Terry O'Quinn — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Terrance Quinn (born July 15, 1952), known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor. He is best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance as John Locke on the TV series Lost (2004–2010). He had roles in films including The Stepfather (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), Heaven's Gate (1980), Silver Bullet (1985), Young Guns (1988), Blind Fury (1989), Tombstone (1993) and Primal Fear (1996).

Other prominent television roles include Peter Watts in Millennium (1996–1999), FBI Asst. Director Kendall in Alias (2002–2004), Commander Joe White in Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2018), and Tom Tavner in Patriot (2015–2018).

Filmography

1

2004 Lost John Locke · Actor

Awards & recognition

7 nominations · 2 Award ceremony

Emmy Awards 3 nominations

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Lost 2010
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Lost 2007
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Lost 2005

Saturn Awards 4 nominations

Best Supporting Actor on Television Lost 2011
Best Supporting Actor on Television Lost 2008
Best Supporting Actor on Television Lost 2006

1 more

Best Supporting Actor on Television Lost 2005

Interesting facts

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1
Few people know that Terry O'Quinn is a talented guitarist and singer. In particular, he is a big fan of Neil Young.
2
He once worked as a bodyguard.
3
The actors Kevin Tighe and Swoosie Kurtz, who played Locke's parents in "Lost," are only 8 years older than Terry.
4
In two different series in which the actor took part, there are episodes with the same title: both Millennium (1996 - 1999) and Lost (2004) have an episode featuring O'Quinn titled "Walkabout."
5
One of the few actors from the series "Lost" (2004) who did not go through casting, because Jeffrey Abrams, the creator of the series "Alias," in which Terry appeared, intended to cast the actor as Locke even before O'Quinn was offered the role.
6
He has been learning to play percussion instruments since school.
7
He appeared in two popular J.J. Abrams series, Alias (2001 - 2006) and Lost (2004 - 2010).
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He grew up in Michigan.
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Graduate of the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Full name: Terrance Quinn.
11
He began losing his hair at age 20, and in most films he appeared either with partially or completely shaved head.
12
Specifically for his role in the series Lost, he studied how to throw knives properly.
13
He added the prefix "O'" to his surname "Quinn" so that he would not be confused with the actor Terry Quinn, who was already filming at that time.
14
The actor has an Irish Terrier named "Raggy".
15
Terry O'Quinn and The X-Files creator Chris Carter are great friends. The actor played small roles in many of Carter's projects, in particular in the series The X-Files (1993 - 2002), Millennium (1996 - 1999), as well as in the feature film The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998).
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American of Irish descent.
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Two children: Oliver (23) and Hunter (21).
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Despite invitations from his co-stars on the series "Lost," he never attends parties held in their free time from filming, in order to preserve the mysterious and mystical image the actor embodies in the series.
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Is one of eleven children in the family.