Lou Beatty Jr.

Biography

Lou Beatty Jr. is an American actor who has worked in film and television, best known for his recurring role as police detective Rudy Richards in the final season of the soap opera Dynasty. Born in Detroit, he moved to California in the late 1980s and started his screen career in 1988 with the NBC sitcom 227 and the ABC medical drama HeartBeat. He went on to guest-star in many series, among them The West Wing, The X-Files, Matlock, JAG, Grey's Anatomy, 9-1-1 and Station 19, and he held recurring parts as Judge Gordon Kolodny in Boston Legal and Walter Howard in A Million Little Things. His film work includes Fight Club, Hard to Kill (1990), The Terror Within II (1991), K-11 (2012), Comet (2014) and Novocaine (2025).

Movie Career

Films: 16
Career span: 35 years1990 to 2025

Genres

Comedy50%, 8 films
Drama38%, 6 films
Horror25%, 4 films
Action19%, 3 films
Crime19%, 3 films

First and latest

Lou Beatty Jr. movies on Netflix

Novocaine2025IMDb rating 6.5as Earl
The Warrant: Breaker's Law2023IMDb rating 5.2as Chuck Leftfoot
Eli2019IMDb rating 5.8as Motel Owner
A Christmas Switch2018IMDb rating 6.0as Stan
Tales from the Hood 22018IMDb rating 4.4as Floyd
The Atticus Institute2015IMDb rating 5.5as Darrell Price
Comet2014IMDb rating 6.7as Conductor
3 Geezers!2013IMDb rating 3.3as Bernard
Finding Normal2013IMDb rating 6.3as Doc Shelby
K-112012IMDb rating 5.1as Granny
Some Guy Who Kills People2011IMDb rating 6.3as Al Fooger
Welcome to Paradise2007IMDb rating 6.1as Trevor Goodman
The Whole Ten Yards2004IMDb rating 5.5as Bus Driver
Knight Rider 20001991IMDb rating 4.6as Mayor Harold Abbey
The Terror Within II1991IMDb rating 4.2as Ernie
Hard to Kill1990IMDb rating 5.8as Carl Becker

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Novocaine2025 Action, Comedy, Thrilleras Earl
IMDb rating 6.594K votes
Comet2014 Comedy, Drama, Romanceas Conductor
IMDb rating 6.720K votes
Eli2019as Motel Owner
IMDb rating 5.846K votes
Hard to Kill1990as Carl Becker
IMDb rating 5.835K votes
Finding Normal2013as Doc Shelby
IMDb rating 6.32.6K votes
Some Guy Who Kills People2011as Al Fooger
IMDb rating 6.36.4K votes
The Whole Ten Yards2004as Bus Driver
IMDb rating 5.561K votes
Knight Rider 20001991as Mayor Harold Abbey
IMDb rating 4.63.9K votes

Most often with

Brian Herzlinger directed two of these films. Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Kevin Pollak

Nick Searcy

John Patrick Jordan

Brian HerzlingerDirector, 2 films

Films together

Kevin Pollak2 films together, 2004 to 2013
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- 3 Geezers!2013IMDb rating 3.3Beatty as BernardPollak as Kevin
- The Whole Ten Yards2004IMDb rating 5.5Beatty as Bus DriverPollak as Lazlo
Nick Searcy2 films together, 2007 to 2023
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- The Warrant: Breaker's Law2023IMDb rating 5.2Beatty as Chuck LeftfootSearcy as Colonel Dredge
- Welcome to Paradise2007IMDb rating 6.1Beatty as Trevor GoodmanSearcy as Reverend Ellington
John Patrick Jordan2 films together, 2018 to 2023
John Patrick Jordan's page
- The Warrant: Breaker's Law2023IMDb rating 5.2Beatty as Chuck LeftfootJordan as Rufus McGillicuddy
- A Christmas Switch2018IMDb rating 6.0Beatty as StanJordan as Alex Samson
Brian HerzlingerDirector, 2 films, 2013 to 2018
All films by Brian Herzlinger
- A Christmas Switch2018IMDb rating 6.0Beatty as Stan
- Finding Normal2013IMDb rating 6.3Beatty as Doc Shelby

Online

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