Paul McCrane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Paul McCrane | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born | Paul David McCrane January 19, 1961 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Spouse(s) | Dana Kellin (1998 - present), 2 children |
Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is a Grammy Award-nominated American movie, television and theatre actor, as well as an occasional television director. His roles include Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop, Montgomery MacNeil in Fame, Astronaut Pete Conrad in From the Earth to the Moon, cancer-absorbing mutant Leonard Betts in The X-Files and Dr. Robert Romano on ER. More recently, he has guest-starred in 24, season 5 and 6 as Graem Bauer. He has also appeared on Ugly Betty.
Contents |
[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
McCrane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Eileen C. a nurse, and James J. McCrane, Jr., an actor and writer.[1] His family moved to Richboro, PA, where he lived until he moved to New York City after graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School. He has a brother, Jim, and three sisters, Maureen, Barbara, and Deirdre.[2] He married Dana Kellin, a jewelry designer, in 1998. They have two children, William Thomas, and Noa Catherine.
[edit] Career
McCrane has been known to take roles where his characters experience horrible pain and injury or violent death:
- Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop had toxic waste spilled on him and he was run over
- In the 1988 remake of The Blob, his character (Deputy Briggs) is dissolved by the infamous creature.
- Robert Romano (1997-2003) in ER had his arm chopped off by the anti-torque rotor of a helicopter and was later crushed to death by another chopper
- Leonard Betts from The X-Files was decapitated in an ambulance crash, only to regrow his head and soon get blown up in a car later in the episode.
- In the 5th episode of 24 Day 6, after his character is reunited with his brother (federal agent Jack Bauer), Jack suddenly punches him, binds his hands, and proceeds to place a plastic bag over his head. After Jack interrogates him by torturing him with a neurological inflammatory, he confesses to being behind the deaths of David Palmer, Tony Almeda, and Michelle Dessler and admits that this wasn't the first time he tried to kill Jack. The episode ends with their father secretly injecting a fatal air embolism into McCrane's character.
The notable exceptions to this pattern were McCrane's role as Montgomery MacNeil in Fame, a sensitive aspiring actor coming to terms with his homosexuality, and his role as the historical Apollo Astronaut Pete Conrad in the HBO Mini-Series From the Earth to the Moon. However, Conrad was subject to a number of constant discomforts. Following his acting departure from ER, McCrane has directed several episodes of the show, and has also directed episodes of Without A Trace, The West Wing and Law & Order: SVU.
