Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif (ˈdɔrɨf; born March 18, 1950) is an American

United States

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 film and television actor

Actor

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 who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)

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, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play

Child's Play (film series)

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franchise, Younger Brother in Ragtime

Ragtime (film)

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, the mentat

Mentat

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 Piter De Vries

Piter De Vries

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 in David Lynch

David Lynch

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's Dune

Dune (film)

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, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

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, the homicidal Betazoid

Betazoid

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 Lon Suder in the TV series Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

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, serial killer Charles Dexter/Brother Edward in the TV series Babylon 5

Babylon 5

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, and Doc Cochran in the HBO television series Deadwood

Deadwood (TV series)

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Dourif has also worked with renowned film director Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...

 at many occasions, appearing in Scream of Stone

Scream of Stone

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, The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder

The Wild Blue Yonder is a science fiction film by the German director Werner Herzog, released in 2005. It has been presented at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize. It went on to screen in competition at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and the Sitges Film...

, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

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and My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?
Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia

Huntington, West Virginia

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, the son of Joan Felton (née

Married and maiden names

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 Bradford), an actress, and Jean Henri Dourif, an art collector who owned and operated a dye factory.