Born into a musical family in Michigan, he originally trained as an opera singer with Richard Conrad.

[1] His television career started when he was cast as Terry Mulligan in the Showtime network series Brotherhood.

[3] Honest Gil Fulbright is a satirical political candidate portrayed by Frank Ridley.

[4] Fulbright originally "ran" for the U.S. Senate in 2014 as an "honest politician for Kentucky" on behalf of RepresentUs.

[12] Fulbright's campaign got a powerful boost when noted artist Shepard Fairey reimagined his iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster as a Gil Fulbright "SOLD" poster to help raise funds for the finance-reform-minded satirical campaign.