Karl Herlinger Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Theater
• Had his first film role as the character Max in "Apocalypse Bop" in 1996
• Quote: "The kind of roles I love to play are the ones that are scariest for me too - the 'out there,' the weird ones, the on the fringe ones - the ones that casting people have trouble casting․"
• Quote: "I get cast a lot as a bad guy; I think it's the way I look․ But I've also gravitated toward those roles because they are fun․ And it's interesting to find the humanity in the badness․"
• Best known for his role as Rottweiler in "The Local" and as Tom in "Pretend․"
• Appeared in stage productions of "The Greeks," "Slava's Snowshow," and "Language of Angels," among others
• Appeared in both the original and the remake of the series "Hawaii Five-0," first as a young boy playing baseball and later as the villain Toothpick
• Wrote and played the role of Victor in the short film "Show Me" in 2011