Doug Hutchison (full name Douglas Anthony) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and nominee for: Actors Guild Awards, Circuit Community Awards and Sputnik. He starred in famous films: "The Green Mile", "The Lawnmower Man", "The X-Files", "Lost", "Lie to Me".
The actor's creative biography includes more than 50 roles in television projects and films, including participation in popular entertainment shows: "Morning Show", "Good Morning America", "E! News".
In his films, Doug has often portrayed bad guys or intellectual psychopathic killers. The actor himself has nothing against portraying such characters on the screen.
Biography facts
The future actor was born in the United States in the spring of 1960. Doug spent his childhood in Minneapolis. The family then moved to Detroit, where the boy went to school.
After completing his primary education, Hutchison traveled to New York to begin his acting studies. He attended Juilliard School where he studied drama, choreography and music. The young man also took stage lessons from the famous actor Sanford Meisner for 2 years.
During his student years, Doug was the frontman of the then fledgling band The B-52's-esque. Young musicians performed in clubs and coffee houses. They were even able to record the first album and shoot a video. Later the group became very popular not only in the USA. The public was interested in the combination of punk-rock and disco styles, as well as absurd humor in the lyrics and unusual retroimage.
The first time after graduating from drama school, Dag had to earn money in many places. For example, he worked as a Citibank leaflet distributor for several months, disguised as a giant plastic card.
Soon he was able to become an actor of the troupe of one of the Off-Broadway theaters, until he got his first film role.
Film career
Hutchison made his film debut in 1988. He played in two films at once: "Fresh Horses" and "The Chocolate War".
A year later, the actor was offered a small role in the western "Young Riders". The series was released on screens for 3 years, but Doug starred in only a few episodes of one season.
In 1992 he appeared in a cameo role as a security guard in the famous science fiction film "The Lawnmower".
In the next 2 years, Doug took part in the filming of the cult project "The X-Files", where he played Eugene Victor Tooms.
In his later career as an actor, there were many roles in such popular projects as: "The Green Mile", "Air Prison", "Time to Kill", "Batman and Robin", "Millennium", "I Am Sam", "Lost", CSI: Miami, Lie to Me, I Am a Zombie, CSI: Immortality.
Personal life
Doug has been married twice. The first wife was Amanda Sellers. The marriage took place in 2003, and after 2 years the couple divorced.
The second marriage made a lot of noise in the press, among colleagues and fans of the artist. Hutchison's chosen one was a young actress and singer Courtney Stodden. The girl at that time was only 16 years old, and her future husband was 51 years old. In May 2011, they got married in Las Vegas.
Courtney's parents supported their daughter's choice. They signed a legal consent form for this marriage and acted as witnesses. Interestingly, Doug is 3 years older than his father-in-law, and his mother-in-law is a year older.
In 2013, there were reports that the couple were getting divorced, but after a few months they made up and were together again. The couple has no children. Courtney got pregnant in the spring of 2016 but miscarried in the summer.
