Terry Kinney is an American actor and filmmaker whose feature directorial debut, Diminished Capacity premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. The film is about a dysfunctional family that takes a road trip to sell a rare baseball card.
Early Career
Born in Illinois, Kinney has several theater directing credits with the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago. As an actor Kinney played Dennis Shepard in the The Laramie Project, starred on the HBO prison drama Oz, and plays Deputy Attorney General Zach Williams on Canterbury's Law.
Terry Kinney Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
1985: Seven Minutes in Heaven | Wikipedia
1987-1989: thirtysomething | Wikipedia
1992: The Last of the Mohicans | Wikipedia | Mahalo
1995: Devil in a Blue Dress | Wikipedia
2001: Save the Last Dance | Wikipedia | Mahalo
2002: The Laramie Project | Wikipedia
2007: Turn the River | Wikipedia
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Founded the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry
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Was married to actress Elizabeth Perkins
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Was married to actress Kathyrn Erbe
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First film role was in the 1985 film Seven Minutes in Heaven starring Jennifer Connelly
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Has two children
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Nominated for a Tony Award in 1990 for Best Actor in The Grapes of Wrath
