Doug Anthony Hutchison (born May 26, 1960) is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often playing disturbed and antagonistic characters.[1] He was nominated for a Satellite Award for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections officer Percy Wetmore in the 1999 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile.[2]
Doug Hutchison | |
|---|---|
 Hutchison, 2008 | |
| Born | Doug Anthony Hutchison May 26, 1960 Dover, Delaware, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouses |
|
His other notable film roles include Obie Jameson in The Chocolate War (1988), Sproles in Fresh Horses (also 1988), Pete Willard in A Time to Kill (1996), and "Looney Bin Jim" in the Marvel Comics film adaptation Punisher: War Zone (2008). On television, Hutchison played a memorable guest role as Eugene Victor Tooms on The X-Files (1993, 1994) and a recurring role as Horace Goodspeed on Lost (2007–09).
In 2011, at the age of 51, he received widespread criticism when he married 16-year-old model Courtney Stodden.[3] In 2021, after the couple had divorced, Stodden accused Hutchison of having groomed her.[4][5] Hutchison denied the allegations.[citation needed][6]
Early life
editDoug Anthony Hutchison was born May 26, 1960, in Dover, Delaware. He attended Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights, Michigan, and graduated from Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota, in 1978. He later attended University of Minnesota at Minneapolis-St Paul, and studied at the Juilliard School in New York City.[7]
Career
editHutchison's first professional theater credit came shortly after he graduated high school, when he starred as Alan Strang in a Saint Paul, Minnesota production of Equus.
Hutchison's early stage credits include Sing Me Through an Open Window and William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. He has made guest appearances on television shows such as The Young Riders, The X-Files (as Eugene Victor Tooms), Space: Above and Beyond (as Elroy-El), Millennium (as "Omega"), Lost (as Horace Goodspeed), Guiding Light (as Sebastian Hulce), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (as serial killer Humphrey Becker), and 24 (as European terrorist Davros).[8]
Hutchison's film work began in the late 1980s, appearing as Sproles in the 1988 drama Fresh Horses and Obie Jameson in the 1988 film adaptation of The Chocolate War. Of his performance in Fresh Horses, one critic observed that he "hoist[ed the film] onto his shoulders for the duration of his scenes".[7] In the 1990s, he appeared in films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992), A Time to Kill (1996), Con Air (1997), and Batman & Robin (1997), The Green Mile (1999). His later supporting roles included Shaft (2000), Bait (2000), I Am Sam (2001), The Salton Sea (2002), and No Good Deed (2002).
His 2000s feature film roles included playing James "Looney Bin Jim" Russotti in the Punisher: War Zone, and his television roles included Horace Goodspeed in Lost. He also starred in Give 'Em Hell, Malone (2009). In October 2008, Hutchison's production company, Dark Water, debuted the web series Vampire Killers, which depicts four vampire hunters combating a vampire population of over 500,000 in Los Angeles.[9]
Personal life
editOn May 20, 2011, Hutchison married his third spouse,[10] Courtney Stodden, in Las Vegas.[11][12] They met when Stodden, whom Hutchison initially believed to be "well into her twenties",[3] attended an acting class taught by Hutchison.[13] Their relationship drew controversy and criticism, as Stodden was 16 years old when the couple married, and Hutchison was 51.[3][14] It was legal at that time to marry a 16 year old in Nevada with parental consent.[15][16] According to Hutchison, his agent quit, his family disowned him, he received death threats, he was labeled a "pedophile" and received ageist insults, as a result of the marriage.[17][18] Hutchison had some defenders: Stodden's mother, Krista Keller, who praised him for the kindness and love with which he treated Stodden, and Dr. Jenn Berman, a therapist who worked with the couple during their appearance on Couples Therapy.[13]
In October 2012, the couple appeared as one of the celebrity couples in the second season of the VH1 reality television series Couples Therapy, which depicts celebrity couples undergoing counseling for relationship problems.[17] According to Stodden, the couple enrolled in therapy in order to resolve issues that arose in their marriage from their age difference.[14] On November 1, 2013, the media reported that Stodden and Hutchison were ending their marriage of two and a half years and filing for divorce.[19] In August 2014, the pair announced that they had reconciled.[20]
In May 2016, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child.[21] In July 2016, around three months into the pregnancy, Stodden suffered a miscarriage.[22] On May 20, 2016, Hutchison and Stodden celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary by renewing their vows.[23]
In January 2017, it was reported that Stodden and Hutchison had separated, but were still living together at the time.[24] In March 2018, Stodden filed for divorce,[25] which was finalized in March 2020.[26]
Grooming allegations
editIn 2021, Stodden publicly stated that their marriage was a result of Hutchison's grooming, which allegedly started with him reaching out via email.[4][5] Hutchison stated in a 2011 interview that Stodden contacted him via email first, under her mother's supervision, as Courtney herself confirmed back then.[27]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Chocolate War | Obie | |
| Fresh Horses | Sproles | ||
| 1992 | The Lawnmower Man | Security Tech | |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | James Louis "Pete" Willard | |
| Love Always | James | ||
| 1997 | Con Air | Donald | |
| Batman & Robin | Golum | ||
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Percy Wetmore | Nominated — Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Cast Ensemble Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2000 | Shaft | Plane Door Opener | Uncredited |
| Bait | Bristol | ||
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Ifty | |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Gus Morgan | |
| No Good Deed | Hoop | ||
| 2007 | Moola | J.T. Montgomery | |
| 2008 | The Burrowers | Henry Victor | |
| Punisher: War Zone | Loony Bin Jim | ||
| Days of Wrath | Vadim | ||
| 2009 | Give 'Em Hell, Malone | "Matchstick" | |
| 2014 | Alien's Sister | Albert | Short film |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Young Riders | Danny | Episode: "Blood Moon" |
| 1991 | China Beach | Medic | Uncredited; Episode: "Hello Goodbye" |
| 1993 | Love & War | Arthur Berkus | Episode: "Croton on Hudson" |
| 1993–94 | The X-Files | Eugene Victor Tooms | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | Robin's Hoods | Jimmy | Episode: "Reunion" |
| Party of Five | Loren | 4 episodes | |
| 1995 | Diagnosis: Murder | Baseline | Episode: "My Baby Is Out Of This World" |
| Murder, She Wrote | Angus Neville | Episode: "Deadly Bidding" | |
| 1995–96 | Space: Above and Beyond | Elroy-El | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Millennium | The Polaroid Man | Episode: "The Beginning and the End" |
| 2001 | The Practice | Jackie Cahill | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Nigel Crane | Episode: "Stalker" |
| 2002–03 | John Doe | Lenny Pescoe | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Boomtown | Wally Pollard | Episode: "Wannabe" |
| 2004 | CSI: Miami | Dale Stahl | Episode: "Slow Burn" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Humphrey Becker | Episode: "Scavenger" | |
| 2004–05 | Guiding Light | Sebastian Hulce | 11 episodes |
| 2006–07 | Kidnapped | Schroeder / James Devere | 7 episodes |
| 2007–09 | Lost | Horace Goodspeed | 7 episodes |
| 2010 | 24 | Davros | 4 episodes |
| 2011 | Lie to Me | Lane Bradley | Episode: "Gone" |
| 2015 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dalton Betton | Episode: "Immortality" |
| 2019 | iZombie | Hal | Episode: "Death of a Car Salesman" |
| 2020 | Hope for the Holidays | Sergeant Babbitt | TV movie |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Far Cry 5 | Federal Marshal Cameron Burke | Voice and motion capture performance |
References
edit- ↑ Southern, Nathan "Doug Hutchison: Biography". AllMovie. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ↑ "The Green Mile (18)". Empire. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
- 1 2 3 Ellis, Angela; Gherbremedhin, Sabina (July 15, 2011). "Exclusive: Doug Hutchison, 51, and Courtney Stodden, 16, Dish on Controversial Marriage". ABC News. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- 1 2 Stern, Marlow (May 10, 2021). "The Crucifixion of Courtney Stodden". The Daily Beast. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- 1 2 Overhultz, Lauryn (April 13, 2022). "Courtney Stodden says writing their memoir 'shined a light on' the 'grooming' that led to marriage at 16". Fox News. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
- ↑ Reporter, IBTimes Staff (2011-09-23). "16-Year-Old Bride Courtney Stodden Talks About Her Marriage [PICTURES]". International Business Times. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- 1 2 Nathan Southern (2014). "Doug Hutchison". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 29, 2009). "Mykelti Williamson to join cast of '24'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
- ↑ Lamkin, Elaine (May 20, 2009). "Exclusive: Doug Hutchison Talks Vampire Killers". Dread Central. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Father Albert: Was Courtney a Virgin Before She Married Doug?". Father Albert. July 20, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ↑ "Green Mile's Doug Hutchison, 51, Marries Aspiring Country Singer, 16". Us. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Marika, Sheila (June 21, 2011). "Actor Doug Hutchison, 51, Weds Aspiring Country Singer Courtney Alexis Stodden, 16". ABC News. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- 1 2 Spero, Jesse (October 9, 2012). "Couples Therapy's Dr. Jenn Berman: Doug Hutchison Is 'Not A Predator'". Access Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- 1 2 Beard, Lanford (October 3, 2012). "'Couples Therapy': Courtney Stodden teases 'vicious energy' in season 2". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: American Media, Inc. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Dentzer, Bill (2019-04-15). "Nevada lawmakers consider raising marriage age to 18". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
- ↑ "Nevada Marriage Age Requirements Laws". Findlaw. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- 1 2 "Episode #2.1". Couples Therapy. Season 2. Episode 1. October 3, 2012. Vh1.
- ↑ Nsenduluka, Benge (October 5, 2012). "'Couples Therapy' Doug Hutchison Called 'Pedophile' Over Marriage to Courtney Stodden". The Christian Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Hayner, Chris E. (November 1, 2013). "Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison ending marriage after 2 years". Zap2it. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ Michael Rothman (August 11, 2014). "Courtney Stodden, 19, Engaged Again to Ex 54-Year-Old Doug Hutchison". ABC News. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Park, Andrea (May 17, 2016). "Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison expecting first child". CBS News. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Courtney Stodden Suffers Miscarriage with First Child".
- ↑ Dostis, Melanie (May 23, 2016). "Courtney Stodden, former teen bride, renews vows with Doug Hutchison to celebrate fifth anniversary". Daily News. New York City: Tronc. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ↑ Johnson, Tyler (January 9, 2017). "Courtney Stodden & Doug Hutchison: It's Over!". The Hollywood Gossip. Food Innovation Group: Bon Appetit and Epicurious. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Former teen bride Courtney Stodden reportedly files for divorce from Doug Hutchison". Montreal Gazette. March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ↑ Respers France, Lisa (March 4, 2020). "Courtney Stodden married Doug Hutchison when she was 16. Now it's over". CNN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
- ↑ Gayathri, Amrutha (September 23, 2011). "16-Year-Old Bride Courtney Stodden Talks About Her Marriage [PICTURES]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.