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Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theatre director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Tony Award-winning Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry in the basement of a church in Highland Park, Illinois....
 with Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise

Gary Alan Sinise is an United States actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award....
 and Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry (actor)

Jeff Perry is an United States character actor.Perry grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, where his father was a teacher at Highland Park High School ....
. Kinney is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the idealistic unit manager Tim McManus
Tim McManus

Tim McManus is a fictional character on Home Box Office's prison drama Oz , played by Terry Kinney....
 on HBO's prison drama Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
. Kinney had a role in the 1988 film Miles from Home
Miles from Home

Miles From Home is a 1988 film starring Richard Gere. It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers....
, which featured many cast members of Steppenwolf and was directed by Sinise. He will be directing Richard Greenberg
Richard Greenberg

Richard Greenberg is a Tony Award winning American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including seven South Coast Repertory world premieres: The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain , Night and Her Stars and The Extra Man....
's new play Well Appointed Room.

Kinney was born in Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln is a small city in Logan County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is the only town in the United States named for Abraham Lincoln before he became President of the United States; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859....
, the son of Elizabeth L.






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Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theatre director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Tony Award-winning Chicago theatre company founded in 1974 by Gary Sinise, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry in the basement of a church in Highland Park, Illinois....
 with Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise

Gary Alan Sinise is an United States actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award....
 and Jeff Perry
Jeff Perry (actor)

Jeff Perry is an United States character actor.Perry grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, where his father was a teacher at Highland Park High School ....
. Kinney is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the idealistic unit manager Tim McManus
Tim McManus

Tim McManus is a fictional character on Home Box Office's prison drama Oz , played by Terry Kinney....
 on HBO's prison drama Oz
Oz (TV series)

Oz was an United States television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by Home Box Office....
. Kinney had a role in the 1988 film Miles from Home
Miles from Home

Miles From Home is a 1988 film starring Richard Gere. It is about two brothers who, after being forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west, become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers....
, which featured many cast members of Steppenwolf and was directed by Sinise. He will be directing Richard Greenberg
Richard Greenberg

Richard Greenberg is a Tony Award winning American playwright. He is the author of over 25 plays including seven South Coast Repertory world premieres: The Injured Party, The Violet Hour, Everett Beekin, Hurrah at Last, Three Days of Rain , Night and Her Stars and The Extra Man....
's new play Well Appointed Room.

Kinney was born in Lincoln, Illinois
Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln is a small city in Logan County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is the only town in the United States named for Abraham Lincoln before he became President of the United States; he practiced law there from 1847 to 1859....
, the son of Elizabeth L. (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Eimer), a telephone operator, and Kenneth C. Kinney, a tractor
Tractor

File:John Deere 3350 tractor cut.JPGA tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction....
 company supervisor. Kinney was married to his Oz costar Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Erbe

Kathryn Erbe is an United States Actor, known for her role as Alexandra Eames on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a spin-off of Law & Order....
 until 2005, with whom he has a daughter, Maeve (b. 1995), and a son, Carson (b. 2003). He was also previously married to Elizabeth Perkins
Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins is an Emmy- and Golden Globe award-nominated United States film, television and theater actress....
.

Theater Directing Credits

Year Title Role Location/Notes
1990 Reckless Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
/Starred Joan Allen
Joan Allen

Joan Allen is an American actress.Allen worked in theatre, television and film during her early career, and achieved recognition for her Broadway theatre debut in Burn This, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play in 1989....
1992 My Thing Of Love Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
/Starred Laurie Metcalf
Laurie Metcalf

Lauren Ophelia "Laurie" Metcalf is an United States three-time Emmy Award-winning actress. She is widely known for her performance as "Jackie Harris" on Roseanne ....
1994 A Clockwork Orange Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
1997 A Streetcar Named Desire Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
/Starred Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise

Gary Alan Sinise is an United States actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award....
1998 Eyes For Consuela Director Manhattan Theatre Club
Manhattan Theatre Club

The Manhattan Theatre Club is a theater club in Manhattan, New York. MTC had its first performance at New York City Center in 1984....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
/Starred David Strathairn
David Strathairn

David Russell Strathairn is an Academy Awards-nominated United States film, television, and stage actor....
2000 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
/Starred Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise

Gary Alan Sinise is an United States actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award....
2001 Save the Last Dance Actor Roy Johnson
Roy Johnson

Roy Cleveland Johnson was a left fielder/right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers , Boston Red Sox , New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves ....
2003 The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour

The Violet Hour is a play by Richard Greenberg. It was commissioned by and originally produced by South Coast Repertory with Hamish Linklater as Seavering and Mario Cantone as Gidger....
Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
2004 Beautiful Child Director Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre

The Vineyard Theatre is an off-Broadway non-profit theatre located in New York City. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical Avenue Q, Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie award-winning musical title of show....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
/Starred Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise

Gary Alan Sinise is an United States actor and film director. During his career, Sinise has won an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for Palme d'Or and an Academy Award....
2005 After Ashley
After Ashley

After Ashley is a 2004 play written by Gina Gionfriddo.The play was the hit of the 2004 Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky where it received its world premiere in March 2004....
Director Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre

The Vineyard Theatre is an off-Broadway non-profit theatre located in New York City. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical Avenue Q, Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie award-winning musical title of show....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
/Starred Kieran Culkin
Kieran Culkin

Kieran Kyle Culkin is an United States Golden Globe-nominated actor.Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Kit Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway theatre....
 and Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin

Anna Helene Paquin is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-nominated, New Zealander actress. Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994....
2006 The Well-Appointed Room Director Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago
Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
/Starred Josh Charles
Josh Charles

Joshua Aaron Charles is an United States stage, film and television actor....
 and Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts is an American playwright and actor. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play, August: Osage County....
2006 The Agony and the Agony Director Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre

The Vineyard Theatre is an off-Broadway non-profit theatre located in New York City. It is best known for its productions of the Tony award-winning musical Avenue Q, Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play How I Learned to Drive and Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell's Obie award-winning musical title of show....
, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
2008 Reasons to be Pretty Director MCC, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....


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