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Why didn’t Doug Hutchinson (Percy) go on to a bigger career?

posted 5 years ago by NRC123 (2135)
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He was excellent in this role, creating a truly memorable character. It should have led to more high profile, quality work.

[–] Indiscipline (751) 5 years ago

He was great in his X-Files episodes, too. Last I saw of him he was in the news for marrying a teenager when he was over 50.

[–] orangeflava (1877) 5 years ago

yeah that was weird. she recently posted about her time saying she was too young. ya think??

[–] Betamax66 (588) 5 years ago

He was in X-Files twice! Tooms and Squeeze.

[–] Indiscipline (751) 5 years ago

The dude did super-creepy well!

[–] GordonGartrelle (1267) 5 years ago

Yes as the same character, Tooms.
Memorable.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

He married a 16 y/o girl when he was in his fifties.

Needless to say, it caused a bit of a scandal.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Have you SEEN him these days? He's 100x creepier than Percy ever was!

[–] strntz (12467) 5 years ago

I think that's why he was so good in Green Mile - he's freaking creepy. Makes the degree of difficulty low when you're playing a creepy character when you have a built in foundation.

[–] ColumboKate (5678) 10 months ago

Yeah I was thinking this too. It takes a talented actor to make you hate a character the way this film makes you hate Percy.

[–] Melton (4713) 8 months ago

He seems to pop up in various big TV shows, looks like he’s had a long and steady career as a character actor.