Don Stark Biography

Fast Facts

• Stark volunteers at the Young Men's Christian Association and coaches for his daughter's softball team
• He attended California State University, Northridge, in Los Angeles
• In 1972, Stark earned a high school diploma from Cleveland High School in Reseda, Calif․, which is the cross-town rival of Canoga High School, where his "That '70's Show" co-star Kurtwood Smith attended school
• Quote: "My career has also had limits․ Most people don't know how many times they're rejected in life but actors know on a daily basis whether or not they're implicitly rejected․ At the beginning of my career I hung on to hope and had to hear about it․ I never thought that would go away․ It goes away because you realize that it's just got to be about the work․"
• Quote: "Robert Kulp gave me advice I've never forgotten․ He told me, 'I'm here to do a job and what's important is what's going to be represented on the screen․ Don't be afraid to do what you need to do․'"
• Quote: "(On how he got into acting) "I was supposed to go to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo [where my daughter just graduated] but wound up at Cal State Northridge․ I started as a business major, but walked over to the Theatre Department and never looked back․""
• Played football in high school and won leading roles in the theater program
• Stark has prevalent experience in martial arts, bodybuilding and dancing
• Stark joined the drama department on a dare and won the role of Marvin Hutchins in the performance of "Dark of the Moon," which is when he realized his love for acting