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[[File:red_forman_2043.jpg|frame|“Son, you don't have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you is because you're a dumbass!”]]
 
 
Describe Kurtwood Smith, [[That '70s Show|before I put my foot in your ass]].
 
Kurtwood Smith is best known for his roles in ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'' as Clarence Boddicker and on ''[[That '70s Show]]'' as Red Forman. To animation fans, he's also known as the voice of General Galapagos on ''[[Eek! theThe Cat|The Terrible Thunderlizards]]'' and Agent Bennett on ''[[The Zeta Project]]''. As most of the aforementioned roles suggest, he frequently plays [[Jerkass|Jerk Asses]] and villains.
 
He's also an example of [[Mean Character Nice Actor|Mean Character, Nice Actor]] as he's frequently described by his co-workers on ''RoboCop'' and ''That 70s Show'' as one of the nicest people around.
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=== Notable Roles from Kurtwood Smith: ===
* ''[[That '70s Show]]'': Red Forman
* ''[[Robo CopRoboCop]]'': Clarence Boddicker
* ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'': Mr. Perry
* ''[[The Zeta Project]]'': Agent Bennett
* ''[[Star Trek VI: theThe Undiscovered Country]]'': [[Playing Against Type|The Federation President]]
* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'': Grim's Dad
* ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'': Ben Hayflick
* ''[[Green Lantern: First Flight (Animation)|Green Lantern First Flight]]'': Kanjar Ro
* ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'': Senator Mayer
* ''[[Oscar]]'': Lt. Toomey, Chicago PD
* ''[[To Die For (Film)|To Die For]]'': Earl Stone
* ''[[Eek! theThe Cat|The Terrible Thunderlizards]]'': General Galapagos
* ''[[Beware the Batman]]'': [[Commissioner Gordon|Lt. James Gordon]]
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=== Tropes associated with Kurtwood Smith: ===
* [[Mean Character Nice Actor|Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Smith is also frequently described by several of his co-workers as being a rather nice person, despite frequently playing bad guys and jerkasses.
* [[One of Us]]: Big video game fan.
* [[Romance Onon the Set]]: The secretary with whom Clarence Boddicker flirted when visiting Dick Jones in ''RoboCop''? She was played by Joan Pirkle, Kurtwood Smith's wife.
* [[Typecasting]]: In several of his roles, he frequently plays arrogant characters or bad guys. He's admitted to enjoying playing villains.
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: His mother thought there weren't enough Kurtwoods in the world. [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|Seriously.]]
 
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