1. Brad Dourif is known for voicing Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, portraying Grima Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings film series, and his Academy Award-nominated role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
16 Facts About Brad Dourif
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Brad Dourif appeared in many television series, notably Deadwood, for which he received Primetime Emmy Award and Satellite Award nominations for his portrayal of Amos "Doc" Cochran.
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Bradford Claude Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 18,1950, to Joan Mavis Felton, an actress, and Jean Henri Dourif, an art collector who owned and operated a dye factory.
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From 1963 to 1965, Dourif attended the private Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina.
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In 2013, after a three-decade absence from the stage, Brad Dourif chose to star alongside Amanda Plummer in the Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play that played to critical acclaim at the New World Stages.
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Brad Dourif continued with Eyes of Laura Mars, John Huston's Wise Blood, Forman's Ragtime, Marc Didden's Istanbul and David Lynch's Dune and Blue Velvet.
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Brad Dourif has appeared in a number of horror films, most notably as the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise.
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Brad Dourif portrayed the Gemini Killer in The Exorcist III and appeared in Death Machine, Sworn to Justice with Cynthia Rothrock and Alien Resurrection.
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Brad Dourif later appeared as Sheriff Lee Brackett in Rob Zombie's Halloween and Halloween II.
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In 2013, Brad Dourif reprised his role as Chucky in the sixth installment of the Child's Play franchise, Curse of Chucky, and then again in the 2017 sequel, Cult of Chucky.
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In 1984, Brad Dourif played a suspected serial killer in the episode "Number Eight" of Tales of the Unexpected.
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Brad Dourif portrayed Lon Suder in a three episode story arc on Star Trek: Voyager and guest starred as a troubled monk haunted by visions in Babylon 5.
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Brad Dourif later won acclaim as Doc Cochran in Deadwood, receiving a 2004 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
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In 2021, Brad Dourif reprised his role as Chucky in the television series adaptation of the Child's Play franchise titled Chucky.
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In 2012, Brad Dourif contributed spoken word vocals to three songs on the album Misery Together by the Norwegian duo Thinguma*jigSaw.
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Brad Dourif appears in the music videos for "Stranger in Town" by Toto and "Drinking from the Bottle" by Calvin Harris.