Dennis Dirk Blocker (born July 31, 1957) is an American actor. He earned his first regular TV role on ''
Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1976–1978),
["Dirk Blocker - Credits", TV Guide]
/ref> playing pilot Jerry Bragg. From 2013–2021, he starred as Detective Michael Hitchcock on the Fox/ NBC comedy series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine
''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' is an American police procedural sitcom television series that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox, and later on NBC, from September 17, 2013, to September 16, 2021, for eight seasons and 153 episodes. Created by Dan G ...
''. Born in Los Angeles, California, he is the son of actor Dan Blocker and Dolphia Lee Blocker (''née'' Parker). His brother is producer David Blocker.
Career
Blocker appeared onscreen for the first time with his father in a 1964 car commercial.["Dirk Blocker" TCM]
/ref> He began appearing on American television in 1974, acting in an episode of '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'' at the age of 16.["Dirk Blocker" Apple TV database]
/ref> He has had guest roles in '' ER'';[ '']Little House on the Prairie
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''; ''The X-Files
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''; ''Beverly Hills, 90210
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''; ''Walker, Texas Ranger
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''; '' Night Court''; ''Murder, She Wrote
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''; '' M*A*S*H''; '' Doogie Howser, M.D.''; '' Matlock''; '' Quantum Leap'' and '' CHiPs''. At age 19, he was cast in the role of 1st Lt. Jerry Bragg on the military drama '' Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1976–1978). He did not have another regular TV series role until being cast in ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (2013–2021).
He played a supporting role in '' Bonanza: The Return'' as a reporter named Walter Fenster, and again in the 1995 '' Bonanza: Under Attack''.
An article published by NBC states that (at an unspecified date) "Blocker went back to school to earn his bachelor of arts degree so he could teach K-12" and in 2017, published a book that he had written, ''Master and the Little Monk'', about "a lonely young boy who is befriended by a unique ally and mentor".DETECTIVE MICHAEL HITCHCOCK
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His film credits include '' Midnight Madness'' (1980),[ '' Raise the Titanic'' (1980),][ '' The Border'' (1982), '']Poltergeist
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'' (1982),[ '' Starman'' (1984), '' Trouble in Mind'' (1985), '' Made in Heaven'' (1987), '' Prince of Darkness'' (1987), '' Pink Cadillac'' (1989), '' Cutting Class'' (1989), '']Equinox
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'' (1992), '' Short Cuts'' (1993), '' Night of the Scarecrow'' (1995), and '' Mad City'' (1997).
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
American male television actors
American male film actors
Male actors from Hollywood, Los Angeles
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors