Robert Prescott (actor)

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Robert Prescott (born 1957) is an American actor who has appeared in film and on television. He is best known for his role as Kent in the 1985 hit comedy film Real Genius . He also starred in the 1984 comedy film Bachelor Party as Cole Whittier, and appeared in the 1987 Mel Brooks hit comedy Spaceballs in a cameo as the Sand Cruiser Driver.

He starred in the Father Dowling Mysteries TV movie Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery, and has made guest appearances on TV shows including Hill Street Blues , The Sopranos , Law & Order , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Bachelor Party Cole Whittier
1984 National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Tom Pittman / Richard
1985 Real Genius Kent
1986Blue de VilleKevin
1987 Spaceballs Sand Cruiser Driver
1987Fatal Confessions: A Father Dowling MysteryLt. Phil KeeganTV movie
1999Earthly PossessionsStuTV movie
2000A Man Is Mostly WaterCustomer
2006 The Good Shepherd Bonesman MC 1961
2007 Michael Clayton Mr. Verne
2008 Burn After Reading Process Server
2011 Gun Hill Road Mr. Donovan
2011 The Crisis of Being Dr. Adam Porter Dr. HansonShort
2011 God Don't Make the Laws Eddie Palmer
2012 The Bourne Legacy Air Force Officer
2013 Cold Comes the Night Detective
2017 Roman J. Israel, Esq. Hon. Adam W. Hilliard
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Sheriff HanleyVideogame

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