Bronson Pinchot : Jean Luc Rieperoux Bronson Pinchot was born in New York City, but moved with his family to South Pasadena, California, when he was two and a half years old. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, Bronson attended Yale University on a scholarship with the intention of studying painting and drawing in order to become an illustrator. But this interest was soon exchanged by acting. He landed his first role as Jacques in a production of "As You Like It," and then followed by "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Shortly after graduating, Bronson was spotted by casting director and was cast by this director in a New York production of Paul Rudnick's "Poor Little Lambs". Casting director Nancy Klopper saw that performance and cast Bronson in his first feature film, "Risky Business," starring Tom Cruise. Other film credits include roles in "The Flamingo Kid" ; "After Hours", "Second Sight", "True Romance", and "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Beverly Hills Cop 3," starring Eddie Murphy, for which Bronson won acclaim as Serge. His recent films include "The First Wives Club", "Courage Under Fire" and "Stinkers." Bronson is also very well known from his role as Balki on the ABC series, "Perfect Strangers". He also starred as the murderous Toomey in the ABC miniseries, "Stephen King's The Langoliers"; and most recently guest starred in the ABC series, "Clueless".