Skeet Ulrich

Skeet Ulrich (/ˈʌlrɪtʃ/ UL-rich; born Bryan Ray Trout on January 20, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in popular 1990s films, including Billy Loomis in Scream (1996) and Scream (2022), Chris Hooker in The Craft (1996) and Vincent Lopiano in As Good as It Gets (1997). Since 2017, he has starred as Forsythe Pendleton “F.P.” Jones II on The CW’s Riverdale. His other television roles include Johnston Jacob “Jake” Green Jr. in the television series Jericho, and LAPD Detective Rex Winters, a Marine veteran from the Law & Order franchise.

Bryan Ray Trout was born on January 20, 1970, in Lynchburg, Virginia. His mother, Carolyn Elaine Wax (née Rudd), owns the special events marketing agency Sports Management Group, and his father is a restaurateur.[1] He has an elder brother, Geoff.[2][3] His first stepfather was D. K. Ulrich, a NASCAR driver and team owner, whom he considers his father.[4] In 1990, his mother remarried, to Edward Lewis Wax.[5][6] Ulrich’s maternal uncle is retired NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd,[7] and his maternal grandfather was Alvin Ray Rudd, Sr., the president of Al Rudd Auto Parts.[8]

Ulrich’s father kidnapped him and his brother when he was six years old, and they spent the next three years moving from Florida to New York and then to Pennsylvania. They were reunited with their mother in North Carolina, where his father disappeared from his life.