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SKEET ULRICH

Name: Bryan Ray Trout                                                               
Born: 20 January 1970 Lynchburg, Virginia                                           
                                                                                   
Brian Ray "Skeet" Ulrich (born January 20, 1970) is an American actor who stars     
in the CBS drama Jericho.                                                           
                                                                                   
Ulrich was born Brian Ray Trout in Lynchburg, Virginia and was raised in Concord,   
North Carolina by his mother, Carolyn Elaine Wax (nee Rudd), who owns the           
special-events marketing agency Sports Management Group. Ulrich's father is a       
restaurateur and his first stepfather was former NASCAR driver and team owner       
D. K. Ulrich. His mother has since re-married to Edward Lewis Wax. Ulrich's         
uncle is NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Ricky Rudd (who is his mother's brother)         
and his maternal grandfather was Alvin Ray Rudd, Sr., the president of Al Rudd     
Auto Parts. The nickname "Skeet" originated from the nickname "Skeeter" he         
was given by his Little League coach because of his small stature. Along with       
his slight frame he had poor health, including numerous bouts with pneumonia,       
and underwent open heart surgery at the age of 10.                                 
                                                                                   
Ulrich graduated from Northwest Cabarrus High School, where he was a soccer         
standout. After initially enrolling at the University of North Carolina at         
Wilmington to study Marine Biology, he switched to New York University, and was     
subsequently noticed by playwright David Mamet.                                     
                                                                                   
In his earliest screen appearance was an uncredited extra in films Weekend at       
Bernie's and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. After joining the Atlantic Theater       
Company as an apprentice, Ulrich performed with the group, which got him noticed   
yet again, this time by director Stacy Cochran. She cast him in a CBS School       
Break Special. With her help he also received his first notable role on screen     
in 1996 as the loutish boyfriend of Winona Ryder in Boys. That same year he         
appeared in The Craft with Neve Campbell. He starred with Neve Campbell again in   
Wes Craven's hit slasher film Scream released later that same year which became     
his best known role. In 1998 he starred in The Newton Boys.                         
                                                                                   
Ulrich starred alongside Cuba Gooding Jr. in the action film Chill Factor. He       
had a small but pivotal role as an emotionally conflicted homosexual hustler in     
As Good as It Gets. He starred as Juvenal, a young man with stigmata and healing   
powers in the film Touch, and he appeared in Ride with the Devil, an American       
Civil War drama directed by Ang Lee. In 2000, he played computer hacker Kevin       
Mitnick in the film Takedown.                                                       
                                                                                   
On television, Ulrich starred in the short-lived ABC series Miracles, and           
appeared in TNT's multiple Emmy-nominated miniseries, Into the West. In 2005,       
Ulrich acted with Keri Russell in the TV movie The Magic of Ordinary Days.         
Ulrich currently stars as Jake Green on the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho,     
which premiered on September 20, 2006.