Michael Cudlitz
Biography
Michael Cudlitz is an American actor and director. Born on Long Island, New York, and raised in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, he trained at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating in 1990. He started out in art departments on film and television sets, eventually working as construction coordinator on Beverly Hills, 90210, and took his first screen role in the 1989 film Crystal Ball. He broke through in 2001 as Denver Randleman in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. He then played patrol officer John Cooper on Southland, winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013. He played Sergeant Abraham Ford on The Walking Dead from 2014 to 2016 and Lex Luthor on Superman & Lois from 2023 to 2024. His film credits include A River Runs Through It (1992), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), and Surrogates (2009), and he has voiced characters in several Call of Duty games.
61years old
Turns 62 on December 29in 77 days
- Born Long Island
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 30 years1992 to 2022
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A change of course
Cudlitz worked in the art department of various TV and film shows, sometimes as a set carpenter, until he got his part in Band of Brothers. He was also a construction coordinator on Beverly Hills, 90210.
Big break
Cudlitz's breakout role arrived in 2001, when he portrayed Sgt. Denver "Bull" Randleman in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers.
Beyond film
In the video game Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, Cudlitz played Sgt. Glenn "Hawk" Hawkins. He also lent his voice to other Call of Duty games, including Modern Warfare 2, Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Michael Cudlitz movies on Netflix
Manifest Westas Eric Lind
Red Stoneas Jed Haywood
Drivenas Morgan Hetrick
Pawn Shop Chroniclesas Ben
Rogue Riveras Sherrif Boyd
The Grief Touristas Jim
Silent Witnessas Sam Robb
Stolenas Jonas
Surrogatesas Colonel Brendon
Sex Driveas Rick
Running Scaredas Sal 'Gummy Bear' Franzone
Live from Baghdadas Tom Murphy
The Negotiatoras Palermo
Grosse Pointe Blankas Bob Destepello
D3: The Mighty Ducksas Cole
The Liars' Clubas Jimbo
A River Runs Through Itas Chub
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Michael Cudlitz shares two films with Paul Walker, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Paul Walker2 films together, 2006 to 2013
Paul Walker's page Pawn Shop Chronicles2013IMDb rating 5.9Cudlitz as BenWalker as Raw Dog
Running Scared2006IMDb rating 7.3Cudlitz as Sal 'Gummy Bear' FranzoneWalker as Joey Gazelle
Samuel L. Jackson1 film together, 1998
Samuel L. Jackson's page The Negotiator1998IMDb rating 7.3Cudlitz as PalermoJackson as Danny Roman
Bruce Willis1 film together, 2009
Bruce Willis's page Surrogates2009IMDb rating 6.3Cudlitz as Colonel BrendonWillis as Greer
Dermot Mulroney1 film together, 2011
Dermot Mulroney's page Silent Witness2011IMDb rating 5.9Cudlitz as Sam RobbMulroney as Tony Lord
John Cusack1 film together, 1997
John Cusack's page Grosse Pointe Blank1997IMDb rating 7.3Cudlitz as Bob DestepelloCusack as Martin Q. Blank
Ving Rhames1 film together, 2009
Ving Rhames's page Surrogates2009IMDb rating 6.3Cudlitz as Colonel BrendonRhames as The Prophet
Wayne KramerDirector, 2 films, 2006 to 2013
All films by Wayne Kramer Pawn Shop Chronicles2013IMDb rating 5.9Cudlitz as Ben
Running Scared2006IMDb rating 7.3Cudlitz as Sal 'Gummy Bear' Franzone
Box office
What Michael Cudlitz's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$294 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 4 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 4Figure not found
Top grosser

Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$122M41.7% of the total
- 2$45M15.2% of the total
- 3$43M14.8% of the total
- 4$31M10.6% of the total
- 5$23M7.8% of the total
- 6$19M6.4% of the total
- 7$9.5M3.2% of the total
- 8$1.1M0.4% of the total










