Actor Brett Cullen, 70, was born Peter Brett Cullen on August 26, 1956 in Houston, Texas. He is best known for his roles as Dan Fixx on the CBS prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest, as Sam Cain on the ABC Western series The Young Riders, as Luke Barton on the CBS sitcom The Simple Life, as Gov. Ray Sullivan on the NBC political drama The West Wing, and as Goodwin Stanhope on the ABC sci-fi series Lost.
