Doug Hutchison

BIRTHDATE: May 26, 196? (we're guessing 1965 or so)
BIRTHPLACE: Dover, Delaware
MARITAL STATUS: ????
WHY HE DESERVES HIS BIG BREAK:
I've gotten over the fact that Doug Hutchison bears an uncanny resemblance to an ex-boyfriend of mine (especially in the photo at left), so now I can safely say that he deserves stardom.

When I heard that a film adaptation of The Green Mile, one of Stephen King's best books, was going to be made, the first thing I thought was that the success of the film would depend entirely on the casting. It wouldn't be just a challenge to cast the 6'9" John Coffey, but the other characters as well, most specifically the pivotal "two sides of the same coin" in the plot, condemned killer William "Wild Bill" Wharton and prison guard Percy Wetmore. The perfectly named Percy Wetmore, easily the most despicable character in the whole story, had to be played by an actor who could be both a sniveling whiner and a dangerously unstable individual at the same time. When I finally saw the finished result of The Green Mile, the first thing I said when it was over was, "Wow, they picked the perfect actor to play Percy. Who was that?"

It was Doug Hutchison. Going by his official website , it would seem that playing the "mean, careless, and stupid" Percy was quite a stretch for him, when you see that he's done everything from play in a B-52's style band to appearing as a "transvestite reinqueer" on stage. You'd also see that he's far more attractive as himself than as the constricted, stick up his ass Percy (or at least, that's my opinion). However, if you look at his filmography, Doug Hutchison's film career has consisted almost entirely of playing unsavory villains. He appeared in two episodes of The X Files during its first season as Eugene Victor Tooms, a sort of combination of Stretch Armstrong and Hannibal Lector, then appeared as one of the redneck child molesters Samuel L. Jackson blows away in A Time to Kill, and as a motorcycle-riding thug in day-glow face paint in Batman & Robin. Most recently, he starred as Jamie Foxx's nemesis in the better left unseen Bait, but it wasn't his fault. Doug Hutchison has a presence on the screen that deserves to be seen in bigger and better projects.

FILMOGRAPHY
Films highlighted in yellow present Doug at his best

No Good Deed (2002)--Hoop
The Salton Sea (2002)--Morgan
I Am Sam (2001)--Ifty
"The Practice" (2001)--Jackie Cahill (TV guest appearance)
Bait (2000)--Bristol
The Green Mile (1999)--Percy Wetmore
Love Always (1997)--James
Batman & Robin (1997)--Golum
Con Air (1997)--Donald
"Millennium" (1997)--Polaroid Man (TV guest appearance)
A Time to Kill (1996)--James Louis 'Pete' Willard
"Local Heroes" (1996)--???? (TV guest appearance)
"Space: Above and Beyond" (TV Series--1995)--Elroy L
"Murder, She Wrote" (1995)--Angus Neville (TV guest appearance)
"Party of Five" (1994)--Loren (TV guest appearance)
"The X Files" (1994)--Eugene Victor Tooms (2nd TV guest appearance)
"Robin's Hoods" (1994)--Hood (TV guest appearance)
"The X Files" (1993)--Eugene Victor Tooms (TV guest appearance)
"Love & War" (1993)--Arthur Berkus (TV guest appearance)
The Lawnmower Man (1992)--Security Tech
"China Beach" (1991)--Medic (TV guest appearance)
"The Young Riders" (1990)--Danny (TV guest appearance)
The Chocolate War (1988)--Obie
Fresh Horses (1988)--Sproles