Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963 height 5′ 7″ (1,70 m)) is an American actor, best known for portraying DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and town selectman James “Big Jim” Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–present). He has also appeared in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Starship Troopers (1997), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Evan Almighty (2007).
Norris was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Jack, a furniture store owner, and Rosie Norris. He has four sisters. Norris graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he says he got straight A’s. He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in social studies. He also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Dean Norris Biography / Wiki
| Name | Dean Norris |
| Also Know | Дин ÐорриÑ, Dean Joseph Norris, 딘 노리스 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | South Bend, Indiana, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1963-04-08 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 59 |
| Deathday |
Dean Norris Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Roy Nicholls | 2019-08-08 | Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly hau… |
| Linewatch | Warren | 2008-01-01 | Academy Award Winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. is a Border Patrol Officer in the New Mexico desert with a secret past that is about to catch up with him. When… |
| Small Time | Ash Martini | 2014-04-18 | Al Klein and his longtime friend, Ash Martini, own a used car lot and these two know every trick in the book when it comes to selling cars. Klein stil… |
| Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage | Mike | 1991-10-29 | This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing),… |
| Death Wish | Detective Rains | 2018-03-02 | A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act…. |
| No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self | 2013-11-26 | A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad…. |
| Forgotten Sins | Detective Carl Messenger | 1996-03-07 | A county sheriff is accused by his daughter of having abused her. Her accusation gets more and more elaborate, involving satanic rituals. As nearly ev… |
| Remember I’ll Always Love You | 2011-06-17 | A woman discovers with astonishment that her husband has committed suicide. Sumida in great pain decides to investigate the reasons that drove her hus… | |
| Secret in Their Eyes | Bumpy | 2015-10-14 | A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own… |
| Beirut | Donald Gaines | 2018-04-11 | In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsibl… |
| Murderous Vision | Lieutenant Martin | 1991-02-21 | Detective Kyle Robeshaw is a headstrong detective who finds himself stuck in a dead end job in missing person’s as a result. One of his cases leads hi… |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Matt Hobert | 1992-02-18 | This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch… |
| Men, Women & Children | Kent Mooney | 2014-10-17 | Follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relat… |
| In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Levasseur | 1995-10-05 | When a state trooper is gunned down on a New Jersey highway, his friend and colleague sets out to track down the killers. Realizing the murder is conn… |
| Sonic Impact | Agent McGee | 2000-01-01 | A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a populated area. The agent who captured him sets out t… |
| Without Limits | Bill Dellinger | 1998-09-11 | The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the … |
| On The Line | Manny Denikolas | 1998-01-15 | A female police detective tries to track down a gang of teenage bank robbers while dealing with sexual harassment on the job, and her troubled home li… |
| It Came from Outer Space II | Dave Grant | 1995-12-31 | Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures… |
| Remember | John Kurlander | 2015-10-23 | With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the d… |
| When You Remember Me | Bill | 1990-10-07 | Fact-based story of Mike Mills, a teen with muscular dystrophy, who is placed in a state nursing home by his destitute single mother. There he must co… |
| Fist Fight | Principal Richard Tyler | 2017-02-16 | When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight…. |
| Playmaker | Detective Marconi | 1994-05-14 | A would-be actress uncovers horrifying files on other starlets…. |
| The Parenting | A young couple, Rohan and Josh, host a “meet the parents†weekend at a cozy rental house in the country, only to find it is already haunted by a 4… | ||
| The Lawnmower Man | The Director | 1992-03-05 | A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science…. |
| The Frozen Ground | Sgt. Lyle Haugsven | 2013-07-11 | An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on… |
| Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee | Red Arrow | 1994-10-16 | Mary Crow Dog, daughter of a desperately poor Indian family in South Dakota, is swept up in the protests of the 1960s and becomes sensitized to the in… |
| The Book of Henry | Glenn Sickleman | 2017-06-16 | Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances … |
| Number One Fan | Graham Chandler | 1995-09-26 | A movie star is being stalked by a one-night stand…. |
| 3 Strikes | Officer Roberts | 2000-03-01 | Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a “3 strikes” rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hook… |
| Full Eclipse | Fleming | 1993-11-27 | The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for … |
| Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story | Detective Pike | 1996-02-25 | True crime story of a Wisconsin teacher’s aide who hired teenaged students to murder her estranged husband…. |
| The One | Sgt. Siegel | 2001-11-02 | A sheriff’s deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills…. |
| The Last Seduction | Shep | 1994-05-26 | Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory convinces her husband, Clay, to sell cocaine, then steals the profits … |
| Texas Justice | 1995-02-12 | When a Texas millionaire marries his mistress, a bitter divorce battle, two deaths, an FBI sting operation, and criminal trials ensue…. | |
| After Jimmy | Ray Johnson | 1996-09-24 | This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Ji… |
| Death Benefit | Rod Montgomery | 1996-03-13 | Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young… |
| Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Chrimbus Special | Del Tong | 2010-10-22 | Join Messers Heidecker and Wareheim for an exciting winter holiday that’s taking the world by storm with the Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! C… |
| Jailbait | Hershiser | 1993-10-22 | 17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the… |
| Lethal Weapon 2 | Tim Cavanaugh | 1989-07-07 | In the opening chase, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat wh… |
| Disorganized Crime | Deputy Joe | 1989-04-14 | Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do… |
| El Tonto | A mute simpleton gets off a bus in Los Angeles and by happenstance suddenly rises through the Hollywood scene to become a celebrity, only to then lose… | ||
| Get the Gringo | Bill | 2012-03-15 | A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy…. |
| The Cell | Cole | 2000-08-17 | A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim…. |
| Desperate Hours | Maddox | 1990-10-05 | An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple’s house and takes over their lives…. |
| My Little Assassin | 1999-10-11 | 1981: Marita Lorenz checks into an Havana hotel and, in a flashback, remembers 22 years’ before. At 19, visiting Cuba from New York, she comes to the … | |
| The Negotiator | Scott | 1998-07-29 | The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he’s being framed for his partner’s murder in what he believes is an elabo… |
| Total Recall | Tony | 1990-06-01 | Construction worker Douglas Quaid’s obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong… |
| Secrets | Henderson | 1992-04-06 | Producer Mel Wexler is putting together “Manhattan,” a night-time soap opera that will definitely be the toast of the town. He puts together a stellar… |
| American Gun | Terrence | 2005-01-01 | Seemingly disparate portraits of people — among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student — Distinctly American — all affec… |
| How Do You Know | Softball Coach | 2010-12-17 | After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triang… |
| Barbarians at the Gate | 1st Scientist | 1993-03-20 | A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco…. |
| Montana | Foreman | 1990-02-09 | Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and… |
| Question of Faith | Richard | 1988-10-06 | A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband’s insistence and turns to alternative treatment to combat … |
| Prom | Frank Prescott | 2011-04-29 | At “Prom,†every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she f… |
| Safe | Mover | 1995-06-23 | Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She “doesn’t feel right,” has unexplained headaches, c… |
| The Heartbreak Kid | Jodi’s Father | 2007-10-05 | Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says “I do” to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his d… |
| Starship Troopers | Commanding Officer | 1997-11-07 | Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico’s military career progresses from… |
| The Hustle | Howard Bacon | 2019-05-09 | Two female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech prodigy out of his fortune. A remake of the 1988 come… |
| Evan Almighty | Officer Collins | 2007-06-09 | Junior congressman Evan Baxter, whose wish is to “change the world” is heard by none other than God. When God appears with the perplexing request to b… |
| Little Miss Sunshine | State Trooper McCleary | 2006-07-26 | A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant…. |
| The Firm | The Squat Man | 1993-06-30 | Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by ‘The Firm’ and made an offer he doesn’t re… |
| Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | Cop at Gym (uncredited) | 1989-03-09 | Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinar… |
| Mrs. Harris | Sporting Goods Clerk | 2006-02-25 | Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean … |
| Hard to Kill | Det. Sgt. Goodhart | 1990-02-09 | Mason Storm, a ‘go it alone’ cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they’ve killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is s… |
| Gattaca | Cop on the Beat | 1997-09-07 | In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a co… |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | SWAT Team Leader | 1990-06-15 | Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But… |
| The Counselor | Buyer | 2013-10-25 | A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking…. |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | SWAT Team Leader | 1991-07-03 | Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the r… |
| Mr. Murder | Victor ‘Vic’ Delorio | 1998-09-21 | A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels… |
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