Dark-haired and good-looking with an understated charisma and onscreen appeal, actor Kohl Sudduth moved to NYC following his college days in Ohio and landed a role on ABC's "All My Children" in 1997, playing Rick, a waiter. A role on the NYC-lensed series "Sex and the City" (HBO) followed, featuring the young actor as one of the titular suitors in the 1998 episode entitled "Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys". That same year he was one of the hunky bartenders in the disappointing fact-based drama feature "54" and appeared alongside Edward Norton and Matt Damon in "Rounders". Despite these roles and a cameo in John Turturro's acclaimed "Illuminata" (also 1998), Sudduth was considered an unknown when he landed a breakthrough featured supporting role in Steve Martin's Hollywood-spoofing comedy "Bowfinger" (1999). Here he acted opposite Martin, Eddie Murphy and Heather Graham, playing Slater the heartthrob leading actor of the ridiculous film effort by the eponymous nobody director (Martin). The role proved a good score for Sudduth, who increased his appeal and widened his audience with his capable and charming portrayal of the slacker actor. He was next featured in the crass but amiable hit summer comedy "Road Trip" (2000). 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.
Profession(s):
Actor, musician, waiter, bartender
Sometimes Credited As:
Walter Kohl Sudduth
2000 Featured in the popular summer comedy "Road Trip"
2000 - 2001 Played actor Quentin King who in turn played heartthrob Stone Anders on "Grosse Pointe", a comedy series set behind-the-scenes of a teen primetime soap
2000 Acted in "Cora Unashamed", a PBS "Masterpiece Theater" presentation based on a Langston Hughes story
1999 Breakthrough film role as aspiring actor Slater in the Steve Martin/Eddie Murphy comedy "Bowfinger"
1999 Guest starred on an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" portraying a college basketball player suspected of murdering a female classmate
1998 Played one of the eponymous younger men in the "Sex and the City" episode "Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys"
1998 Acted in the ensemble of "54" a drama based on the decadent nightclub lifestyle of the early 1980s
1998 Featured in the cast of the gambling film "Rounders", starring Edward Norton and Matt Damon
1998 Had a cameo in John Turturro's "Illuminata"
1997 Portrayed Rick, a waiter, on "All My Children" (ABC)
Raised in Circleville, Ohio
Attended the University of Ohio, acting in school productions including "Cheaper By the Dozen" and "Flowers For Algernon"
Moved to NYC after graduating from college
Acted in the stage productions "Springtime" and "The Person I Once Was" in New York; also a frequent performer at the improv/sketch comedy venue Red Room
