Ray McKinnon | |
---|---|
Born | Raymond Wilkes McKinnon November 15, 1957 |
Education | Valdosta State University |
Occupations |
|
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse |
Raymond Wilkes McKinnon (born November 15, 1957) [1] is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. He appeared in television series and films, including Apollo 13 (1995), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), the Oscar-winning short The Accountant (2001), Deadwood (2004), Sons of Anarchy (2011), and Mayans M.C. (2018–2023). [2]
McKinnon was born in Adel, Georgia.
In 1981, he graduated with a degree in theatre from Valdosta State University. [3]
McKinnon played Reverend Smith in the HBO series Deadwood . [4] [5] He played Lincoln Potter in the fourth season of the FX show Sons of Anarchy and in its spin-off series, Mayans M.C. [6]
McKinnon, his wife Lisa Blount, and Walton Goggins founded a production company, Ginny Mule Pictures. The production company produced The Accountant , which won an Academy Award in 2001 for Live Action Short Film. [7]
In 2004, McKinnon wrote, produced, directed and played Snake in the film Chrystal, starring Blount and Billy Bob Thornton. Chrystal made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. At the 2004 Stockholm International Film Festival, Blount received a Best Actress award for her performance. [8]
McKinnon wrote and directed the television series Rectify in 2013, the first original series from SundanceTV. The plot featured a man released from a Georgia state prison after 19 years on death row. [9] The series ended in December 2016. [10] The series won a Peabody Award in 2013.
McKinnon was married to Lisa Blount, an actress and producer, from 1998 until her death in 2010. [11] He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Trooper #1 | |
1990 | Tune in Tomorrow | Cub Reporter | |
1990 | Vampire Cop | Raymond | |
1991 | Paris Trout | Carl Bonner | |
1991 | Livin' Large! | Harmon | |
1991 | Bugsy | David Hinton | |
1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Detective Frank | |
1993 | Sommersby | Lawyer Webb | |
1993 | Needful Things | Deputy Norris Ridgewick | |
1993 | A Perfect World | Deputy Bradley | |
1995 | Apollo 13 | Jerry Bostick - FIDO White | |
1995 | The Net | Dale | |
1995 | The Grass Harp | Charlie Cool Jr. | |
1998 | Goodbye Lover | Rollins | |
1999 | This Is Harry Lehman | Harry Lehman | Short film |
2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Vernon T. Waldrip | |
2001 | The Accountant | The Accountant | Short film, writer and director |
2002 | The Pickets | Craig | Short film |
2002 | The Badge | Deputy C.B. | |
2003 | The Missing | Russell J. Wittick | |
2004 | Chrystal | Snake | Writer/producer/director |
2006 | Come Early Morning | Toby | |
2006 | Things That Hang from Trees | Tom Wheeler Sr. | |
2007 | Randy and the Mob | Randy Pearson/Cecil Pearson | Writer/director |
2008 | The Last Lullaby | Ominous Figure | |
2009 | That Evening Sun | Lonzo Choat | Producer |
2009 | The Blind Side | Coach Cotton | |
2010 | Spanola Pepper Sauce Company | Director, Short film | |
2011 | Take Shelter | Kyle | |
2011 | Hick | Lloyd | |
2011 | Dolphin Tale | Mr. Doyle | |
2011 | Footloose | Wes Warnicker | |
2011 | The Last Ride | Stan | |
2012 | Mud | Senior | |
2019 | Ford v Ferrari | Phil Remington | |
2020 | News of the World | Simon Boudlin | |
2021 | Chaos Walking | Matthew | |
2023 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Judge Blagden | |
2023 | Knox Goes Away | ||
2023 | Sick Girl | Malcolm | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | In the Heat of the Night | Timer | Episode: "Crackdown" |
1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Lyle's Father | Television movie |
1990 | Rising Son | Ken Mott | Television movie |
1990 | Web of Deceit | Stuart Troxel | Television movie |
1990 | When Will I Be Loved? | Man With Basketball | Television movie |
1990–1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Jethro Puller | 2 episodes |
1991 | Night of the Hunter | Ben Harper | Television movie |
1991 | In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas | Bob Cheshire | Television movie |
1991 | I'll Fly Away | Donny Hubbard | Episode: "The Hat" |
1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Lee Bob | Television movie |
1991–1992 | Designing Women | Dwayne Dobber | 2 episodes |
1992 | In Sickness and in Health | Dr. Nyland | Television movie |
1992 | Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story | Les | Television movie |
1992 | Indecency | Victor | Television movie |
1993 | Arly Hanks | Hobert Middleton | Television movie |
1994 | Picket Fences | Jeffrey Murray | Episode: "Paging Doctor God" |
1994 | The Stand | Charlie Campion | Television miniseries; Episode: "The Plague" |
1994 | Sisters | Billy | Episode: "Protective Measures" |
1994 | Roswell | Deputy Joe Pritchard | Television movie |
1994 | Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire | Buddy Rivers | Television movie |
1994 | The Boys Are Back | Bill | Episode: "The Fishing Trip" |
1994 | Matlock | Wade Parsons | Episode: "The Tabloid" |
1994 | Scarlett | Will Benteen | Television miniseries (2 episodes) |
1995 | Legend | Kyle | Episode: "Knee-High Noon" |
1995 | The Client | Lenny Barlow | 2 episodes |
1996 | Forgotten Sins | Steve Sweetler | Television movie |
1996 | Dead Man's Walk | Long Bill Coleman | Television miniseries (3 episodes) |
1996 | The Pretender | Lawson | Episode: "Flyer" |
1996 | Nash Bridges | Gary Graham | Episode: "Zodiac" |
1997 | Old Man | Shanty Man With Gun | Television movie |
1997 | Brooklyn South | Gilbert Van Eggidy | Episode: "A Reverend Runs Through It" |
1998 | Michael Hayes | Unknown role | Episode: "Devotion" |
1999 | NYPD Blue | Ted | Episode: "T'aint Misbehavin'" |
1999 | The Price of a Broken Heart | Diner Patron | Television movie |
1999 | Any Day Now | Unknown role | Episode: "You Really Believe in That Stuff?" |
2000 | Rocky Times | Sheriff Rick | Television movie |
2001 | The Practice | Frank Vaughan | Episode: "Suffer the Little Children" |
2002 | Philly | Dewey Hicks | Episode: "The Curse of the Klopman Diamonds" |
2002 | The X-Files | Mad Wayne | Episode: "Improbable" |
2004 | Deadwood | Reverend H.W. Smith | Recurring role (11 episodes) |
2008 | Comanche Moon | Bill Coleman | Television miniseries (2 episodes) |
2010 | Justified | Mr. Duke | Episode: "Blind Spot" |
2011 | Sons of Anarchy | US Attorney Lincoln Potter | Recurring role; 12 episodes (Season 4) |
2013–2016 | Rectify | Creator/writer/executive producer/director | |
2017 | Fear the Walking Dead | Proctor John | 2 episodes |
2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | William LaBott | Episode: "The Book of Esther" |
2018–2023 | Mayans M.C. | US Attorney Lincoln Potter | Recurring role; 17 episodes |
2019 | Wayne | Wayne McCullough Sr. | Episode: "Get Some Then" |
2019 | Heartstrings | Roy Meegers | Episode: "Two Doors Down" [13] |
2019 | Reprisal | Tommy Quinn | Episode: "The Tale of Harold Horpus" |
2021 | Dopesick | Jerry Mallum | 7 episodes |
2023 | The Continental: From the World of John Wick | Jenkins | 2 episodes |
Catherine Louise Sagal is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Peggy Bundy on Married... with Children (1987–1997), Leela on Futurama, Cate Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005), Gemma Teller Morrow on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011, and Louise Goldufski-Conner on The Conners (2018–present).
Dustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Ioki on 21 Jump Street and as Johnny Loh on VIP. Currently, he stars as Zing in the Cinemax/Max martial arts crime drama series Warrior. In film, he is known for starring in Little Fish, The Doom Generation and The Rebel.
Ginny Mule Pictures was an independent film production company created by actors, Ray McKinnon, Lisa Blount and Walton Goggins. Ginny Mule was involved with producing four independent films, each featuring McKinnon and Goggins onscreen. Blount appeared in Ginny Mule's first three films, but died in 2010.
John Marvin Perkins, known professionally as John Hawkes, is an American actor. He is the recipient of two Independent Spirit Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. is an American actor. He has starred in various television series, including The Shield (2002–2008), Justified (2010–2015), Vice Principals (2016–2017), The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present), Invincible (2021–present), and Fallout (2024).
Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American film and television actress, and Academy Award-winning producer.
Robin Weigert is an American television and film actress. She is best known for portraying Calamity Jane on the television series Deadwood (2004–2006), for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004, Ally Lowen in Sons of Anarchy (2010–2013), Dr. Amanda Reisman in Big Little Lies (2017-2019), and Abby in Concussion (2013).
Randy and the Mob is a 2007 American crime comedy film written, directed by and starring Ray McKinnon. It also stars Lisa Blount, Walton Goggins and Bill Nunn, with a cameo by Burt Reynolds.
The Accountant is a 2001 American short comedy film starring Ray McKinnon and Walton Goggins, written and directed by McKinnon, and produced by Goggins. The film follows an unnamed accountant whose skills could save the farm of Tommy O'Dell and his family, and he takes the O'Dells on a journey that explores the plight of America's family farms and hidden corporate conspiracies.
Sons of Anarchy is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008, to December 9, 2014, Sons of Anarchy follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. Charlie Hunnam stars as Jackson "Jax" Teller, who is initially the vice president and subsequently the president of the club. After discovering a manifesto written by his late father, John, who previously led the club, he begins to question himself, his relationships, and the club. Themes throughout the show include love, brotherhood, loyalty, betrayal and redemption. It explored vigilantism, government corruption and racism. The show's plot depicted an outlaw motorcycle club as an analogy for human transformation. David Labrava, a real-life member of the Oakland chapter of Hells Angels, served as a technical adviser, and also played the recurring character Happy Lowman, the club's assassin.
Chrystal is an American drama film, which was released to audiences in the United States on April 8, 2005. The cast includes Billy Bob Thornton, Lisa Blount, Harry Lennix, Walton Goggins and Grace Zabriskie. Ray McKinnon, in addition to playing the role of "Snake", directed, wrote and produced the film. The story is about a woman named Chrystal who has been traumatized both physically and mentally from a car accident that took the life of her son. Joe, Chrystal's husband, has just been released from jail after a 16-year sentence stemming from multiple crimes he committed.
The fourth season of the American television drama series Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 6, 2011, and concluded on December 6, 2011, after 14 episodes aired on cable network FX. Created by Kurt Sutter, it is about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming, a fictional town in California's Central Valley. The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller, the then–vice president of the club, and is first shown as the new president here, who begins questioning the club and himself.
Sean MacKenzie Bridgers is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, known for his role as Johnny Burns on the HBO series Deadwood and on the SundanceTV original series Rectify as Trey Willis. In addition to many roles in television and film since 1991, Bridgers received acclaim and awards for the independent film Paradise Falls, which he wrote and produced.
Rectify is an American television drama series exploring the life of a man after he is released from prison after nearly 20 years on death row following a wrongful conviction. It was created by Ray McKinnon and is the first original series from SundanceTV. It stars Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens, Clayne Crawford, and Luke Kirby, and premiered on April 22, 2013, with a first season run of six episodes.
Mayans M.C. is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club.
The first season of the American television drama series Mayans M.C. premiered on September 4, 2018 and concluded on November 6, 2018, after 10 episodes aired on cable network FX. Mayans M.C. is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club.
The second season of Mayans M.C., an American crime drama created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, premiered on FX on September 3, 2019 and concluded on November 5, 2019. The second season consisted of ten episodes and aired on Tuesdays in the United States on FX.
The third season of Mayans M.C., an American crime drama, premiered on FX, on March 16, 2021, and concluded on May 11, 2021. The third season consisted of ten episodes and aired on Tuesdays in the United States on FX. Mayans M.C. is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as Sons of Anarchy, and deals with the Sons' rivals-turned-allies, the Mayans Motorcycle Club.