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Louis Herthum
BornJuly 5, 1956 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1978-present

Louis Herthum (born July 5, 1956) is an American actor and producer. He started his career as an actor in 1978, performing in local theater, local and regional TV commercials and print advertisements.

Early career

Herthum has worked as a stage, television, and film actor, and has appeared in national commercials. In 1991, he joined the cast of Murder, She Wrote; he played Deputy Andy Broom in 25 episodes of the show's final five seasons (1991–96).

Producing

In March 1996, after completing his final episode of Murder, She Wrote, Louis turned his attention to film production and returned to his hometown of Baton Rouge to produce Favorite Son, his first feature film.[1]

Since then, his Baton Rouge-based production company, Ransack Films, has produced five feature films, one feature-length documentary (The Season Before Spring) and one short film (The Grapevine).[2]

Credits

He has appeared in such television series as: CSI: NY, True Blood, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Mentalist, Men of a Certain Age, True Detective, Treme, Breaking Bad and The Gates. His film credits include In the Electric Mist, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I Love You Phillip Morris, American Inquisition, The Open Road, Tekken, 12 Rounds, Seconds Apart, and The Last Exorcism.

In 2011, he joined the cast of the TV-series True Blood.[3] He currently plays "Omar" on Longmire.[4] In 2016, he joined the cast of the HBO series, Westworld.

References

  1. ^ "Louis Herthum sets Favorite Son filming in BR". The Advocate. November 5, 1995.
  2. ^ Louis Herthum at IMDb
  3. ^ Tom Eames (November 20, 2011). "'True Blood' casts two werewolves for recurring roles". Digital Spy. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Worst Kind of Hunter". aetv.com. Retrieved April 11, 2015.