Garret Dillahunt is an American actor best known for his role as Cromartie in the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and as Deputy Wendell in No Country for Old Men.
Biography[]
Garret Dillahunt is a veteran actor who has a seasoned resume that includes a little bit of everything. Not bad for a guy who never thought he would even be an actor.
Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California and grew up in Washington State. He attended the University of Washington where he studied journalism because he had been into the school newspaper in high school and worked for the Selah Valley Optimist in his tiny hometown; in his last year he took an acting class, which was part of the requirement for the playwrights, and that changed everything. He later went on to study at New York University's graduate acting program.
After spending years on and off Broadway, Dillahunt began pursuing television and film roles. He appeared as a regular in several short lived series and landed guest spots on popular TV shows such as The X Files and NYPD Blue among others, before playing two distinct characters on the series Deadwood; Jack McCall in 2004 and Francis Wolcott in 2005. Next he went to play a recurring role on the series The 4400.
Dillahunt portrayed Steve Curtis on several episodes of ER. He followed that up with the role of Dr. Michael Smith in the 2007 drama John From Cincinnati. He played John Henry/Cromartie on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and a Russian mobster named Roman Nevikov on Life. Film roles include Ed Miller in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Wendell in No Country for Old Men, for which he won an SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast on a Motion Picture. His 2009 film roles included Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Wes Craven's The Last House On The Left.
In 2009 Garret squared off with Rosie Perez on an explosive episode of Law & Order: SVU about pedophiles' rights; Garret played the head of a pedophilia organization, and guest starred in the Burn Notice third season finale. He could also be seen as Mason Turner, a paralyzed serial killer, on the show Criminal Minds.
Criminal Minds[]
He portrayed Mason Turner, a paralyzed man who manipulated his intellectually challenged brother into the abduction and murder of countless homeless people to help with his experiments to reach a cure for his illness in the two-part Season Four finale.
Filmography[]
- The Long Home (2020) - Bellwether
- Sergio (2020) - Master Sergeant Bill von Zehle
- Fear the Walking Dead - 32 episodes (2018-2019) - John Dorie
- Deadwood: The Movie (2019) - Drunk Number Two (uncredited)
- The Guest Book - 11 episodes (2017-2018) - Doctor Andrew Brown
- Widows (2018) - Bash
- Benched (2018) - Michael
- Braven (2018) - Kassen
- The Gifted - 9 episodes (2017-2018) - Doctor Roderick Campbell
- Monsters of God (2017) - Colonel Bill Lancaster
- The Mindy Project - 38 episodes (2015-2017) - Jody Kimball-Kinney
- Wheelman (2017) - Clayton
- The Good Time Girls (2017) - Rufus Black
- Arkansas Traveler - 6 episodes (2017) - Wayland
- Blindspot (2017) - Travis
- Hand of God - 20 episodes (2014-2017) - KD
- Come and Find Me (2016) - John Hall
- Water Warrior (2016) - Damien
- Beast (2015) - Rick Grey
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2015) - Detective Dave Majors
- Thrilling Adventure Hour Live (2015) - Techs
- Justified - 8 episodes (2015) - Ty Walker
- Against the Sun (2014) - Harold Dixon
- Just Before I Go (2014) - Lucky Morgan
- Elementary (2014) - Bart MacIntosh
- Raising Hope - 88 episodes (2010-2014) - Burt Chance
- Paloma - 4 episodes (2013-2014) - Matthew
- The Scribbler (2014) - Hogan
- 12 Years a Slave (2013) - Armsby
- Burn Notice - 3 episodes (2010-2013) - Simon Escher
- Newsreaders (2013) - Mikhail Rousseau
- Houston (2013) - Robert Wagner
- Looper (2012) - Jesse
- TalhotBlond (2012) - Thomas Montgomery
- Killing Them Softly (2012) - Eddie Mattie (uncredited)
- Revenge for Jolly! (2012) - Gary
- Any Day Now (2012) - Paul Fliger
- Alphas (2011) - Jonas Englin
- Memphis Beat (2011) - Tim Wayne
- Oliver Sherman (2010) - Sherman Oliver
- Burning Bright (2010) - Johnny Gaveneau
- The Glades (2010) - Eddie Strickland
- Amigo (2010) - Lieutenant Compton
- Gary Unmarried (2010) - Goose
- Winter's Bone (2010) - Sheriff Baskin
- One Night Only (2009) - Richard
- White Collar (2009) - Patrick Aimes
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009) - Kevin O'Donnell
- Lie to Me (2009) - Eric Matheson
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - 2 episodes (2003-2009) - Tom O'Neill/Luke
- The Road (2009) - Gang Member
- Criminal Minds - "To Hell... And Back (2009) TV episode - Mason Turner
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - 18 episodes (TV Series) TV episode - Cromartie/John Henry
- Life - 3 episodes (2007-2009) - Roman Nevikov
- The Last House on the Left (2009) - Krug
- Water Pills (2009) - Hal
- John's Hand (2008) - John
- Pretty Bird (2008) - Carson Thrash
- The Line-Up (2007) - Theo Harrison
- Damages - 4 episodes (2007) - Marshall Phillips
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) - Ed Miller
- John from Cincinnati - 9 episodes (2007) - Doctor Michael Smith
- No Country for Old Men (2007) - Wendell
- The Book of Daniel - 8 episodes (2006) - Jesus Christ
- Numb3rs (2006) - Jack Tollner
- ER - 5 episodes (2005-2006) - Steve Curtis
- The 4400 - 11 episodes (2005-2006) - Matthew Ross
- Law & Order - 2 episodes (2002-2006) - Eric Lund/Julian Preuss
- The Inside (2005) - Karl Robie Jr.
- Deadwood - 16 episodes (2004-2005) - Francis Wolcott/Jack McCall
- CSI: NY (2005) - Steve Collins
- Mr. Ed (2004) - Jim Hendry
- A Minute with Stan Hooper - 13 episodes (2003-2004) - Lou Peterson
- Leap Years - 20 episodes (2001) - Gregory Paget
- By Courier (2001) - The Man
- The Believer (2001) - Billings
- Last Call (1998) - Curtis
- Millennium (1998) - Rick Van Horn
- Seven Days (1998) - Kevin Poe
- Remembering Sex (1998) - Chris Goodman
- Maximum Bob - 3 episodes (1998) - Deputy Dawson Hayes
- The X-Files (1998) - Edward Skur
- NYPD Blue (1996) - Bryce Coopersmith
- One Life to Live - 7 episodes (1993-1994) - Charlemagne Moody
Theater[]
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (1987) - Potifar - Evergreen Theater
- Funeral Games (1989-1990)
- As You Like It (1990)
- Mad Forest (1991-1992) - Ianos/Painter
- Eye of God (1992-1993) - Jack
- Thérèse Raquin (1993) - Laurent
- A Perfect Ganesh (1993)
- Careless Love (1993)
- Streets of Gold (1993)
- Booth (1994) - Edwin
- The Triumph of Love (1994) - Agis
- Angels in America (1994) - Prior Walte
- Sweet Bird of Youth (1995) - Tom Junior
- Present Laughter (1995) - Roland Maule
- The Father (1996) - Nöjd/A soldier
- Inherit the Wind (1996) - Bertram Cates
- The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore (1996) - Christopher Flanders
- 900 Oneonta (1996) - Tiger
- The Glass Menagerie (1997) - Tom
- The Father (1998) - Nöjd/A soldier
- Side Man (1999) - Clifford
- The Invention of Love (2000) - Moses Jackson
- The Beginning of August (2000) - Jackie
- Outward Bound (2002) - Henry
- Heartbreak House (2004) - Hector Hushabye
- The Night of the Iguana (2006) - Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon
- Things of Dry Hours (2009) - Corbin Teel
Soundtrack[]
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Adam Raised a Cain (2009) TV episode - performer: Donald, Where's Your Trousers?' (unaccredited)
External Links[]
For an up-to-date Filmography, see here.
Notes[]
- He was originally cast as Charley Ford in 2007's Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, but had to take a smaller role due to a television conflict.
- He said about himself: I'm kind of a bookworm at heart, so projects like No Country for Old Men or Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford are things that I could do my whole life and look back on and be proud of.
- He is one of the five guest stars that are connected to the Terminator franchise, the other four being Patrick Kilpatrick, Will Rothhaar, Michael Biehn, and Anton Yelchin.