Robert Wuhl

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Robert Wuhl
Born	October 9 1951 (1951-10-09) (age 58) Union Township, Union County, New Jersey

Robert Wuhl (born October 9, 1951) is an American comedian turned actor/writer.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Wuhl was born in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey to a father who worked as a produce distributor.^[1] After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

[edit] Career

After several years of stand-up comedy, he had various film and TV roles in movies including The Hollywood Knights, Cobb, Good Morning, Vietnam, Batman, and Bull Durham. He wrote two episodes of the TV series Police Squad! in 1982, and did an audio commentary for its release on DVD in 2006.

In 1992 he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars. In reality he won two Emmy Awards for co-writing the Academy Awards in 1990 & 1991 with Billy Crystal. From 1996-2002 he wrote and starred in the HBO series Arli$$ as the title character. In 2005, he was a player in the Game Show Network's Poker Royale series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on HBO in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to pop culture. He appeared in the second chapter entitled Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, that debuted on HBO in July 2007.