Eric Allan Kramer

Eric Allan Kramer (born March 26, 1962) is an American actor. He is known to television audiences for his roles as Scott Miller on AMC's Lodge 49, Dave Rogers on The Hughleys, and Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie. He was the first actor to play the Marvel Comics superhero Thor in live-action, in the made-for-television film The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988). He also appeared as Iron Mike Wilcox in the 2019 video game Days Gone.

Eric Allan Kramer
Born	(1962-03-26) March 26, 1962 (age 63) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Other names	Eric Allen Kramer Eric Kramer
Alma mater	University of Alberta (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Father	Roger Kramer

Early life and education

Kramer was born March 26, 1962,^[1] in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His father, Roger Kramer (1939–2023),^[2][3] was a professional football tackle and a two-time CFL All-Star.^[4][5] He has a younger sister named Lisa (b. 1965).^[6]

Kramer attended the BFA program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, which led to acting in the theater and some television and film roles, as well as a career in fight choreography.^[7]

Career

In 1987, Kramer made his acting debut in television film The Gunfighters. He also starred in the 1990 film Quest for the Mighty Sword,^[8] replacing previous lead actor Miles O'Keeffe. He played Thor in NBC's television film The Incredible Hulk Returns and a Russian baseball player in the television movie The Comrades of Summer. Among Kramer's more notable roles have been Little John in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bear in American Wedding, and Boris, bodyguard to producer Lee Donowitz, in True Romance. He has also appeared in a number of notable television series, including Mad About You, Two and a Half Men, Wizards of Waverly Place, NCIS, Growing Pains, Cheers, Empty Nest, Blossom, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, NewsRadio, JAG, Roseanne, Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld, That '70s Show, Ellen, Monk, Jack and Bobby, Phil of the Future, How I Met Your Mother, The King of Queens, My Name Is Earl, and Will and Grace (where he was in the same episode as his Good Luck Charlie wife Leigh-Allyn Baker). Kramer was also a series regular on the sitcom Bob as Whitey van de Bunt (1993) and the ABC/UPN sitcom The Hughleys as Dave Rogers.^[9]

Kramer continues to work on the stage as a member of the Antaeus Classical Rep Company in Los Angeles and received an Ovatti Award nomination for his role in The Wood Demon. He also co-starred as Bob Duncan on the Disney Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie. He also played Link's dad in the Nickelodeon series The Thundermans.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Quest for the Mighty Sword	Ator	Direct-to-video
1993	Robin Hood: Men in Tights	Little John
	True Romance	Boris
1994	Road to Saddle River	Dieter
	The Crazysitter	Elliot
1996	High School High	Hulk
2003	American Wedding	Bear
2006	Grilled	Irving
2009	Flying By	Steve	Direct-to-video
2014	Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?	Ragnar Danneskjöld
	Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?	John Doyle
2015	LA Apocalypse	Sergeant Wade
2016	8989 Redstone	Daryl Masters
	Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel	Moon
2017	Pitching Tents	Bruce	[10]
2023	Alarmed	Larry Tench

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Gunfighters	Luke Collins	TV movie
1988	The Incredible Hulk Returns	Thor	TV movie[11]
	Murder, She Wrote	Gunnar Tilstrom	Episode: "Snow White, Blood Red"
1989	Roseanne	Bobo	Episode: "Dan's Birthday Bash"
	Growing Pains	Tony	Episode: "Feet of Clay"
	Cheers	Rudy	Episode: "The Two Faces of Norm"
1990	Doctor Doctor	Dr. Destruction	Episode: "Family Affair" (credited as Eric Allen Kramer)
1990–1991	Down Home	Drew McCrorey	Recurring role; 8 episodes
1991–1994	Empty Nest	Apartment Manager / Sven / Sam	3 episodes
1992	Civil Wars	Ray Miller	Episode: "His Honor's Offer"
	Anything But Love	Actor	Episode: "Angst for the Memories"
	Wings	Biker	Episode: "Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy"
	Seinfeld	Biker	Episode: "The Keys"
1993	Bob	Whitey van de Bunt	3 episodes
	Johnny Bago	Tipper Donovan	Episode: "Johnny's Golden Shaft"
1994	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Jack "The Jackhammer" Mills	Episode: "Gloves Off"
	Blossom	Wildman Boyette	Episode: "The Game You Play Tomorrow"
	Renegade	Terry Houston	Episode: "Muscle Beach"
1995	Ellen	Detective Gil Ryan	Episode: "Guns 'N Ellen"
	Platypus Man	Doug Monroe	Episode: "Sweet Denial"
	A Whole New Ballgame	Tommy	Episode: "Twisted"
	Hope and Gloria	Issac	3 episodes
	The Home Court	Nick Kaofis	Episode: "The Cheesehead Stands Alone"
	Dweebs	Helmut	Episode: "The Crush Show"
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Drull	2 episodes
	Nash Bridges	Lyle	Episode: "Leo's Big Score"
	NewsRadio	Ted Chambers	Episode: "The Trainer"
1997	Mad About You	Skippy (Orderly #2)	Episode: "The Penis"
	JAG	Colonel	Episode: "Force Recon"
	Men Behaving Badly	Husband	Episode: "It's Good to Be Dead"
	Rough Riders	Henry Bardshar	Miniseries, 2 episodes
	Hangin' with Mr. Cooper	Mr. Loudon	Episode: "One on One"
	Malcolm & Eddie	Mike McGinley	3 episodes
	Alright Already	Matt	Episodes: "Again with Mah Johngg"
1998	Pacific Blue	Lt. Derrick Williams	Episode: "House Party"
	Dharma and Greg	Officer Davis	Episode: "Dharma and Greg's First Romantic Valentine's Day Weekend"
	Caroline in the City	Olaf	Episode: "Caroline and the Cabby"
	Murphy Brown	Wally Tuttle	Episode: "Second Time Around"
	Arli$$	Chet	Episode: "Whatever It Takes"
1998–2002	The Hughleys	Dave Rogers	Main role
2001	Surviving Gilligan's Island	Alan Hale, Jr.	TV docudrama
2003	Two and a Half Men	Bill	Episode: "The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump"
	The O.C.	Soccer Coach	Episode: "The Heights"
2004	That 70s Show	Stuart Sutcliffe	Episode: "Sally Simpson"
	Phil of the Future	Coach Buchinksy	Episode: "Future Jock"
	Oliver Beene	Krazy King	Episode: "The King and I"
2005	The King of Queens	Luke	Episode: "Pour Judgement"
	Jack & Bobby	Officer Burke	Episode: "And Justice for All"
	Will & Grace	Barry	Episode: "Sour Balls"
2005	Cuts	Brian	Episode: "Wife Swap"
2005, 2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Vic "The Eagle" Patterson / Deputy Sheriff	Episodes: "Hollywood Brass" and "The Descent of a Man"
2006	Rodney	Paul	Episode: "Sleepover"
	Monk	Darrell Cain	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Astronaut"
	How I Met Your Mother	Bob Rorschach	Episode: "Milk"
2007	Big Shots	Eddie Jenowski	Episodes: "The Way We Weren't"
2008	Hollywood Residential	Pete	8 episodes
	Wizards of Waverly Place	Coach Gunderson	Episode: "Alex in the Middle"
2009	My Name is Earl	Jim	Episode: "Friends with Benefits"
	Maneater	Jones Merrifield	2 episodes
2010–2014	Good Luck Charlie	Bob Duncan	Main role, 97 episodes; also directed 2 episodes[12]
2010	Huge	Cliff / Trent's dad	2 episodes
	Full Nelson	Erik the Viking
2011	Jessie	Jack	Episode: "One Day Wonders"
	NCIS	Phillip Ekkerly	Episode: "Thirst"
	Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!	Bob Duncan	Disney Channel Original Movie[13]
2013	Jessie	Bob Duncan	Episode: "Good Luck Jessie"
2013–2014	NCIS: Los Angeles	Homeland Security Special Agent Tom Panetti	2 episodes
2015	The Thundermans	Mike Evilman	Episodes: "Meet the Evilmans", "Evil Never Sleeps"[14]
	Bones	Eric Simms	Episode: "The Putter in the Rough"
2015–2016	Mike & Molly	Officer Seely	4 episodes
2016	The Librarians	Olafsson	Episode: "And the Reunion of Evil"
	Guidance	Principal John Decost	9 episodes
	Shooter	Paul Helling	Episode: "Danger Close"
2018	Mom	Earl	Episode: "Cottage Cheese and a Weird Buzz"
2018–2019	Lodge 49	Scott Miller	Main role[15]
2019	On Becoming a God in Central Florida	Carroll Wilkes	2 episodes
2020	Sydney to the Max	Coach Carlock	Episode: "Father of the Bribe"
	9-1-1	Kendall's Dad	Episode: "Pinned"
	Fuller House	Kurt	Episode: "Something Borrowed"
	Good Luck Charlie: Reunion 2020	Himself	TV special[16][17][18]
2020–2021	Side Hustle	Briles	3 episodes[19]
2021	Big Shot	Jerry	Episode: "Everything to Me"
	Colin in Black & White	Basketball Coach	Episode: "Cornrows"
2022	The Neighborhood	Barry	Episode: "Welcome to the Quinceañera"
	The Conners	Bobo	Episode: "Two More Years and a Stolen Rose"
	Station 19	Randall	Episode: "The Road You Didn't Take"
2023	CSI: Vegas	Mr. Auerbach	Episode: "Ashes Ashes"[20]
2024	Chicago Fire	Firefighter Carl	Episode: "S12.E12 Under Pressure"[21]
2024	The Really Loud House	Buford	Episode: "The Odyssey"[22]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Days Gone	Iron Mike Wilcox (voice)[23]	Also motion capture