25 Facts About Terry O'Quinn

Terry O'Quinn is best known for his Primetime Emmy Award-winning performance of John Locke on the TV series Lost.

Terry O'Quinn is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic.

Terry O'Quinn attended Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Terry O'Quinn changed his surname from Quinn to O'Quinn as another registered actor already had the name Terrance Quinn.

Terry O'Quinn 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.

Terry O'Quinn began acting in the 1970s during his time at Central Michigan University.

Terry O'Quinn was roommates at CMU with actor Brad Slaight.

Terry O'Quinn appeared in the Canadian horror movie, Pin alongside British-born Canadian actor, David Hewlett.

Around 1995, Terry O'Quinn made guest appearances in The X-Files and Harsh Realm, produced by Chris Carter, who cast him in the film The X-Files: Fight the Future and then in the final season.

In 1996, Terry O'Quinn started acting in the television series Millennium as Peter Watts, produced by Chris Carter.

Terry O'Quinn held this role for all three seasons of the series.

Terry O'Quinn made his breakthrough by starring as the title character in The Stepfather, a deranged serial killer going by the name "Jerry Blake", who is obsessed with having an ideal family.

Not impressed with the second movie, Terry O'Quinn declined to appear in its third installment, in which the stepfather character was portrayed by Robert Wightman.

Terry 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 according to the producers Terry O'Quinn turned down the offer.

In 2005, Terry O'Quinn received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his work as John Locke on the series Lost.

Terry O'Quinn admitted on the TV Guide Channel that he did not have much faith in Lost at first, calling it "The Mysterious Gilligan's Island of Dr Moreau".

Terry O'Quinn has made a number of television appearances since Lost.

From 2012 to 2013, Terry O'Quinn starred in the short-lived series 666 Park Avenue as Gavin Doran.

Additionally, Terry O'Quinn starred for two seasons in Amazon Studios' Patriot.

In 2016, it was announced that Terry O'Quinn would be joining the second season of Secret and Lies.

In 2019, Terry O'Quinn starred in the only season of Perpetual Grace, LTD on Epix.

In February 2021, it was announced that Terry O'Quinn was cast as Martin Queller in the Netflix thriller series Pieces of Her, which is adapted from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name.

Terry O'Quinn joined the Cameo platform shortly after its launch in 2017.

Terry O'Quinn has since been creating videos for fans and donating all of the proceeds to the Virginia Beach SPCA.

Terry O'Quinn has raised thousands of dollars on Cameo, and continues to create videos weekly.