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Terry Kinney

Terry Kinney co-founded the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry in 1976, where he directed several plays, including “The Violet Hour,” “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “A Clockwork Orange,” “And a Nightingale Sang,” “Of Mice and Men” and “My Thing of Love and Streamers.” In New York he’s directed “After Ashley” and “Beautiful Child” at the Vineyard Theatre, “Eyes for Consuela” for Manhattan Theatre Club and “Reasons to Be Pretty” for MCC Theatre’s Lucille Lortel, which then transferred to Broadway and earned Kinney a 2009 Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Director of a Play. He directed “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” on Broadway, which won the Tony for Best Revival of a Play. Kinney is best known for his portrayal of Tim McManus in the prison drama “Oz,” additional television appearances include “CSI: NY,” “The Good Wife,” and “The Mentalist,” on the Network, as well as “The Laramie Project,” “Kidnapped,” “Wallace,” “That Championship Season,” and “Canterbury’s Law.” Kinney has also appeared in several feature films, including “Save the Last Dance,” “Sleepers,” “Fly Away Home,” “House of Mirth,” “No Mercy,” “Last of the Mohicans,” “The Firm” and “Devil in a Blue Dress.” Kinney is also a founder of Steppenwolf Films along with Tim Evans and the co-founders of Steppenwolf Theatre. After directing the short film “Kubuku Rides (This Is It)” for Steppenwolf Films, Kinney directed his first full-length feature, “Diminished Capacity.” His hometown is Lincoln, Ill. and his birth date is Jan. 29.