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Carlton Cuse

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Carlton Cuse
Born in Mexico City, Cuse grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, and in Orange County, California. He attended Harvard University, graduating with a degree in American History.

Cuse, along with Damon Lindelof, served as writer and showrunner for all six seasons of Lost (2004) for ABC. He wrote, directed, and was the showrunner for the first two seasons of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018). Other credits include Locke & Key (2020), Bates Motel (2013), The Strain (2014), and Colony (2016). In feature films, Cuse wrote San Andreas (2015), starring Dwayne Johnson, Warner Bros. highest grossing film of that year. He followed up by co-writing Warner Brothers' Rampage (2018), also starring Dwayne Johnson.

Cuse started his career in feature films working first as a development executive then formed a partnership with feature writer, Jeffrey Boam. He started his career in television as a writer on the Michael Mann series, Crime Story (1986), and then as co-creator and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed Fox series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993). He went on to create and executive produce Nash Bridges (1996) for CBS, starring Don Johnson and Cheech Marin, which ran for six seasons and 121 episodes.

Cuse has received 10 Emmy nominations and won 2 Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Writer's Guild Award, a Peabody Award, and was named to Time Magazine's annual List of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
BornMarch 22, 1959
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BornMarch 22, 1959
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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Carlton Cuse
Carlton Cuse in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse and John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse, Marc Resteghini, Albert Cheng, Vernon Sanders, and Graham Roland at an event for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse, Wendell Pierce, and John Krasinski at an event for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland at an event for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse, Wendell Pierce, and John Krasinski at an event for Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Carlton Cuse, Albert Cheng, Graham Roland, and Lindsey Springer at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con 2018 (2018)
Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland
Carlton Cuse
Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland

Known for

Lost (2004)
Lost
8.3
TV Series
  • Producer(showrunner)
Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, and Jackson Robert Scott in Locke & Key (2020)
Locke & Key
7.3
TV Series
  • Producer(showrunner)
John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
8.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
Bates Motel
8.1
TV Series
  • Producer

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Producer

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Pre-production
  • The Pact
  • John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
  • Five Days at Memorial (2022)
    Five Days at Memorial
  • Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, and Jackson Robert Scott in Locke & Key (2020)
    Locke & Key
    • (showrunner)
  • Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (2021)
    Nash Bridges
  • Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in Colony (2016)
    Colony
    • (showrunner)
  • Locke & Key
  • The Strain (2014)
    The Strain
  • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
    Bates Motel
  • The Returned (2015)
    The Returned
  • Point of Honor (2015)
    Point of Honor
  • The Sixth Gun (2013)
    The Sixth Gun
  • Lost: Epilogue - The New Man in Charge (2010)
    Lost: Epilogue - The New Man in Charge
  • Lost (2004)
    Lost
    • (showrunner)
  • Lost: Missing Pieces (2007)
    Lost: Missing Pieces
    • (uncredited)

Writer

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Pre-production
  • John Krasinski in Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
    Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
    • (creator) ...
  • Five Days at Memorial (2022)
    Five Days at Memorial
    • (creator)
  • Connor Jessup, Emilia Jones, and Jackson Robert Scott in Locke & Key (2020)
    Locke & Key
    • (creator)
  • Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (2021)
    Nash Bridges
    • (creator)
  • Bruce Campbell in The Brisco County, Jr Reunion: Back in the Saddle (2020)
    The Brisco County, Jr Reunion: Back in the Saddle
  • Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies in Colony (2016)
    Colony
    • (creator)
  • Marley Shelton, Malin Akerman, P.J. Byrne, Matt Gerald, Naomie Harris, Dwayne Johnson, Joe Manganiello, Demetrius Grosse, Allyssa Brooke, Urijah Faber, Breanne Hill, Jake Lacy, Jack Quaid, Bruce Blackshear, and Laura Distin in Rampage (2018)
    Rampage
  • Locke & Key
    • (creator)
  • The Strain (2014)
    The Strain
  • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
    Bates Motel
    • (creator)
  • Dwayne Johnson in San Andreas (2015)
    San Andreas
  • The Returned (2015)
    The Returned
    • (creator)
  • Point of Honor (2015)
    Point of Honor
  • Bates Motel Inside the Casting Room (2014)
    Bates Motel Inside the Casting Room
  • Bates Motel Comic Con (2013)
    Bates Motel Comic Con

Actor

  • Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore in Bates Motel (2013)
    Bates Motel
  • Bruce Campbell in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993)
    The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  • Tribeca (1993)
    Tribeca
  • A Promise to Keep (1990)
    A Promise to Keep
  • Richard Dreyfuss, Bette Midler, and Nick Nolte in Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
    Down and Out in Beverly Hills
  • Ed Harris and Jessica Lange in Sweet Dreams (1985)
    Sweet Dreams
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Personal details

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    • March 22, 1959
    • Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
  • Provided audio commentary for Man of Science, Man of Faith (2005) with Jack Bender, Damon Lindelof and Bryan Burk.
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    • 3 Interviews

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    Frequently noted (or mocked, by his co-writers) for his resemblance, both in voice and appearance, to Ted Danson.
  • Quotes
    [on adding a contemporary viewpoint to the series 'Bates Motel'] There's a certain amount of baggage, obviously, that comes with working in the 'Psycho' environment. Setting it up this way gave us the license as storytellers to tell a really interesting character-driven psychological thriller. Making it contemporary liberated us from the original movie.

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