Portrait of Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Acting

Biography

Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice. Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor"). Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990). Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock. Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born: July 28, 1954

Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Filmography

2009
A Call to Arms

as Major Zelnis USMC

2002
Trance

as Taylor Black

1999
Family Law

as Colin Andrews

1998
The Prophecy II

as Thomas Daggett

1997
Melanie Darrow

as Alex Kramer

1995
Black Scorpion

as Michael Russo

1995
The Demolitionist

as Jack Crowley

1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Paul Madison

1991
Dark Justice

as Judge Nicholas Marshall

1991
Dillinger

as Harry Pierpont

1990
Kaleidoscope

as Sam (Father)

1990
Bride of Re-Animator

as Dr. Dan Cain

1990
Johnny Ryan

as Tom Kelly

1989
Trapped

as John Doe

1988
Out of Time

as Channing Taylor

1988
Casual Sex?

as Keith

1988
Bad Dreams

as Dr. Alex Karmen

1988
Baja Oklahoma

as Dove Christian

1987
Beauty and the Beast

as Devin Wells

1987
Summer Heat

as Jack Ruffin

1987
Interzone

as Swan

1985
Re-Animator

as Dan Cain

1985
MacGyver

as Russian Agent Nikolaj Kossov

1985
Command 5

as Deke Williams

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Wayne Metzger / Stearns

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Drew Granger

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Monte Hayes

1984
Velvet

as Breed

1984
Why Me?

as Markus

1982
The Blue and the Gray

as Jake Hale Jr.

1982