| Ed Brigadier | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 16, 1949 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Ed Brigadier (born October 16, 1949) is an American actor immortalized as the gruesome motorcycle-riding title character in the cult slasher film, Dr. Chopper (2005). Brigadier has made many other appearances in film and television on such shows as Nip/Tuck, Scrubs, Alias, and Malcolm in the Middle. He has appeared many times on The History Channel, most memorably as Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil in the miniseries The War That Made America - The Story of the French and Indian War, and has acted on stage in such plays as The Imaginary Invalid, A Servant of Two Masters, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In the 1980s, Brigadier spent time in Berlin, Germany working for the U.S. Army Recreation Services as a director for the community theater there. He performed and directed "Arsenic and Old Lace" while there.
He recently played Kutner's father in the "Simple Explanation" episode of House.