Kurtwood Smith Net worth, Star trek, Wife

Kurtwood Smith is an American actor. He has
appeared in multiple television programs and Sci-Fi films. He is best known for
portraying the role of Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop (1987) and in television,
he got popularity through the role of Red Forman in the sitcom “The 70’s show”
in 1998. He was also starred in Star Trek, The X-Files and 7^th
Season of 24. He has won three Drama-Louge Awards for his striking performance
n Idiot’s Delight, Billy Budd and Green Grow the Lilacs.

In this article, we will discuss the life
of Kurtwood Smith. From his net worth, Early life, Alma mater, professional
Career, to personal life and Much more. So, read on to know other exciting
facts about him!

Net
Worth

Kurtwood
Smith’ estimated net worth is approximately $10 Million. Smith grew his net assets
through his acting career mainly. He has been connected with acting for more
than three decades now. He appeared in some iconic movies which further
elevated the total sum of his net worth. Most of his shows are based on science
fiction themes and were really well received with critical acclaim for his extraordinary
performances.

Early
life

Kurtwood
Smith was born on 3^rd July 1943 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin. His full
name is Kurtwood Larson Smith. Smith grew up in the San
Fernando Valley. His father George Smith served in the
military as a major and took part in the Second World War and was killed in
Europe. His mother Mabel Annette (née Larson) named him
Kurt on the name of a country singer (Kurt/curt) she was a fan of in the early
40s. However, the part wood was added after his name to make it long because
her mother believed his name sounds too meager. In an interview, Smith said
that his name is so unlikely and he is possibly the only Kurtwood existing.

Education

He attended Canoga Park High School, California,
in 1961. In his senior year, he was picked as a class president. In 1965, he
completed his graduation in Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University. He
then enrolled in the Masters of Arts (MFA) program at Stanford University in
1969. MFA is a recognized terminal degree for practitioners of performing arts
and considered the highest degree in the field. He then moved to Los Angeles to
start his acting career. He worked in theatre for some time and attended Santa
Clara University, California.

Acting
Career

Smith was starred in several movies and television series. He
started his career by playing small roles in Television and movies such as Roadie (1980) as a security guard, Zoot Suit
(1981) as Sergeant Smith, in Staying Alive
(1983) as a choreographer, Going Berserk
(1983) as Clarence, Blue Thunder (1984) as
Bill Spradley and in Flash Point as Carson.

In 1987 he was cast as Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop, A Sci-fiction film by Paul Verhoeven. He portrayed the villainous role of a gang leader. The
film was a huge blockbuster and won five Saturn Awards and Academy Award for
Best Sound Effects Editing.  There were
numerous memorable quotes from that movie that has become part of pop-culture
included “Bitches, leave!”,  “Can you
fly, Bobby?”, and “The tigers are playing tonight”.  The film was nominated for the two BAFTA
Award Categories as well as nominated in the
Academy Awards for Best Sound and Best Film Editing. In RoboCop 3 (1993) his flashback footage from 1987 movie was shown.

Other movie roles in his portfolio include Rambo III as Robert Griggs, Two Idiots in Hollywood as Attorney, and True Believer as Robert Reynard in 1988. In 1989 he appeared in Dead
Poets Society and Heart of Dixie. In 1990 he acted in three movies, Quick Change, Oscar, and Company
Business.

He has appeared multiple times on the Star Trek Franchise, Star Trek VI: The
Undiscovered Country as Federation President
(1991), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Things
Past” as Cardassian (1996) and finally in the
Season four episode of Star Trek: Voyager, “Year
of Hell” as a scientist  Annorax which aired on UPN in 1997.

He continued making appearances on big screen through playing
alternative roles in following movies, To Die For as Earl Stone, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory as General Stanley Cooper, Broken Arrow and A Time to Kill
(1996),  and
Deep Impact (1998) to name a few.

His other prominent roles include agent Edward Cooper in CBS
series Medium (2006). After the character’s death, his role was
revived later in season 3 to 5, as a ghost. He played Dick Clayton in the
series Worst Week (7 episodes) on CBS
network and role of Senator Blaire in the 7^th season of the action
thriller “24” for seven episodes.  He also appeared in 13 episodes of CHAOS (2011) as H.J Higgins. In 2014, he played Henry Langston
in Sci-fi drama Resurrection which ran for two seasons from 2012-2015 on ABC.

He is also a successful voice actor and provided the voice to
several animated series, documentaries and computer games such as Fallout Tactics, FreeSpace
2, Beans Baxter.
He did voice acting Fox animated series Terrible Thunder lizards as general Galapagos, Squirrel boy as Bob Johnson and in Green Lantern: First Flight as Kanjar Ro.  There were many other instances of voice
acting as well.

That 70’s Show

The early television shows he appeared on includes, Soap
(1980) where he played an iconic role of “Guy in laundromat”
where just had the one line, 21 Jump Street (1986), The New Adventures of
Beans Baxter (1987) and many others.  On
television, the most memorable character played by him is Red Forman, a father on the Sitcom “That ’70s Show which aired on the Fox Network. The show ran for eight
long seasons from 1998-2006.   He’s most
known for this role and Smith has been counting his blessings to land this
role, but is quick to remind that he has played other roles as he’s proud of
his range in his acting abilities.  

What made Red Forman so genuine was that the writers modelled him from a lot of what they heard from his own fathers.  Smith is often asked by fans to call them “dumbass” which was one of his most iconic catch phrases. His co-stars included Debra Jo Rupp, and Laura Prepon

There were rumors that Chuck Norris was initially intended to
play that role, but that is confirmed to be false.

Personal Life, Wife

In
1964, smith got married to Cecilia Souza but they split up in 1974. Smith
remarried to the actress Joan Pirkle on 5 November 1988. Joan appeared in
RoboCop as his secretary (1987), Body Shot (1994) and Two Idiots in Hollywood
(1988). Smith has a daughter, Laurel Garner born on 30 August 1971 from his
first marriage and a son named Shannon Smith from a second marriage. Laurel is
also an actress. He is currently residing in Glendale, California. Smith is
active on social media with 24.4k Twitter followers.

Kurtwood
Smith is an icon that has made a great impact to the entertainment industry.  His favourite aspect of acting is getting
express emotions, experiencing feelings of being other people, and managing
attitudes he wouldn’t normally experience.

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