From The TV IV
| Terry O'Quinn
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| Birth name
| Terrance Quinn
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| Born
| July 15, 1952 in Newberry, Michigan, USA
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| Sometimes credited as
| Terrance O'Quinn
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| Notable Roles
| Lost: John Locke
Millennium: Peter Watts
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| Notable Episodes
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| Awards
| 1 SAG TV Award
1 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films TV Saturn Award
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Terry O'Quinn is an American actor. He played the role of John Locke on ABC's Lost.
Biography
Terry O'Quinn was born on July 15, 1952 in Newberry, Michigan. He attended Central Michigan University and the University of Iowa. He married his wife, Lori, in 1979. They lived for most of their marriage in Finksburg, Maryland, but after Lost began airing the couple decided to follow suit with O'Quinn's co-stars and move to Hawaii. O'Quinn and his wife have two grown sons, Hunter and Oliver.
O'Quinn began acting in the 1970s. He has appeared in such films as Young Guns, The Rocketeer, and Tombstone. His television roles include guest appearances on Earth 2, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and JAG. Befriending Chris Carter, producer of The X-Files, O'Quinn was a guest star in two episodes and had a supporting role in The X-Files feature film. Carter later cast O'Quinn in the TV series Millennium and Harsh Realm. After appearing on Alias, J.J. Abrams wanted to cast him for his new series Lost without any audition.
Roles
Starring Roles
Guest Starring Roles
| Series
| Role
| Episode
| Airdate
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| Tales of the Unexpected (1979) | Cop | 5x15 - In the Bag | August 1, 1982
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| ABC Afterschool Specials | Mr. Jacobs | 12x02 - The Hand Me Down Kid | October 19, 1983
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| Miami Vice | Richard Cain | 1x10 - Give a Little, Take a Little | December 7, 1984
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The Twilight Zone (1985)
(credited as Terrance O'Quinn)
| Dr. Curt Lockridge | 1x2C - Chameleon | October 4, 1985
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| Remington Steele | Chuck McBride | 4x08 - Coffee, Tea, or Steele | December 10, 1985
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| Moonlighting | Bryant Wilbourne | 4x03 - Take a Left at the Altar | October 13, 1987
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| A Year in the Life | Keith | 1x17 - Fathers and Other Strangers | February 17, 1988
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| Jake and the Fatman | Vincent Novak | 3x22 - You're Driving Me Crazy | April 4, 1990
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| L.A. Law | Nick Moats | 6x20 - Beauty and the Breast | May 7, 1992
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| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Admiral Eric Pressman | 7x12 - The Pegasus | January 8, 1994
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Matlock
(credited as uncredited)
| Malcolm Engle | 9x03 - The Dare | October 27, 1994
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| Tales from the Crypt | Inspector Zeller | 6x06 - The Bribe | November 23, 1994
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x06 - Water | December 11, 1994
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x07 - The Church of Morgan | December 18, 1994
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| The X-Files | Lt. Brian Tillman | 2x12 - Aubrey | January 6, 1995
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x08 - The Enemy Within | January 8, 1995
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x09 - Redemption | January 22, 1995
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x18 - Survival of the Fittest | April 23, 1995
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| Earth 2 | Reilly | 1x19 - All About Eve | May 21, 1995
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| The Client | Bert Halliwell | 1x01 - Pilot | September 17, 1995
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| JAG | Captain Thomas Boone | 1x01 - A New Life (1) | September 23, 1995
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| JAG | Captain Thomas Boone | 1x02 - A New Life (2) | September 23, 1995
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| Homicide: Life on the Street | Bailey Lafeld | 4x05 - Hate Crimes | November 17, 1995
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| JAG | Captain Thomas Boone | 1x13 - Defensive Action | March 13, 1996
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| Diagnosis Murder | Dr. Ronald Trent | 3x14 - The Murder Trade | April 5, 1996
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x01 - Pilot | October 25, 1996
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x02 - Gehenna | November 1, 1996
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x06 - 522666 | November 22, 1996
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x07 - Blood Relatives | December 6, 1996
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x10 - The Wild and the Innocent | January 10, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x12 - Loin Like a Hunting Flame | January 31, 1997
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| JAG | Captain Thomas Boone | 2x05 - Crossing the Line | January 31, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x13 - Force Majeure | February 7, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x15 - Sacrament | February 21, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x17 - Walkabout | March 28, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x18 - Lamentation | April 18, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x19 - Powers, Principalities, Thrones and Dominions | April 25, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x20 - Broken World | May 2, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 1x21 - Maranatha | May 9, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x01 - The Beginning and the End | September 19, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x02 - Beware of the Dog | September 26, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x03 - Sense and Antisense | October 3, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x04 - Monster | October 17, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x07 - 19:19 | November 7, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x08 - The Hand of Saint Sebastian | November 14, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x09 - Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense | November 21, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x10 - Midnight of the Century | December 19, 1997
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x12 - Luminary | January 23, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x13 - The Mikado | February 6, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x14 - The Pest House | February 27, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x15 - Owls | March 6, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x16 - Roosters | March 13, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x17 - Siren | March 20, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x18 - In Arcadia Ego | April 3, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x19 - Anamnesis | April 17, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x20 - A Room with No View | April 24, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x22 - The Fourth Horseman | May 8, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 2x23 - The Time Is Now | May 15, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x02 - Exegesis (2) | October 9, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x06 - Skull and Bones | November 6, 1998
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x11 - Collateral Damage | January 22, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x12 - The Sound of Snow | February 5, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x14 - Matryoshka | February 19, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x15 - Forcing the End | March 19, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x18 - Bardo Thodol | April 23, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x21 - Via Dolorosa (1) | May 14, 1999
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| Millennium | Peter Watts | 3x22 - Goodbye to All That (2) | May 21, 1999
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| JAG | Admiral Thomas Boone | 6x07 - A Separate Peace (1) | November 21, 2000
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| JAG | Admiral Thomas Boone | 6x08 - A Separate Peace (2) | November 28, 2000
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Roswell
(credited as Terence Quinn)
| Carl | 3x02 - Michael, The Guys and The Great Snapple Caper | October 16, 2001
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JAG
(credited as Terrance Quinn)
| Admiral Thomas Boone | 7x09 - Dog Robber (1) | November 20, 2001
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JAG
(credited as Terrance Quinn)
| Admiral Thomas Boone | 7x10 - Dog Robber (2) | November 27, 2001
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| The X-Files | Shadow Man | 9x06 - Trust No 1 | January 6, 2002
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JAG
(credited as Terrance Quinn)
| Admiral Thomas Boone | 7x13 - Code of Conduct | January 15, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 1x17 - Q & A | March 17, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x02 - Trust Me | October 6, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x03 - Cipher | October 13, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x04 - Dead Drop | October 20, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x07 - The Counteragent | November 17, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x08 - Passage (1) | December 1, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x09 - Passage (2) | December 8, 2002
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| JAG | Admiral Thomas Boone | 8x11 - All Ye Faithful | December 17, 2002
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x11 - A Higher Echelon | January 5, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x12 - The Getaway | January 12, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x13 - Phase One | January 26, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x14 - Double Agent | February 2, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x15 - A Free Agent | February 9, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x16 - Firebomb | February 23, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x17 - A Dark Turn | March 2, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x18 - Truth Takes Time | March 16, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x21 - Second Double | May 4, 2003
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 2x22 - The Telling | May 4, 2003
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 5x06 - Disaster Relief | November 5, 2003
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 5x10 - The Stormy Present | January 7, 2004
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| Alias | F.B.I. Asst. Director Kendall | 3x11 - Full Disclosure | January 11, 2004
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 5x13 - The Warfare of Genghis Khan | February 11, 2004
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 5x14 - An Khe | February 18, 2004
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| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Gordon Buchanan | 3x14 - Mis-Labeled | February 22, 2004
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| NCIS | Col. Will Ryan | 1x15 - Enigma | February 24, 2004
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 5x21 - Gaza | May 12, 2004
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 6x01 - NSF Thurmont | October 20, 2004
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| The West Wing | General Nicholas Alexander | 6x02 - The Birnam Wood | October 27, 2004
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| Masters of Science Fiction | Major Skynner | 1x02 - The Awakening | August 11, 2007
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Specials and Made-for-TV Movies
| Title
| Role
| Airdate
| Series/Banner
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| F.D.R.: The Last Year | James Roosevelt | April 15, 1980 |
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| Right to Kill? | Jim Barrett | 1985 |
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| An Early Frost | Dr. Redding | November 11, 1985 |
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| Women of Valor | Maj. Tom Patterson | 1986 |
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| Between Two Women | Dr. Wallace | March 10, 1986 |
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| At Mother's Request | Joel Campbell | January 4, 1987 |
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| When the Time Comes | Wes Travis | May 25, 1987 |
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| Stranger on My Land | Connie Priest | January 17, 1988 |
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| Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | Aaron Sykes | April 30, 1989 |
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| Roe vs. Wade | Jay Floyd | May 15, 1989 |
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| Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Curt Mitchell | March 11, 1990 |
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| Kaleidoscope | Henry | October 15, 1990 |
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| The Last to Go | Daniel | January 21, 1991 |
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| Son of the Morning Star | Gen. Alfred Terry | February 3, 1991 |
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| Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance | Sergeant Nicholas | March 24, 1991 |
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| Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View | Sergeant Don Bell | April 28, 1992 |
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| Trial: The Price of Passion | Bob Altschuler | May 3, 1992 |
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| Sexual Advances | Cliff Ripley | May 10, 1992 |
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| Wild Card | Barlow | October 28, 1992 |
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| The Good Fight | Henry Cragin | December 15, 1992 |
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| Born Too Soon | Dr. Friedman | April 25, 1993 |
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| Visions of Murder | Admiral Truman Hager | May 7, 1993 |
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| MacShayne: Winner Takes All | Danny Leggett | February 11, 1994 |
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| Heart of a Child | Gordon Holc | May 9, 1994 |
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| Don't Talk to Strangers | Bonner | August 11, 1994 |
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| Justice in a Small Town | Harris Wiley | September 23, 1994 |
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| A Friend to Die For | Ed Saxe | September 26, 1994 |
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| Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Frank Darnell | March 20, 1995 |
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| On the Edge of Innocence | Mr. David Walker | April 20, 1997 |
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| My Stepson, My Lover | Richard Cory | June 25, 1997 |
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| Murder in a Small Town | Sidney Lassiter | January 10, 1999 |
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| Rated X | J.R. Mitchell | May 13, 2000 |
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| Semper Fi | Cliff's father | April 1, 2001 |
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| WW3 | Eric Farrell | July 13, 2001 |
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| The Locket | Casey Keddington | December 8, 2002 |
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| Phenomenon II | | November 1, 2003 |
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Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
Awards and Accolades
(1 Nomination)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2005-06)
- Lost
(1 Nomination)
- Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2004-05)
- Lost
(1 Nomination/1 Win)
- Won: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series (2005)
- Lost
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films TV Saturn Awards, USA
(2 Nominations/1 Win)
- Won: Best Supporting Actor on Television (2004)
- Lost
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor on Television (2005)
- Lost
Other Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Saturn Awards, USA
- Nominated: Best Actor (1987) - The Stepfather
- Independent Spirit Awards, USA
- Nominated: Best Male Lead (1987) - The Stepfather
Trivia
- O'Who?: Terry O'Quinn's real name is Terry Quinn. He changed his last name to "O'Quinn" in order to distinguish himself from another actor named Terry Quinn.
