Dakin Matthews

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Zero Charisma (2013)

From February 2014 Dakin is taking on the iconic role of Mickey, the grizzled no-mercy trainer in ROCKY, THE MUSICAL at Broadway's Winter Gardens Theatre. This role was originally played by veteran screen actor Burgess Meredith in the original 1976 movie and he received an Academy award nomination for his achievement.

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Dakin Matthews in The Geena Davis Show (2000)

Tom Hanks, Stephen Kunken, Dakin Matthews, and Billy Magnussen in Bridge of Spies (2015)

Dakin Matthews in Bridge of Spies (2015)

Dakin Matthews, Richard Topol, and Walt Smith in Lincoln (2012)

Daniel Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, James 'Ike' Eichling, Grainger Hines, Dakin Matthews, Bruce McGill, Richard Topol, and Walt Smith in Lincoln (2012)

David Strathairn, James 'Ike' Eichling, Dakin Matthews, and Richard Topol in Lincoln (2012)

Dakin Matthews and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Dakin Matthews in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Dakin Matthews in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)

Alexis Bledel, Dakin Matthews, and Liza Weil in Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)

Known for:

Child's Play 3

5.1

Colonel Cochrane

1991

True Grit

7.6

Col. Stonehill

2010

The Swan Princess

6.4

King William(voice)

1994

Lincoln

7.3

John Usher

2012

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Actor

Waitress
- Joe
- Josie
- 2023
Why Women Kill
- Father Tim
- TV Series
- 2021
Bluff City Law
- Buzzy Bedford
- TV Series
- 2019
Evil
- Father Augustus
- TV Series
- 2019
Instinct
- Judge Brooks
- TV Series
- 2018
The Resident
- Howie Green
- TV Series
- 2018
Gotham
- Dr. Niles Winthrop
- TV Series
- 2017
Doubt
- Judge Halloran
- TV Series
- 2017
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
- Headmaster Charleston
- TV Mini Series
- 2016
Madam Secretary
- Ambassador Roy Curtis
- TV Series
- 2016
Crunch Time
- Richardson
- TV Mini Series
- 2016
BrainDead
- Bob Isenstadt
- TV Series
- 2016
Starship Excelsior
- Admiral Styles
- Podcast Series
- 2016
Blue Bloods
- Judge Wilson
- TV Series
- 2016
Bridge of Spies
- Judge Byers
- 2015

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Soundtrack

Videos7

Trailer 0:33

True Grit: "Click" TV Trailer

Trailer 2:30

True Grit: Trailer #2

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Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- November 7, 1940
- Oakland, California, USA
Spouse
- Anne Marie McNaughtonJune 22, 1969 - present (4 children)
Other works
Plays Dick Cheney in "Stuff Happens," written by David Hare at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Trivia
Taught drama at Juilliard and is an Emeritus Professor of English from California State University. Among his former students are Kevin Kline, Annette Bening and Patti LuPone.

Quotes
It's difficult for younger actors in L.A. since TV has gone in a different direction with reality shows. You can become a TV personality without any skills or technique, just based on your looks and a willingness to be publicly humiliated.