Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy, astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff, Emmett in Silverado, Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October, Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, Roger in Training ...
The Silence of the Lambs, The Right Stuff, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Hunt for Red October, Sucker Punch, The Bourne Legacy, Urban Cowboy, Training Day, Silverado, Backdraft, Vertical Limit, Freedom Writers, Apocalypse Now, Absolute Power, The Shipping News, The Keep, Nights in Rodanthe, Buffalo Sold...
TV Shows
Daredevil, The Edge of Night
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Often plays raspy-voiced men of few words
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Tough characters with a militaristic background
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There are many different reasons why people take parts. For me, there are basically two: one is economic -- you have to keep working, pay the rent; that's a given. The other one, for me, usually has nothing to do with the overall film - whether the script is good, whom I'm working with, whether it's going to get good reviews -- it's just the part, the character. Is this somebody whose shoes I want to live in for four months? If I don't instinctively answer 'yes' to that question, I shouldn't be doing the movie.
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Essentially what actors do is put colors on a palette for directors to paint with.
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He had initially wanted to be an author but found that he had trouble writing dialogue. To learn more about it, he began taking acting classes and then started acting.
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Scott converted to Judaism in the 1960s, when marrying his wife, Carol.
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In response to an AFI survey, Glenn named "Ashes and Diamonds" as his favorite film of all-time.
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Appeared in two movies with Denzel Washington, Courage Under Fire and Training Day. Both played the role of John Creasy, though Denzel was close to 50 while he played the part and Scott Glenn was in his mid 40s when he starred as John Creasy in Man on Fire in the 80s.
Once an opponent of the death penalty, he converted to supporting it after briefly listening to an audio tape of the torture and murder of two teenage girls while preparing for his role in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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Was considered for the role of Sam Bowden in Cape Fear (1991).
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Typically does his own thorough research for his roles, not trusting advisers or coaches.
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As a former member of the United States Marine Corps, he is the only actor playing a member of the Bush administration in W. (2008) who has actual military experience (in addition to the director Oliver Stone).
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In preparation for the filming of Backdraft (1991), he rode along with the firemen in the Chicago area and was injured when exposed to active fire.
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Father, with Carol, of two girls named Dakota Glenn (Dakota Ann Glenn), a writer, and Rio Glenn (Rio Elizabeth Glenn), an actress.
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Brother of Bonnie Glenn and Terry Glenn.
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Son of Elizabeth and Theodore Glenn.
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Received a BA in English at William & Mary College.
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Did 2,000 push-ups (at one time) on the set of Urban Cowboy (1980).
His The Silence of the Lambs (1991) character, Jack Crawford, was written out of the adaptation of the sequel, Hannibal (2001). Nevertheless, he was able to work with Clarice Starling later that year by appearing in The Shipping News (2001) with Julianne Moore.
Despite being left-handed, he was so dedicated to playing right-handed astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), that he used his right hand for writing and other important actions on-screen.
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Served in the United States Marine Corps in the early 1960s.
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