Dean Norris is a popular American actor. His best-known role to date is DEA agent Hank Schrader on AMC's Breaking Bad. Many people know Dean for his role as Jim Rennie in the series Under the Dome.
Biography
The actor was born on 1963-08-04 in the town of South Bend, Indiana. His full name is Dean Joseph Norris.
Dean's father, Jack Norris, owned a furniture store, and mother Rosie Norris raised five children. Dean has four sisters.
After graduating from the Clay School, located in Indiana, the guy went to college at Harvard. Here he studied social sciences. Dean Norris also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
The actor suffers from a lameness, and the reason for this is childhood trauma. One day, Dean was playing football with his sisters and the ball flew into the roadway. The boy ran after the ball and was hit by a police car. However, directors quite often use the lameness of an actor in films and TV shows.
Career
Norris began his acting career in 1981 with the film Beyond Our Control. The role in this film did not bring Dean significant success.
The next film with Norris came out only 4 years later. The actor began to appear regularly in films and TV shows only in 1987.
Private life
The actor is married to a woman named Bridget. They have five children of different ages. The family settled near Los Angeles.
Filmography
The actor has an impressive list of roles played. How did the audience remember Dean Norris?
Series with his participation:
In 1987 - The Equalizer
In 1989 - "Beauty and the Beast"
In 1992 - "In the rear"
From 1993 to 1994 - "NYPD Blue"
In 1994 - "Married … with Children"
In 1995 - TV series "Marshal", "Fallen", "The X-Files".
From 1995 to 1996 - "One Murder".
From 1995 to 2002 - "Military Legal Service".
In 1996 - Dark Skies.
From 1997 to 1999 - "Detective Nash Bridges".
From 1997 to 2000 - "The Pretender".
In 1998 - the television series "Girls with Character", "ER" and "Cool Walker: Texas Justice".
In 1999 - the series "Millennium", "Golden Wings of Pensacola", "The Practice" and "Charmed".
In 2000 - "Time Doesn't Wait".
In 2001 - the series "The Client is Always Dead", "Boston School".
In 2002 - Philadelphia.
From 2002 to 2004 - "American Dream".
In 2003 - the television series "Tremors", "Web of Evil" and "24 Hours".
In 2004year - the series "NCIS: Special Department", "Medical Investigation", "Jordan Investigation", "Boston Lawyers".
From 2004 to 2011 - "C. S. I.: Crime Scene Investigation"
In 2005 - the television series "Las Vegas", "Without a trace", "There".
From 2005 to 2006 - "The West Wing"
From 2005 to 2010 - "Medium".
In 2006 - "Sudden Fortune", "Detective Rush", "Justice" and "Body Parts".
In 2007 - Antiterror Squad and Grey's Anatomy.
In 2008 - "Bones", "Save Grace" and "Terminator: Battle for the Future".
From 2008 to 2013 - Breaking Bad.
In 2009 - True Blood and Lost.
From 2013 to 2015 - "Under the Dome".
This is not the whole list of projects starring Dean Norris. Films with his participation are no less popular among viewers.
In 1989 - Disorganized Crime and Lethal Weapon 2.
In 1990 - the tapes "Death in spite of", "Gremlins 2", "Total Recall", "Hours of Despair".
In 1991 - the film "Terminator 2: Judgment Day".
In 1992 - painting "Lawnmower Man"
In 1993 - the film "The Firm".
In 1994 - the paintings "The Puppeteer", "The Last Seduction".
In 1995 - the films "Security", "Moneytrain.”
In 1996 - the tape "The most devoted fan".
In 1997 - the paintings "Gattaca" and "Starship Troopers".
In 1998 - the films "The Negotiator", "No Limits".
In 2000 - the paintings "Cage", "Fight in the air", "Third release".
In 2001 - the tape "Confrontation".
In 2005 - the film "American Weapons".
In 2006 - the film "Little Miss Sunshine".
In 2007 - the comedies "Evan Almighty" and "The Girl of My Nightmares".
In 2010 - "How to Know" tape.
In 2011 - Graduation ribbon.
In 2012 - the painting "Merry Holidays".
In 2013 - "The Counselor" and "The Frozen Ground" tapes.
In 2014 - the film "Men, women and children".
In 2015 - the film "The Secret in Their Eyes".
In 2017 - the comedy "Battle of the Teachers".
The actor also starred in a number of television films, voiced cartoons.
Nominations and awards
Norris was nominated for a 2011 Saturn Award for his role in Breaking Bad. In 2012 and 2013 For the same role, the actor was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild of America Award. In 2014, Dean, along with other cast members of the series, finally won the Guild Award for Outstanding Cast in a Drama Series.
