Kinney, Terry 1954–
KINNEY, Terry 1954–
PERSONAL
Born January 29, 1954, in Lincoln, IL; son of Kenneth C. (a tractor company supervisor) and Elizabeth L. (a telephone operator; maiden name, Eimer) Kinney; married Elizabeth Perkins (an actress), March 27, 1984 (divorced); married Kathryn Erbe (an actress); children: (second marriage) Maeve Elsbeth Erbe Kinney. Education: Illinois State University, B.S., theatre.
Addresses: Agent —Gersh Agency, 232 N. Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager —Untitled Entertainment, 8436 West Third St., Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Office —c/o Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 758 West North Ave., 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60610.
Career: Actor and director. Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, founding member (with Jeff Perry and Gary Sinise), 1976, executive creative board member, beginning in 1995.
Member: Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Players Club.
Awards, Honors: Joseph Jefferson Award, best director, and Drama Desk Award nomination, 1983, both for And a Nightingale Sang; Drama Desk Award, outstanding ensemble performance, 1985, for Balm in Gilead; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor in a play, 1990, for The Grapes of Wrath; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or a motion picture made for television, 2003, for The Laramie Project; CableACE Award nomination, for Oz.
CREDITS
Film Appearances:
Bill (the photographer), Seven Minutes in Heaven (also known as Deslices de joventud ), Warner Bros., 1985.
Paul Deveneux, No Mercy, TriStar, 1986.
Lew Ellis, A Walk on the Moon, Midwest, 1987.
Mark, Miles from Home (also known as Farm of the Year ), Cinecom International, 1988.
Gil Lawrence, Talent for the Game, Paramount, 1991.
Jeremy, Queens Logic, Seven Arts, 1991.
John Cameron, The Last of the Mohicans, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1992.
Steve Malone, Body Snatchers, Warner Bros., 1993.
Lamar Quinn, The Firm, Paramount, 1993.
Todd Carter, Devil in a Blue Dress (also known as Le diable en robe bleue ), TriStar, 1995.
Richard (Mimi's husband), White Lies, Buena Vista, 1996.
David Alden, Fly Away Home (also known as Father Goose and Flying Wild ), Columbia, 1996.
Ralph Ferguson, Sleepers, Warner Bros., 1996.
Pedro, Luminous Motion, Artistic License, 1998.
Hank, Young Girl and the Monsoon, Artistic License, 1999.
Tim, Oxygen, A–Pix Entertainment, 1999.
George Dorset, The House of Mirth (also known as Chez les heureux du monde and Haus Bellomont ), Sony Pictures Classics, 2000.
Roy Johnson, Save the Last Dance, Paramount, 2001.
Himself, The Making of "Save the Last Dance," 2001.
Hogue, House Hunting (short), 2003.
Dent, The Game of Their Lives, 2003.
Film Director:
Found in the Street, 2004.
Television Appearances; Series:
Steve Woodman, thirtysomething, ABC, 1987–1988.
Tim McManus, Oz, HBO, 1997—.
Television Appearances; Miniseries:
Pastor Tom Bird, Murder Ordained (also known as Broken Commandments and Kansas Gothic ), CBS, 1986.
Professor Tim Mihkalick, Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered Promises and Shattered Vows ), NBC, 1992.
Joseph Kennedy, Sr., JFK: Reckless Youth, ABC, 1993.
Billy Watson, George Wallace, TNT, 1997.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Paul Hogarth, None So Blind (also known as Kojak, Kojak: None So Blind, and ABC Saturday Mystery ), ABC, 1990.
Walter Calloway, The Good Old Boys, TNT, 1995.
Lloyd Dickens, Critical Choices, Showtime, 1996.
Dr. Paul Sadowski, Don't Look Down (also known as Wes Craven Presents Don't Look Down and Wes Craven's Don't Look Down ), ABC, 1998.
James Daly, That Championship Season, Showtime, 1999.
Rand Danforth, Midwives, Lifetime, 2001.
Dennis Shepard, The Laramie Project, HBO, 2002.
Television Appearances; Specials:
Reverend Jim Casy, The Grapes of Wrath, PBS, 1991.
Intimate Portrait: Rita Moreno, Lifetime, 2001.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Assistant State Attorney William Pepin, "The Good Collar," Miami Vice, NBC, 1986.
Richard Laumer ("Mystery Man"), "Map of the Heart," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as H: LOTS and Homicide ), NBC, 1996.
Television Director; Episodic:
"Cruel and Unusual Punishments," Oz, HBO, 1999.
"Wheel of Fortune," Oz, HBO, 2002.
Stage Appearances:
Murphy, The Indian Wants the Bronx, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1976.
The Glass Menagerie, North Light Repertory Company, Evanston, IL, 1982.
Fick, Balm in Gilead, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1983.
Treat, Orphans, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1984, then West-side Arts Theatre, New York City, 1985.
Sweet Bird of Youth, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1988.
Loose Ends, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1988.
Reverend Jim Casy, The Grapes of Wrath, Steppenwolf Theatre, then Cort Theatre, New York City, both 1990.
Servy–N–Bernice 4Ever, Provincetown Playhouse, New York City, 1991.
A Clockwork Orange, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1994.
Tilden, Buried Child, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1996.
Also appeared in Tracers; Cloud 9; A Prayer for My Daughter; The House; Action; Savages; Death of a Salesman; Exit the King; Sandbar Flatland; and Rosen-crantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Stage Director:
And a Nightingale Sang, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1981.
Brilliant Traces, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1989.
A Streetcar Named Desire, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1997.
Eyes for Consuela, Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Stage II, New York City, 1998.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Steppenwolf, then London, 2000, then Royale Theatre, 2001.
Beautiful Child, Vineyard Theatre, New York City, 2004.
Also directed A Clockwork Orange; My Thing of Love; Reckless; Streamers, Kennedy Center; Fool for Love; Of Mice and Men; The Lover; and The Violet Hour.
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