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This thin-approaching-gaunt actor with a receding hairline rose to prominence as the stuttering, frail... (Learn more)

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Notes on Brad Dourif

"Chucky is a lot of fun, like doing primal scream therapy. For a few days, I rip my throat out looping the movie, pick up my check, and go home."--Dourif to The Hollywood Kids in Movieline

"Dourif has shown himself to be one of the most intense, most interesting young film actors of his generation. One possible problem: He'll be typecast as a lunatic." --critic Vincent Canby writing in The New York Times in 1980.

"It's a little intimidating to work with a great actor like Jack Nicholson, but in the end it always helps you. He would tell me little tips that were a huge help in my learning to adjust to film." --Brad Dourif

"Sudden fame scared the shit out of me! I didn't feel I deserved it and indulged in drugs."--Brad Dourif to The Hollywood Kids in Movieline.

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Quick Facts

Also known as

AKA : Bradford C. Dourif
AKA : Bradford Claude Dourif

Born

March, 18 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Education

  • University of Huntington, Huntington, West Virginia:
  • Marshall University, Sanford, Maine: attended for only one year, c. 1970; met actress Conchetta Ferrell who suggested he move to NYC
  • Aiken Preparatory School, Aiken, South Carolina:

Professions

actor, college instructor