Stuart Greer | |
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Born | December 2, 1959 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Character actor |
Stuart Greer (born December 2, 1959) is an American retired character actor.
Greer began acting in stage productions while a student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock before being accepted into the Professional Workshop at the Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City, where he studied from 1987 to 1989. [1]
His first New York stage appearance was in the off-off Broadway production of Mayberry's Revenge at the Terry Schreiber Theater. After work in regional theater and years of jobs in warehouses and construction, he began acting in films and television at age 34. His feature film credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer , The Reaping , The Mechanic, Runaway Jury and Forty Shades of Blue , among others. He appeared in the Millennium Films release Homefront , as Lewis, which opened in November 2013. In seasons 2 & 3 of the Sundance series Rectify , he portrays Lid Comphrey. In five episodes of season two of the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies , he portrays Warden Officer Yates. Greer plays Sheriff Bernie Watts in the 2015 film American Ultra . He plays Roman in the final two episodes of season six of The Walking Dead.
After suffering a stroke in October 2016, Greer retired from acting and relocated to Benton, Arkansas. [2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | The Expert | Joe Hazen | |
1996 | Box of Moonlight | Stinky | |
1997 | The Apostle | Texas State Trooper | |
1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Officer | |
1998 | The Gingerbread Man | Detective Hal | |
1998 | Black Dog | Trooper | |
2000 | Remember the Titans | Marshall Assistant Coach | |
2000 | The Gift | Officer Huggins | |
2000 | Chasing the Dragon | Jack | |
2003 | Runaway Jury | Kincaid | |
2004 | Stateside | Drill Instructor #3 | |
2005 | Forty Shades of Blue | Tom Skolnick | |
2005 | Glorious Mail | Bob McJunkins | Uncredited |
2006 | Glory Road | Kentucky Assistant Coach | |
2006 | Forgiven | Paul Blankenship | Uncredited |
2006 | Road House 2 | Captain Chris Shilton | |
2007 | The Reaping | Gordon | |
2011 | The Mechanic | Ralph | |
2011 | Take Shelter | Army-Navy Dave | |
2012 | Mud | Miller | |
2013 | The Pardon | George McQuiston | |
2013 | Homefront | Lewis | |
2015 | American Ultra | Sheriff Watts |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Crocodile Shoes | Pete | Episode: "The Trip" |
1995 | Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story | Owen | Television film |
1995 | A Horse for Danny | Slick | |
1996 | American Gothic | Cody Parker | Episode: "Learning to Crawl" |
1996 | Country Justice | Man in Bar | Television film |
1997 | Orleans | Andre Biggs | Episode: "Pilot: Part 1" |
1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Foreman | 2 episodes |
1998–2000 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Various roles | 4 episodes |
1999 | Sons of Thunder | Doctor | Episode: "Underground" |
2005 | Elvis | Captain Beaulieu | 2 episodes |
2006 | Thief | Billy Ray | |
2006 | Prison Break | Hunter | Episode: "Manhunt" |
2007 | Ruffian | Dan Lasater | Television film |
2014 | Identity | Ericson | Television film |
2014–2015 | Rectify | Lid Comphrey | 6 episodes |
2015 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Officer Yates | 5 episodes |
2016 | The Walking Dead | Roman | 2 episodes |
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