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Geoff Stults : biography

December 15, 1977 –

Geoffrey Manton "Geoff" Stults (born December 15, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his regular roles on 7th Heaven, October Road and Happy Town. He most recently starred as Major Walter Sherman in The Finder.

Personal life

In June 2005, Stults was reported to be in a relationship with actress and former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler. The pair appeared together on MTV’s Punk’d, with Keibler as the recipient of the prank. Keibler and Stults are part-owners of the Hollywood Fame, a 2006 expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association.

Stults and Keibler split in 2010.

Early life

Stults was born in Detroit, Michigan, but raised in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. He graduated from Manitou Springs High School. He moved to Los Angeles and began to perform in the college theatre productions while attending Whittier College, in Whittier, California.

Career

Football career

He played professional football in Austria as a wide receiver for the Klosterneuburg Mercenaries (now known as the Danube Dragons).

Acting career

Geoff Stults started his acting career at the age of seven by doing commercials alongside his brother George. He appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond as a mailman in the episode "What’s with Robert?". Stults landed his first major role in 2002 as Ben Kinkirk, a fireman at the department in which Mary Camden was training and Mary’s soon-to-be new love interest, on the show 7th Heaven. The role of Ben’s brother, Kevin Kinkirk, was portrayed by George Stults, his real life brother. Geoff Stults also portrayed Eddie Latekka for two seasons on the popular ABC drama series October Road.

His first major film role came in 2004, when he played the male lead in the female action-comedy D.E.B.S., where he met his future co-star on The Finder, Michael Clarke Duncan. Since then, Stults has had small but memorable roles in Wedding Crashers and The Break-Up, as well as larger roles in The Express, She’s Out Of My League and L!fe Happens.

In 2010, Stults played Dan (an amalgamation of the book’s popular characters El Bingeroso/PWJ/GoldenBoy) in the film adaptation of I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell. He starred in the short-lived ABC television series Happy Town and had a recurring role on How I Met Your Mother.

At the 2011 network upfronts, Fox announced that it picked-up the Bones spin-off, The Finder, starring Stults in the lead role of Walter Sherman (a.k.a. The Finder), an Iraq war veteran who, after a brain injury from an exploding IED, was left with the extraordinary skill of finding anybody or anything. The show co-starred Duncan, Mercedes Masohn, and Maddie Hasson. It premiered January 12, 2012, as a mid-season replacement for Bones. The show was canceled and the final episode aired on May 11, 2012.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Everybody Loves Raymond Mailman 1 episode
Undressed Dale 3 episodes
L.A. 7 Sam 1 episode
Spin City Blake 1 episode
2001 Grounded for Life Room Service Guy 1 episode
2004 Bring It On Again Football Player Minor Role
D.E.B.S. Bobby Minor Role
Joey Jake 1 episode
Las Vegas Jay 1 episode
2005 Wedding Crashers Craig Garthe Minor Role
In the Mix Chad Supporting Role
2005 Confessions of an American Bride Luke Stinson TV movie
2006 The Break-Up Mike Minor Role
2001–2006 7th Heaven Ben Kinkirk 23 episodes
2005–2006 Reunion Peter Holland 5 episodes
2007–2008 October Road Eddie Latekka 19 episodes
2008 The Express Bob Lundy Supporting Role
2009 I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell Dan Main Role
2010 She’s Out of My League Cam Supporting Role
Happy Town Tommy Conroy 8 episodes
How I Met Your Mother Max 2 episodes
2011 L!fe Happens Nicolas Supporting Role
Bones Walter Sherman 1 episode
J. Edgar Raymond Caffrey Minor Role
2012 The Finder Walter Sherman Lead role
2012 Ben and Kate Will 5 episodes