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Brad Dourif
Dourif at the Lord of the Rings Convention in Bonn, Germany, November 2002
Born	Bradford Claude Dourif March 18, 1950 (1950-03-18) (age 60) Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Joni Dourif (divorced)

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif (born March 18, 1950) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Younger Brother in Ragtime, Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hazel Motes in Wise Blood, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Doc Cochran in the HBO television series Deadwood. Additionally, he portrayed the character of Saavedro in the computer game Myst III: Exile and the Betazoid Lon Suder in the TV series Star Trek: Voyager.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 3 Film and television 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 5.1 Films 5.2 Television 5.3 Video games 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia. His father, Jean Dourif, was an art collector and owned and operated a dye factory. After Dourif's father died in 1953, his actress mother, Joan (née Bradford),¹ remarried champion golfer William C. Campbell, who helped raise Dourif and his five siblings (four sisters and one brother). From 1963 to 1965, Dourif attended Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina. There he pursued his interests in art and acting. Although he briefly considered becoming an artist, he was eventually inspired to become an actor by his mother's participation as an actress in a community theater. After Aiken Prep, he attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating in 1969.

Early career

Starting in school productions, he progressed to community theater, joining up with the Huntington Community Players, while attending Marshall University of Huntington. At age 19, he quit his hometown college and headed to New York City, where he worked with the Circle Repertory Company. During the early 1970s, Dourif appeared in a number of plays, off-Broadway and at Woodstock, New York, including The Ghost Sonata, The Doctor in Spite of Himself, and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, in which he was spotted by director Miloš Forman who cast him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

Although this film is frequently cited as his film debut, in fact, Dourif made his first big-screen appearance with a bit part in W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975). Nevertheless, his portrayal of the vulnerable Billy Bibbit in Forman's film was undoubtedly his big break, earning him a Golden Globe (Best Actor Debut) and a British Academy Award (Supporting Actor): he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Skeptical of his instant stardom, Dourif returned to New York, where he continued in theater and taught acting and directing classes at Columbia University until 1988, when he moved to Hollywood.

Film and television

Despite his attempts to avoid typecasting, he frequently plays eccentric or disturbed characters, starting in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), John Huston's Wise Blood (1979), Forman's Ragtime (1981) and Marc Didden's Istanbul. Dourif then teamed up with director David Lynch for Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986).

He has appeared in a number of horror films, notably as the voice of the evil killer doll Chucky in Child's Play (1988) and its sequels, as well as in Exorcist III as the Gemini Killer (1990). Dourif broke from the horror genre with roles in Fatal Beauty (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), Hidden Agenda (1990), and London Kills Me (1991). He also played Gríma Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

On television, Dourif appeared in The X-Files episode "Beyond the Sea" as Luther Lee Boggs. He also played Lon Suder, a murderous psychopath who eventually redeems himself, in a three-episode story arc on Star Trek: Voyager, and has guest-appeared in shows such as Babylon 5. In 1984 he played a suspected serial killer in the episode "Number Eight" of the British TV series Tales of the Unexpected.

He is a fan of video games and appeared as Saavedro in Myst III: Exile (2001), the third game in the popular Myst franchise, and as the sadistic preacher Reed in GUN (2005).

Dourif was cast as The Scarecrow in Batman Forever, while Tim Burton was attached to the project. However, Joel Schumacher eventually took over the project, and instead cast Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face and Jim Carrey as The Riddler.

Dourif played Doc Cochran in the HBO series Deadwood, receiving a 2004 Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series." He recently voiced Chucky in the fifth Child's Play film, Seed of Chucky, appeared in the film Sinner, and played Sheriff Brackett in 2007 in Rob Zombie's version of Halloween and its sequel in 2009, Halloween II.

Personal life

Dourif was formerly married to businesswoman and claimed remote viewer Joni Dourif, with whom he has two daughters, Kristina and Fiona. He lives in Manhattan and plays the didgeridoo, an Australian Aboriginal musical instrument.

Dourif is the uncle of Nat Friedman.²

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings	uncredited
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Billy Bibbit	Golden Globe for Best New Star of the Year BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1976	The Mound Builders	Chad Jasker	(made for television)
1977	Group Portrait with Lady	Boris Koltowski
	The Gardener's Son	Robert McEvoy	(made for television)
1978	Eyes of Laura Mars	Tommy Ludlow
	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Sgt. Leonard Matlovich	(made for television)
1979	Studs Lonigan	Danny O'Neill	(made for Television)
	Wise Blood	Hazel Motes
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	David Langtree	(made for television)
	Heaven's Gate	Mr. Eggleston
1981	Ragtime	Younger Brother
1982	Desire, the Vampire	Paul	(made for television)
1984	Dune	The Mentat Piter De Vries
1985	Istanbul	Klamski	(Belgian movie)
1986	Blue Velvet	Raymond
	Rage of Angels	Seymour Bourne	(made for television)
	Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo	Lamar Sands	(made for television)
	Impure Thoughts	Kevin Harrington
1987	Fatal Beauty	Leo Nova
1988	Child's Play	Charles Lee Ray (Chucky)	(character and voice of Chucky)
	Mississippi Burning	Deputy Clinton Pell
1989	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars	Camillus Fly	(made for television)
	Sonny Boy	Weasel
	Terror on Highway 91	Keith Evans	(made for television)
1990	Child's Play 2	Chucky	(voice only)
	Spontaneous Combustion	Sam
	Horseplayer	Bud Cowan
	Graveyard Shift	Tucker Cleveland
	The Exorcist III	James Venamun
	Hidden Agenda	Paul Sullivan
	Chaindance	Johnny Reynolds
	Grim Prairie Tales	Farley
1991	Murder Blues	John Barnes	a.k.a. Dead Certain
	Child's Play 3	Chucky	(voice only)
	Jungle Fever	Leslie
	Body Parts	Remo Lacey
	Scream of Stone	Fingerless
	London Kills Me	Hemingway the Restaurant Manager
1992	Final Judgement	Father Tyrone
	Critters 4	Al Bert
1993	Wild Palms	Chickie Levitt	television miniseries
	Trauma	Dr. Lloyd
	Amos & Andrew	Officer Donnie Donaldson
1994	Color of Night	Clark
	A Worn Path	Hunter	(Made for Television)
1995	Death Machine	Dante
	Murder in the First	Byron Stamphill
	Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story	Sheriff Bill Douglass	(Made for Television)
	Escape to Witch Mountain	Luther/Bruno	(Made for Television)
	Phoenix	Reiger
1996	Blackout	Thomas Payne	(Made for Television)
	If Looks Could Kill	M. Eugene 'Gene' Hanson	(Made for Television)
	Sworn to Justice	Teddy
	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Kirby
1997	Jamaica Beat	Tom Peterson
	Nightwatch	Duty Doctor
	Best Men	The Vet
	Alien Resurrection	Dr. Gediman
1998	Brown's Requiem	Edwards
	Senseless	Dr. Wheedon
	Progeny	Dr. Bert Clavell
	Urban Legend	Michael McDonnell, gas station attendant	(uncredited)
	Bride of Chucky	Chucky	(voice only)
1999	The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man	Gabriel
	Cypress Edge	Colin McCammon
	Interceptors	David M. Webber
	Silicon Towers	Alton
2000	Shadow Hours	Roland Montague
	The Prophecy 3: The Ascent	Zealot
2001	The Ghost	Lt. Garland	a.k.a. Code of the Dragon
	Soulkeeper	Mr. Pascal
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Gríma Wormtongue
2003	The Box	Stan
	Vlad	Radescu
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Gríma Wormtongue	(extended version only)
2004	Seed of Chucky	Chucky	(voice only)
	The Devil's Due at Midnight	The Dark One
	The Hazing	Professor Kapps
	El Padrino	Cyrus
2005	Drop Dead Sexy	Herman
	The Wild Blue Yonder	The Alien
	Man of Faith	B. B. Gallen
2006	Pulse	Thin Bookish Guy
2007	Sinner	Caddie
	The List	Johan Gabini
	The Wizard of Gore	Dr. Chong
	Halloween	Sheriff Lee Brackett
2008	Humboldt County	Jack
	Touching Home	Clyde Winston
	Born of Earth	Mayor
2009	Junkyard Dog	Sheriff Holk
	Lock and Roll Forever	Zee
	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Ned Schoenholtz
	Halloween II	Sheriff Lee Brackett
	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done	Uncle Ted
2010	Chain Letter	Mr. Smirker
	Blood Shot	Bob
	Fading of the Cries	Mathias
	Death and Cremation	Stan
	Priest	Salesman

Television

• Stranger in Town by Toto (Music video, 1984) - as "The Stranger"
• Tales of the Unexpected (one episode, 1984) - as Hitch-hiker
• The Equalizer (one episode, 1986) - as Fenn
• Spenser: For Hire (one episode, 1986) - as Maxie Lyons
• Moonlighting (one episode, 1986) - as Father McDonovan
• Miami Vice (one episode, 1987) - as Joey Wyatt
• The Hitchhiker (one episode, 1987) - as Billy Baltimore Jr.
• Murder, She Wrote (one episode, 1989) - as Dr. Overman
• Tales from the Crypt (one episode, 1993) - "People Who Live In Brass Hearses" as Virgil DeLuca
• The X-Files (one episode, 1994) - "Beyond the Sea" as Luther Lee Boggs
• Babylon 5 (Season 3, episode 4, "Passing Through Gethsemane", 1995) - as Brother Edward
• Star Trek: Voyager (three episodes, 1996) - as Lon Suder
• Millennium (one episode, 1997) - "Force Majeure" as Dennis Hoffman
• The Magnificent Seven (one episode, 1999) - as Rupert Brauner
• The Norm Show (one episode, 1999) - as The Devil
• The Hunger (one episode, 1999) - as Manno
• Ponderosa (2001 - 2002) - as Maurice "Frenchy" Devereaux
• Deadwood (2004 - 2006) - as Doc Cochran
• Law & Order (one episode, 2008) - "Called Home" as Dr. David Lingard "Dr. Death"

Video games

• Myst III: Exile (2001) - as Saavedro
• Run Like Hell (2002) - as Fred (voice only)
• GUN (2005) - as Reverend Josiah Reed (voice only)

References

External links

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