Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer.

Early life

Poindexter was born in

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, Texas on December 16, 1959.

Career

He may be best known for his role in 2003's '' S.W.A.T.'', in which he played by-the-book

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Captain Tom Fuller, who went head to head with Samuel L. Jackson's character "Hondo". Poindexter appeared in the

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soap opera ''

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'' as

Asher Thomas ''General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city ...

. He played Asher from June 3, 2005, until August 8, 2005, when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan ( Steve Burton) after he murdered

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( Billy Warlock) and Rachel Adair ( Amy Grabow). His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his

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was a

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of Jason and A.J.'s history. He played a recurring character on season 3 of '' JAG'', Dalton Lowne, the doomed lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie ( Catherine Bell), who falls prey to another man obsessed with Mac. He appeared in the soap operas '' Santa Barbara'', ''

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'', and was a frequent guest on the MTV show '' Just Say Julie''. He appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. He was in '' Blade: The Series'' as FBI agent Ray Collins. Poindexter was lead singer for the

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band The High Lonesome in the 1990s. Their album ''Feel Free To Do So'' was released in 1995. He was one of the producers of '' The Cher Show'' at the

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in 2018/19.

Personal life

His father, H. R. Poindexter, was a

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-winning light and

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. His wife is Carol Kritzer, a casting director, whom he married in 2002. The couple have twin sons.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Poindexter, Larry 1959 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Dallas 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors