Garret Lee Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964)[1][2] is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott in Deadwood, and John Dorie in Fear the Walking Dead. He has also appeared in The 4400, ER, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Burn Notice, Justified, and The Mindy Project. He starred in the Amazon Studios drama series Hand of God (2014–2017).
Garret Dillahunt | |
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 Dillahunt at the 2018 WonderCon | |
| Born | Garret Lee Dillahunt November 24, 1964 |
| Education | University of Washington (BA) New York University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | |
| Website | www |
In film, Dillahunt has played supporting roles in No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Winter's Bone, Looper, and 12 Years a Slave.
Early life and education
editGarret Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California, the middle of three boys, and was raised in Selah, Washington, a suburb of Yakima.[3] In late 1981, Dillahunt's elder brother, Eric, died in a road accident near Ellensburg, after the car he was traveling in as a passenger, whose driver was drunk and speeding at the time, veered off the road.[4][5]
After high school, Dillahunt attended the University of Washington, from which he graduated in 1987 with a B.A. in journalism, before earning an MFA in acting at New York University.[3]
Career
editAfter spending years appearing in theatrical productions 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 TV shows such as The X-Files and NYPD Blue[6] among others, before playing two distinctly different characters on the HBO series Deadwood: Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005 (Dillahunt returned in an uncredited role as a townsman in the 2019 Deadwood movie).[7] He later had a recurring role on USA Network's The 4400.
Dillahunt portrayed Steve Curtis for three seasons on ER (2005–06). Later roles included Dr. Michael Smith on HBO's John from Cincinnati; Cromartie, John Henry and George Laszlo on FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Roman Nevikov, a Russian gangster, on NBC's Life; and Mason Turner, a paralyzed serial killer on Criminal Minds. He played Simon Escher in the Burn Notice third-season finale airing March 4, 2010 on USA, later reprising the role in the show's fourth and seventh seasons.
Dillahunt appeared in such films as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men, The Road,[8] Winter's Bone, The Last House On The Left, TalhotBlonde, and the indie horror film Burning Bright.[9]
From 2010 to 2014, Dillahunt co-starred as Burt Chance on the Fox comedy Raising Hope. He began a recurring role on The Mindy Project in 2015 and on The Guest Book in 2017.
Dillahunt starred in the 2018 action film Braven directed by Lin Oeding. Dillahunt played Kassen, the leader of a group of mercenaries and drug runners who retrieve the drug stash and plan to kill Joe Braven and his family. He joined the regular cast of the fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead as John Dorie.[10]
Personal life
editIn 2007, Dillahunt married actress Michelle Hurd, daughter of actor Hugh Hurd.[11][12]
Filmography
edit| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Last Call | Curtis | |
| 2001 | The Believer | Billings | |
| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Wendell | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Ed Miller | ||
| 2008 | Pretty Bird | Carson Thrash | |
| John's Hand | John | Short film | |
| 2009 | Water Pills | Hal | Short film |
| The Last House on the Left | Krug Stillo | ||
| The Road | Gang Member | ||
| One Night Only | Richard | Short film | |
| 2010 | Winter's Bone | Sheriff Baskin | |
| Amigo | Lt. Compton | ||
| Burning Bright | Johnny Gaveneau | ||
| Oliver Sherman | Sherman Oliver | ||
| 2012 | Any Day Now | Paul Fliger | |
| Revenge for Jolly! | Gary | ||
| Killing Them Softly | Eddie Mattie | ||
| Looper | Jesse | ||
| 2013 | Houston | Robert Wagner | |
| 12 Years a Slave | Armsby | ||
| 2014 | The Scribbler | Hogan | |
| Just Before I Go | Lucky Morgan | ||
| 2015 | Against the Sun | Harold Dixon | |
| Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | Techs | ||
| Beast | Rick Grey | ||
| 2016 | Come and Find Me | John Hall | |
| 2017 | Wheelman | Clayton | |
| 2018 | Braven | Kassen | |
| Benched | Michael | ||
| Widows | Bash O'Reilly | ||
| 2020 | Sergio | William von Zehle | |
| 2021 | Army of the Dead | Martin | |
| 2022 | Ambulance | Captain Monroe | |
| Where the Crawdads Sing | "Pa" Clark | ||
| Blonde | Boss | Uncredited | |
| 2023 | Gray Matter | Derek | |
| The Dead Don't Hurt | Alfred Jeffries | [13] | |
| A Million Miles Away | Frederick W. Sturckow | ||
| 2024 | Red Right Hand | Wilder | |
| 2025 | Sarah's Oil † | TBA | Post-production |
| TBA | The Long Home † | Bellwether | Completed; filmed in 2015 |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993–1994 | One Life to Live | Charlemagne Moody | 7 episodes |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Bryce Coopersmith | Episode: "Where'd the Van Gogh?" |
| 1998 | The X-Files | Edward Skur | Episode: "Travelers" |
| Maximum Bob | Deputy Dawson Hayes | 3 episodes | |
| Remembering Sex | Chris Goodman | Television film | |
| Seven Days | Kevin Poe | Episode: "The Gettysburg Virus" | |
| Millennium | Rick Van Horn | Episode: "Closure" | |
| 2001 | Leap Years | Gregory Paget | 20 episodes |
| 2002 | Law & Order | Julian Preuss | Episode: "Open Season" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Luke | Episode: "Precious Metal" |
| 2003–2004 | A Minute with Stan Hooper | Lou Peterson | 13 episodes |
| 2004 | Mr. Ed | Jim Hendry | Television film |
| 2004–2005 | Deadwood | Jack McCall | Recurring role (season 1), 6 episodes |
| Francis Wolcott | Main role (season 2), 10 episodes | ||
| 2005 | The Inside | Karl Robie Jr. | Episode: "Little Girl Lost" |
| CSI: NY | Steve Collins | Episode: "What You See Is What You See" | |
| 2005–2006 | The 4400 | Matthew Ross | 11 episodes |
| ER | Steve Curtis | 5 episodes | |
| 2006 | The Book of Daniel | Jesus | 8 episodes |
| Law & Order | Eric Lund | Episode: "Kingmaker" | |
| Numbers | Jack Tollner | Episode: "Provenance" | |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Dr. Michael Smith | 8 episodes |
| Damages | Marshall Phillips | 4 episodes | |
| The Line-Up | Theo Harrison | Television film | |
| 2007–2009 | Life | Roman Nevikov | 3 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Cromartie / John Henry / George Laszlo | 18 episodes |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Mason Turner | Episode: "To Hell... And Back" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom O'Neill | Episode: "Family Affair" | |
| Lie to Me | Eric Matheson | Episode: "Honey" | |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kevin O'Donnell | Episode: "Hardwired" | |
| White Collar | Patrick Aimes | Episode: "Flip of the Coin" | |
| 2010 | Gary Unmarried | Goose | Episode: "Gary Unmarried?" |
| The Glades | Eddie Strickland | Episode: "A Perfect Storm" | |
| 2010–2013 | Burn Notice | Simon Escher | 3 episodes |
| 2010–2014 | Raising Hope | Burt Chance | 88 episodes |
| 2011 | Memphis Beat | Tim Wayne | Episode: "Body of Evidence" |
| Alphas | Jonas Englin | Episode: "A Short Time in Paradise" | |
| 2012 | TallhotBlond | Thomas Montgomery | Television film |
| 2013 | Newsreaders | Mikhail Rousseau | Episode: "CCSI: Boston" |
| 2013–2014 | Paloma | Matthew | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Elementary | Bart MacIntosh | Episode: "No Lack of Void" |
| 2014–2017 | Hand of God | Keith "KD" Dennison | 20 episodes |
| 2015 | Justified | Ty Walker | 8 episodes |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Detective Dave Majors | Episode: "Det. Dave Majors" | |
| 2015–2017 | The Mindy Project | Dr. Jody Kimball-Kinney | Main role (Seasons 4-6); 38 episodes |
| 2017 | Blindspot | Travis | Episode: "Senile Lines" |
| Arkansas Traveler | Wayland McGlawhorn | 6 episodes | |
| 2017–2018 | The Guest Book | Dr. Andrew Brown | 11 episodes |
| The Gifted | Dr. Roderick Campbell | 9 episodes | |
| 2018–2021 | Fear the Walking Dead | John Dorie | 29 episodes |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Drunk #2 | Television film; uncredited |
| 2022 | Sprung | Jack | 9 episodes |
| Dead to Me | Glenn Moranis | 3 episodes | |
| 2023 | Ghosts of Beirut | William Buckley | Episode: "Hunted"[14] |
| 2024 | Hightown | Shane Frawley | 6 episodes |
| Hysteria! | The Reverend | [15] |
Stage credits
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Mad Forest | Ianos/Painter | Perry Street Theatre | |
| 1992 | New York City Center | |||
| 1994 | Angels in America | Prior Walter | Marines Memorial Theater | [16] |
| Booth | Edwin | York Theatre | ||
| The Triumph of Love | Agis | East 13th Street Theater | ||
| 1996 | The Father | Nöjd | Criterion Center Stage Right | [1] |
| Inherit the Wind | Bertram Cates | Royale Theatre | [1] | |
| 2009 | Things of Dry Hours | Corbin Teel | New York Theatre Workshop | |
| 2024 | Shit. Meet. Fan. | Brett | MCC Theater |
References
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- ^ "Garret L Dillahunt, Born 11/24/1964 in California". California Birth Index.
- ^ a b "UW Symphony and Combined UW Choirs with Garret Dillahunt". University of Washington. June 2, 2023. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Actor Garret Dillahunt reunites with old friend on 'Justified'". The Columbus Dispatch. January 20, 2015. Archived from the original on August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Homicide Charged". Ellensburg Daily Record. January 8, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved October 1, 2018 – via Google News.
- ^ "Garret Dillahunt Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
- ^ McCarter, Reid (May 28, 2019). "Even some of Deadwood's deadest cast members are back for the movie". News. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ Jones, Chris (September 23, 2009). "Garret Dillahunt: The Man Who Disappears". Esquire.com. Hearst Communications, Inc. Retrieved September 30, 2009.
- ^ Jones, Gareth (July 20, 2010). "UK DVD Stores Will Be Burning Bright This September". Dread Central. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (November 14, 2017). "'Fear the Walking Dead' Enlists Garret Dillahunt as Season 4 Regular". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
- ^ Darwish, Meaghan (June 26, 2020). "Garret Dillahunt & Michelle Hurd Share Meet-Cute Story on 'Friday Night In With the Morgans' (VIDEO)". TV Insider. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Storycorps: Merlyn Hurd and Adrienne Hurd". March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ "Viggo Mortensen to Direct Western 'The Dead Don't Hurt,' Starring Vicky Krieps". Deadline. October 6, 2022.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (April 19, 2023). "Showtime's 'Ghosts of Beirut' Trailer Recounts CIA Manhunt for Deadly Terrorist (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
- ^ Petski, Denise (February 28, 2024). "Garret Dillahunt, Nolan North, Elijah Richardson Among 6 Cast In Peacock's Satanic Panic Thriller Series 'Hysteria!'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 12, 2024. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ "Theater Review: Angels in America - Theater and Musical Production Reviews". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.