Paulus Laurentius Schrier II[1][2] (born June 1, 1970), known professionally as Paul Schrier, is an American actor, director, and artist. He is best known for his role of Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier in the Power Rangers series.[3] He portrayed the character for seven seasons from 1993 to 1999, returning in 2011 for the eighteenth season of Power Rangers Samurai, and was the last original cast member to leave the show. Schrier has also done some directing work, directing a few Power Rangers episodes, 16 episodes of the Hello Kitty animated series, and a short film, "An Easy Thing". He is also an artist, having worked on the comic book The Red Star. In 2017, he starred in his first animation voice role as Flonk in Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords.
Paul Schrier | |
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 Schrier at the 2015 Animate Miami | |
| Born | Paulus Laurentius Schrier II June 1, 1970 |
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| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Bulk in the Power Rangers series |
Filmography
editAnime roles
edit- Daigunder – Bone Rex
- Eagle Riders – Ollie Keeawani
- Teknoman – Cain Carter / Teknoman Saber
Live action / TV roles
edit- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1996) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (main role, credited) / Primator (voice, uncredited) / Bratboy (voice, uncredited)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Alpha's Magical Christmas – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (video short/archival footage)
- Masked Rider (1995) – Fire Bug (voice)
- Power Rangers Zeo (1996) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Power Rangers Turbo (1997) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (In the first half of PRT, Bulk was turned into a chimpanzee by Elgar. He was restored in the second half.)
- Power Rangers in Space (1998) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (guest appearance)
- Power Rangers: The Lost Episode (1999) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (special episode/archival footage)
- Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000) – Infinitor (voice)
- Power Rangers Time Force (2001) – Severax (voice)
- Power Rangers Wild Force (2002) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (guest appearance)
- Mega64 (2006) – Paul Farkas (cameo)
- Power Rangers Samurai / Super Samurai (2011–2012) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier (main role)
- Power Rangers Hyperforce (2017) – Jack D. Thomas / Hyperforce Yellow Ranger – RPG web series[4][5]
Animation
edit- Mighty Magiswords – Flonk[6]
Movie roles
edit- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997) – Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier
- Le zombi de Cap-Rouge (1997) – Billy Jack
- Wicked Game (2002) – Mom
- The Order (2017) – Varus
Additional notes
editSchrier remains good friends with his co-star Jason Narvy.[citation needed]
While the longest-serving cast member of the Power Rangers franchise, Paul's Farkas "Bulk" Bulkmeier was never an official Power Ranger himself. This was finally rectified during the 2017 web series Power Rangers Hyperforce where Schrier was made the team's yellow ranger. Though a web series rather than a television one, Hyperforce is considered canon by series creators Saban Entertainment, thus finally making Schrier a Ranger in his own right.
References
edit- ^ "Paulus Schrier, Sr. Obituary". Myers Mortuary. January 5, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ "Glyph Hanger". Power Rangers Turbo. Episode 9. Saban Entertainment. Event occurs at Opening credits.
- ^ "Bulk will play HamletSkull will be . . . Yorrick?". Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "Power Rangers Hyperforce Twitch RPG Coming Soon". 18 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Power Rangers HyperForce RPG (Official Opening) - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Paul Schrier". Twitter.
External links
edit- Paul Schrier at IMDb
- Paul Schrier on MySpace
- Paul Schrier's Twitter account