Bronson Pinchot is best known for playing Balki Bartokomous on the ABC sitcom Perfect Strangers.
13 Facts About Bronson Pinchot
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Bronson Pinchot's mother, Rosina, was a typist and house cleaner, while his father was a bookbinder, born in New York and raised in Paris.
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When Bronson Pinchot was two and a half, his family moved to South Pasadena, California.
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Bronson Pinchot graduated at the top of his class from South Pasadena High School and earned a full scholarship to Yale University.
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Bronson Pinchot appeared in several feature films, such as Hot Resort, Risky Business, Beverly Hills Cop, The First Wives Club, True Romance, Courage Under Fire and It's My Party.
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Bronson Pinchot played Dennis Kemper in the short-lived NBC sitcom Sara.
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Bronson Pinchot was hired to replace Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya in the 1986 film Short Circuit, but Bronson Pinchot eventually left the production in order to begin work on Perfect Strangers, and Stevens was rehired for the role.
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In 2008, Bronson Pinchot read the audio version of The Learners, author Chip Kidd's followup to The Cheese Monkeys.
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Bronson Pinchot voiced Max, the fully restored Black 1964 VW Beetle, in the 2009 Volkswagen "Das Auto" campaign.
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In 2010, Bronson Pinchot read the audio version of the novels Matterhorn and Blood Oath.
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Bronson Pinchot narrated for Christopher Healy's children's series, The Hero's Guide.
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Bronson Pinchot was recognized for his work with a number of awards, including Audible.
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In 1999, Pinchot spent a great deal of time in Harford, Pennsylvania, restoring the circa 1839 mansion built by Joab Tyler and later inhabited by former Pennsylvania state Senator Edward E Jones.