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Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People'' (1980). He currently stars as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT series ''Leverage''.

Early life

Timothy Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His father was actor Jim Hutton; his mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher. His parents' marriage dissolved when Hutton was three years old, and his mother took him and his older sister with her to Boston. The family returned to California when Hutton was 12.

"A lot of people think that because my father was an actor, I come from this big show-business background," Hutton told Bruce Cook of ''American Film'' magazine in 1981. "But that's not how I grew up at all. My mother took us to Cambridge because she wanted to get her M.A. She wound up teaching in Connecticut, but the way she saw it, after a while, if we all stayed there, my sister and I would just wind up as the proprietors of the local drugstore or something, so that was why she took us to Berkeley – to get us into the world, I guess. Now she's given up teaching and she's into printing miniature books."

When he was 16, Hutton sought out his father, living with him in Los Angeles while attending Fairfax High School. There, while playing Nathan Detroit in a school production of ''Guys and Dolls'', Hutton realized he wanted to become an actor. With encouragement from both of his parents, Hutton carefully built himself a career in television.

Career

Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies, most notably the 1979 ABC TV film ''Friendly Fire''. That year, he also played the son of Donna Reed in the Ross Hunter NBC television film, ''The Best Place to Be''. He then made two CBS made-for TV films in 1980: ''Young Love, First Love'' with Valerie Bertinelli and ''Father Figure'' with Hal Linden. For his first feature film performance, as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People'' (1980), Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. His performance also earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male. Immediately following his great success, he starred in the acclaimed 1981 ABC television film ''A Long Way Home'' co-starring Brenda Vaccaro.

However, Hutton soon fell victim to the "Oscar Jinx." His next feature film, ''Taps'' (with George C. Scott, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise), while popular with audiences, received mixed reviews from critics. During the next several years, his motion pictures, such as ''Iceman'', ''Daniel'', ''Turk 182'', ''Made In Heaven'', and ''Q & A'', all flopped at the box office. His only substantial hit was 1985's ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' which teamed him again with Sean Penn.

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Hutton began to take featured parts in films, most notably in ''Everybody's All-American'' with Jessica Lange and Dennis Quaid and ''French Kiss'' with Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline. In 1989, he made his Broadway stage debut opposite his ''Ordinary People'' co-star Elizabeth McGovern in the A.R. Gurney play ''Love Letters''. He followed this with another Broadway role in the Craig Lucas hit comedy, ''Prelude to a Kiss'', which also starred Mary-Louise Parker and Barnard Hughes.

Moving on to television, he starred as Nero Wolfe's assistant and leg-man Archie Goodwin in the A&E; television series ''A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film ''Digging to China'' (1998). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries ''WW3'', and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series ''Kidnapped'', playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 15 feature films from 2006 to 2008.

Hutton is currently starring in the television series ''Leverage'', where he plays former insurance investigator Nate Ford who leads a group of thieves who act as modern-day Robin Hoods.

Other pursuits

Hutton is one of the owners of the New York City restaurant and bar P. J. Clarke's. In 2003 he became president of the prestigious Players, a New York actors' club, but he resigned in June 2008 due to work keeping him in Los Angeles. He has also made a few forays into directing, the most famous of which includes the music video for The Cars hit single "Drive" in 1984. In 2010, he directed the music video for "The House Rules" by country rocker/Leverage co-star Christian Kane.

Hutton starred in a Groupon commercial during the 2011 Super Bowl which drew public ire from the parodization of the Tibetan resistance movement. The commercials were pulled from rotation on February 10 after continued negative response from the public and activist groups.

Personal life

Hutton has married twice. His first marriage (1986–1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they have a son, Noah. In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Their son Milo was born in Paris on September 11, 2001. In July 2009, ''US Weekly'' reported that Hutton and his second wife had separated.

Hutton became a Freemason at Herder Lodge No. 698 in New York City in 2005. Hutton dated Angelina Jolie for a few years before she married Billy Bob Thornton.

Filmography

Actor

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1965	''Never Too Late''	Boy running to his daddy	uncredited
1972			"Dad, Can I Borrow the Car"
1978	''Zuma Beach''	Art	(TV)
1979		John Mullen	(TV)
1979	''The Best Place to Be''	Tommy Callahan	(TV)
1979	''And Baby Makes Six''	Jason Cramer	(TV)
1979	''Young Love, First Love''	Derek Clayton	(TV)
1980		Cadet	(TV)
1980		Paul Winters	"The Sultan and the Rock Star"
1980	''Ordinary People''	Conrad Jarrett		Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor>Academy Award	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture>Golden Globe	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor>LA Film Critics Association	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor>Kansas City Film Critics Circle
1980	''Father Figure''	Jim	(TV)
1981	''Teenage Suicide: Don't Try It!''		narrator
1981	''A Long Way Home''	Donald Branch	(TV)
1981		Cadet Major Brian Moreland	Golden Globe Nominee for Best Actor in a Drama
1983		Daniel Isaacson
1984		Dr. Stanley Shephard
1985	''The Falcon and the Snowman''
1985	''Turk 182''	Jimmy Lynch
1987		Mike Shea/Elmo Barnett
1988		Jack
1988		Juggler at the fair	uncredited
1988		Donnie "Cake"
1989		Dimitri Sanin
1990		Asst. District Attorney Aloysius Francis Reilly
1991	''Strangers''	Tom
1993		Peter Derns
1993		Thad Beaumont/George Stark
1993		F. Scott Fitzgerald	(TV)
1995		Charlie
1995	''The Last Word''	Martin Ryan
1996		Willie Conway
1996	''Mr. and Mrs. Loving''	Richard Loving	(TV)
1996	''The Substance of Fire''	Martin Geldhart
1997		Lee Egan
1997		Raymond Blossom
1997	''Dead by Midnight''	John Larkin/Sam Ellis	(TV)
1997	''Aldrich Ames: The Traitor Within''	Aldrich Ames	(TV)
1998	''Vig''	Frankie
1999	''The General's Daughter''	Col. William Kent
1999		Marshall Thompson
2000	''The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery''		(TV)
2000	''Deliberate Intent''	Rod Smolla	(TV)
2000	''Just One Night''	Isaac Alder
2001	''WW3''	Larry	(TV)
2001–2002	''A Nero Wolfe Mystery''		(TV series)
2002		Jack Meadows
2004	''Secret Window''	Ted Milner
2004	''5ive Days to Midnight''	J.T. Neumeyer	(TV miniseries)
2004		Paul Gebhard
2005	''Turning Green''	Bill the Breaker
2006		Matthew Kragen
2006	''Stephanie Daley''	Paul
2006	''Avenger''	Frank McBride	(TV)
2006	''The Kovak Box''	David Norton
2006	''Heavens Fall''	Samuel Leibowitz
2006	''Falling Objects''	Oscar Peters
2006	''Off the Black''	Mr. Tibbel
2006		Thomas Wilson
2006–2007		Conrad Cain	(TV series)
2007	''The Last Mimzy''	David Wilder
2007	''When a Man Falls in the Forest''	Gary
2008	''The Alphabet Killer''	Richard Ledge
2008	''Reflections''	Tom
2008	''Lymelife''	Charlie Bragg
2008–present		Nathan Ford	(TV series)
2009		George McAlpine
2009	''The Killing Room''	Crawford Haines
2009		Subject No.30
2009	''Multiple Sarcasms''	Gabriel
2009		Ian
2010		Sidney Kroll

Director

! Year	! Title	Notes
1986		"Grandpa's Ghost"
1998	''Digging to China''	Children's Jury Award, Chicago International Children's Film Festival
2001–2002	''A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (TV series)	"The Doorbell Rang" "Champagne for One" "Over My Dead Body" "Death of a Doxy"

References

External links

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birth name	Beth Jean Riesgraf
birth date	August 24, 1978
birth place	Belle Plaine, Minnesota, United States
occupation	Actress, Photographer
years active	1999 — present
domesticpartner	Jason Lee (2001–2007)
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Beth Jean Riesgraf (born August 24, 1978) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Parker in the TNT TV series ''Leverage''.

Originally from Belle Plaine, Minnesota - Riesgraf is the youngest of six girls. She attended Cimarron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas where she was student body president, voted "Most Admired Senior", senior prom queen, a member of the Photography club and graduated with Honors. She was formerly engaged to the actor Jason Lee, with whom she has a son, Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf-Lee. She appeared with Lee as the character Natalie Duckworth on the show ''My Name is Earl'' in 2005 and 2007, and in ''Alvin and The Chipmunks'' as a mother in the supermarket in 2007. In 2008, Riesgraf played the unnamed bride (though presumed to be Cathrine) in the official music video for "Cath", by Death Cab for Cutie. Also in 2008, she became the co-star of the TV show ''Leverage''.

Work

Films

''Scorcher (film) ''I Love Your Work'' ''Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) ''Struck'' ''Nobody''

Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
2000	''The Summer of My Deflowering''	Megan David
2002	Scorcher'' ||	Krissy
2003	|	Swoosh Photographer
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks'' ||	Mother in Store
2008	|	Amber
2009	|	Edie	''(post-production)''

TV

''Spin City'' ''How I Met Your Mother'' ''The Stereo Sound Agency'' ''Insatiable'' ''My Name Is Earl'' ''Big Shots (TV series)'' ''Without a Trace'' ''Leverage (TV series) ''NCIS (TV series)

Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
1999	Undressed (TV series)>Undressed''	Loretta
2001	|	Waitress	''(1 episode)''
2005	|	Works With Carlos Girl	''(1 episode)''
2005	|	Various
2007	|	''unknown episodes''
2007	|	Natalie Duckworth	''(2 episodes)''
2007	|		''(1 episode)''
2007	|	Kelly Schmidt	''(1 episode)''
2008–present	Leverage'' ||	Parker	Main cast
2011	NCIS'' ||	Maxine	''(1 episode)''

References

External links

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name	Christian Kane
birth date	June 27, 1974
birth place	Dallas, Texas
occupation	Actor, singer/songwriter
years active	1997-present
website	www.christiankane.com
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Christian Kane (born June 27, 1974) is an American actor and singer/songwriter of Native American descent. He currently stars as Eliot Spencer on the TNT series ''Leverage''. He is best known for his roles in the television shows ''Angel'' and ''Into the West'', and the movies ''Just Married'' and ''Secondhand Lions''.

He is the lead singer of the country-southern rock band Kane; their album, ''The House Rules'', was released on December 7, 2010. The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules", debuted at number 54 on the ''Billboard'' Country Songs chart.

Early life

Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. He is of Native American descent and is a cousin of country singer Branden Hart. His parents participated in, and met at, the rodeo. The family moved around the South and Midwest, because his father was in the oil business, and finally settled in Norman, Oklahoma when Kane was in 8th grade. While growing up in Texas and Oklahoma Kane was a wrestler and played American Football (as a strong safety) . He studied Art History at the University of Oklahoma, but decided he wanted to be an actor and headed to Los Angeles before finishing the degree. In LA he worked at a talent management company where he delivered scripts in exchange for being sent on auditions.

Career

Acting

Kane landed his first acting role in 1997, as one of the leads in MGM's television series ''Fame L.A.'', in the series he played a country singer who moved to Los Angeles from Kansas. His television roles have included a recurring role in Joss Whedon’s ''Angel'' as the lawyer Lindsey MacDonald, the Jerry Bruckheimer produced series ''Close to Home'' on CBS, the TNT television film ''Crossfire Trail'' in which he appeared alongside Tom Selleck, and he played the role of Abe Wheeler in the Steven Spielberg produced miniseries ''Into the West''.

Kane’s appearances on the big screen include the 20th Century Fox film ''Just Married'' and New Line Cinema's ''Secondhand Lions'', as the younger version of Robert Duvall's Hub McCann, he has a scar on his upper lip from an injury he received while filming the movie. He also appeared in ''Taxi'', ''Life or Something Like It'', the Peter Berg directed ''Friday Night Lights'', and the Warner Bros. baseball film ''Summer Catch''. In 2007 Kane was featured in the Carrie Underwood music video "So Small", playing the role of one of the three converging stories. In 2009 he appeared in the psychological thriller ''Hide'', in which he played the lead role of Billy, and ''The Donner Party'' which is based on the true story of the Donner Party. In 2010 he starred in the romantic drama ''Not Since You''.

Since late 2008 he appears on the TNT television series ''Leverage'', which will return for its fifth season next summer. Kane does his own stunts and fights as Eliot Spencer, a retrieval specialist who teams up with four other specialists to undo the injustices perpetrated upon the helpless.

Music

In 1997 Christian Kane met Steve Carlson, who had taken over his old job. They started writing songs together and in 1998 they formed the Southern rock band Kane. They have toured the U.S. as well as England and Germany. The band has self-released two albums. Their debut, the self-titled ''Kane'', in 2000 and in 2004 they released a recording of a live acoustic set called ''Live in London''.

The band consists of Christian Kane (lead vocals, guitar), Steve Carlson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Jason Southard (lead guitar), Will Amend (bass guitar), and Ryan Baker (drums) and is signed to independent record label Bigger Picture Group (Zac Brown Band, Big Kenny, The Harters). Their label debut is called ''The House Rules'' and was released on December 7, 2010. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers album chart and number 25 on the Country Albums chart. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin and Jimmie Lee Sloas.

The first single from the album, also titled "The House Rules" debuted at number 54 on the ''Billboard'' Country Songs chart and was the 7th most added song on Mediabase Country stations on its official impact date. The video for the single was directed by Timothy Hutton and premiered on CMT's ''Big New Music Weekend'' on October 1, 2010.

Christian Kane is also signed to a songwriting deal with EMI Music Publishing, and writes much of his own material. Trace Adkins released a song written by Kane called "Happy Man" on his 2010 album ''Cowboy's Back in Town''. Kane's co-writing efforts include songs written with Blair Daly, Brett James, David Lee Murphy, Casey Beathard, and Jerrod Niemann. "Thinking of You", a song he co-wrote with Blair Daly, featured in episode 3X06, "The Studio Job", of ''Leverage''.

Filmography

Actor

Title	Role
''Fame L.A.'' (1997) TV series	Ryan "Flyboy" Legget
''Rescue 77'' (1999) TV series	Wick Lobo
''EDtv'' (1999)	P.A.
''Angel (TV series)	Angel'' (1999–2001, 2003–2004) TV series	Lindsey McDonald
''The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy'' (2000)	Idaho Guy
''Love Song (2000 film)	Love Song'' (2000)	Billy Ryan Gallo
''Dawson's Creek'' (2001) TV series	Nick Taylor
''Crossfire Trail (film)	Crossfire Trail'' (2001)	John Thomas "J.T." Langston
''Summer Catch'' (2001)	Dale Robin
''Life or Something Like It'' (2002)	Cal Cooper
''The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron'' (2003)	Brian Cruver
''Just Married'' (2003)	Peter Prentiss
''Secondhand Lions'' (2003)	Young Hub
''The Plight of Clownana'' (2004)	Christian
''Las Vegas (TV series)	Las Vegas'' (2004) TV series	Bob
''Taxi (2004 film)	Taxi'' (2004)	Agent Mullins
''Friday Night Lights (film)	Friday Night Lights'' (2004)	Brian
''Into the West (miniseries)	Into the West'' (2005) TV mini-series	Abe Wheeler
''Her Minor Thing'' (2005)	Paul
''Keep Your Distance'' (2005)	Sean Voight
''24: The Game'' (2006) Video Game	Peter Madsen
''Close to Home (TV series)	Close to Home'' (2005–2006) TV series	Jack Chase
''Four Sheets to the Wind'' (2006)	David
''Hide (film)	Hide'' (2008)	Billy
''Leverage (TV series)	Leverage'' (2008–present) TV Series	Eliot Spencer
''Not Since You'' (2008)	Ryan
''Good Day For It'' (2010)	Dale Acton
''Minuteman'' (2010)	Peacemaker

Soundtrack

Title	Song(s) Featured
''Angel (TV series)	Angel'' (2001)	"L.A. Song"
''Life or Something Like It'' (2002)	"Sweet Carolina Rain" (as KANE)
''The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron'' TV (2003)	"More Than I Deserve" (as KANE)
''Just Married'' (2003)	"The Chase" (as KANE)
''Leverage (TV series)	Leverage'' -- "The Two Horse Job" (2008)	"More Than I Deserve" (as KANE)
''NASCAR 09'' (2009)	"The House Rules" (as Christian Kane)
''Keep Your Distance'' (2005)	"Right In Front Of You" (as Sean Voight/KANE)
''Leverage (TV series)	Leverage'' -- "The Studio Job" (2010)	"Thinking of You"

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		! width="45"	! width="45"	! width="45"
''Kane''		* Release date: 2000	* Label: self-released	Compact disc>CD	—	—	—
''The House Rules''		* Release date: December 7, 2010	* Label: Bigger Picture Music Group	* Formats: CD, music download	25	178	1

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		! width="45"	! width="45"	! width="45"
''Christian Kane''		* Release date: March 9, 2010	* Label: Bigger Picture Music Group	* Formats: CD, music download	28	159	5

Live albums

Title	Album details
''Live in London''		* Release date: 2004	* Label: self-released	* Formats: CD

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		! width="50"
2010	"The House Rules"	49
2011	"Let Me Go"A	58

^A Current single.

Music videos

! Year	Video	! Director
2010	"The House Rules"	Timothy Hutton
2011	"Let Me Go"	Roman White

References

External links

Christian Kane Official Facebook

Christian Kane Official Myspace

Christian Kane Official Twitter

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