John Fleck | |
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 Fleck atSXSW 2024 | |
| Born | (1951-05-07)May 7, 1951 (age 74) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.[1] |
| Occupations | Actor,performance artist |
John Fleck (born May 7, 1951) is an Americanactor andperformance artist.[2] He has performed in numerous TV shows, includingBabylon 5,Carnivàle,Murder One, and theStar Trek franchise.[3] He also appeared inHoward The Duck,Waterworld and the music video for theZZ Top song "Legs". He made a minor appearance in theSeinfeld episode "The Heart Attack". He played a minor character during the sixth season ofWeeds. He wrote and performed "Mad Women" atLa MaMa E.T.C.[4]
He is also one of theNEA Four.[5] In 1990 he and three of his fellow artists became embroiled in a lawsuit against the government'sNational Endowment for the Arts program.[6]John Frohnmayer, one of the chairman of the NEA, vetoed funding his project, a performance comedy with a toilet prop,[7] on the basis of content and was accused of implementing a partisan political agenda. The artists won their case in court in 1993 and were awarded amounts equal to the grant money in question, though the case would make its way to theUnited States Supreme Court inNational Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, which ruled in favour of the NEA's decision making process.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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| 1982 | Truckin' Buddy McCoy | Al | ||
| 1985 | Hard Rock Zombies | Arnold | ||
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Pimples | ||
| 1987 | Slam Dance | Opera Singer | ||
| 1989 | Pink Cadillac | Lounge Lizard | ||
| 1992 | The Comrades of Summer | Milov | ||
| 1993 | Falling Down | Seedy Guy in Park | ||
| 1993 | Babylon 5: The Gathering | Del Varner | ||
| 1995 | Waterworld | Doctor | ||
| 1999 | Crazy in Alabama | Jake | ||
| 2007 | Dante's Inferno | Brunetto Latini | voice role | |
| 2019 | Velvet Buzzsaw | Older Gallery Man | ||
| 2019 | John Fleck Is Who You Want Him to Be | Himself | Documentary film | |
| 2024 | Dead Mail | Trent Whittington |
Denials of grants to gay artists Holly Hughes, John Fleck and Tim Miller and feminist artist Karen Finley
'I guess you could blame us for that,' Fleck admitted. 'But if it wasn't us, it would have been someone else.'
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