Kirk Bovill (born January 17, 1961) is an American actor, writer, voice-over artist and producer. His film credits include Vice, 20th Century Women, Free State of Jones, Get on Up, Contraband, Texas Killing Fields, White Lightnin', The Butterfly Circus, and God Bless America. Early life Bovill was born in Wayne, Nebraska, the son of Judy Bovill, a teacher, artist, and writer, and Ron Bovill, a college professor, coach, writer, and former actor, who filmed national Wells Fargo commercials in the 1970s as Mark Twain. After attending Aurora High School, he headed off to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, where he graduated in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Biology. He coached women's track as an undergraduate assistant at the school and was on the staff that won three national indoor team titles. He completed a master's degree in Journalism with a minor in Advertising at Louisiana State University in 1987. He coached women's track as a graduate assistant and was on the staff that won LSU’s first two NCAA team titles. Also during his stay, he earned CoSIDA National Runner-Up Honors for writing the 1986 Track and Field Media Guide. Career While still working as a marketing director in the high tech sector, Bovill started out at Hollywood’s The Comedy Store in the improv group that opened up the highly successful comedy show, Trippin’ on Tuesdays in 2006, which at times was hosted by Kevin Hart. After coming off the stage one night, Robin Williams told Bovill that "he was a funny guy". Two weeks later, he quit his marketing job at the age of 46 and entered the entertainment business. He has since accumulated more than 100 credits over the past 15 years. He currently has a recurring guest star role on HBO's hit series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Donald Sterling. The series was created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht, based on the book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s by Jeff Pearlman. Other recent television credits includes guest star and recurring roles on CSI: Vegas, Better Call Saul, American Horror Story: Asylum, Perfect Harmony (TV series), Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Bosch (TV series). He began his career in network television in 2007 as an armed enforcer in Hallmark's Murder 101 opposite legendary Dick Van Dyke. He followed that with roles