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Garret Dillahunt

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Garret Dillahunt
Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town's sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.
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Hysteria! (2024)
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Garret studied journalism at the University of Washington and received an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program. He performed on and off Broadway and in theaters around the country before he also began pursuing film and television roles. A self described workaholic, he enjoys a reputation as a highly respected and sought after performer known for his focused and immersive style.

Garret Lee Dillahunt was born in Castro Valley, California to working class parents. He has two brothers.
BornNovember 24
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BornNovember 24
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 14 nominations total

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    Known for

    Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
    12 Years a Slave
    8.1
    • Armsby
    • 2013
    Powers Boothe, Keith Carradine, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, and Molly Parker in Deadwood (2004)
    Deadwood
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Francis Wolcott
    • Jack McCall
    Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (2007)
    No Country for Old Men
    8.2
    • Wendell
    • 2007
    Martha Plimpton, Cloris Leachman, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward, and Lucas Neff in Raising Hope (2010)
    Raising Hope
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Burt Chance

    Credits

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    • Sarah's Oil
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Lanterns
      • William Macon
      • In Production
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • The Long Home
      • Bellwether
      • Completed
    • The Pearls
      • Marty
      • Pre-production
    • The Huntsman
      • Lincoln
      • Post-production



    • Kaitlin Olson in High Potential (2024)
      High Potential
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Lieutenant Melon
      • 2024–2025
    • Anna Camp and Chiara Aurelia in Hysteria! (2024)
      Hysteria!
      7.1
      TV Series
      • The Reverend
      • Beaumont Hicks
      • 2024
    • Hightown (2020)
      Hightown
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Shane
      • 2024
    • Orlando Bloom in Red Right Hand (2024)
      Red Right Hand
      5.4
      • Wilder
      • 2024
    • Viggo Mortensen, Garret Dillahunt, Danny Huston, and Vicky Krieps in The Dead Don't Hurt (2023)
      The Dead Don't Hurt
      6.4
      • Alfred Jeffries
      • 2023
    • Michael Peña in A Million Miles Away (2023)
      A Million Miles Away
      7.3
      • Sturckow
      • 2023
    • Gray Matter (2023)
      Gray Matter
      4.9
      • Derek
      • 2023
    • Ghosts of Beirut (2023)
      Ghosts of Beirut
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • William Buckley
      • 2023
    • Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in Dead to Me (2019)
      Dead to Me
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Glenn Moranis
      • 2022
    • Sprung (2022)
      Sprung
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Jack
      • 2022
    • Ana de Armas in Blonde (2022)
      Blonde
      5.4
      • Boss (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Daisy Edgar-Jones in Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
      Where the Crawdads Sing
      7.2
      • Pa
      • 2022
    • Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Ambulance (2022)
      Ambulance
      6.1
      • Captain Monroe
      • 2022
    • Ana de la Reguera, Matthias Schweighöfer, Omari Hardwick, Dave Bautista, and Ella Purnell in Army of the Dead (2021)
      Army of the Dead
      5.8
      • Martin
      • 2021
    • Kim Dickens and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
      Fear the Walking Dead
      6.8
      TV Series
      • John Dorie
      • 2018–2021

    Producer



    • The Huntsman
      • executive producer
      • Post-production



    • Sprung (2022)
      Sprung
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022

    Director



    • Martha Plimpton, Cloris Leachman, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward, and Lucas Neff in Raising Hope (2010)
      Raising Hope
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014

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    Videos74

    12 Years a Slave
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    Pretty Bird
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    Pretty Bird
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    Pretty Bird
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    Pretty Bird

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
    • Born
      • November 24
      • Castro Valley, California, USA
    • Spouse
      • Michelle HurdJuly 6, 2007 - present
    • Other works
      Played "Nojd" in "The Father", a play by August Strindberg (Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, California, USA)
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      • 1 Interview

    Self-verified on IMDbPro

    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Male

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    • Trivia
      Played two different characters in successive seasons of Deadwood - in season one he portrayed Jack McCall and in season two he played Francis Wolcott. He also appeared in a cameo role in the Deadwood movie as a drunk.
    • Quotes
      I have been really lucky in my career, with the diversity of it. I get to play really complex people.

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