Joseph Culp (born January 9, 1963) is an American actor and director. He is the son of actor Robert Culp and his second wife, Nancy Ashe. He received his acting training at HB Studio in New York City. Culp appeared in a recurring role as Archie Whitman, the depression-era father of Jon Hamm's character Don Draper in the AMC series Mad Men. He was the first actor ever to play Doctor Doom in the first film version of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the unreleased film, The Fantastic Four. He also narrated the film September 11—The New Pearl Harbour by Massimo Mazzucco. Culp also featured in the neo-noir detective video game L.A. Noire as Walter Robbins in the homicide case "The Studio Secretary Murder". He co-founded the Walking-In-Your-Shoes technique with Joseph Cogswell, a body-mind approach. In 1992, he and Cogswell founded the Walking Theatre Group, based in Los Angeles. He is the uncle of American rapper Bones. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Culp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 9, 1963 (63)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor, also director, producer and writer
- 20 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
Known for
What are Joseph Culp's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Society.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Danny in Dream Lover (1986)
- Shadowas Dr. Doom in The Fantastic Four (1994)
- Heroas Chase Moran in Assault on Dome 4 (1996)
- Shapeshifteras Cody McMichael in Wild Hearts (2006)
- Shadowas Cody McMichael in Wild Hearts (2006)
- Shadowas Luke in Abduction of Angie (2017)
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Joseph Culp's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Joseph Culp's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
37 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Outlaw Posse(2024)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all filmsThe Veteran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Abduction of Angie(2017)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Three Days of Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
New Girl(2011)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all showsThe Reflecting Pool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Seekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Mad Men(2007)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Wild Hearts(2006)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Cyxork 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Baadasssss!(2003)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all filmsHunger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Driven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Los Locos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Assault on Dome 4(1996)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Apollo 13(1995)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Panther(1995)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
El jardín del Edén(1994)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all filmsThe Secret Life of Houses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
The Fantastic Four(1994)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Full Eclipse(1993)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
The Arrival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Blue Bayou (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Project: Tinman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Caged in Paradiso (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Iguana(1988)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Dream Lover(1986)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
A Doctor's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Career shape
Star power in the 62nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 37 titles from 1984 to 2024; peak year 1993.
Biggest box office
Dream Lover (1986)
Highest rated
Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015)
Most popular right now
The Fantastic Four (1994)
Film career
Peak 1993 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1993Screen debut· Full Eclipse
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Joseph Culp's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 29th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 24th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
10 of their 20 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed10
Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Joseph Culp work with?
People who share at least 2 of Joseph Culp's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jack Kirby shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Jack KirbyShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Kirby
Actors
- Alex Hyde-WhiteShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Hyde-White
- Carl CiarfalioShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Carl Ciarfalio
- Jay UnderwoodShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Jay Underwood
- Michael Bailey SmithShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Bailey Smith
Mixed roles
- Oley SassoneShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Oley Sassone
- Roger CormanShared titles: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015), The Fantastic Four (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Corman
