Geoff Stults

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Years active2000–present

Geoff Stults is an American actor. His first regular roles on television included 7th Heaven , October Road , and Happy Town . He went on to star as Major Walter Sherman on The Finder , Sgt. Pete Hill on Enlisted , and Marco Strzalkowski on Guilty Party . He also played the recurring role of Mitch on seasons 1-3 of the hit Netflix series Grace and Frankie . His film roles include Wedding Crashers , The Break-Up , She's Out of My League , Only the Brave , and 12 Strong . As of April 2023, he has most recently been seen as Jake opposite Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me .

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Early life

Stults grew up in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. His brother is actor George Stults. He graduated from Manitou Springs High School. He moved to Los Angeles, and began to perform in the college theater productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California, where he also played football. [1]

Career

Football career

He played professional American Football in the Austrian Football League as a wide receiver for the Klosterneuburg Mercenaries (now known as the Danube Dragons). [2]

Acting career

Stults started his acting career at the age of seven by doing commercials alongside his brother George. He appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond as a mailman in the episode "What's with Robert?" He landed his first major role in 2002 as Ben Kinkirk, a fireman at the department in which Mary Camden was training and Mary's soon-to-be new love interest, on the show 7th Heaven. [3] The role of Ben's brother, Kevin Kinkirk, was portrayed by George Stults, his real life brother. Stults portrayed Eddie Latekka for two seasons on the popular ABC drama series October Road .[ citation needed ]

His first major film role came in 2004, when he played the male lead in the female action-comedy D.E.B.S. , where he met his future co-star on The Finder , Michael Clarke Duncan. Since then, Stults has had small but memorable roles in Wedding Crashers and The Break-Up , as well as larger roles in The Express: The Ernie Davis Story , She's Out Of My League and L!fe Happens .

In 2010, Stults played Dan (an amalgamation of the book's popular characters El Bingeroso/PWJ/GoldenBoy) in the film adaptation of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell . He starred in the short-lived ABC television series Happy Town and appeared on How I Met Your Mother .

At the 2011 network upfronts, Fox announced that it picked up the Bones spin-off, The Finder , starring Stults in the lead role of Walter Sherman (a.k.a. The Finder), an Iraq war veteran who, after a brain injury from an exploding IED, was left with the extraordinary skill of finding anybody or anything. The show co-starred Duncan, Mercedes Masohn, and Maddie Hasson. It premiered January 12, 2012, as a mid-season replacement for Bones . The show was canceled and the final episode aired on May 11, 2012.

Stults later guest starred in Stargirl as Courtney Whitmore's father Sam Kurtis.

Personal life

In June 2005, Stults was reported to be in a relationship with actress and former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler. [4] The pair appeared together on MTV's Punk'd , with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. [5] Keibler and Stults were part-owners of the Hollywood Fame, a 2006 expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association. [6] The team went defunct after only one season. [7] [8] Stults and Keibler split in 2010.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Thank You, Good NightFrat Boy
2002NantucketSteve Foster
No Place Like HomeMosesCredited as Geoff Stultz
King's HighwayTodd King
2004 Bring It On Again Football PlayerVideo
D.E.B.S. Bobby
2005 Wedding Crashers Craig Garthe
In the Mix Chad
2006 The Break-Up Mike
CarjackingTomShort
Day 73 with SarahSteve
2008 The Express: The Ernie Davis Story Bob Lundy
2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Dan
2010 She's Out of My League Cam
Hot for TeachersJack SlaterVideo Short
2011 L!fe Happens Nicolas
J. Edgar Raymond Caffrey
2014 The Opposite Sex Vince
2017 Unforgettable David
High Low FortyCletus
Only The Brave Travis Turbyfill
2018 12 Strong Sean Coffers
2023 If You Were the Last Tom Wright

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Everybody Loves Raymond MailmanEpisode: "What's With Robert?"
Undressed Dale3 episodes
L.A. 7 SamEpisode: "The Prom"
Spin City BlakeEpisode: "Smile"
2001 Grounded for Life Room Service GuyEpisode: "Like a Virgin"
The Chronicle Luther StubbsEpisode: "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry"
2001–2006 7th Heaven Ben Kinkirk Main role (season 7), recurring role (season 6 & 9), guest star (season 11)
2002 Project Viper Young Zack LoverTV movie
2003 L.A. Dragnet Lee CalofEpisode: "The Big Ruckus"
2004 Joey JakeEpisode: "Joey and the Party"
Las Vegas JayEpisode: "Catch of the Day"
Hollywood DivisionDet. Vincent BoothTV movie
2005Confessions of an American BrideLuke Stinson
2005–2006 Reunion Peter HollandRecurring role
2007–2008 October Road Eddie Latekka Main role
2010 Happy Town Tommy Conroy
How I Met Your Mother Max2 episodes
2011 Bones Walter ShermanEpisode: "The Finder"
Mad Love Tom StevensEpisode: "After the Fireworks"
2012 The Finder Walter ShermanMain role
Ben and Kate WillRecurring role
2014 Enlisted Sergeant Pete HillMain role
Cuz-BrosNickTV movie
2015–2017 The Odd Couple MurphRecurring role
2015 Zoo FBI Agent Ben Shafer
2015 & 2017 Grace and Frankie Mitch
2018 Man with a Plan Leif Forrest2 episodes
2019Black Monday
The Neighborhood LoganEpisode: "Welcome to Logan #2"
2020 Stargirl Sam Kurtis Episode: "Shining Knight"
2021 Guilty Party Marco BakerMain role
Cowboy Bebop ChalmersRecurring role
2023 The Company You Keep Simon Norris
The Last Thing He Told Me JakeMiniseries

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