Терри О’Куинн: Американский актер и его роли

American actor

Terrance Quinn (born July 15, 1952), known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor. He is best known for his Primetime Emmy Award winning performance of John Locke on the TV series Lost (2004–2010). In film, he is best known for playing the title role in The Stepfather (1987) and Howard Hughes in The Rocketeer (1991), with roles in other films such as Heaven's Gate (1980), Silver Bullet (1985), Young Guns (1988), Blind Fury (1989), Tombstone (1993), and Primal Fear (1996). Other prominent television roles include Peter Watts in Millennium (1996–1999), FBI Asst. Director Kendall in Alias (2002–2004), Commander Joe White in Hawaii Five 0 (2011–2018), and Tom Tavner in Patriot (2015–2018).

O'Quinn was born at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, one of 11 siblings, and grew up in nearby Newberry, Michigan. He is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic. He attended Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He changed his surname from Quinn to O'Quinn as another registered actor already had the name Terrance Quinn. In the 1970s, he went to Baltimore to act in the Center Stage production of Tartuffe. He remained at Center Stage for some years and often appeared with the late Tana Hicken, most notably as Benedick to her Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. His first movie role was in Heaven's Gate.

O'Quinn began acting in the 1970s during his time at Central Michigan University. He not only was an actor but also playwright/director. He wrote and directed the musical Orchestrina. This musical featured five main characters: The Man (played by Jeff Daniels), The Boy (Harold Downs), The Woman (Ann O'Donnell), The Girl (Debbie Penwarden), and The Drunk (James Hilliker), plus a female and a male chorus. He was roommates at CMU with actor Brad Slaight. Starting in 1980, O'Quinn has appeared in various feature films such as Silver Bullet, Tombstone, Heaven's Gate, Young Guns, Ghosts of Mississippi, alongside Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury, and as Howard Hughes in The Rocketeer. O'Quinn also appeared in the Canadian horror movie, Pin (1988) alongside British born Canadian actor, David Hewlett. His early television roles include guest appearances on Tales of the unexpected (episode "In the Bag"), Miami Vice (episode "Give a Little, Take a Little"), Moonlighting, Star Trek: The Next Generation (episode "The Pegasus"), The Twilight Zone (1985 revival; episode "Chameleon"), Homicide: Life on the Street (episode "Hate Crimes"), a recurring role on Earth 2, another recurring role as Captain (later Rear Admiral) Thomas Boone on JAG, as well as Colonel Will Ryan in episode 15 of season 1 on the JAG spin off series NCIS (episode "Enigma"). Around 1995, O'Quinn made guest appearances in The X Files and Harsh Realm, produced by Chris Carter, who also cast him in the film The X Files: Fight The Future and then once again in the final season. In 1996 O'Quinn started acting in the television series Millennium as Peter Watts, also produced by Chris Carter. O'Quinn held this role for all three seasons of the series. O'Quinn holds the distinction of having played four different characters within the extended X Files/Millennium continuum (the two shows being classed together since both Lance Henriksen's character of Frank Black and Charles Nelson Reilly's character of Jose Chung have appeared in both shows).

O'Quinn made his breakthrough by starring as the title character in The Stepfather, a deranged serial killer going by the name "Jerry Blake" (his character's real name and identity are never revealed), who is obsessed with having an ideal family. When a widowed mother and daughter do not comport with his expectations, he spirals into a spell of madness and attempts to brutally murder them. O'Quinn was praised by critics, including Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun Times, who commented, "The Stepfather has one wonderful element: Terry O'Quinn's performance." Ebert wrote, "He is a journeyman actor from TV and many movies, usually in supporting roles, and you may or may not recognize him. What's clear at once is that he is a strong actor, and given this leading role he brings all kinds of creepy dimensions to it. He has the thankless assignment of showing us a completely hateful, repellent character – and he approaches the task as an exercise in cloying middle class good manners." Not impressed with the second movie, O'Quinn declined to appear in the third installment, in which the stepfather character was portrayed by Robert Wightman. O'Quinn was approached by the director of the 2009 reboot of The Stepfather, Nelson McCormick, to make a cameo appearance in the film, but according to the producers O'Quinn turned down the offer.

After a string of recurring appearances on Alias (2002–2003), as the FBI Director Kendall, O'Quinn became a favorite of television producer J. J. Abrams. Following a seven episode guest run on The West Wing in 2003–2004, O'Quinn received a call from Abrams indicating that the producer wanted to cast him in his new television drama Lost without any audition. In 2005 O'Quinn received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his work as John Locke on the series Lost. O'Quinn admitted on the TV Guide Channel that he did not have much faith in Lost at first, calling it "The Mysterious Gilligan's Island of Dr. Moreau". The show, however, became one of the most popular on television, and on September 16, 2007, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series for his role, and was nominated again for an Emmy for the role in 2010, which he did not win. In a TV. com interview O'Quinn commented that the reason he felt comfortable playing this character is because he's a bit like him.

O'Quinn has made a number of television appearances since Lost. From 2012–2013, O'Quinn starred in the short lived series 666 Park Avenue as Gavin Doran. In 2012, he appeared in the second season of Falling Skies. Additionally, O’Quinn starred for two seasons in Amazon Studios' Patriot. In 2016, it was announced that O'Quinn would be joining the second season of Secret and Lies. In 2019, O'Quinn starred in the only season of Perpetual Grace, LTD on Epix. In February 2021, it was announced that O'Quinn was cast as Martin Queller in the Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name. In October 2023, during New York Comic Con, he was announced, to play the antagonist Major General Beale in The Walking Dead The Ones Who Live, created by Scott M. Gimple. Terry joined the Cameo platform shortly after its launch in 2017. He has since been creating videos for fans and donating all of the proceeds to the Virginia Beach SPCA. Terry has raised thousands of dollars on Cameo, and continues to create videos weekly.

Year Title Role Notes 1980 Heaven's Gate Capt. Minardi 1983 All the Right Moves Freeman Smith Without a Trace Parent1984 Places in the Heart Buddy Kelsey Mrs. Soffel Detective Buck McGovern1985 Silver Bullet Sheriff Joe Haller Mischief Claude Harbrough 1986 SpaceCamp Launch Director 1987 The Stepfather Jerry Blake / Henry Morrison / Bill Hodgkins / The Stepfather Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male LeadNominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor Black Widow Bruce 1988 Young Guns Alex McSween Pin Dr. Linden1989 Blind Fury Frank Deveraux Stepfather II Jerry Blake / Dr. Gene Clifford / The Stepfather The Forgotten One Bob Anderson 1990 Blood Oath Major Beckett 1991 The Rocketeer Howard Hughes Company Business Colonel Pierce Grissom 1992 The Cutting Edge Jack Moseley My Samurai James McCrea 1993 Tombstone Mayor John Clum Amityville: A New Generation Detective Clark Direct to video 1995 Shadow Warriors Dr. Connors1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Judge Hilburn Primal Fear Bud Yancy 1997 Shadow Conspiracy Frank Ridell 1998 The X Files Darius Michaud 2000 Rated X J. R. Mitchell 2001 American Outlaws Rollin H. Parker 2002 Hometown Legend Buster Shuler 2003 Old School Goldberg Uncredited 2016 New Life Dr. Sumrall 2024 Unsung Hero Post production

Year Title Role Notes 1980 F. D. R.: The Last Year James Roosevelt Television 1981 The Doctors Dr. Jerry Dancy Soap opera 1982 Tales of the Unexpected Cop Episode: "In the Bag"1983 Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number Colonel Thomas Rhodes Television film ABC Afterschool Special Mr. Jacobs Episode: "The Hand Me Down Kid" 1984 Miami Vice Richard Cain Episode: "Give a Little, Take a Little"1985 The Twilight Zone Dr. Curt Lockridge Episode: "Chameleon" Right to Kill? Jim Barrett Television film An Early Frost Dr. Redding Television film Remington Steele Chuck McBride Episode: "Coffee, Tea or Steele"1986 Between Two Women Dr. Wallace Television film Women of Valor Major Tom Patterson Television film1987 Moonlighting Bryant Wilbourne Episode: "Take a Left At the Altar" At Mother's Request Jeol Campbell 2 episodes When the Time Comes Wes Travis Television film1988 Stranger on My Land Connie Priest Television film A Year in the Life Keith Episode: "Fathers and Other Strangers"1989 Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North Aaron Sykes 2 episodes Roe vs. Wade Jay Floyd Television film1990 Jake and the Fatman Vincent Novak Episode: "You're Driving Me Crazy" Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception Curt Mitchell Television film Kaleidoscope Henry Television film1991 Son of the Morning Star General Alfred Terry 2 episodes The Last to Go Daniel Television film Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance Sergeant Nicholas Television film1992 Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View Sergeant Don Bell Television film Trial: The Price of Passion Bob Altschuler Television film L. A. Law Nick Moats Episode: "Beauty and the Breast" Sexual Advances Cliff Ripley Television film Wild Card Barlow Television film The Good Fight Henry Cragin Television film1993 Born Too Soon Dr. Friedman Television film Visions of Murder Admiral Truman Hager Television film1994 A Friend to Die For Principal Ed Saxe Television film MacShayne: Winner Takes All Danny Legget Television film Star Trek: The Next Generation Admiral Erik Pressman Episode: "The Pegasus" Heart of a Child Gordon Holc Television film Don't Talk to Strangers Bonner Television film Justice in a Small Town Harris Wiley Television film Tales from the Crypt Inspector Martin Zeller Episode: "The Bribe" Matlock Malcolm Engle Episode: "The Dare" 1994–1995 Earth 2 Reilly 6 episodes1995 The X Files Lt. Brian Tillman Episode: "Aubrey" Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Frank Darnell Television film The Client Bert Halliwell Episode: "Pilot" Homicide: Life on the Street Bailey Lafeld Episode: "Hate Crimes" 1995–2002 JAG Capt./RAdm. Thomas Boone 10 episodes 1996 Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Ronald Trent Episode: "The Murder Trade" 1996–1999 Millennium Peter Watts 41 episodes1997 My Stepson, My Lover Richard Cory Television film On the Edge of Innocence David Walker Television film Breast Men Hersch Lawyer Television film 1999 Murder in a Small Town Sidney Lassiter Television film 1999–2000 Harsh Realm General Omar Santiago 9 episodes2001 Roswell Carl Episode: "Michael, the Guys, and the Great Snapple Caper" Semper Fi Cliff's Father Pilot WW3 Eric Farrell Television film2002 The X Files Shadow Man Episode: "Trust No 1" The Locket Casey Keddington Television film First Monday Sheriff Carl Richards Episode: "Strip Search" 2002–2004 Alias FBI Asst. Director Kendall 18 episodes 2003 Phenomenon II Military Officer Jack Hatch Television film 2003–2004 The West Wing General Nicholas Alexander 7 episodes2004 NCIS Col. Will Ryan Episode: "Enigma" Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gordon Buchanan Episode: "Mis Labeled" 2004–2010 Lost John Locke/The Man in Black 101 episodesPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama SeriesSaturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on TelevisionScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesNominated—Golden Nymph Award for Outstanding Actor – Drama Series (2007, 2009–11)Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2005, 2010)Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television (2006, 2008, 2011)Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Villain 2007 Masters of Science Fiction Major Albert Skynner Episode: "The Awakening"2011 Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story Mark Miller Television film Hallelujah Del Roman Pilot 2011–2018 Hawaii Five 0 Commander Joe White 16 episodes 2012 Ring of Fire Oliver Booth 2 episodes 2012–2013 Falling Skies Arthur Manchester 3 episodesNominated—Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television 2012 666 Park Avenue Gavin Doran 13 episodes2014 Gang Related Sam Chapel 12 episodes Phineas and Ferb Professor Mystery (voice) Episode: "Lost in Danville"2015 The Adversaries Charlie Pilot Full Circle Jimmy Parerra 6 episodes 2015–2018 Patriot Tom Tavner 18 episodes 2016 Secrets and Lies John Warner 7 episodes2017 The Blacklist Howard Hargrave Episode: "Isabella Stone (No. 34)"; uncredited The Blacklist: Redemption Howard Hargrave 7 episodes Mysteries of the Missing Himself (host) 8 episodes 2018 Castle Rock Dale Lacy 4 episodes2019 Perpetual Grace, LTD Texas Ranger Wesley Walker 10 episodes Emergence Richard Kindred 5 episodes 2020–2022 FBI: Most Wanted Byron LaCroix 9 episodes 2021–2022 Resident Alien Peter Bach 5 episodes2021 Ultra City Smiths Captain Krieger (voice) 6 episodes Christmas Sail Dennis Television film 2022 Pieces of Her Martin Queller 6 episodes 2024 The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Johnathan Beale 3 episodes