Scott Glenn's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Hawk Hal Currin

Main Movie Roles 2011 - Sucker Punch 2010 - Secretariat 2008 - W. 2008 - Surfer, Dude 2008 - Nights in Rodanthe 2007 - Camille 2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum 2007 - Freedom Writers 2006 - Journey to the End of the Night 2001 - The Shipping News 2001 - Buffalo Soldiers 2001 - Training Day 2000 - Vertical Limit 1999 - The Virgin Suicides 1997 - Absolute Power 1996 - Courage Under Fire 1996 - Carla's Song 1992 - The Player 1991 - Backdraft 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs 1990 - The Hunt for Red October 1985 - Silverado 1985 - Wild Geese II 1984 - The River 1983 - The Right Stuff 1983 - The Keep 1982 - Personal Best 1980 - Urban Cowboy 1979 - Apocalypse Now 1975 - Nashville 1971 - Angels Hard as They Come

BIOGRAPHY:

Scott Glenn was born January, 26, 1941, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As he grew up in Appalachia, his health was poor; he was bedridden for a year and doctors predicted he would limp for the rest of his life. During long periods of illness, Glenn was reading a lot and "dreaming of becoming Lord Byron." He challenged his illness by intense training programs and eventually got rid of his limp.

Glenn entered William and Mary College where he majored in English. He spent three years in the Marines and then tried to combine his passion for storytelling with his passion for adventures by working for five months as a criminal reporter at the Kenosha Evening News. Glenn planned to become an author but found out he had "problems with dialogs," so he decided to overcome it by studying acting. In 1966, he headed to New York where he joined George Morrison acting class. He helped in directing student plays to pay for his studies and appeared onstage in La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club productions. Soon after arriving to New York, Glenn became a fan of martial arts. In 1968 he joined The Actors Studio and began working in professional theater and TV. In 1970 James Bridges (I) offered him his first movie work in The Baby Maker (1970).

Glenn left for L.A., where he spent seven of the "most miserable years of [his] life." He couldn't find interesting film roles and, doing brief TV stints, he felt "like a person who had to paint the Sistine Chapel with a house-painter's brush." On a brighter side, he worked episodically with Jonathan Demme (Angels Hard as They Come (1971), Fighting Mad (1976)), Robert Altman (I) (Nashville (1975)) and Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now (1979)). In 1978 Glenn got tired of Hollywood and moved his family to Ketchum, Idaho, where he worked as a barman, huntsman and mountain ranger for two years (occasionally acting in Seattle stage productions). James Bridges (I) once more changed the course of Glenn's life in 1980 when he offered him the role of John Travolta's rival in Urban Cowboy (1980) and made him a star. Glenn's acting abilities and physical presence helped him to excel both in action (Silverado (1985), The Challenge (1982)) and drama (The Right Stuff (1983), Countdown to Looking Glass (1984) (TV), The River (1984)) as he alternately played good guys and bad guys.

In the beginning of the '90s his career was at its peak - he appeared in such indisputable masterpieces as The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). Later he gravitated toward more kinky stuff, such as the black Freudian farce _Reckless (1995/I)_, the tragicomedy Edie & Pen (1996) and Ken Loach's socio-political declaration Carla's Song (1996). Today Glenn alternates mainstream (Courage Under Fire (1996), Absolute Power (1997)) with independent projects (Lesser Prophets (1997) and Larga distancia (1998), written by his daughter Dakota Glenn) and TV (Naked City: A Killer Christmas (1998) (TV)).


TRIVIA:

• Was considered for the role of Sam Bowden in _Cape Fear (1991)_ (qv).
• His _The Silence of the Lambs (1991)_ (qv) character, Jack Crawford, was written out of the adaptation of the sequel, _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv). Nevertheless, he was able to work with Clarice Starling later that year by appearing in _The Shipping News (2001)_ (qv) with 'Julianne Moore (I)' (qv).
• Portrayed an ex-CIA agent in _Man on Fire (1987)_ (qv). 'Denzel Washington' (qv) portrayed an ex-CIA agent on the remake of _Man on Fire (2004)_ (qv). Both actors played corrupt cops on _Training Day (2001)_ (qv).
• Father, with Carol, of two girls named Dakota Ann Glenn, a writer, and Rio Elizabeth Glenn, an actress.
• As a former Marine, he is the only actor playing a member of the Bush administration in _W. (2008/I)_ (qv) who has actual military experience (in addition to the director 'Oliver Stone (I)' (qv)).
• Appears in _Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)_ (qv) opposite 'Harvey Keitel' (qv), with whom he shares the role of Jack Crawford in the Hannibal Lecter series.
• Was a close friend of 'Toshirô Mifune' (qv).
• Is one of three actors to play Jack Crawford in the Hannibal Lecter films. He played the role in _The Silence of the Lambs (1991)_ (qv), while 'Dennis Farina' (qv) played the role in _Manhunter (1986)_ (qv), and 'Harvey Keitel' (qv) played the role in _Red Dragon (2002)_ (qv).