--- name: "Brad Dourif" canonical: "https://film.one/person/brad-dourif" fi1m_id: "brad-dourif" imdb_id: "nm0000374" tmdb_id: 1370 wikidata_id: "Q329734" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 March 1950" reviewed_on_fi1m: 9 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 9 updated: "2026-09-19T15:54:34.572321+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Brad Dourif ## Identity Brad Dourif - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brad-dourif - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** brad-dourif - **IMDb ID:** nm0000374 - **TMDB ID:** 1370 - **Wikidata ID:** Q329734 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Dourif, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1370 Actor. Born 18 March 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 March 1950, Huntington, West Virginia, USA - **Active:** 1975–2004 - **Also known as:** Bradford Claude Dourif - **Frequently works with:** [Walter Hill](https://film.one/person/walter-hill.md) - **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 9 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 80 (5), 1990s 60 (1), 2000s 88 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 7 titles - **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 6 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 5, Mystery 3, Action 2, Thriller 2, Western 2 - **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,244m across 6 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Dourif, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q329734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000374/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1370 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Blue Velvet*](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md) (88), [*Heaven's Gate*](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md) (79) - **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91) - **Apple TV:** [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Brad Dourif > Brad Dourif makes distress hard to dismiss, even when the part invites us to laugh or recoil. Horror has made good use of his intensity; Billy Bibbit remains the clearest reason we value him. Billy Bibbit is difficult to laugh at for long. In Miloš Forman's *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Brad Dourif makes his vulnerability felt even when the film encourages laughter. We felt protective of Billy because Dourif would not let that vulnerability become merely another joke on the ward. Jack Nicholson takes much of our attention, but Dourif gives us a reason to keep watching someone else. He helps the supporting cast do the film's most important work: keeping the men distinct, rather than letting them become an audience for its star. The career did not go straight from Billy to horror. He played the lead, Hazel Motes, in John Huston's *Wise Blood* (1979), then took supporting roles for David Lynch in *Dune* (1984) and *Blue Velvet* (1986). Those are useful reminders to look beyond the familiar villains. The high-strung manner suits eccentrics and tormented men, but repeated casting in such parts has narrowed the opportunities to see him do anything else. *Child's Play* (1988) began his long-running work as the voice of Chucky, continuing across films and television. Horror has good reason to employ him: he can make a supporting character disturbing, as in *The Exorcist III* (1990). The risk is that his familiar intensity tells us to be uneasy before a scene has earned it. We would not ask him to become a quieter actor for the sake of respectability, but Forman's film shows how much that intensity can do when someone gives it a less predictable purpose. As Amos Cochran in *Deadwood* (2004), he is part of another ensemble worth spending time with. The Western's struggle to live together is as absorbing as its violence, and that interest in a whole community makes it a rewarding place to find a supporting actor. We sometimes wish the elaborate speeches were shorter, but that is a small reservation about superb television. Start with Billy Bibbit, then give *Deadwood* the time it needs. Chucky can wait. ## Biography Brad Dourif is an American actor. Born Bradford Claude Dourif on 18 March 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia, he trained for the stage and began his career in New York theatre with the Circle Repertory Company. He gained early acclaim for his performance as Billy Bibbit in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), which earned him a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination. Dourif is also known for voicing Chucky in the *Child's Play* franchise, playing Gríma Wormtongue in *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Piter De Vries in *Dune* (1984), and Dr. Amos 'Doc' Cochran in the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–2006), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (9) - *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Amos Cochran — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) - *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), Fi1m 85, as Wormtongue — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md) - *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, as Gediman — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md) - *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, as Deputy Clinton Pell — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) - *Blue Velvet* (1986), Fi1m 88, as Raymond — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md) - *Moonlighting* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Father McDonovan — [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md) - *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, as Joey Wyatt — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) - *Heaven's Gate* (1980), Fi1m 79, as Mr. Eggleston — [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md) - *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Fi1m 86, as Billy Bibbit — [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md) ## Complete filmography (162) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Medium Rare Cold Case* (2025), as Mitch Malone - *The Pitt* (2025), series, as Mr. McKay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) - *The Living* (2022), as Vlad - *The Shuroo Process* (2021), as Dr. Feinstein - *Chucky* (2021), series, as Chucky (voice) - *Obsession* (2019), as George - *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019), as Amos Cochran - *Herbert West: Reanimator* (2018), as Dr. William Blackmore - *Cut Off* (2018), as Diggs - *Wildling* (2018), as Daddy - *Cult of Chucky* (2017), as Chucky (voice) - *Out to Lunch* (2017), as Man - *Rosemont* (2015), as Abe - *The Control Group* (2014), as Dr. Broward - *Curse of Chucky* (2013), as Charles Lee Ray / Chucky (voice) - *Malignant* (2013), as The Man - *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, as Thomas Nash - *Blood Shot* (2013), as Bob - *Gingerclown* (2013), as Worm Creature - *Santa Monica* (2013), as Stan - *End of the World* (2013), as Dr. Walter Brown - *Last Kind Words* (2012), as Waylon - *Avarice* (2012), as Tom - *Catch.44* (2011), as Sheriff Connors - *Miami Magma* (2011), as Jacob Capilla - *Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage* (2011), as Raymond - *Once Upon a Time* (2011), series, as Zoso — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/once-upon-a-time.md) - *Born of Earth* (2011), as The Mayor - *Few Options* (2011), as Chris Pendler - *Priest* (2011), as Salesman - *Chain Letter* (2010), as Mr. Smirker - *My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done* (2010), as Uncle Ted - *Death and Cremation* (2010), as Stan - *Turbulent Skies* (2010), as Richard - *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), as Ned Schoenholtz - *Halloween II* (2009), as Sheriff Lee Brackett - *Fading of the Cries* (2009), as Mathias - *Junkyard Dog* (2009), as Sheriff Holk - *Lock and Roll Forever* (2009), as Zee - *Brad Dourif on Wise Blood* (2009), Actor - *Humboldt County* (2008), as Jack - *Fringe* (2008), series, as Moreau — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fringe.md) - *Touching Home* (2008), as Clyde Winston - *The Boneyard Collection* (2008), as The Dark One (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight") - *Halloween* (2007), as Sheriff Lee Brackett - *The Wizard of Gore* (2007), as Dr. Chong - *The List* (2007), as Johan Gabini - *Sinner* (2007), as Caddie - *Pulse* (2006), as Thin Bookish Guy - *Psych* (2006), series, as Bernie Bethel - *Playing Patti* (2006), as Michael Salesman - *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Adam — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md) - *The Wild Blue Yonder* (2005), as Alien - *Chucky's Family Vacation* (2005), as Chucky (Voice) - *Drop Dead Sexy* (2005), as Herman - *Seed of Chucky* (2004), as Chucky (voice) - *El padrino: The Latin Godfather* (2004), as Cyrus - *Vlad* (2004), as Radescu - *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Amos Cochran — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) - *The Hazing* (2004), as Professor Kapps - *The Calling* (2003), as B.B. Gallen - *The Box* (2003), as Stan - *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), as Wormtongue — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md) - *Soulkeeper* (2001), as Mr. Pascal - *Ponderosa* (2001), series, as Maurice 'Frenchy' Devereaux - *The Ghost* (2001), as Lt. Garland - *Shadow Hours* (2000), as Roland Montague - *The Prophecy 3: The Ascent* (2000), as Zealot - *Silicon Towers* (1999), as Alton - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Dr. Iggy Drexel - *Interceptors* (1999), as Weber - *The Norm Show* (1999), series, Actor - *Cypress Edge* (1999), as Colin McCammon - *The Storytellers* (1999), as The Professor - *The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man* (1999), as Gabriel - *Brown's Requiem* (1998), as Edwards - *Bride of Chucky* (1998), as Chucky (voice) - *Urban Legend* (1998), as Michael McDonnell, Gas Station Attendant - *Progeny* (1998), as Dr. Bert Clavell - *Senseless* (1998), as Dr. Thomas Wheedon - *The Magnificent Seven* (1998), series, as Rupert Brauner - *Completely Cuckoo* (1997), Actor - *Alien Resurrection* (1997), as Gediman — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md) - *Best Men* (1997), as The Vet - *The Hunger* (1997), series, as Manno - *Jamaica Beat* (1997), as Tom Peterson - *Nightwatch* (1997), as Duty Doctor - *A Step Toward Tomorrow* (1996), as Kirby - *Millennium* (1996), series, as Dennis Hoffman - *Sworn to Justice* (1996), as Teddy - *Star Trek: Voyager - Basics* (1996), as Lon Suder - *Blackout* (1996), as Thomas Payne - *If Looks Could Kill* (1996), as Gene Hanson - *Bless This House* (1995), series, Actor - *Death Machine* (1995), as Jack Dante - *Escape to Witch Mountain* (1995), as Luther / Bruno - *Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story* (1995), as Sheriff Bill Douglass - *Murder in the First* (1995), as Byron Stamphill - *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Crewman Lon Suder - *Phoenix* (1995), as Reiger - *Color of Night* (1994), as Clark - *A Worn Path* (1994), as Hunter - *Babylon 5* (1994), series, as Brother Edward — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md) - *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Luther Lee Boggs — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) - *Wild Palms* (1993), series, as Chickie Levitt - *Trauma* (1993), as Dr. Lloyd - *Amos & Andrew* (1993), as Officer Donnie Donaldson - *Critters 4* (1992), as Al Bert - *Final Judgement* (1992), as Father Tyrone - *London Kills Me* (1991), as Hemingway - *Scream of Stone* (1991), as Fingerless - *Child's Play 3* (1991), as Chucky (voice) - *Body Parts* (1991), as Remo Lacey - *Jungle Fever* (1991), as Leslie - *Chaindance* (1991), as Johnny - *Dead Certain* (1991), as John Barnes - *Hidden Agenda* (1990), as Paul Sullivan - *Child's Play 2* (1990), as Chucky (voice) - *Graveyard Shift* (1990), as The Exterminator - *Grim Prairie Tales* (1990), as Farley - *Law & Order* (1990), series, as David Lingard — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) - *The Exorcist III* (1990), as James Venamun / The Gemini Killer - *Horseplayer* (1990), as Bud Cowan - *Desperado: The Outlaw Wars* (1989), as Camillus Fly - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Virgil - *Spontaneous Combustion* (1989), as Sam - *Sonny Boy* (1989), as Weasel - *Terror on Highway 91* (1989), as Keith Evans - *Mississippi Burning* (1988), as Deputy Clinton Pell — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) - *Child's Play* (1988), as Charles Lee Ray - *Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play* (1988), as Chucky (voice) (archive footage) - *Fatal Beauty* (1987), as Leo Nova - *Medium Rare* (1987), as Mitch Marlowe - *Impure Thoughts* (1986), as Kevin Harrington - *Rage of Angels: The Story Continues* (1986), as Seymour Bourne - *Rage of Angels: The Story Continues* (1986), series, as Seymour Bourne - *Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo* (1986), as Lamar Sands - *Blue Velvet* (1986), as Raymond — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-velvet.md) - *Spenser: For Hire* (1985), series, Actor - *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Fenn - *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Father McDonovan — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md) - *Istanbul* (1985), as Martin Klamski - *Dune* (1984), as Piter De Vries - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Dr. Warren Overman - *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Joey Wyatt — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) - *The Hitchhiker* (1983), series, as Billy Baltimore Jr. - *I, Desire* (1982), as Paul - *Kennedy's Children* (1982), as Mark - *Ragtime* (1981), as Younger Brother - *Heaven's Gate* (1980), as Mr. Eggleston — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/heavens-gate.md) - *Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones* (1980), series, as David Langtree - *Wise Blood* (1979), as Hazel Motes - *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Hitch-hiker - *Studs Lonigan* (1979), series, as Danny O'Neill - *Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force* (1978), as Leonard Matlovich - *Eyes of Laura Mars* (1978), as Tommy Ludlow - *Group Portrait with a Lady* (1977), as Boris Koltowski - *The Gardener's Son* (1977), as Robert McEvoy - *The Mound Builders* (1976), as Chad Jasker - *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), as Billy Bibbit — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest.md) - *Butterfly in the Typewriter*, as Arthur Ducoing - *Untitled Chucky Film*, as Chucky (voice) ## Gallery - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-75e8b9b08514.jpg) Brad Dourif — Diane Krauss (DianeAnna), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Brad_Dourif_2002.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![American actor Brad Dourif at the Lord of the Rings-Convention RingCon 2002 in Bonn, Germany.](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-06f5195aaf7f.jpg) American actor Brad Dourif at the Lord of the Rings-Convention Ring*Con 2002 in Bonn, Germany. — Diane Krauss (DianeAnna), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Brad_Dourif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Set photo of actor Brad Dourif playing the role of Robert McEvoy during the filming of w:The Gardener's Son, a 1977 historical drama for which he wrote the scre](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-448121373a57.jpg) Set photo of actor Brad Dourif playing the role of Robert McEvoy during the filming of w:The Gardener's Son, a 1977 historical drama for which he wrote the scre — Photograph by Scott Ramsey (note: the photograph was uncredited in the newspaper printing but Ramsey is identified as the set still photographer in the credits to The Gardener's Son). Published by the Daily Times-News, a newspaper published in the United States under that title between 1932–1989 (source: Library of Congress)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Brad_Dourif_as_Robert_McEvoy_%281976_set_photo_-_The_Gardener%27s_Son%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Group portrait at a press conference on March 23, 1976, at the Arts Center in Graham, North Carolina, promoting the start of filming for a TV movie adaptation o](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-4a298deafd12.jpg) Group portrait at a press conference on March 23, 1976, at the Arts Center in Graham, North Carolina, promoting the start of filming for a TV movie adaptation o — Photographer uncredited and unknown. Published by the Daily Times-News, a newspaper published in the United States under that title between 1932–1989 (source: Library of Congress)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Dourif_Pearce_Hausman_Dourif_McCarthy_%281976-03-23_photograph%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-663fa2cc8e2d.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-6283be01d0d2.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-105318a1d69a.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB - ![Presentazione del film di Werner Herzog Grido di pietra al 48ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia. (1991)](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-de0d417b10e9.jpg) Presentazione del film di Werner Herzog Grido di pietra al 48ª Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica di Venezia. (1991) — Gorup de Besanez, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Herzog6.jpg/1280px-Herzog6.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-11d6dbc43c6d.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-bb2838ed0082.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB - ![Brad Dourif](https://film.one/media/person/61238/gallery-c7a0e6cf0cdc.jpg) Brad Dourif — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1976: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 1977: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (won), for *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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