Paul Le Mat (born September 22, 1945) is an American actor. He first came to prominence with his role in American Graffiti (1973); his performance was met with critical acclaim and earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. Le Mat's breakout performance in George Lucas's American Graffiti landed him the lead role in box office hit Aloha, Bobby and Rose (1975). He also is known for his work in the Jonathan Demme films Handle with Care (1977) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He won another Golden Globe award for his performance in the TV film The Burning Bed (1984) and starred in the cult film Puppet Master (1989), which spawned a franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Le Mat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2009Chrome Angels — Elliot
• 2006Tales of the Rat Fink — Cruisin' (voice)
• 2004The Long Shot — Guido Levits
• 2001Big Bad Love — Monroe
• 1999The Outfitters — Robby
• 1998American History X — McMahon
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Sheldon Ludovic (segment "Eclipse")
• 1994Caroline at Midnight — Emmet
• 1994Deep Down — Ray
• 1994Sensation — Mitch Snyder
• 1992Deuce Coupe — Sheriff
• 1992In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion — Doug Bodrero
• 1992Wishman — Basie
• 1992Woman With a Past — Merle
• 1989Blind Witness — Det. Mike Tuthill
• 1989Easy Wheels — Bruce
• 1989Grave Secrets — David Shaw
• 1989No Strings Attached: A Behind the Scenes Look at Puppet Master
• 1989Puppetmaster — Alex Whitaker
• 1988Secret Witness — Kurt
• 1987Into the Homeland — Derrick Wilson
• 1987P.I. Private Investigations — Detective Wexler
• 1987P.K. and the Kid — Kid Kane
• 1987The Hanoi Hilton — Earl Hubman
• 1986Long Time Gone — Nick Sandusky
• On Wings of Eagles — Jay Coburn
• The Twilight Zone — Tom Bennett
• Murder, She Wrote — Luke Purdue
• 1984The Burning Bed — Mickey Hughes
• 1984The Night They Saved Christmas — Michael Baldwin
• 1983Rock & Rule — Omar (voice)
• 1983Strange Invaders — Charles Bigelow
• 1982Death Valley — Mike
• 1982Jimmy the Kid — John Dortmunder
• 1982The Gift of Life — Dwayne Sutton
• 1980Melvin and Howard — Melvin Dummar
• 1979More American Graffiti — John Milner
• 1977Citizens Band — Spider
• 1975Aloha Bobby and Rose — Bobby
• 1973American Graffiti — John Milner
• 1973Firehouse — Billy Dalzell

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1998The Making of 'American Graffiti' — Self