This Guy Again

By Matt Purcell
TV Guide, July 27, 2004
"If you feel like you've seen his face a lot lately, you are right. Steven Culp is everywhere. Last season alone, the 48 year old character actor appeared on "The West Wing" (as House Speaker Jeff Haffley), JAG (as Special Agent Clayton Webb), Star Trek: Enterprise (as Major Hayes)and ER (as Dr. Corday's love interest, Dave). And Culp may have also pulled off a TV first by dying on two of these series in the same week (Enterprise and JAG). So why isnt he a household name yet? "I think it was Walter Matthau, who once said: 'To be successful in show business, all you need are 50 good breaks" jokes Culp. "I think I've had a few". But he is getting there. "I was in Hawaii in the airport and someone said, 'You're the JAG guy'. And then somone else would go 'I love you on the West Wing'. And another guy would say 'Where have I seen you? Are you an actor? oh, ER?!"

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