Terry O Quinn Biography

Terry O'Quinn (* July 15, 1952 in Newbury, Michigan; born Terrance Kevin Quinn) is an American actor.

O'Quinn is one of the many American actors, you always see in smaller roles.

Currently he is through his role of John Locke from the television series Lost. But he won at the 2007 Emmy-award the prize for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. It was for this role with a Saturn Award.

He is married since 1979 and father of two children.

Filmography 

     * 1987: Moonlighting (The model and the dick), supporting role
     * 1987: The black widow (Black Widow), as Bruce
     * 1987: The Step Father
     * 1988: Young Guns, as Alex McSween
     * 1989: Blind rage
     * 1989: Father Step 2 (The Father Step II)
     * 1991: Rocketeer - The missile, as Howard Hughes
     * 1991: Company Business
     * 1992: My Samurai, as James McCrea
     * 1994: Star Trek: The Next Generation, as Admiral Eric Pressman
     * 1994: From the cradle torn
     * 1994-1995: Earth 2
     * 1995-1997, 2000-2002: JAG - On behalf of honour, as Captain / Admiral Thomas Boone
     * 1996: The assassination (Ghosts of Mississippi)
     * 1996: twilight (Primal Fear), as Bud Yancy
     * 1996-1999: Millennium, as Peter Watts
     * 1997: The conspiracy in the shade (Shadow Conspiracy)
     * 1998: The X-Files - The Movie (The X Files)
     * 1999: Virtual Reality, as General Omar Santiago
     * 2001: American Outlaws, as Rollin H. Parker
     * 2001: WW3
     * 2001: Roswell - guest appearance (Season 3, Episode 2)
     * 2002-2003: Alias - The agent, as FBI Assistant Director Kendall
     * 2002: Hometown Legend, as Buster Schuler
     * Since 2004: Lost, as John Locke

Trivia 

     * Irish-American
     * He was raised in Michigan.
     * Has two children: Oliver (23 years) and Hunter (21 years).
     * Percussion has practiced since high school. It is also a talented guitarist and singer.
     * Lengthens his real surname "Quinn" to "O'Quinn" for distinguished from another person named Terry Quinn already acting in films.
     * There was a security guard, contrary to what he says IMDB.
     * In an episode of "Lost" (2004), which characterized her parents, Kevin Tigh and Swoosie Kurtz are only 8 years older than him.
     * Despite the fact that it is always friendly on the set, kept secret and mysterious habits away from their younger colleagues of "Lost" (2005), who met often to make holiday. He maintained that enigmatic aura to what they saw in a similar way with which to see its mysterious character Locke.
     * Participated in JAG as Admiral Thomas Boone.

Terry O Quinn Pictures ( 11 Pictures)