William Hootkins
Acting
Born July 5, 1948 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and attended St. Marks, where he was in the same theater group as Tommy Lee Jones. The imposingly bulky and heavyset Hootkins first began acting in films and TV shows alike in the mid '70s. His more noteworthy parts include the first of the Reb…
Known For · 40 titles
The West Wing
Agatha Christie's Poirot
NOVA
Star Wars
BBC Play of the Month
Taxi
Playhouse
American Playhouse
Tales of the Unexpected
Cagney & Lacey
Bergerac
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Remington Steele
Blackadder
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Justice League
Extreme Machines
Van der Valk
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Batman
The New Statesman
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Iron Man
A River Runs Through It
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Flash Gordon
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Premiere
Laurence Olivier Presents
Lytton's Diary
The NeverEnding Story III
Hardware
Trail of the Pink Panther
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Curse of the Pink Panther
The Island of Dr. Moreau
White Nights
Funny Bones
The Cement Garden
The Milky Life