Biography for
Charles S. Dutton

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Date of Birth

30 January 1951, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Birth Name

Charles Stanley Dutton

Nickname

Roc

Height

5' 10½" (1.79 m)

Mini Biography

An ex-convict who served seven and a half years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in a street fight. While a prisoner, he developed a passion for the theater and completed a two-year college degree course.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

Spouse

Debbi Morgan

(31 December 1989 - 1994) (divorced)

Trivia

Attended Drama school at Yale.

Attended Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Was cast in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) as a detective, but as script changes rolled in, the role was cut.

Has twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for plays written by August Wilson: in 1985, as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and in 1990, as Best Actor (Play) for "The Piano Lesson."

Elements of his real life experiences with incarceration were in Alien³ (1992).

He made his Broadway debut in 1985 in August Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".

Lives on a farm in Howard County, Maryland.

The role of Cosmo Jackson in Hero Wanted (2008) was originally written with Dutton in mind. The role later went to Ben Cross.

Personal Quotes

In a few years, I ended up going from jail to Yale.

I have a farm in Maryland with 18 horses - 12 Clydesdales and the rest palominos. I also have eight big cats - two lions, two tigers, two leopards, a bobcat and a three-legged mountain lion."

I used to be a hardcore, hardhearted guy. Once you make the decision to change, all kinds of things happen.

When I was out there on stage and the guys were laughing, I could see I had them in the palm of my hand. I thought, "I just discovered what I was born to do." It was an enormous kind of power.

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