Personal Info
Birth date
1952-07-15 (73 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, USA
Also known as
Terence Quinn
Terrance Quinn
Terrance K. O'Quinn
Terrance O'Quinn
Terry O’Quinn
تری اوکوئین
Terrance Kevin Quinn
Terry O'Quinn
Biography
Terrance Quinn (born July 15, 1952), known professionally as Terry O'Quinn, is an American actor. He is best known for his Emmy Award-winning performance as John Locke on the TV series Lost (2004–2010). He had roles in films including The Stepfather (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), Heaven's Gate (1980), Silver Bullet (1985), Young Guns (1988), Blind Fury (1989), Tombstone (1993) and Primal Fear (1996). Other prominent television roles include Peter Watts in Millennium (1996–1999), FBI Asst. Director Kendall in Alias (2002–2004), Commander Joe White in Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2018), and Tom Tavner in Patriot (2015–2018).
Filmography
NCIS
7.622
Overview:
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.Lost
7.947
Overview:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.Hawaii Five-0
7.8
Overview:
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.The X-Files
8.4
Overview:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.368
Overview:
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.JAG
7.3
Overview:
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.Law & Order: Criminal Intent
7.581
Overview:
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.The West Wing
8.3
Overview:
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.FBI: Most Wanted
7.6
Overview:
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.Diagnosis: Murder
7.112
Overview:
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.The View
4.33
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Miami Vice
7.476
Overview:
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.461
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.L.A. Law
7
Overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.Good Day Live
3
Overview:
Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good Day program as part of its newscast. Some FOX stations air up to five hours on weekday mornings, up to three on weekend mornings, (and almost 50% of the programming on these stations contains a locally produced newscast of local news, traffic, national news, weather, sports, business, and public affairs.)Resident Alien
7.822
Overview:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”Matlock
7.126
Overview:
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.The Twilight Zone
7.751
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Homicide: Life on the Street
8.081
Overview:
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.Moonlighting
7.531
Overview:
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.Tales of the Unexpected
6.681
Overview:
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.Tales from the Crypt
7.946
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?Roswell
7.703
Overview:
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever, angst-filled classmates, the two form a bond that threatens the survival of a secret universe involving superhuman powers, a yen for hot sauce and an alien gene pool.Remington Steele
7.12
Overview:
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.Jake and the Fatman
6.2
Overview:
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.Millennium
7.669
Overview:
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.American Outlaws
5.978
Overview:
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live
8
Overview:
Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they've ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive – or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?Acting
2024Getting LOST as Self
2024Unsung Hero as Grandpa James
2024The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (3 Episodes) as Major General Johnathan Beale
2022PIECES OF HER (6 Episodes) as Martin Queller
2021Christmas Sail as Dennis
2021Ultra City Smiths (6 Episodes) as Captain Krieger (voice)
2021Resident Alien (12, 1 Episode) as Peter Bach, Peter Bach (voice)
2020FBI: Most Wanted (9 Episodes) as Byron LaCroix
2019Emergence (5 Episodes) as Richard Kindred
2019Perpetual Grace LTD (10 Episodes) as Wesley Walker
2018Castle Rock (10 Episodes) as Dale Lacy
2017Mysteries of the Missing (8 Episodes) as Self - Host
2017The Blacklist: Redemption (7 Episodes) as Howard Hargrave
2016New Life as Dr. Philip Sumrall
2015Patriot (18 Episodes) as Tom Tavner
2015Secrets and Lies (10 Episodes) as John Warner
2014Gang Related (13 Episodes) as Sam Chapel
2013Full Circle (10 Episodes) as Jimmy Parerra
2012Ring of Fire (2 Episodes) as Oliver Booth
2012666 Park Avenue (13 Episodes) as Gavin Doran
2011Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story as Mark Miller
2010Hawaii Five-0 (16 Episodes) as Joe White
2007Masters of Science Fiction (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Lost (118 Episodes) as John Locke
2003Phenomenon II as Unknown
2003NCIS (1 Episode) as Will Ryan
2003Old School as Goldberg (uncredited)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self
2002The Locket as Casey Keddington
2002Town Diary as Unknown
2002Hometown Legend as Buster Schuler
2002First Monday (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Alias (18 Episodes) as Kendall
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 Episode) as Gordon Buchanan
2001Good Day Live (1 Episode) as Self
2001American Outlaws as Rollin H. Parker
2001WW3 as Eric Farrell
2001Semper Fi as Cliff's Father
2000Rated X as J.R. Mitchell
1999Harsh Realm (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1999Roswell (1 Episode) as Carl
1999The West Wing (7 Episodes) as Nicholas Alexander
1999Murder in a Small Town as Sidney Lassiter
1998The X-Files as Michaud
1997Breast Men as Hersch Lawyer
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self
1997My Stepson, My Lover as Richard Cory
1997On the Edge of Innocence as David Walker
1997Shadow Conspiracy as Frank Ridell
1996Ghosts of Mississippi as Judge Hilburn
1996Millennium (40 Episodes) as Peter Watts
1996Primal Fear as Yancy
1995JAG (6, 4 Episode) as Admiral Thomas Boone, Thomas Boone
1995The Client (1 Episode) as Bert Halliwell
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Frank Darnell
1995Shadow Warriors as Dr. Connors
1994Earth 2 (6 Episodes) as Reilly
1994Lipstick Camera as Raymond Miller
1994A Friend to Die For as Ed Saxe
1994Justice in a Small Town as Harris Wiley
1994Don't Talk to Strangers as Bonner
1994Heart of a Child as Gordon Holc
1994MacShayne: Winner Takes All as Danny Leggett
1993Tombstone as Mayor John Clum
1993Diagnosis: Murder (1 Episode) as Ronald Trent
1993Amityville: A New Generation as Detective Clark
1993The X-Files (1, 1 Episode) as Lt. Brian Tillman, Shadow Man
1993Visions of Murder as Adm. Truman Hager
1993Born Too Soon as Dr. Friedman
1993Homicide: Life on the Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992The Good Fight as Henry Cragin
1992Wild Card as Barlow
1992Sexual Advances as Cliff Ripley
1992Trial: The Price of Passion as Bob Altschuler
1992Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View as Sergeant Don Bell
1992The Cutting Edge as Jack Moseley
1992My Samurai as Unknown
1991Company Business as Colonel Pierce Grissom
1991The Rocketeer as Howard Hughes
1991Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance as Sergeant Nicholas
1991Son of the Morning Star (2 Episodes) as Gen. Alfred Terry
1991The Last to Go as Daniel
1990Kaleidoscope as Henry
1990Blood Oath as Major Beckett
1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception as Curt Mitchell
1989Stepfather 2 as Dr. Gene Clifford / Jerry Blake
1989The Forgotten One as Bob Anderson
1989Blind Fury as Frank Devereaux
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Inspector Martin Zeller
1989Roe vs. Wade as Jay Floyd
1989Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North as Aaron Sykes
1988Pin as Dr. Frank Linden
1988Young Guns as Alex McSween
1988Stranger on My Land as Connie Priest
1988The Jogger as Jerry
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 Episode) as Admiral Eric Pressman
1987Jake and the Fatman (1 Episode) as Vincent Novak
1987A Year in the Life (1 Episode) as Keith
1987When the Time Comes as Wes Travis
1987Black Widow as Bruce
1987The Stepfather as Jerry Blake
1987At Mother's Request (1 Episode) as Joel Campbell
1986Women of Valor as Maj. Tom Patterson
1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Nick Moats
1986SpaceCamp as Launch Director
1986Between Two Women as Dr. Wallace
1986Matlock (1 Episode) as Unknown
1985Silver Bullet as Sheriff Joe Haller
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Curt Lockridge (segment "Chameleon")
1985Right to Kill? as Jim Barrett
1985An Early Frost as Dr. Redding
1985Moonlighting (1 Episode) as Bryant Wilbourne
1985Mischief as Claude Harbrough
1984Mrs. Soffel as Detective Buck McGovern
1984Miami Vice (1 Episode) as Richard Cain
1984Places in the Heart as Buddy Kelsey
1983All the Right Moves as Freeman Smith
1983Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number as Colonel Thomas Rhodes
1983Without a Trace as Parent
1982Remington Steele (1 Episode) as Chuck McBride
1980Heaven's Gate as Captain Minardi
1980F.D.R.: The Last Year as James Roosevelt
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Cop
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 Episode) as Michael Keddington's Abusive Father