Timothy Hutton

Timothy Hutton
Hutton in 2008
Born	(1960-08-16) August 16, 1960 (age 64) Malibu, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor film director
Years active	1965–present
Spouses	Debra Winger ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1990)​ Aurore Giscard d'Estaing ​ ​ (m. 2000; sep. 2009)​
Children	2
Father	Jim Hutton

Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960)^[1] is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for Ordinary People (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with roles in the drama Taps (1981), the spy film The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), and the horror film The Dark Half (1993), among others.

Between 2000 and 2002, Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin in the A&E drama series A Nero Wolfe Mystery. Between 2008 and 2012, he starred as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT drama series Leverage. He also had a role in the first season of the Amazon streaming drama series Jack Ryan.

Early life

Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His father was actor Jim Hutton; his mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher. His parents divorced when Hutton was three years old, and his mother took him and his older sister, Heidi, with her to Boston, and then to her hometown Harwinton, Connecticut.^[2] The family returned to California when Hutton was 12.^{[citation needed]}

"A lot of people think that because my father was an actor, I come from this big show-business background," Hutton told Bruce Cook of American Film magazine in 1981.

But that's not how I grew up at all. My mother took us to Cambridge because she wanted to get her M.A. She wound up teaching in Connecticut, but the way she saw it, after a while, if we all stayed there, my sister and I would just wind up as the proprietors of the local drugstore or something, so that was why she took us to Berkeley, California—to get us into the world, I guess. Now she's given up teaching and she's into printing miniature books.^[3]

In 1976, when Hutton was 15, he sought out his father and moved in with him in Los Angeles.^[4] At Fairfax High School, while playing Nathan Detroit in a school production of Guys and Dolls, he realized he wanted to become an actor. With encouragement from both of his parents, he began acting in television.^[3]

On June 2, 1979, Jim Hutton died in Los Angeles from liver cancer, two days after his 45th birthday. In 1981, Hutton thanked his father during his Academy Award speech, which he had won for his role in the movie Ordinary People.^[5]

Acting career

Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies, most notably the 1979 ABC TV film Friendly Fire. That year, he also played the son of Donna Reed in the Ross Hunter NBC television film The Best Place to Be. He then made two CBS made-for TV films in 1980: Young Love, First Love with Valerie Bertinelli, and Father Figure with Hal Linden. For his first feature film performance, as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People (1980), Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. His performance also earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male. Immediately following his success, he starred in the acclaimed 1981 ABC television film A Long Way Home co-starring Brenda Vaccaro.^{[citation needed]}

Hutton's next feature film, Taps (with George C. Scott, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise), was popular with critics and audiences, but during the next several years, his motion pictures, such as Iceman, Daniel, Turk 182, Made in Heaven, and Q&A, struggled at the box office. His only substantial hit^{[citation needed]} was 1985's The Falcon and the Snowman which teamed him again with Sean Penn.

In 1984, he directed the music video for the song "Drive" by The Cars.^[6]

In 1989, he made his Broadway stage debut opposite his Ordinary People co-star Elizabeth McGovern in the A.R. Gurney play Love Letters. He followed this with another Broadway role in the Craig Lucas hit comedy, Prelude to a Kiss, which also starred Mary-Louise Parker and Barnard Hughes.^{[citation needed]}

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Hutton began to take large supporting parts in films, most notably in Everybody's All-American with Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid and French Kiss with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. In 1996, he starred in the popular ensemble film, Beautiful Girls, playing opposite 14-year-old Natalie Portman in one of her early standout film roles.

Moving on to television, he starred as Nero Wolfe's assistant and leg-man Archie Goodwin in the A&E television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film Digging to China (1997). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries WW3, and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series Kidnapped, playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 13 feature films from 2006 to 2008.

Hutton starred in the television series Leverage from 2008 to 2012, where he played former insurance investigator Nate Ford, who led a group of thieves who acted as modern-day Robin Hoods.

In 2014, Hutton was cast opposite Felicity Huffman in John Ridley's ABC crime drama American Crime.^[7]

Other pursuits

Hutton is one of the owners of the New York City restaurant and bar P. J. Clarke's.^[8] In 2003 he became president of Players, a New York actors' club, but he resigned in June 2008 due to work keeping him in Los Angeles. He has also made a few forays into directing, the most famous of which includes the music video for the Cars' hit single "Drive" in 1984. In 2010, he directed the music video for "The House Rules" by country rocker/Leverage co-star Christian Kane. He also directed several episodes of A&E's A Nero Wolfe Mystery, in which he also starred.

Hutton starred in a Groupon commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl, which drew public ire for the parodying of the Tibetan resistance movement. The commercials were pulled from rotation on February 10 after continued negative response from the public and activist groups.^[9]

Personal life

Hutton has been married twice. His first marriage (1986–1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they had a son in 1987.^[10][11][12]

Hutton dated Elizabeth McGovern,^[13] Diane Lane,^[14] Patti Davis,^[15] Demi Moore,^[16] Mary-Louise Parker,^[13] Uma Thurman,^[17] and Angelina Jolie.^[18]

In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Their son was born the following year, in Paris.^[19] In July 2009, Us Weekly reported that Hutton and Giscard d'Estaing had separated.^[20]

Rape accusation

In November 2019, Sera Johnston, a former child model and actress, filed a criminal complaint with the Vancouver Police department accusing Hutton of raping her in 1983, when she was 14.^[21] Hutton, who was 22 when the alleged incident occurred, "completely and unequivocally" denied the accusations and filed a criminal complaint against Johnston for extortion.^[22] In July 2021, Canadian authorities closed their investigation into Johnston's accusations without filing charges.^[23]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Never Too Late	Boy running to his father[24]	Uncredited
1980	Sultan and the Rock Star	Paul Winters
	Ordinary People	Conrad Jarrett	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
1981	Teenage Suicide: Don't Try It!	Narrator
	Taps	Cadet Major Brian Moreland	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1983	Daniel	Daniel Isaacson
1984	Iceman	Dr. Stanley Shephard
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Christopher Boyce
	Turk 182	Jimmy Lynch
1987	Made in Heaven	Mike Shea/Elmo Barnett
1988	A Time of Destiny	Jack
	Betrayed	Juggler at the fair	Uncredited
	Everybody's All-American	Donnie "Cake" McCaslin
1989	Torrents of Spring	Dimitri Sanin
1990	Q&A	Asst. District Attorney Aloysius Francis Reilly
1992	Strangers	Tom
1993	The Temp	Peter Derns
	The Dark Half	Thad Beaumont/George Stark	Fantafestival Award for Best Actor Nominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actor
1995	French Kiss	Charlie Lytton
	The Last Word	Martin Ryan
1996	Beautiful Girls	Willie Conway
	Mr. and Mrs. Loving	Richard Loving	Based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, prosecuted for miscegenation in Loving v. Virginia.
	The Substance of Fire	Martin Geldhart
1997	City of Industry	Lee Egan
	Playing God	Raymond Blossom
1999	The General's Daughter	Col. William Kent
	Deterrence	Marshall Thompson
2000	Just One Night	Isaac Alder
2002	Sunshine State	Jack Meadows
2004	Secret Window	Ted Milner
	Kinsey	Paul Gebhard
2006	Last Holiday	Matthew Kragen
	Stephanie Daley	Paul Crane
	The Kovak Box	David Norton
	Heavens Fall	Samuel Leibowitz
	Falling Objects	Oscar Peters	Short film
	Off the Black	Mr. Tibbel
	The Good Shepherd	Thomas Wilson
2007	The Last Mimzy	David Wilder
	When a Man Falls in the Forest	Gary
2008	The Alphabet Killer	Richard Ledge
	Reflections	Tom
	Lymelife	Charlie Bragg
2009	Broken Hill	George McAlpine
	The Killing Room	Crawford Haines
	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	Subject No.30
	Multiple Sarcasms	Gabriel
	Serious Moonlight	Ian
2010	The Ghost Writer	Sidney Kroll
2013	Louder Than Words	Bruce Komiske
2015	#Horror	Dr. Michael White
2017	All the Money in the World	Oswald Hinge
2018	Beautiful Boy	Dr. Brown
2020	The Glorias	Leo Steinem
2021	The Long Home		Filmed in 2015.

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	The Wonderful World of Disney	—	Episode: "Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?"
1980		Paul Winters	Episode: "Sultan and the Rock Star"
1991	Books: Feed Your Head	Man reciting 'Forty Stories'	Episode: "Forty Stories"
2001–02	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Archie Goodwin	20 episodes
2004	5ive Days to Midnight	J.T. Neumeyer	5 episodes
2006–07	Kidnapped	Conrad Cain	13 episodes
2008–12	Leverage	Nathan Ford	76 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2009, 2011–13)
2015	Public Morals	Mr. O	2 episodes
	American Crime	Russ Skokie	11 episodes Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
2016		Coach Dan Sullivan	10 episodes
2017		Nicholas Coates	5 episodes
2018	Jack Ryan	Nathan Singer	5 episodes
2018–19	How to Get Away with Murder	Emmett Crawford	Main cast; season 5 (12 episodes)
2018	The Haunting of Hill House	Hugh Crain	6 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Presentation
2019–20	Almost Family	Leon Bechley	13 episodes
2022	Women of the Movement	Jesse J. Breland	4 episodes
2023	S.W.A.T.	Mack Boyle	2 episodes

Television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Zuma Beach	Art
1979	Friendly Fire	John Mullen
	The Best Place to Be	Tommy Callahan
	And Baby Makes Six	Jason Cramer
	Young Love, First Love	Derek Clayton
1980	The Oldest Living Graduate	Cadet Whopper Turnbill
	Father Figure	Jim
1981	A Long Way Home	Donald Branch	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1993	Zelda	F. Scott Fitzgerald
1996	Mr. and Mrs. Loving	Richard Loving
1997	Dead by Midnight	John Larkin/Sam Ellis
1998	Aldrich Ames: The Traitor Within	Aldrich Ames
	Vig	Frankie
2000	The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Archie Goodwin
	Deliberate Intent	Rod Smolla
2001	WW3	Larry Sullivan
2006	Avenger	Frank McBride

Director

Year	Title	Notes
1984	Drive	Music video for The Cars
1986	Amazing Stories	Episode: "Grandpa's Ghost"
1997	Digging to China	Children's Jury Award Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2001–02	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	7 episodes

See also

• Lists of American actors
• List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees – Youngest winners for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
• List of actors with Academy Award nominations

References

1. "Timothy Hutton". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
2. Gritten, David (February 8, 1982). "Riding on Taps, Teens and Talent". People. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
3. Cook, Bruce, "Doing What Comes Naturally." American Film, March 1981, pp. 62–65 and 74.
4. "Timothy Hutton Is Too Good to Be True". Rolling Stone, February 1982.
5. Hutton, Timothy. "Academy Award Acceptance Speech, March 31, 1981". oscars.org. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
6. Herman, James Patrick (September 16, 2019). "How Timothy Hutton Came to Direct the Cars' 'Drive' Music Video". Variety. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (May 9, 2014). "ABC New Series Pickups: 'Selfie', 'Forever', Galavant', 'Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish', Jeff Lowell Comedy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
8. Paumgarten, Nick (June 1, 2003). "Tables for Two: P. J. Clarke's". The New Yorker. No. June 9, 2003. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
9. Dallke, Jim (February 5, 2016). "5 Years Later, a Look Back at Groupon's Disastrous Super Bowl Ad". Chicagoinno. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
10. O'Malley, Kathy (November 17, 1987). "To Hutton, a Son Seems Made in Heaven". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
11. Mansfield, Stephanie (November 12, 1987). "Timothy Hutton There's Poppa!". Washington Post. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
12. "Names in the News: A Romance Redux for Winger". Times Wire Services. Los Angeles Times. March 13, 1990. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
13. "Companions". tcm.com
14. "Walter Scott's Personality Parade". May 24, 1981.
15. Radcliffe, Donnie (April 30, 1992). "Patti Davis Says Mother Popped Pills". The Washington Post.
16. "Show Biz Q&A". Public Opinion. February 17, 1984. Demi and husband musician Freddy Moore separated a few months ago, and Demi has been seeing eligible and wonderful Tim Hutton.
17. E! True Hollywood Story: "Uma Thurman" (April 18, 2004)
18. Cahalan, Susannah (August 1, 2010). "Angelina: The girl with the bangin' tattoo". The New York Post. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
19. Hampson, Sarah. Timothy Hutton interview, The Toronto Globe and Mail (December 28, 2002).
20. "It's Over!" US Weekly (July 20, 2009).
21. Crucchiola, Jordan (March 2, 2020). "A Canadian Woman Says Timothy Hutton Raped Her When She Was 14". Vulture. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
22. Aquilina, Tyler (March 2, 2020). "Timothy Hutton denies allegation that he raped a 14-year-old girl in 1983". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
23. Vlessing, Etan (July 21, 2021). "Timothy Hutton to Face No Charge for 1983 Rape Allegation". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
24. "3.193". The Rosie O'Donnell Show. Season 3. Episode 193. Event occurs at 15:46. Syndicated. Retrieved January 30, 2024.

External links

• Timothy Hutton at IMDb
• Timothy Hutton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Timothy Hutton at the Internet Off-Broadway Database