Name	Kurtwood Smith
Height	6' 1"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	3 July 1943
Place of Birth	New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA
Famous for

Smith portrayed Red Forman on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, a role he played from 1998-2006. Significantly, Smith's career to date has been mostly in the realms of science fiction, where his most significant screen and television credits are to be found. Before That '70s Show his other roles included playing Clarence Boddicker, the villain in Paul Verhoeven's influential science fiction action movie RoboCop. He also co-starred as the strict father of Robert Sean Leonard's Neil in 1989's Dead Poets Society. He also made a number of appearances in the Star Trek franchise, playing the President of the Federation in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a Cardassian named Thrax in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Things Past", and a Krenim scientist named Annorax in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Year of Hell".

He also has an extensive voice acting résumé, appearing in computer games such as Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, and FreeSpace 2, and on a number of animated series. He played a recurring role on the claymation series Gary & Mike as the vengeful Officer Dick and voiced the Dinosaur military commander character General Galapagos in the Savage Steve Holland produced Fox animated series Terrible Thunder Lizards. He currently plays the voice of Bob Johnson on Squirrel Boy.

He is slated to appear in the upcoming seventh season of 24, joining Ray Wise, Paul McCrane and Peter Weller as former Robocop stars who appeared on the show.