Tracey Walter was born on November 25, 1947 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Repo Man (1984), Batman (1989) and Conan the Destroyer (1984).Long stringy hair and off-putting smile Often appears in Jonathan Demme's films Often plays bizarre or eccentric types n 1991, he appeared in films with that year's Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. He played a funeral home director in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and the cook in City Slickers (1991). Attended and graduated from St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey. Started his acting career as an apprentice in summer stock and eventually worked his way up as a character actor. Was working in a car parts store in Jersey City when he stumbled upon acting and was hit by the bug after seeing an off-Broadway show ("Scuba Duba") in 1967. Compact-looking character actor whose known for his seamy, character roles in over 100 films and television series. Was originally considered for the role of the two Darryls' brother Larry on the sitcom Newhart (1982), which went to William Sanderson. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are godparents to Tracey's daughter Polly Walter. Has a daughter, Polly Walter, who wrote the screenplay to Cat Dragged In (2008), a movie Tracy also starred in. Although he has made a career out of playing an assortment of rednecks, hillbillies and slow-witted rural Southerners, he was actually born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and raised on the East Coast. Sometimes confused with fellow character actor William Sanderson, who has sometimes also played the same type of greasy, eccentric Southern lowlifes. Since they have often gone after the same roles, the two actors have actually become friends. In the movie Erin Brockovich (2000), he played Charles Embry, the PG&E employee who supplied the title heroine the memo that tied an executive at the PG&E corporate headquarters to knowledge of the Hinkley station water contamination. He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners: Annie Hall (1977) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). He appeared in the music video "Sleeping Bag" by the blues-rock band ZZ Top (1985). He was awarded the 1985 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor as the philosopher mechanic Miller in the sci-fi crime comedy Repo Man (1984). Born on the same date as John Larroquette. Both men appeared in movies with Kim Basinger: Larroquette in Blind Date (1987) and Walter in Batman (1989). I do not look for films that have weird characters or offbeat characters. An actor brings to a part that he plays the qualities that they, the actor, have. You can't be something that you don't have within yourself. I think most actors want to try to do all different genres at least once. Plus, there are a lot of actors, and I'd like to think of myself as one of those actors, who the audience likes to see in different things. They may not even know your name, but if you see him in a film, you say, "Hey! There's what's-his-name!" That's now a legitimate film because that face is in it. [on being labeled a character actor] It's a complimentary term. Oh yes, I definitely consider myself one. I've heard from people who send me fan letters saying that whenever they see my name involved in a picture, they know it's going to be a good movie. Character actors give the movie ... a lot of character.