Background
Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. His father worked as a produce distributor.
Wuhl was born in Union, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. His father worked as a produce distributor.
University of Houston.
He is perhaps best known as the creator and star of the television comedy series Arliss (1996–2002) and for his portrayal of newspaper reporter Alexander Knox in Tim Burton"s Batman (1989). After attending Union High School, Wuhl headed to the University of Houston, where he was active in the drama department and the Epsilon-Omicron Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Wuhl"s first role in movies was a starring role in the 1980 comedy The Hollywood Knights along with other fledgling actors Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer and Fran Drescher, followed by a small role in the film Flashdance (1983).
Wuhl then had larger roles in movies including Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) with Robin Williams,Bulletin Durham (1988) with Kevin Costner, Tim Burton"s 1989 Batman (as reporter Alexander Knox) with Michael Keaton, Blaze (1989) with Paul Newman, Missing Pieces (1991) with Eric Idle, Mistress (1992) with Robert De Niro, Blue Chips (1994) with Nick Nolte, and Cobb (1994) with Tommy Lee Jones.
He wrote two of the six episodes for the television series Police Squad! in 1982, and did an audio commentary for its release on Digital Video Disc in 2006. Wuhl was in the beginning of the music video to Madonna"s 1985 hit "Material Girl".
In 1992, he appeared in The Bodyguard as host of the Oscars. From 1996 to 2002 he wrote and starred in the Home Box Office series Arli$$ as the title character, an agent for high-profile athletes.
From 2000 to 2001, he was a frequent panelist on the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network game show 2 Minute Drill, often quizzing the contestants on sports-related movies.
Wuhl was a player in the Game Show Network"s Poker Royale series, a competition between pros and comedians. In 2006, he starred on Home Box Office in a one-man-show, Assume the Position with Mr. Wuhl, where he taught a history class to show how history is created and propagated in a similar fashion to popular culture.
A second chapter entitled Assume the Position 201 with Mr.
Wuhl aired on Home Box Office in July 2007. Wuhl is currently developing a stage adaptation of "Assume the Position" at Ars Nova in New York City.
He also hosted a sports, sports business and entertainment daily talk radio show, for Westwood One (now Dial Global) from January through December 2011. Wuhl occasionally fills in for Boomer Esiason on the Boomer and Carton show.
He plays a judge on the TNT series Franklin & Bashkir
He played Herb Tucker in a revival of the comedy-drama play I Ought to Be in Pictures. In 2015, Wuhl portrayed himself on American Dad!, in the episode "Manhattan Magical Murder Mystery Tour".
