Lou Beatty Jr.
Acting
1945-08-02 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Lou Beatty Jr. (Lou Roy Beatty Jr., born 2 August 1945, Detroit, Michigan) is an American film and television actor, active since 1988. He grew up in Detroit's North End and attended St. Emma Military Academy in Powhatan County, Virginia — a historic school established for African American students — before studying at Fisk University, where he played football. He moved to California in the late 1980s and has two children. He is best known for his recurring role as Rudy Richards in the final season of Dynasty (1988–89), Judge Gordon Kolodny in Boston Legal (2004–05), and Walter Howard in A Million Little Things (2018–2023). His most notable screen roles include Cop at Marla's Building in Fight Club (1999) (Brad Pitt, Edward Norton), General Manager in The Kid (2000) (Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin), Bus Driver in The Whole Ten Yards (2004) (Bruce Willis, Adam Sandler), Judge in Fast & Furious (2009) (Paul Walker, Vin Diesel), Janitor in Ford v Ferrari (2019) (Matt Damon, Christian Bale), and Earl in Novocaine (2025). He also appeared in Some Guy Who Kills People (2011) (Illeana Douglas, Michael C. Hall) and Comet (2014) (Megan Fox, Chris Evans).
Filmography
Novocaine
2025 · Movie
Twisted Metal
2023 · Series
The Warrant: Breaker's Law
2023 · Movie
Domino: Battle of the Bones
2021 · Movie
Orpheus Star
2020 · Movie
Ford v Ferrari
2019 · Movie
Eli
2019 · Movie
A Christmas Switch
2018 · Movie
A Million Little Things
2018 · Series
Station 19
2018 · Series
For the People
2018 · Series
Last Life
2018 · Movie
9-1-1
2018 · Series
The Quad
2017 · Series
The Black Dove
2016 · Movie
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Series
Casual
2015 · Series
Welcome to the Family
2015 · Movie
Beyond the Farthest Star
2015 · Movie
The Atticus Institute
2015 · Movie
Comet
2014 · Movie
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Movie
3 Geezers!
2013 · Movie
Finding Normal
2013 · Movie
K-11
2013 · Movie
Animal Practice
2012 · Series
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Series
Me Again
2011 · Movie
Some Guy Who Kills People
2011 · Movie
Raising Hope
2010 · Series
Modern Family
2009 · Series
Fast & Furious
2009 · Movie
Eli Stone
2008 · Series
Dark Canvas
2008 · Movie
Welcome to Paradise
2007 · Movie
Bones
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Boston Legal
2004 · Series
The Whole Ten Yards
2004 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · Series
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
CSI: Miami
2002 · Series
Essence of Echoes
2002 · Movie
National Lampoon's Van Wilder
2002 · Movie
American Family
2002 · Series
The Kid
2000 · Movie
Retiring Tatiana
2000 · Movie
Fight Club
1999 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Charmed
1998 · Series
Out of the Night: The Stephen Arrington Story
1995 · Movie
Without Warning
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
In My Daughter's Name
1992 · Movie
Stop at Nothing
1991 · Movie
Knight Rider 2000
1991 · Movie
The Terror Within II
1991 · Movie
Capital News
1990 · Series
Hard to Kill
1990 · Movie
Matlock
1986 · Series
227
1985 · Series