Douglas (Doug) Anthony Hutchison (born 26 May 1960) is an American actor. He is probably best known as corrections officer Percy Wetmore in Frank Darabont's 1999 film The Green Mile. He owns the production company Dark Water Inc.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Hutchison was born in Dover, Delaware, the son of Ashley and Richard Hutchison. He spent most of his childhood in Detroit, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a younger brother named Erik. Years later, he moved to New York City, where he briefly attended the Juilliard School. He studied with Sanford Meisner for two years. As is the case with many aspiring actors, Hutchison was forced to make ends meet through odd-jobs, including dressing as a Citibank card while handing out fliers in Times Square.

Career

Hutchison began crafting his talent in high school through a local community theatre. Some of the theatre credits to his name include Equus, Sing Me Through an Open Window, and Julius Caesar.

Television work

Hutchison is known among X-Files fans for his role as Eugene Victor Tooms in the episodes "Squeeze" and "Tooms", and among Lost fans for his appearances as Horace Goodspeed in the episodes "The Man Behind the Curtain" and "Cabin Fever". He starred as Sebastian Hulce on the soap opera The Guiding Light. Hutchison also made an appearance on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit as a serial killer named Humphrey Becker in 2004. He also starred in the critically acclaimed TV series Kidnapped alongside Delroy Lindo.

Feature films

In 1999, Hutchison was cast in the film adaptation of Stephen King's The Green Mile as troublemaking prison guard Percy Wetmore. His performance in The Green Mile has been universally acclaimed by major movie magazines and critics^[2]. Next he supported roles in Bait with Jamie Foxx and Green Mile co-star David Morse, I Am Sam with Sean Penn, The Salton Sea with Val Kilmer and No Good Deed with Samuel L. Jackson. In 2007, he had a supporting role in the indy film Moola.

His future roles include the 2008 horror film The Burrowers. He is also starring in the comic book film Punisher: War Zone based on the antihero The Punisher. He will also star alongside Thomas Jane and Ving Rhames in Give 'em Hell, Malone due for release in 2009.

Doug is currently producing Vampire Killers, a show centering around the hunt for a Queen Vampire and her 13 coven members by an elite group of vampire hunters. The release date of the show and its site http://www.vampirekillers.tv is set to be October 1st, 2008.

Filmography

References

External links

• Official Site
• Yahoo! Movies

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