Bronson Pinchot | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | May 20, 1959
Alma mater | Yale University (BA, MFA) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–present |
Bronson Alcott Pinchot (/ˈpɪntʃoʊ/; born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–1993). He also performed in films, such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), After Hours (1985), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Stephen King's The Langoliers (1995), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996), The First Wives Club (1996) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), and in television series, such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Meego and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In 2012, he starred in his own reality series, The Bronson Pinchot Project on the DIY Network.
Pinchot has worked extensively as an audiobook narrator, with over 400 recordings as of 2024.[1][2] AudioFile magazine recognized him as Best Voice in Fiction & Classics for his 2010 renderings of Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2009) and David Vann's Caribou Island (2011).[3]