Henry Cusick is familiar to the Russian film audience for his role as Desmond from the beloved TV series Lost. Does the actor in life look like one of his most popular characters? How did he get into the world of the film industry? Does he have a wife and children?
In the legendary American television series Lost, actor Henry Cusick played Desmond, a former soldier of the Scottish Royal Regiment, a former novice of a monastery who ended up on an island from which they do not return, on the way to love. Is Henry so steadfast and adamant in real life? How is his character? What is remarkable about his biography? How did your acting career develop?
Biography of actor Henry Cusick
Henry was born in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, located on the Pacific coast on April 17, 1967. The boy's family was international - his mother was Peruvian, his father was Scottish.
Two years after the birth of their son, his parents transported him to Spain, then to his father's homeland - to Scotland, but did not get along there. It was decided to live for some time in Trinidad. The Cusick family arrived in Scotland again when Henry was 15 years old.
The acting path has always attracted the boy. His advantage was not only the presence of the talent of the actor, but also the knowledge of several languages - Spanish, English, the foundations of Indo-Aryan. The young man was admitted to the theater college after his first audition. It also helped him that he had previously studied at a specialized acting school in San Fernando.
After college, Henry entered the Royal Scottish Academy of Drama and Music, and after graduation - to serve in the Citizens Theater.
Theatrical and film career of American actor Henry Cusick
Henry Cusick's acting career began on the stage. He made his debut in The Picture of Dorian Gray, where he played the main role. Together with him on the stage he worked in the play Rupert Everett. Then Henry had such significant theatrical works as
- "Don Juan",
- Othello,
- "A dream in a summer night",
- Macbeth,
- "Dangerous ties",
- "Richard II"
- "Antony and Cleopatra" and others.
In 1995, Henry Cusick received his first but very prestigious award for his theatrical work. It was the Charles Ian Award for the role of Torquato in the play Oedipus.
The awarding of a prestigious award in the theater world to the actor has become a kind of ticket to the world of cinema. First, he was noticed by local filmmakers, and then by Hollywood. Showered with offers to act, and, according to Henry himself, he was at a crossroads. He really did not want to leave the stage, but the world of cinema also attracted him. What determined his choice at that moment, and how did he manage to remain in demand and successful both there and there?
Filmography of actor Henry Cusick
The first film work for Henry Cusick was a small role in the 8th season of the British TV series Taggart (1993). The series was filmed by a Scottish-born, director Alan Macmillan on the basis of the English film company STV Productions.
But the real breakthrough in Cusick's film career came in 2001, when he played Sergeant Clark in the series Death Rooms. The Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes . Pictures followed
- The Gospel of John (2003),
- "Lost" (from 2005 to 2010),
- "Nine Tenths" (2008),
- documentary television series Nova (2009),
- "Scandal" (2012-15),
- "The Mentalist" (2012-13),
- "Body investigation" (2013),
- "Rush Hour" (2016),
- "Supermen" (2017),
- "100" (2014-19) and others.
It was the role of Desmond in Lost that made Henry Cusick the star of the movie. The series has been shown in almost all countries of the world. Russian moviegoers followed the development of events in it with bated breath. Henry Cusick's hero was controversial and one of the most mysterious characters.
Personal life of actor Henry Cusick
This handsome man and talented actor got married early enough, when compared with colleagues, at 25 years old. Henry's civil wife was a certain Ann Wood. The couple have three sons - Elias, Lucas, Isaiah. The family lives in seclusion in Hawaii.
Only after 14 years of civil marriage, Henry and Anne formalized their relationship. Despite the piety of both spouses, the ceremony was civil, not church. What prompted them to take this step, the Cusick-Wood couple did not want to explain.
Henry and Ann Cusick are rarely published together. The journalists managed to take only a single snapshot of the entire family. The family nest of the couple and their children is located in the Hawaiian archipelago, on the island of Oahu, in a tourist town called Kailua.
Interesting facts about the actor Henry Cusick
The real name of the actor is Henry Ian Cusick. And he prefers to be called Ian. At home, relatives do not use the name Henry when referring to the head of the family. In the list of other interesting facts about the performer of the role of Desmond in the TV series "Lost" you can include
- his fear of flying on airplanes, given his place of residence and constant visits to the shooting,
- the actor's hobby for several sports at once - surfing, football, swimming and running,
- that Cusick was chosen to play the Scotsman in Lost not because of his talent, but because he has Scottish roots.
Some sources claim that the actor never graduated from the Acting Academy in Glasgow. Allegedly, he was expelled from there for absenteeism and academic failure. Henry himself does not comment on these speculations in any way.
Cusick does not trust the opinion of film and theater critics, but believes only in how his sons and wife evaluate his work. Of course, the opinion of the audience is important to him, but the main critics are close people.
