Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960)[1] is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for Ordinary People (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with roles in the drama Taps (1981), the spy film The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), and the horror film The Dark Half (1993), among others.

Timothy Hutton
Hutton in 2008
Born (1960-08-16) August 16, 1960 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
Years active1965–present
Spouses
(m. 1986; div. 1990)
Aurore Giscard d'Estaing
(m. 2000; sep. 2009)
Children2
FatherJim Hutton

Between 2000 and 2002, Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in the A&E drama series A Nero Wolfe Mystery. Between 2008 and 2012, he starred as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT drama series Leverage. He also had a role in the first season of the Amazon streaming drama series Jack Ryan.

Early life

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Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His father was actor Jim Hutton; his mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher. His parents divorced when Hutton was three years old, and his mother took him and his older sister, Heidi, with her to Boston, and then to her hometown Harwinton, Connecticut.[2] The family returned to California when Hutton was 12.[citation needed]

"A lot of people think that because my father was an actor, I come from this big show-business background," Hutton told Bruce Cook of American Film magazine in 1981.

But that's not how I grew up at all. My mother took us to Cambridge because she wanted to get her M.A. She wound up teaching in Connecticut, but the way she saw it, after a while, if we all stayed there, my sister and I would just wind up as the proprietors of the local drugstore or something, so that was why she took us to Berkeley, California—to get us into the world, I guess. Now she's given up teaching and she's into printing miniature books.[3]

In 1976, when Hutton was 15, he sought out his father and moved in with him in Los Angeles.[4] At Fairfax High School, while playing Nathan Detroit in a school production of Guys and Dolls, he realized he wanted to become an actor. With encouragement from both of his parents, he began acting in television.[3]

On June 2, 1979, Jim Hutton died in Los Angeles from liver cancer, two days after his 45th birthday. In 1981, Hutton thanked his father during his Academy Award speech, which he had won for his role in the movie Ordinary People.[5]

Acting career

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Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies, most notably the 1979 ABC TV film Friendly Fire. That year, he also played the son of Donna Reed in the Ross Hunter NBC television film The Best Place to Be. He then made two CBS made-for TV films in 1980: Young Love, First Love with Valerie Bertinelli, and Father Figure with Hal Linden. For his first feature film performance, as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People (1980), Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. His performance also earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male. Immediately following his success, he starred in the acclaimed 1981 ABC television film A Long Way Home co-starring Brenda Vaccaro.[citation needed]

Hutton's next feature film, Taps (with George C. Scott, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise), was popular with critics and audiences, but during the next several years, his motion pictures, such as Iceman, Daniel, Turk 182, Made in Heaven, and Q&A, struggled at the box office. His only substantial hit[citation needed] was 1985's The Falcon and the Snowman which teamed him again with Sean Penn.

In 1984, he directed the music video for the song "Drive" by The Cars.[6]

In 1989, he made his Broadway stage debut opposite his Ordinary People co-star Elizabeth McGovern in the A.R. Gurney play Love Letters. He followed this with another Broadway role in the Craig Lucas hit comedy, Prelude to a Kiss, which also starred Mary-Louise Parker and Barnard Hughes.[citation needed]

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Hutton began to take large supporting parts in films, most notably in Everybody's All-American with Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid and French Kiss with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. In 1996, he starred in the popular ensemble film, Beautiful Girls, playing opposite 14-year-old Natalie Portman in one of her early standout film roles.

Moving on to television, he starred as Nero Wolfe's assistant and leg-man Archie Goodwin in the A&E television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film Digging to China (1997). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries WW3, and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series Kidnapped, playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 13 feature films from 2006 to 2008.

Hutton starred in the television series Leverage from 2008 to 2012, where he played former insurance investigator Nate Ford, who led a group of thieves who acted as modern-day Robin Hoods.

In 2014, Hutton was cast opposite Felicity Huffman in John Ridley's ABC crime drama American Crime.[7]

Other pursuits

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Hutton is one of the owners of the New York City restaurant and bar P. J. Clarke's.[8] In 2003 he became president of Players, a New York actors' club, but he resigned in June 2008 due to work keeping him in Los Angeles. He has also made a few forays into directing, the most famous of which includes the music video for the Cars' hit single "Drive" in 1984. In 2010, he directed the music video for "The House Rules" by country rocker/Leverage co-star Christian Kane. He also directed several episodes of A&E's A Nero Wolfe Mystery, in which he also starred.

Hutton starred in a Groupon commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl, which drew public ire for the parodying of the Tibetan resistance movement. The commercials were pulled from rotation on February 10 after continued negative response from the public and activist groups.[9]

Personal life

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Hutton has been married twice. His first marriage (1986–1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they had a son in 1987.[10][11][12]

Hutton dated Elizabeth McGovern,[13] Diane Lane,[14] Patti Davis,[15] Demi Moore,[16] Mary-Louise Parker,[13] Uma Thurman,[17] and Angelina Jolie.[18]

In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Their son was born the following year, in Paris.[19] In July 2009, Us Weekly reported that Hutton and Giscard d'Estaing had separated.[20]

Rape accusation

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In November 2019, Sera Johnston, a former child model and actress, filed a criminal complaint with the Vancouver Police department accusing Hutton of raping her in 1983, when she was 14.[21] Hutton, who was 22 when the alleged incident occurred, "completely and unequivocally" denied the accusations and filed a criminal complaint against Johnston for extortion.[22] In July 2021, Canadian authorities closed their investigation into Johnston's accusations without filing charges.[23]

Filmography

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Key
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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1965 Never Too Late Boy running to his father[24] Uncredited
1980 Sultan and the Rock Star Paul Winters
Ordinary People Conrad Jarrett Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
1981 Teenage Suicide: Don't Try It! Narrator
Taps Cadet Major Brian Moreland Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1983 Daniel Daniel Isaacson
1984 Iceman Dr. Stanley Shephard
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Christopher Boyce
Turk 182 Jimmy Lynch
1987 Made in Heaven Mike Shea/Elmo Barnett
1988 A Time of Destiny Jack
Betrayed Juggler at the fair Uncredited
Everybody's All-American Donnie "Cake" McCaslin
1989 Torrents of Spring Dimitri Sanin
1990 Q&A Asst. District Attorney Aloysius Francis Reilly
1992 Strangers Tom
1993 The Temp Peter Derns
The Dark Half Thad Beaumont/George Stark Fantafestival Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor
1995 French Kiss Charlie Lytton
The Last Word Martin Ryan
1996 Beautiful Girls Willie Conway
Mr. and Mrs. Loving Richard Loving Based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, prosecuted for miscegenation in Loving v. Virginia.
The Substance of Fire Martin Geldhart
1997 City of Industry Lee Egan
Playing God Raymond Blossom
1999 The General's Daughter Col. William Kent
Deterrence Marshall Thompson
2000 Just One Night Isaac Alder
2002 Sunshine State Jack Meadows
2004 Secret Window Ted Milner
Kinsey Paul Gebhard
2006 Last Holiday Matthew Kragen
Stephanie Daley Paul Crane
The Kovak Box David Norton
Heavens Fall Samuel Leibowitz
Falling Objects Oscar Peters Short film
Off the Black Mr. Tibbel
The Good Shepherd Thomas Wilson
2007 The Last Mimzy David Wilder
When a Man Falls in the Forest Gary
2008 The Alphabet Killer Richard Ledge
Reflections Tom
Lymelife Charlie Bragg
2009 Broken Hill George McAlpine
The Killing Room Crawford Haines
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Subject No.30
Multiple Sarcasms Gabriel
Serious Moonlight Ian
2010 The Ghost Writer Sidney Kroll
2013 Louder Than Words Bruce Komiske
2015 #Horror Dr. Michael White
2017 All the Money in the World Oswald Hinge
2018 Beautiful Boy Dr. Brown
2020 The Glorias Leo Steinem
2021 The Long Home Filmed in 2015.

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
1972 The Wonderful World of Disney Episode: "Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?"
1980 Paul Winters Episode: "Sultan and the Rock Star"
1991 Books: Feed Your Head Man reciting 'Forty Stories' Episode: "Forty Stories"
2001–02 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Archie Goodwin 20 episodes
2004 5ive Days to Midnight J.T. Neumeyer 5 episodes
2006–07 Kidnapped Conrad Cain 13 episodes
2008–12 Leverage Nathan Ford 76 episodes
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2009, 2011–13)
2015 Public Morals Mr. O 2 episodes
American Crime Russ Skokie 11 episodes
Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
2016 Coach Dan Sullivan 10 episodes
2017 Nicholas Coates 5 episodes
2018 Jack Ryan Nathan Singer 5 episodes
2018–19 How to Get Away with Murder Emmett Crawford Main cast; season 5 (12 episodes)
2018 The Haunting of Hill House Hugh Crain 6 episodes
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation
2019–20 Almost Family Leon Bechley 13 episodes
2022 Women of the Movement Jesse J. Breland 4 episodes
2023 S.W.A.T. Mack Boyle 2 episodes

Television films

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Year Title Role Notes
1978 Zuma Beach Art
1979 Friendly Fire John Mullen
The Best Place to Be Tommy Callahan
And Baby Makes Six Jason Cramer
Young Love, First Love Derek Clayton
1980 The Oldest Living Graduate Cadet Whopper Turnbill
Father Figure Jim
1981 A Long Way Home Donald Branch Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1993 Zelda F. Scott Fitzgerald
1996 Mr. and Mrs. Loving Richard Loving
1997 Dead by Midnight John Larkin/Sam Ellis
1998 Aldrich Ames: The Traitor Within Aldrich Ames
Vig Frankie
2000 The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery Archie Goodwin
Deliberate Intent Rod Smolla
2001 WW3 Larry Sullivan
2006 Avenger Frank McBride

Director

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Year Title Notes
1984 Drive Music video for The Cars
1986 Amazing Stories Episode: "Grandpa's Ghost"
1997 Digging to China Children's Jury Award
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2001–02 A Nero Wolfe Mystery 7 episodes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Timothy Hutton". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Gritten, David (February 8, 1982). "Riding on Taps, Teens and Talent". People. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Bruce, "Doing What Comes Naturally." American Film, March 1981, pp. 62–65 and 74.
  4. ^ "Timothy Hutton Is Too Good to Be True". Rolling Stone, February 1982.
  5. ^ Hutton, Timothy. "Academy Award Acceptance Speech, March 31, 1981". oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  6. ^ Herman, James Patrick (September 16, 2019). "How Timothy Hutton Came to Direct the Cars' 'Drive' Music Video". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (May 9, 2014). "ABC New Series Pickups: 'Selfie', 'Forever', Galavant', 'Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish', Jeff Lowell Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  8. ^ Paumgarten, Nick (June 1, 2003). "Tables for Two: P. J. Clarke's". The New Yorker. No. June 9, 2003. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Dallke, Jim (February 5, 2016). "5 Years Later, a Look Back at Groupon's Disastrous Super Bowl Ad". Chicagoinno. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  10. ^ O'Malley, Kathy (November 17, 1987). "To Hutton, a Son Seems Made in Heaven". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  11. ^ Mansfield, Stephanie (November 12, 1987). "Timothy Hutton There's Poppa!". Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "Names in the News: A Romance Redux for Winger". Times Wire Services. Los Angeles Times. March 13, 1990. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Companions". tcm.com
  14. ^ "Walter Scott's Personality Parade". May 24, 1981.
  15. ^ Radcliffe, Donnie (April 30, 1992). "Patti Davis Says Mother Popped Pills". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ "Show Biz Q&A". Public Opinion. February 17, 1984. Demi and husband musician Freddy Moore separated a few months ago, and Demi has been seeing eligible and wonderful Tim Hutton.
  17. ^ E! True Hollywood Story: "Uma Thurman" (April 18, 2004)
  18. ^ Cahalan, Susannah (August 1, 2010). "Angelina: The girl with the bangin' tattoo". The New York Post. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  19. ^ Hampson, Sarah. Timothy Hutton interview, The Toronto Globe and Mail (December 28, 2002).
  20. ^ "It's Over!" US Weekly (July 20, 2009).
  21. ^ Crucchiola, Jordan (March 2, 2020). "A Canadian Woman Says Timothy Hutton Raped Her When She Was 14". Vulture. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  22. ^ Aquilina, Tyler (March 2, 2020). "Timothy Hutton denies allegation that he raped a 14-year-old girl in 1983". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  23. ^ Vlessing, Etan (July 21, 2021). "Timothy Hutton to Face No Charge for 1983 Rape Allegation". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  24. ^ "3.193". The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Season 3. Episode 193. Event occurs at 15:46. Syndicated. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
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