--- name: "Doug Hutchison" canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-hutchison" fi1m_id: "doug-hutchison" imdb_id: "nm0006535" tmdb_id: 6806 wikidata_id: "Q506778" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 May 1960" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_as: "actor" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-10-05T00:18:23.240102+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." --- # Doug Hutchison ## Identity Doug Hutchison - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-hutchison - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** doug-hutchison - **IMDb ID:** nm0006535 - **TMDB ID:** 6806 - **Wikidata ID:** Q506778 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hutchison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6806 Actor. Born 26 May 1960 in Dover, Delaware, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 May 1960, Dover, Delaware, USA - **Active:** 1993–1999 - **Also known as:** داگ هاچیسون - **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 5 titles - **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 57 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Crime 4, Action 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $901m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Hutchison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506778, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006535/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6806 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Doug Hutchison > Doug Hutchison makes menace convincing without much movement or vocal fuss. We value the restraint of his Tooms and the nastiness of his Percy Wetmore, though those familiar villains offer a narrow view of his abilities. Doug Hutchison does not need much movement to make a character threatening. As Eugene Victor Tooms in *The X-Files* (1993), he keeps his body and voice under control rather than labouring to persuade us that something is wrong. We found him unnerving because that restraint gave us so little theatrical fuss to laugh off. He makes a strong case for keeping horror performances quiet. His first film parts were in *Fresh Horses* (1988) and *The Chocolate War* (1988). Tooms was an important television turn, with a return appearance in 1994. Frank Darabont's *The Green Mile* (1999) brought wider notice through Percy Wetmore, a sadistic prison guard. A guard's authority gives the nastiness a different force from Tooms's strangeness. Hutchison makes Percy convincingly objectionable, and Darabont gives that ugliness a useful place in a film so strongly drawn towards sentiment. We gave *The Green Mile* a qualified recommendation, and Percy does not settle our reservations about it. Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan earn much of its sentiment; the length still tests our patience, and the treatment of Coffey needs more scrutiny than the storytelling allows. Hutchison's effective nastiness is worth separating from those larger problems. It is also a limited assignment: a sadistic guard gives an actor a clear target, but not necessarily much else to play. We would need a different sort of part to judge what else he can do. Later television work included Horace Goodspeed in *Lost*, a recurring role from 2007 to 2009, while *Punisher: War Zone* (2008) cast him as the eccentric antagonist Loony Bin Jim. His reputation nevertheless rests largely on villainous or peculiar supporting characters. That repetition limits how we know him; making menace convincing still takes judgement, and he deserves credit for knowing when to hold back. For a first encounter, we would choose his appearances in *The X-Files*. ## Biography Doug Hutchison is an American actor born on 26 May 1960 in Dover, Delaware. He trained at the University of Minnesota and the Juilliard School, studying with Sanford Meisner, and began his career with stage roles including a Minneapolis production of *Equus*. Hutchison is known for character roles often portraying disturbed or antagonistic figures. His television work includes Eugene Victor Tooms in *The X-Files* (1993–1994) and Horace Goodspeed in *Lost* (2007–2009). Film credits include Pete Willard in *A Time to Kill* (1996), Percy Wetmore in *The Green Mile* (1999), and roles in *Con Air* (1997) and *Batman & Robin* (1997). He has also appeared in *24* (as Davros) and *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*. He founded the production company Dark Water Inc. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, x-files.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *The Green Mile* (1999), Fi1m 73, as Percy Wetmore — [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-mile.md) - *Batman & Robin* (1997), Fi1m 35, as Golum — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md) - *Con Air* (1997), Fi1m 74, as Donald — [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md) - *A Time to Kill* (1996), Fi1m 55, as Pete Willard — [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md) - *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Eugene Victor Tooms — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) ## Complete filmography (38) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Hope For The Holidays* (2020), as Sgt. Babbitt - *CSI: Immortality* (2015), as Dalton Betton - *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Wayne - *Give 'em Hell, Malone* (2009), as Matchstick - *Punisher: War Zone* (2008), as James Russoti / "Loony Bin Jim" / "LBJ" - *Days of Wrath* (2008), as Vadim - *The Burrowers* (2008), as Henry Victor - *Moola* (2007), as J.T. Montgomery - *Kidnapped* (2006), series, Actor - *Lost* (2004), series, as Horace Goodspeed — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md) - *Boomtown* (2002), series, as Wally Pollard - *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Dale Stahl - *John Doe* (2002), series, as Lenny Pescoe - *No Good Deed* (2002), as Hoop - *The Salton Sea* (2002), as Gus Morgan - *I Am Sam* (2001), as Ifty - *24* (2001), series, as Davros — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md) - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Nigel Crane - *Bait* (2000), as Bristol - *Shaft* (2000), as Plane Door Opener (uncredited) - *The Green Mile* (1999), as Percy Wetmore — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-mile.md) - *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Humphrey Becker - *Skip Chasers* (1998), Actor - *Love Always* (1997), as James - *Batman & Robin* (1997), as Golum — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md) - *Con Air* (1997), as Donald — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md) - *The Practice* (1997), series, as Jackie Cahill - *Millennium* (1996), series, as Polaroid Man - *A Time to Kill* (1996), as Pete Willard — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/a-time-to-kill.md) - *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), series, as Elroy-El - *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Loren — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) - *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Baseline - *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Eugene Victor Tooms — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) - *Love & War* (1992), series, Actor - *The Lawnmower Man* (1992), as Security Tech - *The Chocolate War* (1988), as Obie - *Fresh Horses* (1988), as Sproles - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Angus Neville ## Gallery - ![Doug Hutchison](https://film.one/media/person/62697/gallery-7b168f4724c3.jpg) Doug Hutchison — Sickahick, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Doug_hutchison.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Doug Hutchison](https://film.one/media/person/62697/gallery-e7c7f145cb2b.jpg) Doug Hutchison — Image via TMDB - ![Doug Hutchison](https://film.one/media/person/62697/gallery-c222ebcb7d42.jpg) Doug Hutchison — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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