Terry O'Quinn

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Terrance Quinn (born July 15, 1952), known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor.

He played John Locke on the TV series Lost, the title role in The Stepfather and Stepfather II, and Peter Watts in Millennium, which ran for three seasons (1996–1999).

He has also hosted Mysteries of the Missing on The Science Channel.

Early life

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.

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Career

During his time at Central Michigan University, O'Quinn began acting in the 1970s. He wasn't just an actor but also a playwright/director. Orchestrina, a drama by Robert Orchestrina, was written and directed by him. The Man (played by Jeff Daniels), The Boy (Harold Downs), The Woman (Ann O'Donnell), The Woman (Debbie Penwarden), and The Drunk (James Hilliker) were among the five main characters in this musical: The Man (James Hilliker), A Female and a Male chorus, plus a female and a male chorus. Brad Slaight, a roommate at CMU, was roommate.

Starting in 1980, O'Quinn has appeared in many film series, including Silver Bullet, Tombstone, Heaven's Gate, Young Guns, and Young Guns, as Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury, and Howard Hughes in The Rocketeer.

O'Quinn appeared in Pin (1988), alongside British-born Canadian actor David Hewlett.

His early television appearances include guest appearances on Miami Vice (episode "Take a Little"), The Twilight Zone (1985-1985 revival), Star Trek: Life on the Street ("episode "The Pegasus"), Captain Tom Boone (JAG's YouTube video "Megade "The Pegasus"), Knighthood (1983), Life on the Street (episode "Life on the Street), Captain William Boone's ("Life on NCIS) on NCIS (eton" (eton "Movia Little"), "Episode "Get a Little"), "The Pegasode "The Pegine ("The Pegine "The Penet "Ka Little"), "The Penet ("The Pegase "Get's"), and "Ha"), "The Pegasus"), "The Pegasomicide "Law" (e "The Pegasimation) and a Little"), Captain a Little"), &apose ("The Pegasus"), "The Pegaspisope" &apose "The Pegaso" (Episodes "The Peer "The Pegasus"), "The Pegasus"), "The Pech" (e "The Penet"), "The Pes"; episode "The Pegasus"), Captain"; "The Pes; "The Pegasus"), "The Pes) &apose "The Pegasus"), Captain Thomas Boley "The Pegasus"),...", "The Pes"; "The Pes ("The Pes"), "The Pegas"; "Mope"; "The Pegasus"), Captain (e "The Pegasus"), "Movie "The Pegasim"; "Mepiso"; episode "Britisope"; "The Pegasus"), "The Pegasus"), "The Pes, "The Pes (episomicide (Episob.

O'Quinn appeared in The X-Files and Harsh Realm, directed by Chris Carter, who also starred him in the film The X-Files: Fight The Future and then again in the final season. O'Quinn debuted as Peter Watts in the television series Millennium, which was also produced by Chris Carter in 1996. O'Quinn appeared in this role for all three seasons of the series. O'Quinn has the distinction of being cast four characters in the extended X-Files/Millennium continuum (the two series have been classified together), and both Lance Henriksen's character of Frank Black and Charles Nelson Reilly's character of Jose Chung appear in both programs.

O'Quinn made his name by playing as the title character in The Stepfather, a deranged serial killer whose real name and identity are never revealed), who is obsessed with having an ideal family. As a widowed mother and daughter don't comply with his aspirations, he spirals into madness and threatens to brutally murder them. "The Stepfather has one fantastic feature: Terry O'Quinn's performance," critics, including Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times, praised O'Quinn. "He is a journeyman actor from television and many films, mainly in supporting roles," Ebert wrote, and you may or not recognize him. He is a good actor, and he brings all sorts of creepy dimensions to it, as shown at the beginning. He has been given the thankless task of revealing a completely hateful, repulsive character – and he views the challenge as an exercise in cloying middle-class good manners." O'Quinn was nominated for both a Saturn Award and an Independent Spirit Award for his efforts. Two years later, a sequel, Stepfather II, was released in which his character escapes from an insane asylum. The box office took home almost a million dollars less. O'Quinn declined to appear in the third film, in which Robert Wightman's stepfather character was portrayed.

According to the producers, 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 the filmmakers refused to pursue the opportunity.

O'Quinn became a favorite of television producer J.J. Abrams after a string of recurring appearances on Alias (2002–2003). Following a seven-episode guest appearance on The West Wing in 2003–2004, O'Quinn received a call from Abrams indicating that the producer wanted to cast him in his forthcoming television drama Lost without an audition. In 2005, O'Quinn received an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role as John Locke on the television show Lost. On the TV Guide Channel, O'Quinn admitted that he did not have much faith in Lost at first, referring to it as "The Mysterious Gilligan's Island of Dr. Moreau." On September 16, 2007, the show became one of television's most viewed, and he was nominated for an Emmy award for his role in 2010. O'Quinn said in a TV.com interview that the reason he was able to play this role was because he looks a little like him.

Since Lost, O'Quinn has appeared on television shows for the first time. O'Quinn appeared in the short-lived series 666 Park Avenue from 2012 to 2013. Gavin Doran was the protagonist of the narrator's O'Quinn. In 2012, he appeared in the second season of Falling Skies. In addition, O'Quinn appeared in Amazon Studios' Patriot for two seasons.

In 2016, it was announced that O'Quinn would be a member of Secret and Lies for the second season. On Epix, O'Quinn appeared in the first season of Perpetual Grace, LTD.

In February 2021, it was revealed that O'Quinn was cast as Martin Queller in the forthcoming Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is based on the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.

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