Geoff Stults Explained

Geoff Stults
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:2000–present
Children:1

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.

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.

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 , 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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Thank You, Good NightFrat Boy
2002NantucketSteve Foster
No Place Like HomeMosesCredited as Geoff Stultz
King's HighwayTodd King
2004Bring It On AgainFootball PlayerVideo
D.E.B.S.Bobby
2005Wedding CrashersCraig Garthe
In the MixChad
2006The Break-UpMike
CarjackingTomShort
Day 73 with SarahSteve
2008Bob Lundy
2009I Hope They Serve Beer in HellDan
2010She's Out of My LeagueCam
Hot for TeachersJack SlaterVideo Short
2011L!fe HappensNicolas
J. EdgarRaymond Caffrey
2014The Opposite SexVince
2017UnforgettableDavid
High Low FortyCletus
Only The BraveTravis Turbyfill
201812 StrongSean Coffers
2023If You Were the LastTom Wright

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Everybody Loves RaymondMailman Episode: "What's With Robert?"
UndressedDale 3 episodes
L.A. 7 Sam Episode: "The Prom"
Spin City Blake Episode: "Smile"
2001Grounded for LifeRoom Service GuyEpisode: "Like a Virgin"
The ChronicleLuther StubbsEpisode: "Let Sleeping Dogs Fry"
2001–20067th HeavenBen KinkirkMain role (season 7), recurring role (season 6 & 9), guest star (season 11)
2002Project ViperYoung Zack LoverTV movie
2003L.A. DragnetLee CalofEpisode: "The Big Ruckus"
2004JoeyJakeEpisode: "Joey and the Party"
Las VegasJayEpisode: "Catch of the Day"
Hollywood DivisionDet. Vincent BoothTV movie
2005Confessions of an American BrideLuke Stinson
2005–2006ReunionPeter HollandRecurring role
2007–2008October RoadEddie LatekkaMain role
2010Happy TownTommy Conroy
How I Met Your MotherMax2 episodes
2011Bones Walter ShermanEpisode: "The Finder"
Mad Love Tom StevensEpisode: "After the Fireworks"
2012The Finder Walter ShermanMain role
Ben and Kate WillRecurring role
2014EnlistedSergeant Pete HillMain role
Cuz-BrosNickTV movie
2015–2017The Odd CoupleMurphRecurring role
2015ZooFBI Agent Ben Shafer
2015 & 2017Grace and FrankieMitch
2018Man with a PlanLeif Forrest2 episodes
2019Black Monday
The NeighborhoodLoganEpisode: "Welcome to Logan #2"
2020StargirlSam KurtisEpisode: "Shining Knight"
2021Guilty PartyMarco BakerMain role
Cowboy BebopChalmersRecurring role
2023The Company You Keep Simon Norris
The Last Thing He Told MeJakeMiniseries

Notes and References

  1. http://www.celebopedia.net/geoff-stults/ Geoff Stults - Celebopedia - Geoff Stults Entry In The Celebrity
  2. http://www.myfanbase.de/index.php?mid=5&peopleid=347 Biographien: Geoff Stults
  3. Web site: Geoff Stults on TV.com . 2010-05-12 . 2011-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110822074420/http://www.tv.com/geoff-stults/person/26634/summary.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Geoff Stults Responds To Ex-Girlfriend Dating Fellow Actor; Any Thoughts On Getting Married Busy With Career?. March 21, 2018. Live Rampup. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210192711/http://liverampup.com/entertainment/geoff-stults-responds-ex-girlfriend-dating-fellow-actor-any-thoughts-getting-married-busy-career.html. February 10, 2019. dead.
  5. DJ Paul, Stacy Keibler, and Elisha Cuthbert. Punk'd. Punk'd. MTV. 7. 3.
  6. Web site: Are Stacy Keibler and Nick Lachey the New Mark Cuban?. SportsFan Magazine. 2007-07-28. 2006-08-29. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220502/http://www.sportsfanmagazine.com/sfm/articles.html?id=2886. 2007-09-26.
  7. Web site: Opportunity exciting one for Williams. Long Beach Press-Telegram. 2023-06-14. 2007-10-31.
  8. Web site: Dead Balls. Slam Magazine. 2023-06-14. 2008-12-03.