Martin Mull

Martin Mull
Performing at the Boarding House in San Francisco, 1976
Birth name	Martin Eugene Mull
Born	(1943-08-18) August 18, 1943 (age 73) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	New Canaan High School
Alma mater	Rhode Island School of Design
Spouse	Kristin Johnson (m. 1972–78), Sandra Baker (m. 1978–81), Wendy Haas (m. 1982)
Children	Maggie Mull

Martin Eugene Mull (born August 18, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and singer who has appeared in many television and film roles. He is also a painter and a recording artist. As an actor, he first became known in his role on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spin-off Fernwood 2 Night. Among his other notable roles are Colonel Mustard in the 1985 film Clue, Leon Carp on Roseanne, Willard Kraft on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom and Russell the pharmacist on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men.

Mull was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull, a carpenter. He moved with his family to North Ridgeville, Ohio, when he was two years old. They stayed there until he was 15 years old, when his family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where he attended and graduated from public high school. He studied painting and went on to graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in painting.

Mull's first well known acting role was as Garth Gimble in the 1976 television nighttime absurdist soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. This led to work in the spin-off comedy talk shows Fernwood 2 Night (1977) and America 2-Night (1978), in which he played talk show host Barth Gimble (Garth Gimble's twin brother), opposite Fred Willard, as sidekick Jerry Hubbard.