Doug Hutchinson (Actor)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Doug Hutchinson (Actor) | |
 |
|
| Born | May 26, 1960 Dover, Delaware, USA |
|---|---|
Douglas Anthony "Doug" Hutchinson (born 26 May 1960) is an American actor. He is probably best known as corrections officer Percy Wetmore in Frank Darabont's 1999 film The Green Mile. Active in television, Hutchison is known among X-Files fans for his notable role as Eugene Victor Tooms in the episodes "Squeeze" and "Tooms", and among Lost fans for his appearances as Horace Goodspeed in the episodes "The Man Behind the Curtain," "Cabin Fever,", "LaFleur" and "He's Our You". He owns the production company Dark Water Inc.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Early life
Hutchinson was born in Dover, Delaware, the son of Ashley and Richard Hutchinson. He spent most of his childhood in Detroit, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a younger brother named Erik. Years later, he moved to New York City, where he briefly attended the Juilliard School. He studied with Sanford Meisner for two years. As is the case with many aspiring actors, Hutchison was forced to make ends meet through odd-jobs, including dressing as a Citibank card while handing out fliers in Times Square.
[edit] Career
Hutchinson began acting in high school productions at Apple Valley High School in Minnesota. Shortly after graduating from high school, at the age of 18, he starred in a Minneapolis production of Equus, to highly positive reviews. His other early stage credits include Sing Me Through an Open Window and Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
[edit] Television work
Hutchinson is known among X-Files fans for his role as Eugene Victor Tooms in the episodes "Squeeze" and "Tooms". He also had a recurring role as the silicate, Elroy L, in the 1995 series, SPACE: Above & Beyond. He appeared on another Chris Carter show, Millennium, as an unnamed individual who sends photographs to Frank Black and is killed by him in the episode "The Beginning and the End". Among Lost fans he is known for his appearances as Horace Goodspeed in the episodes "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Cabin Fever", "LaFleur", "Namaste", "He's Our You", "Whatever Happened, Happened" and "Some Like It Hoth". He starred as Sebastian Hulce on the soap opera The Guiding Light. Hutchinson also made an appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as a serial killer named Humphrey Becker in 2004. He starred in the TV series Kidnapped alongside Delroy Lindo. His next role will be in 24 as "Davros", a European terrorist[2].
[edit] Feature films
In 1999, Hutchinson was cast in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Green Mile as troublemaking prison guard Percy Wetmore. His performance in The Green Mile has been acclaimed by major movie magazines and critics.[3] Next he supported roles in Bait with Jamie Foxx and Green Mile co-star David Morse, I Am Sam with Sean Penn, The Salton Sea with Val Kilmer and No Good Deed with Samuel L. Jackson. In 2007, he had a supporting role in the indy film Moola.
His future roles include the 2008 horror film The Burrowers. He is also starring in the comic book film Punisher: War Zone based on the antihero The Punisher. He will also star alongside Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames in Give 'em Hell, Malone due for release in 2009.
Hutchinson is currently producing Vampire Killers, a show centering around the hunt for a Queen Vampire and her 13 coven members by an elite group of vampire hunters.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Chocolate War | Obie Jameson | |
| 1992 | The Lawnmower Man | Security Tech | Minor role |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Eugene Victor Tooms | TV series; episode "Squeeze" |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Eugene Victor Tooms | TV series; episode "Tooms" |
| 1995 | Space Above & Beyond | Elroy El | TV series; episodes recurring |
| 1996 | A Time To Kill | James Louis 'Pete' Willard | |
| Love Always | James | ||
| 1997 | Con Air | Donald | |
| Batman and Robin | Golum | ||
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Percy Wetmore | |
| 2000 | Bait | Bristol | |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Ifty | |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Gus Morgan | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nigel Crane | TV series; one episode | |
| No Good Deed | Hoop | ||
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Dale Stahl | TV series; one episode |
| Law & Order: SVU | Humphrey Becker | TV series; episode "Scavenger" | |
| 2006 | Kidnapped | Schroeder/James Devere | TV series |
| 2007 | Moola | J.T. Montgomery | |
| Lost | Horace Goodspeed | TV series | |
| 2008 | The Burrowers | Henry Victor | |
| Punisher: War Zone | Looney Bin Jim | ||
| Days of Wrath | Vadim | ||
| 2009 | Give 'em Hell, Malone | Matchstick | |
| Lost | Horace Goodspeed | TV series | |
| 2010 | 24 | Davros | TV series |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Fatally-Yours Interview with Doug Hutchison
 |
This article about a film and TV actor or actress is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
