Jan Schwieterman, who portrayed the antagonist Kurt Bozwell alongside Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell in the 1997 Nickelodeon spinoff movie Good Burger, has died. He was 52.
Schwieterman died Feb. 28 at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri, his family announced. His brother, Chad, wrote on Facebook that he recently had been diagnosed with “an aggressive form” of Stage 4 cancer.
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In Paramount’s Good Burger, directed by Brian Robbins — who co-created the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series All That, from which the movie emanated — Schwieterman starred as Bozwell, the evil owner and manager of Mondo Burger, rival of the Good Burger restaurant where Thompson and Mitchell’s Dexter and Ed work.
Born in Bluffton, Indiana, on Sept. 30, 1972, Jan Patrick Schwieterman was an Eagle Scout before he moved to California soon after high school to become an actor, and he landed his first roles on episodes of ABC’s McKenna and NBC’s ER in 1994.
After appearing on three installments of ABC’s Forever, he landed on Good Burger.
Schwieterman’s résumé also included a stint as Lewis on four episodes of the first season (1998-99) of The WB series Felicity and work in the films Warlock III: The End of Innocence (1999), American Intellectuals (1999), Fallen Arches (2000) and, his final credit, Along the Way (2007).
His family noted that he loved to travel and play Dungeons and Dragons.
In addition to his brother, survivors include his parents, Clara and LeeRoy, and his sisters, Megan and Vanessa. Donations in his memory can be made to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.\