Robert Allen Mukes (born March 14, 1964) is an American
actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
living in
Los Angeles
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.
Career
Sometimes credited as Robert "Bonecrusher" Mukes, Mukes played professional basketball in Europe until age 30, then trained for
pro-wrestling
Professional wrestling, often shortened to either pro wrestling or wrestling,The term "wrestling" is most often widely used to specifically refer to modern scripted professional wrestling, though it is also used to refer to real-life wrest ...
. His time in that career field was cut short due to injuries.
The 6' 10" actor is best known for his role as Rufus "R.J." Firefly, Jr. in ''
House of 1000 Corpses
''House of 1000 Corpses'' is a 2003 American black comedy horror film written, co-scored, and directed by Rob Zombie in his directorial debut, and the first film in the ''Firefly'' film series. It stars Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Ka ...
,'' a role he did not reprise in the sequel ''
Devil's Rejects
''The Devil's Rejects'' is a 2005 American black comedy horror film written, produced and directed by Rob Zombie. It is the second film in the ''Firefly'' film series, serving as a sequel to Zombie's 2003 film ''House of 1000 Corpses'', and fol ...
.'' Mukes is also known for his role as
eskimo
''Eskimo'' () is a controversial Endonym and exonym, exonym that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik peoples, Yupik (or Sibe ...
bounty hunter
Abumchuck in the TV series
''Weeds'' and his work on HBO's TV series,
''Westworld''.
Mukes attends fan conventions as a celebrity guest, such as
San Diego Comic Con,
Monster-Mania Con
Monster-Mania Con is a semi-annual horror film and memorabilia fan convention held in the United States, operating since 2003. It is focused on guest panels, where attendees of the convention can meet actors, primarily ones who have acted in horro ...
, Scare-a-Con, Scarefest, Days of the Dead, and Rock & Shock.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
American men's basketball players
20th-century American sportsmen
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