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Randall Batinkoff has had a prolific acting career spanning over three decades, working with some of the most renowned actors and directors in the industry. His journey began at the tender age of nine, when an agent discovered him while shopping with his mom at a toy store. This chance encounter led to his first commercial audition, and by the time he finished high school at Phillips Academy in Massachusetts, he had secured 50 more jobs.
After completing his freshman year at Brown University, Randall landed his big break when he was cast as Stan Bobrucz in the 1988 film For Keeps?. He graduated from Brown with a degree in International Relations and returned to Hollywood, where he went on to portray Reg Goldman, the model-chasing son of the studio head, in the classic Robert Altman film The Player.
Randall's impressive resume includes a range of notable roles, such as Rip Van Kelt, the morally torn head of the football team, in School Ties (1992),opposite Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser, and Chris O'Donnell, and Buffy's dim-witted boyfriend Jeffrey in the cult comedy Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).
He has also appeared in films like John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995),Nicole Holofcener's Walking and Talking (1996),The Peacemaker (1997) with Nicole Kidman and George Clooney, Mad City with Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, and As Good as It Gets (1997) with Helen Hunt.
