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Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude Dourif (born March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia) is an American actor.

Filmography


On television he appeared in the Babylon 5 episode Passing Through Gethsemane and in Oliver Stone's Wild Palms.

Star Trek fans will remember his role as Lon Suder, a murdering psychopath that eventually redeems himself, from a three-episode arc on Star Trek: Voyager. He previously was part of the Star Trek world as "Rex" in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in 1989.

He also appeared as the villain Saavedro in Myst III: Exile (2001), the third game in the popular Myst franchise.

He has won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Beginning with this performance, Dourif was frequently typecast into roles of deranged or unbalanced characters. These roles include those in Babylon 5, Child's Play, Star Trek, Myst III: Exile and others.


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