Charles S. Dutton
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| Born | Charles Stanley Dutton January 30, 1951 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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Charles Stanley Dutton (born January 30, 1951) is an American Tony Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor and director.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
In 1984, Dutton made his Broadway debut in August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, winning a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1988 Dutton played a killer in the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan opposite Jack Lemmon and Kevin Spacey. 1990 brought him a second Best Actor Tony nomination for his role in another Wilson play, The Piano Lesson. Dutton also starred in Alien³, the debut film of director David Fincher then costarred in 1993's Rudy. Other films he has appeared in include A Time to Kill, Cookie's Fortune, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Secret Window.
Dutton won Outstanding Guest Actor Emmy awards in 2002 and 2003 for his roles in The Practice and Without a Trace. In 1999, he starred in an ensemble cast in Aftershock: Earthquake in New York in which he played the Mayor of New York City. He co-starred with Tom Skerritt. Dutton gained acclaim for his comedy show Roc shown on FOX television (but produced by HBO) from 1991 to 1994, especially mid-run when the show was broadcast live. His work in this role won him an NAACP Image Award. He co-starred in the popular but short-lived 2005 CBS science fiction series, Threshold.
In 2000, Dutton directed the critically acclaimed HBO mini series The Corner. The miniseries was close to his heart for Dutton grew up on the streets of East Baltimore. It was adapted from The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood (Broadway Books, 1997) by David Simon (a reporter for the Baltimore Sun) and Ed Burns (a retired Baltimore homicide detective). The Corner won several Emmys in 2000, including that for best miniseries. Dutton won for his direction of the miniseries.
He starred as Montgomery County, Maryland Police Chief Charles Moose in the 2003 made-for-TV movie D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, and appears in Season 2 of The L Word. Dutton also appeared in "Another Toothpick," an episode of The Sopranos. He most recently guest starred on House as the father of Doctor Eric Foreman (Omar Epps) and on Sleeper Cell: American Terror as the father of undercover FBI agent Darwyn Al-Sayeed. He also directed two episodes of Sleeper Cell.
On 9 October 2007, HBO announced that it has arranged a deal with Dutton where he will develop, direct and star in series and movies for the network.[1] He also appears in the upcoming film Honeydripper.
[edit] Personal life
Dutton was born and raised on the Eastside of Baltimore, Maryland to a truck driver father.[2] He discovered a love of the theatre and studied for a college degree, later earning a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama.[3] He is also a Towson University alumnus.
After dropping out in the seventh grade, he tried his hand as an amateur boxer under his nickname 'Roc'. At age 17, though, he was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing a man to death in a street fight. (Dutton maintains that the man attacked and wounded him first.) After serving a seven and one half year prison term, he was paroled only to return to jail less than two years later for possession of a deadly weapon. While incarcerated, he became involved with theater groups and began to turn his life around, the turning point being when he was assaulted by an ice pick-wielding inmate against whom he refused to retaliate. Dutton obtained a high school equivalency and completed a two-year college program. Upon his release, he enrolled as a drama major at Baltimore's Towson State University.[4]
Dutton owns a farm in Ellicott City, Maryland, and is an ex-husband of actress Debbi Morgan.
[edit] References
- ^ Michael Schneider. "Dutton back in biz at HBO", Daily Variety, October 10, 2007, p. 4.
- ^ Charles S. Dutton Biography (1951-)
- ^ "Charles S. Dutton" at All Movie Guide
- ^ Charles Dutton Biography
[edit] External links
- Charles S. Dutton at the Internet Movie Database
- Charles S. Dutton at the Internet Broadway Database
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