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My Take
Curtis Armstrong is one of those actors I think of as a comedy institution without ever being the lead. To a lot of people he'll always be Booger from Revenge of the Nerds, but his range is wider than that single role suggests. He was Miles in Risky Business, Herbert Viola on Moonlighting, and later Metatron on Supernatural, jumping between film, television, and voice work. A Detroit native and Oakland University grad, he reads to me as a reliable character actor — the kind who shows up, steals a scene, and keeps a career running for decades. That durability is the part I find most impressive.
Overview
Curtis Johnathan Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Booger in the Revenge of the Nerds films, Herbert Viola on the TV series Moonlighting, Miles Dalby in the film Risky Business, and record producer Ahmet Ertegun in the film Ray as well as for playing the role of Metatron on the TV series Supernatural.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Curtis Armstrong
- Name (Japanese)
- カーティス・アームストロング
- Reading
- かーてぃす・あーむすとろんぐ
- Born
- November 27, 1953 (age 72)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Snake
- Origin
- Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Berkley High School
- University
- Oakland University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.