1/20/1970 (53 years old) Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
A dead ringer for Johnny Depp in looks and attitude, if not cinematic success, this eccentric actor worked as a film extra before honing his craft as a member of David Mamet's prestigious Atlantic Theatre Company in New York. In 1996, the handsome player burst onto the movie scene in a quartet of different flicks, two of which, Scream and The Craft, positioned him as the next big teen crush. But by the end of the decade a string of flops (Ride with the Devil, The Newton Boys) had derailed his big-screen career. His luck didn't change when he turned to the small screen with the short-lived fantasy drama Miracles. But in 2005, his searing performance as a jealous brother in the miniseries Into the West proved he wasn't just the poor man's Depp, and the next year he landed a plum part on the postnuclear holocaust drama Jericho, which gained a cult following, but was cancelled in its second season. Ulrich was cast as Det. Rex Walters on Law & Order: Los Angeles in 2010. That same year he signed on to reprise his role as serial killer Billy Loomis in the fourth installment of the Scream franchise.
Scar on his chest is from open-heart surgery at age 10.
Nicknamed "Skeeter" by a baseball coach who thought he was small and quick, like a mosquito.
Studied marine biology in college but was bit by the acting bug while working as an extra in movies, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Weekend at Bernie's.