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 |
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 (2018–2021). 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).
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 .
Garret 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]
After 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]
In 2007, Dillahunt married actress Michelle Hurd, daughter of actor Hugh Hurd. [11] [12]
† | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
1998 | Maximum Bob | Deputy Dawson Hayes | 3 episodes |
1998 | Remembering Sex | Chris Goodman | Television film |
1998 | Seven Days | Kevin Poe | Episode: "The Gettysburg Virus" |
1998 | 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" |
2005 | CSI: NY | Steve Collins | Episode: "What You See Is What You See" |
2005–2006 | The 4400 | Matthew Ross | 11 episodes |
2005–2006 | ER | Steve Curtis | 5 episodes |
2006 | The Book of Daniel | Jesus | 8 episodes |
2006 | Law & Order | Eric Lund | Episode: "Kingmaker" |
2006 | Numbers | Jack Tollner | Episode: "Provenance" |
2007 | John from Cincinnati | Dr. Michael Smith | 8 episodes |
2007 | Damages | Marshall Phillips | 4 episodes |
2007 | 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" |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tom O'Neill | Episode: "Family Affair" |
2009 | Lie to Me | Eric Matheson | Episode: "Honey" |
2009 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kevin O'Donnell | Episode: "Hardwired" |
2009 | White Collar | Patrick Aimes | Episode: "Flip of the Coin" |
2010 | Gary Unmarried | Goose | Episode: "Gary Unmarried?" |
2010–2013 | Burn Notice | Simon Escher | 3 episodes |
2010 | The Glades | Eddie Strickland | Episode: "A Perfect Storm" |
2010–2014 | Raising Hope | Burt Chance | 88 episodes |
2011 | Memphis Beat | Tim Wayne | Episode: "Body of Evidence" |
2011 | 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 |
2015 | 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" |
2017 | Arkansas Traveler | Wayland McGlawhorn | 6 episodes |
2017–2018 | The Guest Book | Dr. Andrew Brown | 11 episodes |
2017–2018 | 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 |
2022 | Dead to Me | Glenn Moranis | 3 episodes |
2023 | Ghosts of Beirut | William Buckley | Episode: "Hunted" [14] |
2024 | Hightown | Shane Frawley | 6 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1991 | Mad Forest | Ianos/Painter | Perry Street Theatre | |
1992 | New York City Center | |||
1994 | Angels in America | Prior Walter | Marines Memorial Theater | [15] |
1994 | Booth | Edwin | York Theatre | |
1994 | The Triumph of Love | Agis | East 13th Street Theater | |
1996 | The Father | Nöjd | Criterion Center Stage Right | [1] |
1996 | Inherit the Wind | Bertram Cates | Royale Theatre | [1] |
2009 | Things of Dry Hours | Corbin Teel | New York Theatre Workshop |
John McCall ;, also known as "Crooked Nose" or "Broken Nose Jack", was the murderer of Old West legend Wild Bill Hickok. McCall shot Hickok from behind as he played poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, on August 2, 1876. McCall was executed for the murder on March 1, 1877.
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