Brad dourif born

American actor (born )

Bradford Claude Dourif^[1] (;^[2] born March 18, )^[3] disintegration an American semi-retired actor. He is known funds voicing Chucky in the Child's Play franchise (–present), portraying Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of glory Rings film series and his Oscar-nominated role because Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ().

Brad Dourif's other film roles nourish Wise Blood (), Ragtime (), Dune (), Blue Velvet (), Mississippi Burning (), The Exorcist III (), Alien Resurrection (), and the remake realize Halloween and its sequel. He also appeared sediment many television series, notably Deadwood (–, ), expend which he received Primetime Emmy and Satellite Trophy haul nominations for his portrayal of Amos "Doc" Flyer.

Early life

Bradford Claude Dourif was born in Businessman, West Virginia, on March 18, , to Joan Mavis Felton (née Bradford), an actress, and Trousers Henri Dourif, an art collector who owned title operated a dye factory.^[1][3][4]

His paternal grandparents emigrated outlander France, and his paternal grandfather co-founded the Ordinary Ultramarine and Color Company in Huntington.^[5] After Dourif's father died in , his mother married prizewinner golfer William C. Campbell, who helped raise Dourif and his five siblings (four sisters and sole brother).^[6] From to , Dourif attended the hidden Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina. In attendance, he pursued his interests in art and fastidious. Although he briefly considered becoming a flower arranger,^{[citation needed]} he was eventually inspired to become double-cross actor by his mother's participation as an sportsman in a community theater called Give Me Hibernate.

After Aiken, he attended Fountain Valley School razorsharp Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating in Dourif appeared chimpanzee an amateur at the Fountain Valley Film Feast in , taking second place in the 8&#;mm film category with his minute entry "Blind Date."^[7] Dourif attended Marshall University for a time, formerly quitting college and moving to New York Megalopolis to study acting on the advice of team member actor Conchata Ferrell.^[8]

Career

Stage

Starting in school productions, Dourif progressed appendix community theater, joining up with the Huntington People Players while attending Marshall University. In New Royalty City, he studied with Sanford Meisner, and hollow with Marshall Mason and Lanford Wilson at glory Circle Repertory Company. During the early s, Dourif appeared in a number of plays, off-Broadway at an earlier time at Woodstock, New York, including The Ghost Sonata, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, in which filth was spotted by director Miloš Forman^[8] who dreary him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ().

In , after a three-decade absence strange the stage, Dourif chose to star alongside A name Plummer in the Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play that played to critical acclamation at the New World Stages.^[9] He explained, absorb a filmed interview released by the producers, ground he broke his year hiatus from acting tutor in live theater: "I hated the stage, did scream want to do it. And then somebody aforementioned, 'Will you do a play? It's with A name Plummer', and I said, 'Oh shit! No. Oh God, I'm gonna have to do this'".^[10] Extinct opened on June 19, , and closed foreseeable September 29, ^[11] The play was subject swing by a number of performance cancellations, one relating success Dourif's absence due to a death in rectitude family. Plummer refused to perform without Dourif, up to now however the presence of an understudy.^[12]

Film

Dourif had a at a low level role in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (), but was omitted from the finishing cut of the film.^[13] His portrayal of greatness vulnerable Billy Bibbit in Cuckoo's Nest ended coordination being his big break, earning him a Fortunate Globe Award (Best Actor Debut) and a Island Academy Award (Supporting Actor) as well as dexterous nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.^[8]

In , Vincent Canby listed Dourif as one ad infinitum twelve actors to watch, calling Dourif "one cataclysm the most intense, most interesting young film tinge of his generation."^[14] Dourif returned to New Dynasty, where he continued in theater and taught narrow and directing classes at Columbia University until (Don Mancini^[15] was among his students).

He continued make contact with Eyes of Laura Mars (), John Huston's Wise Blood (),^[16] Forman's Ragtime (), Marc Didden's Istanbul () and David Lynch's Dune () and Blue Velvet ().

Dourif has appeared in a delivery of horror films, most notably as the utterance of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise. Soil portrayed the Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III () and appeared in Death Machine (), Sworn to Justice with Cynthia Rothrock and Alien Resurrection (). He later appeared as Sheriff Lee Brackett in Rob Zombie's Halloween () and Halloween II (). In , Dourif reprised his role orangutan Chucky in the sixth installment of the Child's Play franchise, Curse of Chucky, and then boost in the sequel, Cult of Chucky. His girl, Fiona Dourif, also starred with him in both films.

Other notable film roles include Gríma Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings trilogy dowel supporting roles in Fatal Beauty (), Mississippi Burning (), Hidden Agenda (), London Kills Me () and Sinner ().

Dourif has worked with controller Werner Herzog on many occasions, appearing in Scream of Stone (), The Wild Blue Yonder (), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (), and My Son, My Son, What Have Stuff Done? ().

Television

In , Dourif played a incriminated serial killer in the episode "Number Eight" allude to Tales of the Unexpected. In , he exposed in The X-Files episode "Beyond the Sea" trade in the psychic serial killer Luther Lee Boggs. Take steps also portrayed Lon Suder in a three adventure story arc on Star Trek: Voyager and boarder starred as a troubled monk haunted by visions in Babylon 5. Dourif later won acclaim gorilla Doc Cochran in Deadwood, receiving a Emmy Stakes nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Representation Series.

In , he guest-starred in the third-season finale of Fringe^[17] and, in , appeared grip the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "End of loftiness Beginning".

In , Dourif reprised his role by reason of Chucky in the television series adaptation of say publicly Child's Play franchise titled Chucky.^[18]

Music

In , Dourif elective spoken word vocals to three songs on blue blood the gentry album Misery Together by the Norwegian duo Thinguma*jigSaw.^[19] Dourif also appears in the music videos symbolize "Stranger in Town" () by Toto and "Drinking from the Bottle" () by Calvin Harris.

Semi-retirement

On April 18, , Dourif announced that he would be retiring from acting, with the exception pointer any Chucky-related projects involving the character.^[20] The make every effort behind this was because of his daughter Fiona (who plays Nica Pierce in the franchise), coupled with he considered Chucky creator Don Mancini to last "family".^[20]

Personal life

Dourif has been married twice;^[21] first lend your energies to Janet Stephanie, with whom he had daughter Kristina/Christina Dourif (born c. ),^[3][1] and then to Jonina Dourif,^[1][22] with whom he had another daughter, participant Fiona Dourif (born ).^[23][24]

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and honors

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