![]() He had a voice role in the 2004 film Seed of Chucky, which also featured the voice of Billy Boyd.He appeared in the 1980 film Heaven's Gate, which also featured John Hurt.He is said to currently reside in New York City. Brad is also a grandfather.īrad plays the didgeridoo, an Australian Aboriginal musical instrument. He had two daughters by her, Kristina and Fiona. He was previously married to a woman named Joni. Brad considered being an artist, but followed in his mother's footsteps instead, becoming an actor. Campbell, who helped raise Brad and his five siblings. His mother, Joan, remarried champion golfer William C. Many of his Lord of the Rings co-stars thought him to be English due to the British accent he used (even off camera), and were surprised to hear him speak with an American accent when filming was complete.īrad's father, Jean Dourif, an art collector, died when Brad was three years old. He also played Lon Suder in the show Star Trek: Voyagerand Saavedro in the videogame Myst III: Exile.ĭourif had to shave off his eyebrows for the part of Wormtongue. He was formerly married to psychic businesswoman Joni Dourif and is the uncle of Nat Friedman.Dourif is especially known for his villainous roles such as Charles Lee Ray/Chucky the killer doll in the Child's Play horror series, Mentat Piter DeVries in the 1984 David Lynch film Dune (based on Frank Herbert's novel), the Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III (1990) and his BAFTA and Golden Globe winning portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. He plays Doc Cochran in the HBO series Deadwood. He appeared as the villain Saavedro in Myst III: Exile (2001), the third game in the popular Myst franchise. He played Lon Suder, a murdering psychopath who eventually redeems himself, from a three-episode story arc on Star Trek: Voyager. On television, Dourif appeared in the Babylon 5 episode "Passing Through Gethsemane", in the early X-Files episode "Beyond the Sea" as condemned serial killer Luther Lee Boggs, and in Oliver Stone's Wild Palms. ![]() He is memorable for his role as Grima Wormtongue in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Brad broke from the horror genre with roles in Fatal Beauty (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), Hidden Agenda (1990), and London Kills Me (1991). His high-strung style also served him well in a number of horror films, notably as the voice of the evil doll Chucky in Child's Play (1988) and its sequels. Brad then teamed up with director David Lynch for Dune (1984) and Blue Velvet (1986). Skeptical of his instant stardom, Dourif returned to New York, where he continued in theater and taught acting and directing classes at Columbia University until 1988 when he moved to Hollywood.ĭespite his attempts to avoid typecasting, his intensity destined him to play demented, deranged, or disturbed characters, starting in Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), John Huston's Wise Blood (1979), and Miloš Forman's Ragtime (1981). Nevertheless, his portrayal of the vulnerable Billy Bibbit in Forman's film was undoubtedly his big break, earning him a Golden Globe (Best Actor Debut) and a British Academy Award (Supporting Actor): he was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. ![]() During the early 1970s, Brad 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 Rider?', in which he was spotted by director Miloš Forman who cast him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).Īlthough this film is frequently cited as his film debut, in fact, Dourif made his first big-screen appearance with a bit part in W.W. ![]() At age 19, he quit his hometown college and headed to New York City, where he worked with the Circle Repertory Company. Starting in school productions, he progressed to community theater, joining up with the Huntington Community Players, while attending Marshall University of Huntington. This was inspired by his mother's participation as an actress in a community theater. ![]() Although he briefly considered becoming an artist, he eventually settled on the path to becoming an actor. There he pursued his interests in art and acting. From 1963 to 1965, Brad attended Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina. His mother remarried champion golfer Bill Campbell, who helped raise Brad and his five siblings (three sisters and two brothers). His father owned and operated a dye factory, and died when Brad was 3. Bradford Claude Dourif (March 18, 1950, Huntington, West Virginia) is an American actor with a popular reputation for playing deranged or unbalanced character roles. ![]()
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