Having previously appeared in a 1999 episode of NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" that featured him as a particularly distasteful star basketball player and primary murder suspect, Sudduth made his regular series debut on The WB's "Grosse Pointe" (2000-01), portraying Quentin King, an actor too long in the tooth (and thin in the hair) to be playing high school rebel Stone Anders on the sitcom's show-within-a-show. Produced by Darren Star and obviously based loosely on his previous project "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox), "Grosse Pointe" went behind the scenes of a popular teen drama, and Sudduth's Quentin/Stone seemed inspired by the Fox series' Luke Perry/Dylan McKay. Playing one of the more likable (if hopelessly vain) characters on the series would help the actor raise his profile even further, and his take on the potentially cool but ultimately sputtering Quentin King, added to his impressive dramatic turn in the "Masterpiece Theater" presentation "Cora Unashamed" (PBS, 2000), would showcase notable talent and a screen presence that could vault Sudduth to a successful acting career.