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Doug Hutchison
Hutchison in 2008
Born
Doug Anthony Hutchison

(1960-05-26) May 26, 1960 (age 66)
Dover, Delaware, U.S.
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
Spouses
  • Kathleen Davison
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    (m. 1999; div. 2002)​
  • Amanda Sellers
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    (m. 2002; div. 2005)​
  • ​
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    (m. 2011; div. 2020)​

Doug Anthony Hutchison (born May 26, 1960) is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often playing disturbed and antagonistic characters.[1] He was nominated for a Satellite Award for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections officer Percy Wetmore in the 1999 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel The Green Mile.[2]

His other notable film roles include Obie Jameson in The Chocolate War (1988), Sproles in Fresh Horses (also 1988), Pete Willard in A Time to Kill (1996), and "Looney Bin Jim" in the Marvel Comics film adaptation Punisher: War Zone (2008). On television, Hutchison played a memorable guest role as Eugene Victor Tooms on The X-Files (1993, 1994) and a recurring role as Horace Goodspeed on Lost (2007–2009).

In 2011, at the age of 51, he received widespread criticism when he married 16-year-old child model Courtney Stodden.[3] In 2021, after the couple had divorced, Stodden accused Hutchison being abusive and grooming.[4][5] Hutchison denied the allegations.[citation needed][6]

Early life

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Hutchison was born May 26, 1960, in Dover, Delaware. He attended Bishop Foley Catholic High School in Madison Heights, Michigan, and graduated from Apple Valley High School in Apple Valley, Minnesota, in 1978. He later attended University of Minnesota at Minneapolis-St Paul, and studied at the Juilliard School in New York City.[7]

Career

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Hutchison's first professional theater credit came shortly after he graduated high school, when he starred as Alan Strang in a Saint Paul, Minnesota production of Equus.

Hutchison's early stage credits include Sing to Me Through Open Windows and William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. He has made guest appearances on television shows such as The Young Riders, The X-Files (as Eugene Victor Tooms), Space: Above and Beyond (as Elroy-El), Millennium (as "Omega"), Lost (as Horace Goodspeed), Guiding Light (as Sebastian Hulce), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (as serial killer Humphrey Becker), and 24 (as European terrorist Davros).[8]

Hutchison's film work began in the late 1980s, appearing as Sproles in the 1988 drama Fresh Horses and Obie Jameson in the 1988 film adaptation of The Chocolate War. Of his performance in Fresh Horses, one critic observed that he "hoist[ed the film] onto his shoulders for the duration of his scenes".[7] In the 1990s, he appeared in films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992), A Time to Kill (1996), Con Air (1997), and Batman & Robin (1997), The Green Mile (1999). His later supporting roles included Shaft (2000), Bait (2000), I Am Sam (2001), The Salton Sea (2002), and No Good Deed (2002).

His 2000s feature film roles included playing James "Looney Bin Jim" Russotti in the Punisher: War Zone, and his television roles included Horace Goodspeed in Lost. He also starred in Give 'Em Hell, Malone (2009). In October 2008, Hutchison's production company, Dark Water, debuted the web series Vampire Killers, which depicts four vampire hunters combating a vampire population of over 500,000 in Los Angeles.[9]

Personal life

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On May 20, 2011, Hutchison married his third wife,[10] Courtney Stodden, in Las Vegas.[11][12] They met when Stodden, whom Hutchison initially believed to be "well into her twenties",[3] attended an acting class taught by Hutchison.[13] Their relationship drew controversy and criticism, as Stodden was 16 years old when the couple married, and Hutchison was 50.[3][14] It was legal at that time to marry a 16 year old in Nevada with parental consent.[15][16] According to Hutchison, his agent quit, his family disowned him, he received death threats, he was labeled a "pedophile" and received insults, as a result of the marriage.[17][18] Hutchison had some defenders: Stodden's mother, Krista Keller, who praised him for the kindness and love with which he treated Stodden, and Dr. Jenn Berman, a therapist who worked with the couple during their appearance on Couples Therapy.[13]

In October 2012, the couple appeared as one of the celebrity couples in the second season of the VH1 reality television series Couples Therapy, which depicts celebrity couples undergoing counseling for relationship problems.[17] According to Stodden, the couple enrolled in therapy in order to resolve issues that arose in their marriage from their age difference.[14] On November 1, 2013, the media reported that Stodden and Hutchison were ending their marriage of two and a half years and filing for divorce.[19] In August 2014, the pair announced that they had reconciled.[20]

In May 2016, it was announced that the couple was expecting their first child.[21] In July 2016, around three months into the pregnancy, Stodden suffered a miscarriage.[22] On May 20, 2016, Hutchison and Stodden celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary by renewing their vows.[23]

In January 2017, it was reported that Stodden and Hutchison had separated, but were still living together at the time.[24] In March 2018, Stodden filed for divorce,[25] which was finalized in March 2020.[26]

Since their divorce, Stodden has described their marriage as "extremely abusive".[27][28]

Grooming allegations

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In 2021, Stodden publicly stated that their marriage was a result of Hutchison's grooming, which allegedly started with him reaching out via email.[4][5] Hutchison stated in a 2011 interview that Stodden contacted him via email first, under her mother's supervision, as Courtney herself confirmed back then.[29]

Stodden has alleged that Hutchison started a similar relationship with a fifteen-year-old girl within a month of their divorce. The Daily Beast has corroborated the existence of romantic "written correspondences and voicemail recordings" between them.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1988The Chocolate WarObie
Fresh HorsesSproles
1992The Lawnmower ManSecurity Tech
1996A Time to KillJames Louis "Pete" Willard
Love AlwaysJames
1997Con AirDonald
Batman & RobinGolum
1999The Green MilePercy WetmoreNominated — Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Cast Ensemble
Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2000ShaftPlane Door OpenerUncredited
BaitBristol
2001I Am SamIfty
2002The Salton SeaGus Morgan
No Good DeedHoop
2007MoolaJ.T. Montgomery
2008The BurrowersHenry Victor
Punisher: War ZoneLoony Bin Jim
Days of WrathVadim
2009Give 'Em Hell, Malone"Matchstick"
2014Alien's SisterAlbertShort film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Young Riders Danny Episode: "Blood Moon"
1991China BeachMedicUncredited; Episode: "Hello Goodbye"
1993Love & WarArthur BerkusEpisode: "Croton on Hudson"
1993–94The X-FilesEugene Victor Tooms2 episodes
1994Robin's HoodsJimmyEpisode: "Reunion"
Party of FiveLoren4 episodes
1995Diagnosis: MurderBaselineEpisode: "My Baby Is Out Of This World"
Murder, She WroteAngus NevilleEpisode: "Deadly Bidding"
1995–96Space: Above and BeyondElroy-El3 episodes
1997MillenniumThe Polaroid ManEpisode: "The Beginning and the End"
2001The PracticeJackie Cahill2 episodes
2002CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationNigel CraneEpisode: "Stalker"
2002–03John DoeLenny Pescoe2 episodes
2003BoomtownWally PollardEpisode: "Wannabe"
2004CSI: MiamiDale StahlEpisode: "Slow Burn"
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitHumphrey BeckerEpisode: "Scavenger"
2004–05Guiding LightSebastian Hulce11 episodes
2006–07KidnappedSchroeder / James Devere7 episodes
2007–09LostHorace Goodspeed7 episodes
201024Davros4 episodes
2011Lie to MeLane BradleyEpisode: "Gone"
2015CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDalton BettonEpisode: "Immortality"
2019iZombieHalEpisode: "Death of a Car Salesman"
2020Hope for the HolidaysSergeant BabbittTV movie

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Far Cry 5 Federal Marshal Cameron Burke Voice and motion capture performance

References

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  1. ↑ Southern, Nathan "Doug Hutchison: Biography" Archived 2016-02-20 at the Wayback Machine. AllMovie. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Green Mile (18)". Empire. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 Ellis, Angela; Gherbremedhin, Sabina (July 15, 2011). "Exclusive: Doug Hutchison, 51, and Courtney Stodden, 16, Dish on Controversial Marriage". ABC News. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Stern, Marlow (May 10, 2021). "The Crucifixion of Courtney Stodden". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022. When I met him, he was just amazing. He was so kind, so loving, and so beautiful. Even to this day, I'm still in love with that person. But as I started to get to know him, he was extremely abusive. He never hit me—and a lot of the reason why was because the paparazzi were always outside of our house—but he would be psychologically and mentally abusive. He would get wasted every day and then corner me for hours, spitting and screaming in my face. I couldn't move. I would be in a corner for hours. And I was so scared, and so young. He was absolutely terrifying. It wasn't until I got out of it and started getting into other relationships that I realized: this was abuse. And he would do it nightly.
  5. 1 2 Overhultz, Lauryn (April 13, 2022). "Courtney Stodden says writing their memoir 'shined a light on' the 'grooming' that led to marriage at 16". Fox News. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ Reporter, IBTimes Staff (2011-09-23). "16-Year-Old Bride Courtney Stodden Talks About Her Marriage [PICTURES]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
  7. 1 2 Nathan Southern (2014). "Doug Hutchison". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 29, 2009). "Mykelti Williamson to join cast of '24'". The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ Lamkin, Elaine (May 20, 2009). "Exclusive: Doug Hutchison Talks Vampire Killers". Dread Central. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Father Albert: Was Courtney a Virgin Before She Married Doug?" Archived 2013-07-28 at the Wayback Machine. Father Albert. July 20, 2011. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Green Mile's Doug Hutchison, 51, Marries Aspiring Country Singer, 16". Us. June 20, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  12. ↑ Marika, Sheila (June 21, 2011). "Actor Doug Hutchison, 51, Weds Aspiring Country Singer Courtney Alexis Stodden, 16". ABC News. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  13. 1 2 Spero, Jesse (October 9, 2012). "Couples Therapy's Dr. Jenn Berman: Doug Hutchison Is 'Not A Predator'". Access Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  14. 1 2 Beard, Lanford (October 3, 2012). "'Couples Therapy': Courtney Stodden teases 'vicious energy' in season 2". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: American Media, Inc. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  15. ↑ Dentzer, Bill (2019-04-15). "Nevada lawmakers consider raising marriage age to 18". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Archived from the original on 2025-03-21. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  16. ↑ "Nevada Marriage Age Requirements Laws". Findlaw. Archived from the original on 2025-03-21. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
  17. 1 2 "Episode #2.1". Couples Therapy. Season 2. Episode 1. October 3, 2012. Vh1.
  18. ↑ Nsenduluka, Benge (October 5, 2012). "'Couples Therapy' Doug Hutchison Called 'Pedophile' Over Marriage to Courtney Stodden". The Christian Post. Washington, D.C. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  19. ↑ Hayner, Chris E. (November 1, 2013). "Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison ending marriage after 2 years". Zap2it. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  20. ↑ Michael Rothman (August 11, 2014). "Courtney Stodden, 19, Engaged Again to Ex 54-Year-Old Doug Hutchison". ABC News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  21. ↑ Park, Andrea (May 17, 2016). "Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchison expecting first child". CBS News. Archived from the original on September 23, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Courtney Stodden Suffers Miscarriage with First Child". Archived from the original on 2021-05-23. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  23. ↑ Dostis, Melanie (May 23, 2016). "Courtney Stodden, former teen bride, renews vows with Doug Hutchison to celebrate fifth anniversary". Daily News. New York City: Tronc. Archived from the original on May 25, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  24. ↑ Johnson, Tyler (January 9, 2017). "Courtney Stodden & Doug Hutchison: It's Over!". The Hollywood Gossip. Food Innovation Group: Bon Appetit and Epicurious. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Former teen bride Courtney Stodden reportedly files for divorce from Doug Hutchison". Montreal Gazette. March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018.[dead link]
  26. ↑ Respers France, Lisa (March 4, 2020). "Courtney Stodden married Doug Hutchison when she was 16. Now it's over". CNN. Archived from the original on March 4, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  27. ↑ Stern, Marlow (2021-05-10). "The Crucifixion of Courtney Stodden". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2026-07-17. When I met him, he was just amazing. He was so kind, so loving, and so beautiful. Even to this day, I'm still in love with that person. But as I started to get to know him, he was extremely abusive. He never hit me—and a lot of the reason why was because the paparazzi were always outside of our house—but he would be psychologically and mentally abusive. He would get wasted every day and then corner me for hours, spitting and screaming in my face. I couldn't move. I would be in a corner for hours. And I was so scared, and so young. He was absolutely terrifying. It wasn't until I got out of it and started getting into other relationships that I realized: this was abuse. And he would do it nightly.
  28. ↑ Stodden, Courtney (2020-03-03). "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ↑ Gayathri, Amrutha (September 23, 2011). "16-Year-Old Bride Courtney Stodden Talks About Her Marriage [PICTURES]". International Business Times. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
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