Alan Blumenfeld is a veteran American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 character actor

Character actor

A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...

 best known for his role in NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's TV series Heroes

Heroes (TV series)

Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...

as Maury Parkman, the telepath

Telepathy

Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...

 father of Matt Parkman

Matt Parkman

Matthew "Matt" Parkman, Sr., is a fictional character of the NBC science fiction serial drama Heroes, played by Greg Grunberg. Matt is a police officer, who works for the LAPD and NYPD in Seasons One and Two respectively...

 played by Greg Grunberg

Greg Grunberg

Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg is an American television actor. He is best known from starring as Matt Parkman on the NBC television series Heroes. Other notable roles included the characters Sean Blumberg on Felicity and Eric Weiss on Alias , both created and produced by childhood friend J. J...

. He has played Grunberg's father in both Felicity and Heroes.

Blumenfeld has been acting since the age of 7 in his first grade

First grade

First grade is a year of primary education in schools in the United States and English-speaking provinces of Canada. It is the first school year after kindergarten...

, and has appeared in prime time television shows such as Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...

, JAG

JAG (TV series)

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

, Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

, Without a Trace

Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an American television drama which originally ran on CBS from September 26, 2002 to May 19, 2009. The series was set in New York City and concerned a fictitious FBI Missing Persons Unit.-Premise:...

, and Judging Amy

Judging Amy

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly...

. He has also appeared in movies, including The Ring

The Ring (2002 film)

The Ring is a 2002 American psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Naomi Watts and Martin Henderson. It is a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film Ring....

, In Her Shoes, and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives is a 1986 slasher film, the sixth film in the Friday the 13th film series. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin...

. He was also the voice of Glottis on the cult video-game Grim Fandango

Grim Fandango

Grim Fandango is a personal computer game in the graphic adventure genre released by LucasArts in 1998 and primarily written by Tim Schafer. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered, static backgrounds...

.

Blumenfeld currently lives in L.A. and is still active in theater, film and television acting. He also teaches acting at Pomona College

Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...

 in Claremont, CA.

Movies

• Oliver's Ghost (2011)
• Confession (2010)
• How to Be a Hitman (2008)
• Pathology
  Pathology (film)
  Pathology is a 2008 thriller horror film directed by Marc Schölermann and written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the writers of Crank. The cast was announced on April 4, 2007 and filming started in May 2007...
  
  (2008)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Box One Fory-Seven (2007)
• Saints No Angels (2007)
• Anderson's Cross (2007)
• The Elder Son (2006)
• The TV Set (2006)
• Curt's Brain (2006)
• Callback (2005)
• In Her Shoes (2005)
• Anderson's Cross (2004)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)
• Deep Toad (2003)
• The Ring (2002)
• After Romeo (1999)
• Dinner and Driving (1997)
• Jingle All the Way (1996)
• Dillinger and Capone (1995)
• Holy Matrimony (1994)
• Dragonstrike (1993)
• Blackbelt (1992)
• Problem Child 2 (1991)
• The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)
• Instant Karma (1990)
• Night Life (1989)
• Worth Winning
  Worth Winning
  Worth Winning is a 1989 film starring Mark Harmon and Madeleine Stowe, directed by Will Mackenzie. It was written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, based on the novel by Dan Lewandowski.- Plot :...
  
  (1989)
• K-9 (1989)
• Out Cold
  Out Cold (1989 film)
  Out Cold is a 1989 'murder comedy', directed by Malcolm Mowbray ,, and stars Teri Garr, Randy Quaid and John Lithgow....
  
  (1989)
• Innerspace (1987)
• Tin Men (1987)
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
• WarGames (1983)

Television

• '2gether (2000)
• Jackie's Back! (1999)
• Breast Men (1997)
• Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997)
• The Barefoot Executive (1995)
• Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)
• Dying to Love You (1993)
• In the Arms of a Killer (1992)
• Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
• Payoff (1991)
• She'll Take Romance (1990)
• The Preppie Murder (1989)
• Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988)
• Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988)
• Just in Time (1988)
• Badge of the Assassin (1985)

Television guest appearances

• Cold Case (2010)
• Numb3rs
  NUMB3RS
  Numb3rs is an American television drama which premiered on CBS on January 23, 2005, and concluded on March 12, 2010. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes...
  
  (2008)
• Stargate Atlantis (Season 5 Episode 13) (2008)
• Mad Men
  Mad Men
  Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
  
  (2008)
• Heroes (2007)
• Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
• While the Children Sleep (2007)
• Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007)
• Pandemic (2007)
• Grey's Anatomy (2006)
• Smith (2006)
• Century City (2004)
• JAG (2004)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003)
• Without a Trace (2003)
• Gilmore Girls (2002–06)
• Judging Amy (2002)
• Special Unit 2 (2002)
• The Agency (2002)
• Felicity (2001)
• Philly (2001, 2002)
• The Division (2001, 2003, 2004)
• Sabrina Teenage Witch (2001)
• Becker (2001)
• That's Life (2001)
• Walker, Texas Ranger (2000)
• Any Day Now (1999)
• Pacific Blue (1999)
• Vengeance Unlimited (1999)
• Chicago Hope (1998)
• ER (1998)
• NYPD Blue (1997)
• The Practice (1997, 1998)
• Murder One (1997)
• Diagnosis Murder (1997)
• Dave's World (1997)
• Murphy Brown (1996)
• Life with Roger (1996)
• Hudson Street (1996)
• Bless This House (1995)
• Step by Step (1995)
• The Commish (1994)
• Law & Order (1994)
• Monty (1994)
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993)
• L.A. Law (1993)
• Flying Blind (1993)
• Room for Two (1992)
• Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991)
• The Marshall Chronicles (1990)
• Life Goes On (1990, 1991, 1992)
• Free Spirit (1989)
• Roseanne (1989)
• Day by Day (1988)
• Matlock (1987, 1989)
• Valerie (1987)
• The Facts of Life (1986)
• The Twilight Zone (1986)
• The Golden Girls (1986, 1987, 1990)
• Fame (1986)
• Hunter (1985)
• Moonlighting (1985)
• Hill Street Blues (1985)
• Growing Pains (1985)
• Cheers (1984)
• Family Ties (1984, 1985, 1987)
• Diff'rent Strokes (1983)
• Remington Steele (1983, 1984)
• Hill Street Blues (1983)

External links

• Where Are They Now? Alan Blumenfeld - "Larry" at FridayThe13thFilms.com