Scott Glenn facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Scott Glenn
Glenn at the Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair party in April 2011
Born	Theodore Scott Glenn January 26 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	College of William and Mary (BA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–present
Spouse(s)	Carol Schwartz ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	2

Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26) is an American actor. He is known for playing many different characters in movies and TV shows. Some of his famous roles include Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), and Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990). He also played Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Stick in the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Daredevil and The Defenders.

Early Life and First Steps in Acting

Scott Glenn has both Irish and Native American family roots. When he was a child, he was often sick. For a whole year, he had to stay in bed, even getting scarlet fever. But he worked hard with special training programs and got better. He even overcame a limp he had.

After finishing high school in Pittsburgh, Scott went to the College of William & Mary. He studied English there. Then, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served for three years. After that, in 1963, he worked as a news and sports reporter for a newspaper called the Kenosha News.

Scott wanted to become a writer, but he found it hard to write good conversations for his stories. To learn how to write better dialogue, he started taking acting classes. This was the beginning of his acting career!

Starting His Acting Career

Scott Glenn made his first appearance on Broadway in a play called The Impossible Years in 1965. He joined an acting class taught by George Morrison. To help pay for his lessons, he helped direct plays for other students. He also performed in shows at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.

In 1968, he joined The Actors Studio, which is a famous place for actors to train. After this, he started getting roles in professional theater and on TV. Some of his early TV jobs included playing Hal Currin in the crime series Hawk in 1966 and Calvin Brenner on the TV show The Edge of Night. In 1970, director James Bridges gave him his first movie role in The Baby Maker.

Moving to Hollywood and Beyond

Scott Glenn spent eight years in Los Angeles, California, which is a big city for movies. He acted in small movie roles and appeared on TV, including a TV movie called Gargoyles. In 1978, Scott and his family moved away from Los Angeles to Ketchum, Idaho. There, he worked as a barman, a huntsman, and a mountain ranger. Sometimes, he would still act in plays in Seattle.

He appeared in Francis Ford Coppola's famous movie Apocalypse Now (1979). He also worked with other well-known directors like Jonathan Demme and Robert Altman.

In 1980, he played Wes Hightower, an ex-convict, in the movie Urban Cowboy. After that, he starred in many different types of films. These included the horror film The Keep (1983) and action movies like Wild Geese II (1985) and Silverado (1985). He also acted in dramas such as The Right Stuff (1983) and The River (1984). During the 1980s, he often played both good guys and bad guys. He returned to Broadway in a play called Burn This in 1987.

Peak of His Career

In the early 1990s, Scott Glenn's career was very successful. He appeared in several popular movies. These included The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Backdraft (1991). He also had a role in The Player (1992).

Later, he chose more challenging movie roles. He was in films like Reckless (1995) and Edie & Pen (1997). In the late 1990s, Scott acted in big Hollywood movies like Courage Under Fire (1996) and Absolute Power (1997). He also worked on independent films and TV shows. He had a supporting role in the movie Training Day (2001).

Scott Glenn also played CIA Director Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Legacy. He played the character Stick in the Netflix TV series Daredevil and later in The Defenders. In 2020, he played the grandfather in Greenland, a movie about a comet hitting Earth.

Personal Life

Scott Glenn married Carol Schwartz in 1968. When they got married, Scott changed his religion from Catholicism to Judaism, which is his wife's faith. They have two daughters together.

Filmography

Film

Television