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Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif (; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor and voice actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', which won him a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award, as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He portrayed Charles Lee Ray / Chucky (both live-action and voiceover) in the ''Chucky'' franchise, Deputy Clinton Pell in ''Mississippi Burning'', Younger Brother in ''Ragtime'', Piter De Vries in David Lynch's ''Dune'', Gríma Wormtongue in ''The Lord of the Rings'', and Doc Cochran in ''Deadwood'', for which he earned an Emmy Award nomination. Dourif has worked with director Werner Herzog on many occasions, appearing in ''Scream of Stone'', ''The Wild Blue Yonder'', ''The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'', and ''My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?''. From June to September 2013, he starred in an Off Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' ''The Two-Character Play'', his first stage appearance in 29 years. ==Early life== Dourif was born in Huntington, West Virginia, on March 18, 1950, one of six children born to Jean Henri Dourif, an art collector who owned and operated a dye factory, and Joan Mavis Felton (née Bradford), an actress.〔(Brad Dourif profile ), filmreference.com; accessed February 18, 2015.〕 His paternal grandparents emigrated from France, and his paternal grandfather co-founded the Standard Ultramarine and Color Company in Huntington. After Dourif's father died in 1953, his mother remarried champion golfer William C. Campbell, who helped raise Dourif and his five siblings (four sisters and one brother). From 1963 to 1965, Dourif attended the private Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina. There, he pursued his interests in art and acting. Although he briefly considered becoming a flower arranger, he was eventually inspired to become an actor by his mother's participation as an actress in a community theater called "Give me Shelter". After Aiken, he attended Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating in 1968. Dourif attended Marshall University for a time, before quitting college and moving to New York City to study acting on the advice of actress Conchata Ferrell. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Dourif」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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