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Full
Name:
Bradford
Claude
Dourif
Birthdate:
March
18,
1950
Birthplace:
Huntington,
West
Virginia
Hair
Color:
Brown
Eye
Color:
Blue
Height:
5'4"
Spouse:
Divorced
Children:
2
Daughters
Biography:
Brad
Dourif
is
a
quirky
character
actor
whose
gallery
of
killers,
sociopaths
and
other
lost
souls
brought
to
life
any
number
of
contemporary
horror
and
science-fiction
projects.
Born
March
18,
1950
in
Huntington,
West
Virginia,
he
began
his
professional
acting
career
after
graduating
college,
honing
his
skills
during
a
three-year
apprenticeship
with
New
York's
Circle
Repertory
under
the
celebrated
drama
coach
Sanford
Meisner.
While
appearing
off-Broadway
in
a
production
of
When
You
Comin'
Back,
Red
Rider?,
Dourif
was
spotted
by
director
Milos
Forman,
who
immediately
cast
him
in
his
1975
film
adaptation
of
the
Ken
Kesey
novel
One
Flew
Over
the
Cuckoo's
Nest.
Dourif's
turn
as
a
suicidal
teen
asylum
inmate
was
one
of
the
most
acclaimed
film
debuts
in
memory,
earning
a
"Best
Supporting
Actor"
Golden
Globe
as
well
as
an
Oscar
nomination.
However,
the
performance
also
typecast
him
as
a
talent
best
suited
to
idiosyncratic,
off-center
character
roles,
a
straitjacket
he
remained
unable
to
break
for
the
duration
of
his
career.
source:
Jason
at
AllMovie.com
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Cast
in
the
role
of
Grima
"What
got
me
excited
to
do
Grima
Wormtongue
is
when
I
was
young
I
went
through
a
period
in
boarding
school
were
I
was
picked
on
alot.
And
there
is
something
about
Grima,
he
has
been
picked
on
when
he
was
a
kid,
he
(Grima)
is
so
distrustful,
he
is
so
easily
corrupted,
He
is
so
ugly,
and
he
wants
somebody,
he
wants
to
love
somebody,
and
he
can't,
because
nobody
will
have
him."
-
ICON
20,
March
31st
2001
(on
Christopher
Lee)
"He
is
just
this
delightful,
talkative
English
gentleman
to
the
core.
He
knows
everyone,
has
been
in
so
many
movies.
He
knew
Tolkien,
and
he
read
Lord
of
the
Rings
every
year
since
they
were
written.
He
knew
the
books
better
then
anyone
working
on
the
movies.
And
he
is
just
short
of
speaking
the
Elf
languages.
I
just
listened
when
I
was
around
Lee.
It
is
fun
to
be
around
him
and
wonderful
to
act
with
him,
he
is
so
alive!"
-
ICON
20,
March
31st
2001
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