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Bradford Claude Dourif[2] (/ˈdɔːrɪf/; born March 18, 1950)[1] is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for his film debut role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). He is also known for portraying Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings series (2002–2003) and voicing Chucky in the Child's Play franchise (1988–present).

Brad Dourif
Dourif in 2002
Born	Bradford Claude Dourif (1950-03-18) March 18, 1950 (age 72)[1] Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor Voice artist
Years active	1973–present
Spouse	Jonina Dourif
Children	2; including Fiona
Awards	See awards

Dourif's other film roles include Wise Blood (1979), Ragtime (1981), Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Exorcist III (1990), Alien Resurrection (1997), the 2007 remake of Halloween and its sequel. He also appeared in many television series, notably Deadwood (2004–2006, 2019), for which he received Primetime Emmy and Satellite Award nominations for his portrayal of Amos "Doc" Cochran.

Early life

Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 18, 1950, to Joan Mavis Felton (née Bradford), an actress, and Jean Henri Dourif, an art collector who owned and operated a dye factory.[1][3]

His paternal grandparents emigrated from France, and his paternal grandfather co-founded the Standard Ultramarine and Color Company in Huntington.[4] After Dourif's father died in 1953, his mother 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 the private Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina. There, he pursued his interests in art and acting. Although he briefly considered becoming a flower arranger, he was eventually inspired to become an actor by his mother's participation as an actress in a community theater called Give Me Shelter.

After Aiken, he attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating in 1968. Dourif appeared as an amateur at the Fountain Valley Film Festival in 1969, taking second place in the 8 mm film category with his 10-minute entry "Blind Date."[5] Dourif attended Marshall University for a time, before quitting college and moving to New York City to study acting on the advice of actress Conchata Ferrell.[6]

Career

Stage

Starting in school productions, Dourif progressed to community theater, joining up with the Huntington Community Players while attending Marshall University. In New York City, he studied with Sanford Meisner, and worked with Marshall Mason and Lanford Wilson at 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[6] who cast him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).

In 2013, after a three-decade absence from the stage, Dourif chose to star alongside Amanda Plummer in the Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play that played to critical acclaim at the New World Stages.[7] He explained, in a filmed interview released by the producers, why he broke his 29-year hiatus from acting in live theater: "I hated the stage, did not want to do it. And then somebody said, 'Will you do a play? It's with Amanda Plummer', and I said, 'Oh shit! No. Oh God, I'm gonna have to do this...'".[8] It opened on June 10, 2013, and closed on September 29, 2013.[9] The play was subject to a number of performance cancellations, one relating to Dourif's absence due to a death in the family. Plummer refused to perform without Dourif, notwithstanding the presence of an understudy.[10]

Film

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Although One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is frequently cited as Dourif's film debut, his first acting for screen was in a low-budget film called Split, which was never released.^{[citation needed]} He followed this with a role in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975), but his bit part was omitted from the final cut of the film.[11] His portrayal of the vulnerable Billy Bibbit in Cuckoo's Nest ended up being his big break, earning him a Golden Globe Award (Best Actor Debut) and a British Academy Award (Supporting Actor) as well as a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[6]

In 1981, Vincent Canby listed Dourif as one of twelve actors to watch, calling Dourif "one of the most intense, most interesting young film actors of his generation."[12] Dourif returned to New York, where he continued in theater and taught acting and directing classes at Columbia University until 1988 (Don Mancini[13] and Yves Lavandier were among his student), when he moved to Hollywood.^{[citation needed]}

Dourif has often played eccentric or disturbed characters,^{[citation needed]} starting with Cuckoo's Nest and continuing with Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), John Huston's Wise Blood (1979),[14] Forman's Ragtime (1981), Marc Didden's Istanbul (1985) and David Lynch's Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986).

Dourif has appeared in a number of horror films, most notably as the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise. He portrayed the Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III (1990) and appeared in Death Machine (1994) and Alien Resurrection (1997). He later appeared as Sheriff Lee Brackett in Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009). In 2013, Dourif reprised his role as Chucky in the sixth installment of the Child's Play franchise, Curse of Chucky, and then again in the 2017 sequel, Cult of Chucky. His daughter, Fiona Dourif, also starred with him in both films.

Other notable film roles include Gríma Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and supporting roles in Fatal Beauty (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), Hidden Agenda (1990), London Kills Me (1991) and Sinner (2007).

Dourif has worked with director Werner Herzog on many occasions, appearing in Scream of Stone (1991), The Wild Blue Yonder (2005), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009).

Television

In 1984, Dourif played a suspected serial killer in the episode "Number Eight" of Tales of the Unexpected. In 1994, he appeared in The X-Files episode "Beyond the Sea" as the psychic serial killer Luther Lee Boggs. He also portrayed Lon Suder in a three episode story arc on Star Trek: Voyager and guest starred as a troubled monk haunted by visions in Babylon 5. Dourif later gained acclaim as Doc Cochran in Deadwood, receiving a 2004 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

In 2011, he guest-starred in the third-season finale of Fringe[15] and, in 2014, appeared in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "The End of the Beginning".

In 2021, Dourif reprised his role as Chucky in the television series adaption of the Child's Play franchise titled Chucky.[16]

Music

In 2012, Dourif contributed spoken word vocals to three songs on the album Misery Together by the Norwegian duo Thinguma*jigSaw.[17] Dourif also appears in the music videos for "Stranger in Town" (1984) by Toto and "Drinking from the Bottle" (2012) by Calvin Harris.

Personal life

Dourif has been married twice[18] first to Janet Stephanie with whom he had daughter Kristina/Christina Dourif, born c. 1976,[1][2] and then to the late[19] Jonina Dourif,[2][20] with whom he had another daughter, actress Fiona Dourif, born 1981.[21][22]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Billy Bibbit
1977	Group Portrait with a Lady	Boris Koltowski
1978	Eyes of Laura Mars	Tommy Ludlow
1979	Wise Blood	Hazel Motes
1980	Heaven's Gate	Mr. Eggleston
1981	Ragtime	Younger Brother
1984	Dune	Piter De Vries
1985	Istanbul	Martin Klamski
1986	Blue Velvet	Raymond
	Impure Thoughts	Kevin Harrington
1987	Fatal Beauty	Leo Nova
1988	Child's Play	Charles Lee Ray/Chucky
	Mississippi Burning	Deputy Clinton Pell
1989	Sonny Boy	Weasel
	Grim Prairie Tales	Farley
1990	Child's Play 2	Chucky (voice)
	Spontaneous Combustion	Sam
	Horseplayer	Bud Cowan
	Graveyard Shift	Tucker Cleveland
	The Exorcist III	James "Gemini" Venamun
	Hidden Agenda	Paul Sullivan
	Chaindance	Johnny Reynolds
1991	Murder Blues	John Barnes
	Child's Play 3	Chucky (voice)
	Jungle Fever	Leslie
	Body Parts	Remo Lacey
	Scream of Stone	Fingerless
	London Kills Me	Hemingway
1992	Final Judgement	Father Tyrone
	Critters 4	Al Bert
1993	Trauma	Dr. Lloyd
	Amos & Andrew	Officer Donnie Donaldson
1994	Color of Night	Clark
	Death Machine	Dante
1995	Murder in the First	Byron Stamphill
	Phoenix	Reiger
1996	Sworn to Justice	Teddy
	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Kirby
1997	Jamaica Beat	Tom Peterson
	Nightwatch	Duty Doctor
	Best Men	John "Gonzo" Coleman
	Alien Resurrection	Dr. Jonathan Gediman
1998	Brown's Requiem	Edwards
	Senseless	Dr. Wheedon
	Progeny	Dr. Bert Clavell
	Urban Legend	Michael McDonnell	Uncredited
	Bride of Chucky	Chucky (voice)
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
	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 cut only
2004	Seed of Chucky	Chucky (voice)
	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 Leigh Brackett
2008	Touching Home	Clyde Winston
	Humboldt County	Jack
2009	Born of Earth	Mayor
	Lock and Roll Forever	Zee
	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Ned Schoenholtz
	Halloween II	Sheriff Leigh Brackett
	My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?	Uncle Ted
2010	Chain Letter	Mr. Smirker
	Junkyard Dog	Sheriff Holk
2011	Fading of the Cries	Mathias
	Priest	Salesman
	Catch .44	Sheriff Connors
	Death and Cremation	Stan
2012	Last Kind Words	Wylon
	Black Box	Tom
2013	Santa Monica	Stan	Short film
	Gingerclown	Worm Creature (voice)
	Blood Shot	Bob
	Curse of Chucky	Charles Lee Ray/Chucky
	Malignant	The Man
2014	The Control Group[citation needed]	Dr. Broward
2015	Rosemont	Abe
2017	Cult of Chucky	Chucky (voice)
	Out to Lunch	Man	Short film
	Cut Off	Diggs
2018	Wildling	Daddy/Gabriel Hanson
	American Dream	George
	Ready Player One	Chucky (voice)	Archival audio[23]
2019	Obsession	George
2021	The Shuroo Process	Dr. Feinstein
2022	The Living	Vlad	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	The Mound Builders	Chad Jasker	Television film
1977	The Gardener's Son	Robert McEvoy
1978	Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force	Sgt. Leonard Matlovich
1979	Studs Lonigan	Danny O'Neill	3 episodes
1980	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	David Langtree	Television film
1982	I, Desire	Paul
1984	Tales of the Unexpected	Hitchhiker	Episode: "Number Eight"
1986	The Equalizer	Fenn	Episode: "Out of the Past"
	Spenser: For Hire	Maxie Lyons	Episode: "Rage"
	Rage of Angels	Seymour Bourne	Television film
	Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo	Lamar Sands
1987	Moonlighting	Father McDonovan	Episode: "All Creatures Great...and Not So Great"
	The Hitchhiker	Billy Baltimore Jr.	Episode: "The Legendary Billy B."
	Miami Vice	Joey Wyatt	Episode: "Theresa"
1989	Murder, She Wrote	Dr. Warren Overman	Episode: "Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble"
	Desperado: The Outlaw Wars	Camillus Fly	Television film
	Terror on Highway 91	Keith Evans
1993	Wild Palms	Chickie Levitt	3 episodes
	Tales from the Crypt	Virgil	Episode: "People Who Live in Brass Hearses"
1994	The X-Files	Luther Lee Boggs	Episode: "Beyond the Sea"
	A Worn Path	Hunter	Television film
1995	Babylon 5	Charles Dexter/Brother Edward	Episode: "Passing Through Gethsemane"
	Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story	Sheriff Bill Douglass	Television film
	Escape to Witch Mountain	Luther/Bruno
1996	Star Trek: Voyager	Lon Suder	3 episodes
	Blackout	Thomas Payne	Television film
	If Looks Could Kill	M. Eugene "Gene" Hanson
1997	Millennium	Dennis Hoffman	Episode: "Force Majeure"
1999	The Norm Show	The Devil	Episode: "Norm and Shelley"
	The Magnificent Seven	Rupert Brauner	Episode: "Chinatown"
	The Hunger	Manno	Episode: "Sin Seer"
2001–02	Ponderosa	Maurice Deveraux	8 episodes
2004–06	Deadwood	Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran	Main cast
2008	Law & Order	Dr. David Lingard	Episode: "Called Home"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Iggy Drexel	Episode: "Torch"
2011	Fringe	Moreau	Episode: "The Day We Died"
	Psych	Bernie Bethel	Episode: "Shawn, Interrupted"
	Miami Magma	Jacob Capilla	Television film
2012	Wilfred	P.T.	Episode: "Questions"
	Criminal Minds	Adam Rain	Episode: "The Lesson"
	Swamp Volcano	Jacob Capilla	Television film
2012–14	Once Upon a Time	Zoso	2 episodes
2013	End of the World	Dr. Walter Brown	Television film
2014	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Thomas Nash	Episode: "End of the Beginning"
2016	The Wilding	David Stearns	Television film
2019	Deadwood: The Movie	Dr. Amos "Doc" Cochran
2021–present	Chucky	Chucky (voice)	Main cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2001	Myst III: Exile	Saavedro
2002	Run Like Hell	Fred (voice)
2005	Gun	Reverend Josiah Reed (voice)
2012	Dishonored	Piero Joplin (voice)

Awards and honours

Institution	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result
Academy Awards	1976	Best Supporting Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	1977	Best Actor in a Supporting Role		Won
Beverly Hills Film Festival	2013	Best Actor	Santa Monica	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	1989	Best Supporting Actor	Mississippi Burning	Nominated
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards	1991	Best Supporting Actor	Body Parts	Won
	1999	Hall of Fame	—	Won
Genie Awards	1991	Best Supporting Actor	Chaindance	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	1976	New Star of the Year – Actor	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Won
Primetime Emmy Awards	2004	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Deadwood	Nominated
San Sebastián International Film Festival	1979	Best Actor	Wise Blood	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2005	Best Supporting Actor – Television Series	Deadwood	Nominated
Saturn Awards	1991	Best Supporting Actor	The Exorcist III	Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2003	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated
	2007	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Deadwood	Nominated

References

External links

• Brad Dourif at IMDb
• Brad Dourif at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Brad Dourif at the TCM Movie Database
• Brad Dourif at AllMovie

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[de] Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude Dourif (* 18. März 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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[es] Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif (n. Huntington, Virginia Occidental; 18 de marzo de 1950) es un actor de cine y televisión estadounidense, candidato a un premio Óscar y a un premio Emmy. Probablemente es más conocido por su papel en One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, que le valió la citada candidatura al Óscar como mejor actor de reparto. También ha puesto su voz al personaje de Chucky en las películas del Muñeco diabólico (Child's Play), ha interpretado a Lon Suder en Star Trek: Voyager, al doctor Gediman en Alien: Resurrección y a Gríma Lengua de Serpiente en la adaptación cinematográfica de El Señor de los Anillos. También ha ganado un premio Saturn por El Exorcista III y ha sido candidato a un premio Emmy por su papel en Deadwood. Como secundario también ha participado en la adaptación a la gran pantalla de Dune (David Lynch, 1984), interpretando al malvado Mentat del barón Vladimir Harkonnen, Piter de Vries.

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[ru] Дуриф, Брэд

Брэдфорд Клод Дуриф (англ. Bradford Claude Dourif; род. 18 марта 1950, Хантингтон, Западная Виргиния, США) — американский актёр французского происхождения, играющий в весьма разнообразных категориях кино: от «оскароносных» блокбастеров вроде «Властелина колец» и «Пролетая над гнездом кукушки» до низкопробных фильмов ужасов, выходящих direct-to-video.

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