Henry Ian Cusick

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About Henry Ian Cusick
Henry Ian Cusick Chávez (born 17 April 1967) is a Scottish-Peruvian stage, television, and film actor.
He is well known for his role as Desmond Hume on the U.S. television series Lost, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He starred in the ABC drama Scandal, as Stephen Finch, but did not return for the second season.


Contents


1 Early life and education
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography

4.1 Television
4.2 Theatre


5 References
6 External links


Early life and education[edit]
Henry Ian Cusick was born in Trujillo, Peru, to a Peruvian mother (Esperanza Chávez) and a Scottish father (Harry Joseph Cusick). When he was two, his family moved to Madrid, Spain, then Glasgow, Scotland, before moving to Trinidad and Tobago where they lived for ten years. There Cusick attended Presentation College, San Fernando. He moved to Scotland with his family at the age of fourteen. Cusick attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and was asked to resign in his second year there. He got his first acting role at the Citizens' Theatre as an understudy in the Christmas Panto playing a polar bear. He appeared in various productions for the Strathclyde Theatre Group in Glasgow. He is fluent in both English and Spanish, and was raised Roman Catholic.
Career[edit]
Cusick began his career as a classical theatre actor. His first leading roles on stage included: Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray with Rupert Everett, Hamlet in The Marovitz Hamlet with Helen Baxendale, and Horner in The Country Wife. His performances as Torquato Tasso in the Edinburgh International Festival production of Torquato Tasso, and Creon in the Citizens' Theatre production of Oedipus earned him a special commendation for the 1995 Ian Charleson Award for outstanding performance by a young actor in a classical theatre role.
Cusick began taking television and film roles. After appearing in recurring roles in series such as Casualty and The Book Group, he starred as Jesus Christ in the 2003 film The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John. His largest role to date came in 2005 when he was cast as Desmond Hume in the ABC series Lost. Originally a recurring guest star in the second season (for which he received an Emmy nomination), Cusick became a member of the main cast from seasons three to six. Cusick won the role when, while staying at the home of his friend Brian Cox, he met Cox's next-door neighbor, Carlton Cuse, the executive producer of Lost. Cusick believes: "a seed (was) planted, because they had been looking for either a Scottish or Irish character."
He also appeared as Theo Stoller in two episodes of season 5 of 24 and the 2007 film Hitman. He stars in the direct-to-DVD film Dead Like Me: Life After Death, a continuation of the cult classic television show of the same name.[citation needed]
Cusick appears in two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the twelfth season, playing Erik Weber, a vigilante with a Citizens Organized Against Predators group. He was in ABC's Scandal in 2011, but left the following year.[citation needed]
He also plays Trent Marsh in Body of Proof and will be appearing in the upcoming show The 100 airing in October 2013.[citation needed]
Cusick is also the director on a film called Dress, currently being filmed from his home town, Kailua, Hawaii.
Personal life[edit]
Cusick and his wife Annie are parents to three sons, Eli (born 1994), Lucas (born 1998), and Esaú (born 2000). The couple were married in a civil ceremony following fourteen years of cohabitation on 15 July 2006. They now live in Kailua, Hawaii together.
Filmography[edit]


Year
Title
Role
Notes


2002
Possession
Toby Byng
Uncredited


2003
Gospel of John, TheThe Gospel of John
Jesus



2003
Carla
Matt
Television film


2004
Perfect Romance
Peter Campbell
Television film


2006
Half Light
Brian



2006
9/Tenths
William



2006
After the Rain
Adrian
Short film


2007
Hitman
Udre Belicoff



2009
Dead Like Me: Life After Death
Cameron Kane
Direct-to-video release


Television[edit]


Year
Title
Role
Notes


1993
Taggart
Ian Gowrie
Episode "Fatal Inheritance"


1997
Richard II
Henry Green
TV adaptation of William Shakespeare's play


2001
Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem
Sgt. Michael Clark



2001–02
Casualty
Jason
Recurring role


2002
Dinosaur Hunters, TheThe Dinosaur Hunters
Gideon Mantell



2002–03
Two Thousand Acres of Sky
Dr. Ewan Talbot
Appeared in three episodes


2003
Happiness
Phillip
Episode "A Nice Person"


2003
Adventure Inc.
Gavin Merrill
Episode "Echoes of the Past"


2003
Book Group, TheThe Book Group
Miles Longmuir
Appeared in every episode of the second series


2004
Midsomer Murders
Gareth Heldman
Episode "The Fisher King"


2005
Waking the Dead
Jeremy Allen
Episode "Towers of Silence: Part 1"


2005–2010
Lost
Desmond Hume
First appeared as a guest star in season 2, became a main cast member from season 3 onwards.
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series; 44 episodes


2006
24
Theo Stoller
Episodes "Day 5: 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m." and "Day 5: 8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m."


2009
Nova
Charles Darwin
Episode: "Darwin's Darkest Hour"


2010
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Erik Weber
Episodes: "Locum" and "Bullseye"


2012
Scandal
Stephen Finch
Series regular


2012
Fringe
Agent Simon Foster
Episode: Season 4, Episode 19


2012
The Mentalist
Tommy Volker
Episodes: "If It Bleeds, It Leads","Days of Wine and Roses","Little Red Corvette"


2013
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dr. Jimmy
Episode: "Last Woman Standing"


2013
Body Of Proof
Dr. Trent Marsh
Season 3, Episode 5 "Eye for an Eye" and Episode 13 "Daddy Issues"


Theatre[edit]

Stolzius in The Soldiers - Royal Lyceum Theatre (preview, Edinburgh International Festival), Glasgow Citizens Theatre
Cassio in Othello - Royal Shakespeare Company
Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream - RSC
Pompey in Antony and Cleopatra - RSC
Henry Green in Richard II - Royal National Theatre
Arthur in Machine Wreckers - RNT
Dollabella in Antony and Cleopatra - RNT (with Alan Rickman)
Nick in The LA Plays - Almeida Theatre, London
Le Vicomte De Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Liverpool Playhouse
McCann in The Birthday Party - Citizens Theatre
Jeffrey in The Dying Gaul - Citizens
Louis Ironson in Angels in America for 7:84 Theatre Company
Title role in Molière's Don Juan for Theatre Babel

References[edit]


^ a b Patrick Espejo (2007-04-08). "Peruano encontrado en "Lost"" (in Spanish). El Comercio. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
^ "ABC picks up 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Good Christian Belles' and ten more - From Inside the Box - Zap2it". Blog.zap2it.com. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2012-05-21. 
^ a b c d Damian Thompson. "Henry Ian Cusick on Gospel of John". Jewish Theatre. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
^ [dead link]
^ a b c William Keck (2006-08-24). "Cusick carries lone Emmy torch for 'Lost' cast". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-04-14. 
^ http://www.cusickgallery.net/2013/04/dress-a-new-film-coming-soon-from-director-henry-ian-cusick/
^ "Darwin's Darkest Hour". Nova. 6 October 2009. PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwins-darkest-hour.html.
^ "Keck's Exclusives: Law & Order: SVU Signs Lost Alum". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2010-07-06. 
^ "Fringe Exclusive: Lost's Henry Ian Cusick Cast as [Spoiler] – But in Which Universe?". tvline.com. Retrieved 2012-02-13. 


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