstrong"]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', May 1, 2006. Accessed May 31, 2007. "Local guy Curtis Armstrong has carved out a steady film career. His most recent movie, "Akeelah and the Bee," came out Friday. STARTING OUT Armstrong was born in 1953 in Detroit and graduated from Berkley High School."{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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==Career==
His first role came in the 1983 film ''[[Risky Business]]''. However, he is best known for his role of Booger in ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'', reprising the role in the sequels ''[[Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation]]'', and ''[[Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love]]''. Armstrong's [[Typecasting (acting)|typecasting]] in the role was mocked in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]". His other films include ''[[Better Off Dead (film)|Better Off Dead]]'', ''[[Big Bully (film)|Big Bully]]'', ''[[One Crazy Summer]]'', ''[[Bad Medicine (film)|Bad Medicine]]'', ''[[National Lampoon's Van Wilder]]'', ''[[Smokin' Aces]]'', ''[[DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story]]'', ''[[Jingle All
Armstrong provided the voices for [[Mr. Moleguaco]] and Mr. Bugspit on the [[Disney Channel]] original series ''[[The Emperor's New School]]'' and ''[[The Buzz on Maggie]]''. Armstrong was also in ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]''. He played "Farley", a fictional composite character based on members of Elvis Presley's real entourage in the 1997 cult-comedy film ''[[Elvis Meets Nixon]]''. He also had a bit part as "Russ" on the short-lived TV show ''Reaper.''
[[File:Curtis Armstrong 2014 J2 Panel.jpg|right|thumb|Armstrong in 2014]]
Armstrong was cast in the 2000 film ''[[Shanghai Noon]]'' as Wild West [[Hawker (trade)|hawker]] Bulldog Drummond, but all three scenes in which his character appears were cut from the film during the editing phase.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klein |first=James |title=Shanghai Noon / Shanghai Knights (2000 / 2003) |url=http://unratedfilm.com/2013/07/shanghai-noon-shanghai-knights-2000-2003/ |website=Unrated Film |access-date=4 March 2020 |date=July 28, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304015442/http://unratedfilm.com/2013/07/shanghai-noon-shanghai-knights-2000-2003/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He voices "Snot" on the [[animated sitcom]] ''[[American Dad!]]'', parodying his role from ''Revenge of the Nerds''. He also had a role as Double Wide in the cartoon series ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]'' on [[Adult Swim]]. He appeared in the 2006 production of ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' as Mr. Welch. He was on [[VH1]]'s 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty when he played his first role. He played "Mecklen" in the 2007 film, ''[[Smokin' Aces]]''.
In the feature film ''[[Ray (film)|Ray]]'', for preparation for his role as music executive [[Ahmet Ertegun]], he had the top part of his head shaved to simulate [[male pattern baldness]]. In 1999, he played a seedy reporter in ''The Baby Menace'', the first episode of season five of ''[[3rd Rock From The Sun]]''. He guest starred in episode 10 — "Much Too Much" — and had a much smaller part in episode 11 — "Owner of a Lonely Heart" — in season two of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. Armstrong played a [[deejay]] named Jerry Thunder on ''[[That '70s Show]]'', episode 315, "[[Radio Daze (That '70s Show)|Radio Daze]]." In 2006 Armstrong was in an episode of Boston Legal. In 2008, he guest starred on the ''[[iCarly]]'' episode "[[List of iCarly episodes#ep20|iStakeout]]" as a convenience store clerk who was suspected of making [[Copyright infringement|unauthorized copies]] of films. In 2009 he appeared in ''[[Ratko: The Dictator's Son]]'', and ''[[Locker 13]]''. He played fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series ''[[My Name is Earl]]''. From 2008–2013 he portrayed Dr Parker/Dr Dawson on ''[[The Game (US TV series)|The Game]]''.
2009 found Armstrong playing a paranoid character in a mental institution on the ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' season six premiere, "[[Broken (House)|Broken]]". Also in 2009 Armstrong appeared in ''[[American Pie Presents: The Book of Love]]'', as a teacher obsessed with the principal of the school, and he also appeared as a bumbling bandit in the film ''Gold Retrievers''.
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On October 27, 2011, he appeared as himself on the television show ''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]''.
In May 2013, Armstrong
He continued to play the angel Metatron in several episodes in the 9th, 10th and 11th seasons of ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]''.
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| 2014 || ''[[Planes: Fire & Rescue]]'' || Maru || Voice<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-planes-2-fire-rescue-trailer-69040/ | title = WATCH: 'Planes 2: Fire & Rescue' Full Length Trailer | access-date = 2014-02-06 | date = 2014-02-05 | publisher = Stitch Kingdom | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140222205038/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-planes-2-fire-rescue-trailer-69040/ | archive-date = 2014-02-22 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Curtis Armstrong (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Curtis-Armstrong/ |access-date=November 27, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its
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