Garret Dillahunt facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Garret Dillahunt
Dillahunt at the 2018 WonderCon
Born	Garret Lee Dillahunt (1964-11-24) November 24, 1964 (age 59) Castro Valley, California, U.S.
Education	University of Washington (BA) New York University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Spouse(s)	Michelle Hurd ​ (m. 2007)​

Garret Lee Dillahunt (born November 24, 1964) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in television, including the roles Burt Chance on the Fox sitcom Raising Hope, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series, Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott in Deadwood, and John Dorie in Fear the Walking Dead (2018–2021). He has also appeared in The 4400, ER, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Burn Notice, Justified, and The Mindy Project (2015–2017). He starred in the Amazon Studios drama series Hand of God (2014–2017).

In film, Dillahunt has played supporting roles in No Country for Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Winter's Bone, Looper, and 12 Years a Slave.

Early life and education

Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California, and grew up in Selah, Washington. He was born into a family of three boys, with two brothers: Brett and Eric; Eric died in a car accident in 1981. His brother Brett is a teacher.

Dillahunt graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in journalism and from New York University's Graduate Acting Program with an M.F.A. in acting.

Career

After spending years appearing in theatrical productions on and off Broadway, Dillahunt began pursuing television and film roles. He appeared as a regular in several short lived series on ABC and Showtime, and landed guest spots on TV shows such as The X-Files and NYPD Blue among others, before playing two distinctly different characters on the HBO series Deadwood: Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005 (Dillahunt returned in an uncredited role as a townsman in the 2019 Deadwood movie). He later had a recurring role on USA Network's The 4400.

Dillahunt portrayed Steve Curtis for three seasons on ER (2005–06). Later roles included Dr. Michael Smith on HBO's John from Cincinnati; Cromartie, John Henry and George Laszlo on FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; Roman Nevikov, a Russian gangster, on NBC's Life; and Mason Turner, a paralyzed serial killer on Criminal Minds. He played Simon Escher in the Burn Notice third-season finale airing March 4, 2010 on USA, later reprising the role in the show's fourth and seventh seasons.

Dillahunt appeared in such films as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, No Country for Old Men, The Road, Winter's Bone, The Last House On The Left, TalhotBlonde, and the indie horror film, Burning Bright.

From 2010 to 2014, Dillahunt co-starred as Burt Chance on the Fox comedy Raising Hope. He began a recurring role on The Mindy Project in 2015 and on The Guest Book in 2017.

Dillahunt starred in the 2018 action film Braven directed by Lin Oeding. He joined the regular cast of the fourth season of Fear the Walking Dead as John Dorie.

Personal life

In 2007, Dillahunt married actress Michelle Hurd.

Filmography

Key

Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Last Call	Curtis
2001	Believer, TheThe Believer	Billings
2007	No Country for Old Men	Wendell	Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
	Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, TheThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Ed Miller
2008	Pretty Bird	Carson Thrash
	John's Hand	John	Short film
2009	Water Pills	Hal	Short film
	Last House on the Left, TheThe Last House on the Left	Krug Stillo
	The Road	Gang Member
	One Night Only	Richard	Short film
2010	Winter's Bone	Sheriff Baskin
	Amigo	Lt. Compton
	Burning Bright	Johnny Gaveneau
	Oliver Sherman	Sherman Oliver
2012	Any Day Now	Paul Fliger
	Revenge for Jolly!	Gary
	Killing Them Softly	Eddie Mattie
	Looper	Jesse
2013	Houston	Robert Wagner
	12 Years a Slave	Armsby
2014	Scribbler, TheThe Scribbler	Hogan
	Just Before I Go	Lucky Morgan
2015	Against the Sun	Harold Dixon
	Thrilling Adventure Hour Live	Techs
	Beast	Rick Grey
2016	Come and Find Me	John Hall
2017	Wheelman	Clayton
2018	Braven	Kassen
	Benched	Michael
	Widows	Bash O'Reilly
2020	Sergio	William von Zehle
2021	Army of the Dead	Martin
	The Long Home	Bellwether
2022	Ambulance	Captain Monroe
	Where the Crawdads Sing	"Pa" Clark
	Blonde	Boss	Uncredited
2023	Gray Matter	Derek
	The Dead Don't Hurt	Alfred Jeffries
	A Million Miles Away	Frederick W. Sturckow
TBA	Red Right Hand	Wilder	Post-production

Television

Stage credits

See also

In Spanish: Garret Dillahunt para niños