Joel Shultz (born 20 April 1950; age 74) is a former actor who played a Klingon crewman in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He was credited as Joel Schultz in the end credits of the film. Shultz worked as an actor within the Screen Extras Guild between 1977 and 1991.
Since 1995, Shultz owns and operates the surf school "Surf The Bu" in Malibu, California. [1] He has trained several celebrities such as Pierce Brosnan, Tia Carrere, and Dustin Hoffman. He was also featured as professional surfer in television series such as China Beach, The Rockford Files, California Dreaming, and Zuma Beach, Big Wednesday (1978, with Stephen Mendillo and Benjie Bancroft), Rich and Famous (1981), and The Devil and Max Devlin (1981, with Reggie Nalder, Julie Parrish, and Gary Morgan). [[ Shultz worked as background actor on television series such as Battlestar Galactica (1979, with Lance LeGault, Anthony De Longis, Bruce Wright, and Vic Toyota), Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels (1979, with Robert Symonds), six times on Cheers (1982, with Barbara Babcock, John Copage, and Gayle Frank, 1983 with Robert Hitchcock, Paul Willson, Gayle Frank, Marvin Smith, Gerald David Bauman, John Copage, Tim Culbertson, Walter Smith, Martin Valinsky, Jessie Biscardi, and James Ingersoll, and 1984 with Michael Zurich), Dynasty (1982 and 1983, with Lee Bergere, Joan Collins, Peter Eastman, Jessie Biscardi, John Blower, Robert Hitchcock, John Hugh McKnight, Danny Nero, and Kimberly L. Ryusaki), T. J. Hooker (1983, with William Shatner, James Darren, Ben Slack, Alex Daniels, and Kimberly L. Ryusaki), The Colbys (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Ray Wise, Joel Marston, and Tim McCormack), L.A. Law (1987, with Corbin Bernsen, Larry Drake, Brett Porter, and Gary Werntz), and Murphy Brown.
Film work include The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, with Ricardo Montalban, Raye Birk, Tiny Ron, Nicholas Worth, Lawrence Tierney, Brett Bartlett, Rick Seaman, Mark Holton, Jim Painter, John Copage, Michael Moorehead, Eddie Hice, Robert Herron, Larry Robb, Anthony Giger, Gene Poe, George Sasaki, Michael Wilkinson, Faith Burton, Leslie Hoffman, John Blower, Joey Banks, Debra Dilley, Bruce Dobos, Mike Paciorek, Tom Morga, Randy James, Len Felber, Allan Graf, Bruce Barbour, Nick Dimitri, Terry Jackson, Gene LeBell, Carey Loftin, Jimmy Ortega, Mary Peters, Rick Sawaya, Brian J. Williams, and Harry Wowchuck), Coming to America (1988, with Eddie Murphy, Victoria Dillard, Madge Sinclair, Faith Burton, and Raymond D. Turner), and George Sasaki), Pretty Woman (1990, with Jason Alexander, Elinor Donahue, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, Larry Hankin, Dey Young, and Norman Large), and Soapdish (1991, with Teri Hatcher, Whoopi Goldberg, Barry Kivel, Willie Garson, Herta Ware, and John Tesh).
External links[]
- SurfTheBu.com – official site
- Joel Schultz at the Internet Movie Database