Timothy Hutton Biography
Summary
"Timothy T. Hutton" (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in "Ordinary People" (1980).
Early life
Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher and ran a small publishing company, and his father was actor Jim Hutton, star of NBC TV's "Ellery Queen". Hutton attended Fairfax High School and Berkeley High School, and made his acting debut in 1965 at the age of 5, playing a small uncredited role in the film "Never Too Late", which starred his father.
Career
Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies. For his first feature film performance, Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in his role as Conrad in "Ordinary People"; for the same role he also received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male.
Hutton has since played numerous roles in feature films, television films, and television series. Among other roles, he starred as detective Archie Goodwin in the A&E television series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (2001-2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film "Digging to China" (1998). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries "WW3", and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series "Kidnapped", playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 15 feature films from 2006 to 2008.
Hutton is currently starring in the television series "Leverage", where he plays an insurance investigator who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood.
Other pursuits
Hutton is one of the owners of the New York City restaurant and bar P. J. Clarke's. In 2003 Hutton became president of the prestigious Players, a New York actors' club, but he resigned in June 2008 due to work keeping him in Los Angeles.
Personal life
Hutton has married twice. His first marriage (1986-1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they have a son, Noah. In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former president of the French Republic Valery Giscard d'Estaing; their son Milo was born in Paris on September 11, 2001. In July of 2009 it was reported that he and his second wife had separated, by US Magazine.
Filmography
Actor
"Never Too Late" (1965) as Boy running to his daddy (uncredited)
"Sultan and the Rock Star" (1978)
"Zuma Beach" (1978) as Art
"The Best Place To Be" (1979) as Tommy Callahan
"Friendly Fire" (1979) as John Mullen
"And Baby Makes Six" (1979) as Jason Cramer
"Young Love, First Love" (1979) as Derek Clayton
"The Oldest Living Graduate" (1980) Cadet
"Ordinary People" (1980) as Conrad Jarrett (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor)
"Father Figure" (1980) as Jim
"Teenage Suicide: Don't Try It!" (1981, narrator)
"A Long Way Home" (1981) as Donald Branch
"Taps" (1981) as Cadet Major Brian Moreland
"Daniel" (1983) as Daniel Isaacson
"Iceman" (1984) as Dr. Stanley Shephard
"The Falcon and the Snowman" (1985) as Christopher Boyce
"Turk 182" (1985) as Jimmy Lynch
"Made in Heaven" (1987) as Mike Shea/Elmo Barnett
"A Time of Destiny" (1988) as Jack
"Betrayed" (1988) as Juggler at the fair (uncredited)
"Everybody's All American" (1988) as Donnie 'Cake'
"Torrents of Spring" (1989) as Sanin
"Q&A" (1990) as Asst. District Attorney Aloysius Francis Reilly
"Strangers" (1991) as Tom
"The Temp" (1993) as Peter Derns
"The Dark Half" (1993) as Thad Beaumont/George Stark
"Zelda" (1993) as F. Scott Fitzgerald
"French Kiss" (1995) as Charlie
"The Last Word" (1995) as Martin Ryan
"Beautiful Girls" (1996) as Willie Conway
"Mr. & Mrs. Loving" (1996) as Richard Loving
"The Substance of Fire" (1996) as Martin Geldhart
"City of Industry" (1997) as Lee Egan
"Playing God" (1997) as Raymond Blossom
"Dead by Midnight" (1997) as John Larkin/Sam Ellis
"Aldrich Ames: The Traitor Within" (1998) as Aldrich Ames
"Vig" (1998) as Frankie
"The General's Daughter" (1999) as Col. William Kent
"Deterrence" (1999) as Marshall Thompson
"The Lucky Strike" (2000)
"The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (2000) as Archie Goodwin
"Deliberate Intent" (2000) as Rod Smolla
"Just One Night" (2000) as Isaac Alder
"WW3" (2001) as Larry Sullivan
"A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (2001-2002) as Archie Goodwin
"Sunshine State" (2002) as Jack Meadows
"Kinsey" (2004) as Paul Gebhard
"5ive Days to Midnight" (2004) as J.T. Neumeyer
"Secret Window" (2004) as Ted Milner
"Last Holiday" (2006) as Matthew Kragen
"Kidnapped" (2006-2007) as Conrad Cain
"Off the Black" (2006) as Mr. Tibbel
"Stephanie Daley" (2006) as Paul
"Heavens Fall" (2006) as Samuel Liebowitz
"The Kovak Box" (2006) as David Norton
"The Good Shepherd" (2006) as Thomas Wilson
"The Last Mimzy" (2007) as David Wilder
"When a Man Falls in the Forest" (2007) as Gary
"The Alphabet Killer" (2008) as Richard Ledge
"Reflections" (2008) as Tom
"Lymelife" (2008) as Charlie Bragg
"Leverage" (2008 - Present) as Nate Ford
"The Killing Room" (2009) as Crawford Haines
"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" (2009) as Subject #30
"Multiple Sarcasms" (2009) as Gabriel
"Serious Moonlight" (2009) as Ian
"Broken Hill" (2009) as George McAlpine
"The Ghost" (2010) as Sidney Kroll
Director
"Amazing Stories" (TV series)
"Digging to China" (1996)
"A Nero Wolfe Mystery" (TV series)
Credit
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