Garret Dillahunt Biography
Summary
"Garret Dillahunt" (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is married to actress Michelle Hurd.
Biography
Early life
Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California and grew up in Washington State. He attended the University of Washington where he studied journalism. He later went on to study at New York University's graduate acting program.
Acting career
After spending years on and off Broadway, Dillahunt began pursuing television and film roles. He appeared as a regular in several short lived series on ABC and Showtime and landed guest spots on popular TV shows such as "The X Files" and "NYPD Blue" among others, before playing two distinct characters on the HBO series "Deadwood"; Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005. He played a recurring role on
the USA Network series "The 4400".
Dillahunt portrayed Steve Curtis on several episodes of
"ER" (2005, 2006). He followed that up with the role of Dr. Michael Smith in the 2007 HBO drama, "John From Cincinnati". He played John Henry/Cromartie on FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". He has appeared on NBC's
"Life" as Roman Nevikov, a Russian mobster/FBI informant.
Film roles include Ed Miller in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and Wendell in "No Country For Old Men". Upcoming film roles include: Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" and Wes Craven's "The Last House On The Left".
It was announced on August 20, 2009 that Garret will square off with Rosie Perez on an explosive episode of Law & Order: SVU this fall about pedophiles' rights. Garret will play the head of a pedophilia organization. 'It's called 'Hardwired," executive producer Neal Baer says, 'because they believe that pedophilia is a genetic predestination.'.
Filmography
"The Believer" (2001) - Billings
"Leap Years" (2001) - Gregory Paget
"Deadwood" (2005) - Francis Wolcott/Jack McCall
"ER" (2005/2006) - Steve Curtis
"The 4400" (2005/2006) - Matthew Ross
"The Book of Daniel" (2006) - Jesus
"No Country for Old Men" (2007) - Deputy Wendell
"John From Cincinnati" (2007) - Dr. Smith
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (2007) - Ed Miller
"Life" (2007 - 2009) - Roman Nevikov
"Pretty Bird" (2008) - Carson Thrash
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008) - George Lazlo/Cromartie/John Henry
"The Last House on the Left" (2009) - Krug
"The Road" (2009) - The Gang Member
External links
(Garret Dillahunt Unofficial Site)
Credit
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