Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot
Pinchot in 2012
Born (1959-05-20) May 20, 1959 (age 65)
Alma materYale University (BA, MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1983–present

Bronson Alcott Pinchot (/ˈpɪn/; born May 20, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers (1986–1993). He also performed in films, such as Risky Business (1983), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), After Hours (1985), True Romance (1993), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Stephen King's The Langoliers (1995), It's My Party (1996), Courage Under Fire (1996), The First Wives Club (1996) and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024), and in television series, such as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Meego and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. In 2012, he starred in his own reality series, The Bronson Pinchot Project on the DIY Network.

Pinchot has worked extensively as an audiobook narrator, with over 400 recordings as of 2024.[1][2] AudioFile magazine recognized him as Best Voice in Fiction & Classics for his 2010 renderings of Flannery O'Connor's Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965), Karl Marlantes's Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2009) and David Vann's Caribou Island (2011).[3]

  1. ^ "Audiobooks narrated by Bronson Pinchot". Audible.com. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Jeff VanderMeer (2014). This Is the Best 5,453-Word Interview With Bronson Pinchot About Audiobooks You Will Ever Read, 22 July 2015; URL accessed 13 November 2015
  3. ^ "Narrator Profile: Bronson Pinchot". audiofilemagazine.com. Retrieved November 19, 2013.