Dean Norris
Acting
Biography
Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963 height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is an American actor, best known for portraying DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and town selectman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–present). He has also appeared in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Starship Troopers (1997), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Evan Almighty (2007). Norris was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Jack, a furniture store owner, and Rosie Norris. He has four sisters. Norris graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he says he got straight A's. He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in social studies. He also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Born: April 8, 1963
Place of Birth: South Bend, Indiana, USA
Known For
Making of Better Call Saul: Finale
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Better Call Saul Season Six. Includes interviews with cast and crew, insights into key storylines, and an overview of the production process for the final season. Produced by Bark Bark for AMC
The Lyon's Den
John "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer," who must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they appear to be. Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington, D.C. – at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague, George Riley – Turner reluctantly accepts the position of managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine in order to save the clinic.
Breaking Bad
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Better Call Saul
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.
The Mentalist
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Bones
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Filmography
as Abraham
as Self
as Cliff
as General Halt
as Phil Sarkowski
as Khruschev
as Studio Head
as Frank
as Randall Stabler
as Art
as Roy Nicholls
as Howard Bacon
as Russ
as Donald Gaines
as Detective Rains
as Bob Grace
as Glenn Sickleman
as Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser
as Jay
as Principal Richard Tyler
as Howard Fox
as John Kurlander
as Bumpy
as Le Loup
as Hank Schrader
as Ben Franklin
as Kent Mooney
as Ash Martini
as Buyer
as Self
as Sgt. Lyle Haugsven
as James "Big Jim" Rennie
as Fenton Glackland
as Bill
as Mexican Drug Cartel Leader
as Wayne
as Terry
as Frank Prescott
as Special Agent Brendan Johnson
as Deke
as Coach Gardner
as Softball Coach
as Bob Kentner
as Donnie Barrett
as Michael Nelson
as Pike
as Cahill
as John Davis
as Dawkins
as Warren Kane
as Sgt. Don Henderson
as Leon
as Hank Schrader
as Jodi's Father
as Richard Williams
as Ross Ford
as Officer Collins
as State Trooper McCleary
as Damien's Father
as Supervisor Marsh
as Sporting Goods Clerk
as Mr. Parker
as Terrence
as Don Timmons
as Vince
as Head of Security (voice)
as Detective Rickey
as Paul Scanlon
as Byron Kaneb
as Howard Gray
as Danny
as David Weiner
as Wayne Nelson (1994 & 2006)
as Vestman
as Ray Brennan
as Mark Noble
as W.D. Twitchell
as Frank Moran
as Tim Orley
as General Bowden
as Sgt. Siegel
as Liam Moore
as Detective Shea
as Agent McGee
as Matthew Gordon
as Judge Whittaker
as Charles N. Burke
as Bob Durham
as Phil Baker
as Cole
as Officer Roberts
as Steve Hodder
as Naval Captain
as Dr. Stone
as Jackson Lasarr
as Victor 'Vic' Delorio
as Bill Dellinger
as Scott
as Manny Denikolas
as Commanding Officer
as Cop on the Beat
as Kalena
as Detective
as Agent Boxer
as Tommy Larson
as Sheriff Whalen
as Frank Maddigan
as Rod Montgomery
as Detective Pike
as Frank Sarezin
as Dave Grant
as Guard with Dooley
as Levasseur
as Graham Chandler
as Rusty Arnold
as Mover
as Red Arrow
as Clark
as Shep
as Detective Marconi
as Fleming
as Hershiser
as Marshal Tapia
as Allen
as The Squat Man
as Deke Powell
as 1st Scientist
as Michael Dawson
as Det. Russell Dahl
as Henderson
as Director
as Matt Hobert
as Mike
as SWAT Team Leader
as Lieutenant Martin
as Bill
as Maddox
as SWAT Team Leader
as Tony
as Foreman
as Det. Sgt. Goodhart
as Tim Cavanaugh
as Deputy Joe
as Richard
as Rodent
as Martin
as Chief Dennison
as Hank Schrader