Randall Batinkoff

'Randall Batinkoff' (qv) has worked with some of the best actors and directors in the movie industry over the last three decades. His acting career began at the age of nine. While shopping at a toy store with his mom, an agent came up and asked if he would be interested in auditioning for a commercial. Randall got the job and 50 more by the time he finished high school at Phillips Academy in Massachusetts. During the middle of his freshman year, at Brown University, he got his big break when he was cast as Stan Bobrucz in _For Keeps? (1988)_ (qv). He graduated from Brown with a degree in International Relations.After college he returned to Hollywood, where he portrayed Reg Goldman, the model-chasing son of the studio head who intimidates 'Tim Robbins' (qv) in the classic 'Robert Altman' (qv) film, _The Player_. Next he played Rip Van Kelt, the morally torn head of the football team in _School Ties (1992)_ (qv), opposite 'Matt Damon' (qv), 'Brendan Fraser' (qv), and 'Chris O'Donnell' (qv), and Buffy's dim-witted boyfriend Jeffrey in the cult comedy _Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)_ (qv).Batinkoff had winning roles in 'John Singleton' (qv)'s _Higher Learning (1995)_ (qv); in 'Nicole Holofcener' (qv)'s Sundance debut _Walking and Talking (1996)_ (qv); in The _The Peacemaker (1997)_ (qv), with 'Nicole Kidman' (qv) and 'George Clooney' (qv); in _Mad City_ with 'Dustin Hoffman' (qv) and 'John Travolta' (qv); and as 'Helen Hunt' (qv)'s vomit-hating, forehead-licking date in the 'James L. Brooks' (qv)' Oscar-winning _As Good as It Gets (1997)_ (qv).Batinkoff starred in the edgy Sundance competitor _Dead Man's Curve (1998)_ (qv), as Rand, a smooth, well-manicured killer opposite 'Keri Russell' (qv) and 'Matthew Lillard' (qv), and the Slamdance-premiered _Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)_ (qv), as a racist hit-man with 'Norman Reedus' (qv), 'Mary-Louise Parker' (qv) and 'Jacqueline Bisset' (qv). Batinkoff received rave reviews from critics when he portrayed Hugh Hefner in the 'Peter Werner' (qv) directed, USA studios film, _Hefner: Unauthorized (1999)_ (qv).Batinkoff plays opposite 'Jennifer Lopez' (qv) and 'Martin Sheen' (qv) in _Bordertown (2007)_ (qv), 'Gregory Nava' (qv)'s drama about the Juarez murders; and in _Broken (2006)_ (qv), where he co-stars with 'Heather Graham' (qv) and 'Jeremy Sisto' (qv).Randall recently had a memorable role in Lionsgate cult smash _Kick-Ass (2010)_ (qv), based on the hit comic book of the same name, directed by 'Matthew Vaughn' (qv), and starring 'Nicolas Cage' (qv) and 'Chloë Grace Moretz' (qv). Randall produced _Kick-Ass: The Game (2010)_ (qv) for the Sony Playstation Network._37 (2014)_ (qv) marks his directorial debut, which he also co-wrote and produced.::Publicist