Early life

Armstrong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Norma E. (née D'Amico), a teacher, and Robert Leroy Armstrong. He graduated from Berkley High School in Berkley, Michigan, and later graduated from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. His daughter Lily Armstrong was born in 1996.

Career

His first role came in the 1983 hit film Risky Business. However, he is probably best known for his role of Booger in Revenge of the Nerds and its sequel Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise. He later reprised his role as Booger in the 1992 television movie Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation and the 1994 television movie Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. Armstrong's typecasting in the role was mocked in The Simpsons episode “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)”. His other films include Better Off Dead, Big Bully, One Crazy Summer, Bad Medicine, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Smokin' Aces, DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, Jingle All The Way, Southland Tales, and Beer for My Horses. He also had a recurring role as Herbert Viola on the television series Moonlighting, and played the part of Ahmet Ertegün in the biographical film Ray (2004).

Armstrong provided the voice for Mr. Moleguaco on the Disney Channel original series The Emperor's New School. Curtis was also in Akeelah and the Bee. He played "Farley", a fictional composite character based on members of Elvis Presley's real entourage in the 1997 cult-comedy film Elvis Meets Nixon. He also had a bit part as "Russ" on the short-lived TV show Reaper.

He voices "Snot" on the animated sitcom American Dad!, parodying his role from Revenge of the Nerds. He also had a role as Double Wide in the cartoon series Stroker and Hoop on Adult Swim. He appeared in the 2006 production of Akeelah and the Bee as Mr. Welch. He was on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars despite being thirty when he played his first role. He played "Mecklen" in the 2007 film, Smokin' Aces.

In the feature film Ray, for preparation for his role as music executive Ahmet Ertegün, he had the top part of his head shaved to simulate male pattern baldness. He guest starred in episode 10 — "Much Too Much" — and had a much smaller part in episode 11 — "Owner of a Lonely Heart" — in season two of Grey's Anatomy. Armstrong played a deejay named Jerry Thunder on That '70s Show, episode 315, "Radio Daze." In 2006 Armstrong was in an episode of Boston Legal. In 2008, he guest starred on the iCarly episode "iStakeout" as a convenience store clerk who was suspected of making unauthorized copies of movies. In 2009 he appeared in Ratko: The Dictator's Son, and Locker 13. He played fictional astronaut Chaz Dalton on an episode of the TV series My Name is Earl. From 2008-2013 he portrayed Dr Parker/Dr Dawson on The Game.

2009 found Armstrong playing a paranoid character in a mental institution on the House season six premiere, "Broken". Also in 2009 Armstrong appeared in American Pie Presents: The Book of Love, as a teacher obsessed with the principal of the school, and he also appeared as a bumbling bandit in the movie "Gold Retrievers".

In 2010 he made a guest appearance on the television show Glory Daze and began voicing the main character on the animated series Dan Vs. He also voices Robot in Robot and Monster. He also appeared on Spike TV's Blue Mountain State (S01E11). In 2011, he appeared on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and has a recurring role as attorney Peter Goldman on season seven of The Closer. He reprises this role in season four of Major Crimes.

On October 27, 2011, he appeared as himself on the television show Rules of Engagement.

In addition to his acting career, Armstrong's affinity for the music of Harry Nilsson has prompted him to become an expert on Nilsson's work. He has written liner notes for CD reissues of Nilsson albums and has been instrumental in archival and bonus track preparation for these reissues. Additionally, Armstrong is an avid fan of Washington Irving, Laurel and Hardy, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories.

Armstrong and former Revenge of the Nerds co-star Robert Carradine host the TBS reality TV competition series King of the Nerds. The series, which pits contestants with expertise in a variety of geek interests to see who will be crowned with the eponymous title, premiered in January 2013.

In May 2013, Armstrong appeared as Dr. Foster in an episode of New Girl.

He continues to play the angel Metatron in several episodes in the 9th, 10th and 11th seasons of Supernatural.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role
1983	Risky Business	Miles Dalby
1984	Revenge of the Nerds	Dudley "Booger" Dawson
1985	Better Off Dead	Charles De Mar
1986	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Goov
	One Crazy Summer	Ack Ack Raymond
1987	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Dudley "Booger" Dawson
1989	How I Got Into College	Arcadia Bible Academy Recruiter
1992	Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation	Dudley "Booger" Dawson
1994	Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love	Dudley "Booger" Dawson
1996	Big Bully	Clark
	Jingle All the Way	Chain Smoking Booster
1998	Safety Patrol	Bert Miller/ Tim Bartlett
2002	Van Wilder	Campus Cop
	Project Viper	Keach
2003	Quigley	Dexter Persley
	My Dinner with Jimi	Herb Cohen
2004	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Mr. Ralph
	The Seat Filler	LaJean
	Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy	Brodrick Dooley
	Ray	Ahmet Ertegun
2006	National Lampoon's Pucked	Janitor
	Akeelah and the Bee	Mr. Welch
	Southland Tales	Dr. Soberin Exx
	Smokin' Aces	Mecklen
2007	Route 30 (film)	Ned
2008	Beer for My Horses	D.A.
2009	Legally Blondes	Mr. Gary Golden
	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Mr. O'Donnell
2011	Flypaper	Mitchell Wolf
	The Dog Who Saved Halloween (TV movie)	Max
2012	Sparkle	Larry
2014	Planes: Fire & Rescue	Maru (voice)

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1986-1989	Moonlighting	Herbert Quentin Viola
1993-1997	The Terrible Thunderlizards	Scooter
1995	Lois & Clark	Albie Swenson	Episode: "Resurrection" Season 2 Episode 17
1998	The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer	Confederate soldier	Episode: "Up, Up and Away"
1999	Felicity	Danny	3 episodes
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Ken Fretts	Episode: "The Baby Menace"
2001	That '70s Show	Jerry Thunder	Episode: "Radio Daze"
2005-present	American Dad!	Snot	Voice
2005-2013	The Office	Corporate Supervisor	2 episodes
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Robert Martin	2 episodes
2006-2008	The Emperor's New School	Mr. Moleguaco
2007	Wizards of Waverly Place	Zit	Episode: "Pop Me And We Both Go Down"
	Ghost Whisperer	Harold	Episode: "The Walk-In"
2008	iCarly	Store Clerk	Episode: "iStakeout"
	Psych	Jervis	Episode: "The Old and the Restless"
2008-13	The Game	Dr. Parker/Dr. Dawson
2009	My Name Is Earl	Chaz Dalton	Episode: "Chaz Dalton Space Academy"
	House	Richter	Episode: "Broken"
2010	Blue Mountain State	Ronnie Hayes	Episode: "Ransom"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Clint Pudder	Episode: "The Panty Sniffer"
2011	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Computer Guy	Episode: "The Safe House"
	Rules of Engagement	Himself	Episode: "Bros Before Nodes"
	That's Our Joe	Snot	Episode: "You Can't Do the 'Lunchables All Star Show', Joe"
2011-2012	The Closer	Peter Goldman	6 episodes
2011-2013	Dan Vs.	Dan	Voice
2012-2015	Robot and Monster	Robot/Marf	Voice
2013	Bones	Oscar Schultz	Episode: "The Blood from the Stones"
	Hot in Cleveland	Clark	Episode: "Lost Loves and Tangled Web"
	New Girl	Mr. Foster
2013-present	King of the Nerds	Himself, in reference to Dudley "Booger" Dawson	16 episodes
	Supernatural	Metatron
2015	Workaholics	Richard Ottmar	Episode "Triva Pursuit"
2015	Highston	Uncle Billy	Amazon Originals Pilot episode

[ Source: Wikipedia ]