Biography
Actor Timothy Hutton was only 19 years old when he earned an Academy Award for his very first feature film, Robert Redford's flinchingly resonant family drama "Ordinary People" (1980). His acclaimed performance set the stage for a string of follow-up dramas, where he lent a furrowed brow to intelligent and driven young adults whose idealism often led them to dark territory. However, after captivating performances in films like "Taps" (1981) …
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Career Milestones
| Formed the production company Tarquin Enterprises | ||
1965 | First role on screen was a bit part as five-year-old child in "Never Too Late"; film starred his father Jim Hutton | |
1976 | Moved to Los Angeles to live with father at age 16 | |
1978 | Made TV acting debut in the NBC movie, "Zuma Beach" | |
1979 | Played Carol Burnett's son in the ABC movie, "Friendly Fire" | |
1980 | Had breakthrough role in Robert Redford's directorial debut, "Ordinary People" | |
1981 | Played the lead role in "Taps"; first on-screen collaboration with Sean Penn | |
1983 | Cast in the title role in Sidney Lumet's "Daniel" | |
1984 | Directed the music video "Drive" for the band The Cars | |
1984 | Made his New York stage debut in "Orpheus Descending" | |
1985 | Re-teamed with Sean Penn in John Schlesinger's "The Falcon and the Snowman" | |
1986 | Directed "Grandpa's Ghost," an episode of "Amazing Stories" (NBC) | |
1987 | Only film with then-wife Debra Winger, Alan Rudolph's "Made in Heaven" | |
1988 | Had a supporting role, opposite Dennis Quaid and Jessica Lange, in Taylor Hackford's "Everybody's All-American" | |
1990 | Made his Broadway debut, succeeding Alec Baldwin, playing the male lead in "Prelude to a Kiss" | |
1990 | Re-teamed with director Sidney Lumet for "Q&A" | |
1993 | Offered an effective dual performance in George A. Romero's film adaptation of "The Dark Half" | |
1993 | Portrayed F. Scott Fitzgerald in the TNT biopic, "Zelda," with Natasha Richardson playing the title role | |
1995 | Cast as Meg Ryan's fiance in Lawrence Kasdan's "French Kiss" | |
1996 | Debuted as an executive producer with the Showtime movie, "Mr. and Mrs. Loving"; also co-starred opposite Lela Rochon | |
1996 | Had featured role in the film adaptation of Jon Robin Baitz's play, "The Substance of Fire" | |
1996 | Played Willie Conway, a man who returns to his hometown for his high-school reunion, in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls" | |
1997 | Portrayed a gangster in "Playing God"; also performed song "Delilah" for the film | |
1998 | Made feature directorial debut with "Digging to China" | |
1998 | Played the title role in the Showtime biopic, "Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within" | |
1999 | Co-starred with John Travolta in the murder mystery, "The General's Daughter" | |
2000 | Cast as Archie Goodwin, assistant to Nero Wolfe, in the A&E movie, "Golden Spiders" | |
2000 | Co-starred as a presidential advisor in "Deterrence" | |
2001 | Reprised role of Archie Goodwin in the subsequent A&E series, "Nero Wolfe"; also wrote and directed episodes | |
2002 | Acted in John Sayles' "Sunshine State" | |
2004 | Co-starred with Johnny Depp in the thriller, "The Secret Window" | |
2004 | Portrayed researcher Paul Gebhard, opposite Liam Neeson as Kinsey, in Bill Condon's "Kinsey" | |
2006 | Cast as one half of a wealthy couple who's son goes missing in the short-lived NBC drama, "Kidnapped" | |
2006 | Had a small part in Robert De Niro's long-anticipated, "The Good Shepherd" | |
2007 | Portrayed Tilda Swinton's husband in the indie movie, "Stephanie Daley" | |
2008 | Cast in the TNT series, "Leverage," as Nathan Ford, an insurance investigator who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood | |
2009 | Played one of the men interviewed in "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men"; written and directed by John Krasinski | |
2010 | Played Pierce Brosnan's American Lawyer in Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" | |
Awards
1980 | Academy Award for Actor In a Supporting Role in Ordinary People |
1980 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture in Ordinary People |
1980 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor |
1980 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in Ordinary People |
1981 | BAFTA Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer To Leading Film Roles in Ordinary People |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in A Long Way Home |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Taps |