Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley will interview Garret Dillahunt.
Garret Dillahunt stars in A MILLION MILES AWAY (Amazon) with Michael Pena and will star in the upcoming THE DEAD DON’T HURT directed by Viggo Mortensen. He will recur on Peacock’s new series HYSTERIA and will recur on HIGHTOWN (Starz). He starred in and executive produced the comedy series SPRUNG along with Greg Garcia for Freevee/Sony. Other recent credits include GRAY MATTER, a new Project Greenlight film for HBO Max, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING based on the acclaimed novel, and he guest starred on GHOSTS OF BEIRUT for Showtime. He can be seen in Michael Bay’s film “Ambulance,” Zack Snyder’s Netflix film “Army of the Dead,” and starred in AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead” as a series regular. He starred in the Netflix drama, “Sergio” with Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas. He starred opposite Viola Davis in Steve McQueen's new movie “Widows”. Before then, he shot the lead in the TNT pilot “Monsters of God” and then TBS’ “The Guest Book” along with the second season of Amazon’s “Hand of God” and the most recent season of Hulu’s “The Mindy Project.”
He previously starred in FOX’s half hour comedy series “Raising Hope.” During the show’s four season run, he stayed busy working continuously during his hiatuses on feature films such as “12 Years a Slave,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, “Wheelman” and the critically acclaimed “Winter’s Bone,” which earned him and the rest of the cast Best Ensemble at the Gotham Awards. Other credits include, “Any Day Now” opposite Alan Cumming and directed by Travis Fine which won Best Feature at 2012’s Out Film Festival and the independent feature “Amigo”, with Chris Cooper and directed by John Sayles He also appeared in “Looper,” the intriguing sci fi action adventure with Emily Blunt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Bruce Willis, additionally he starred in and received a Genie nomination as the title character, “Oliver Sherman”, in Ryan Redford’s directorial debut opposite Molly Parker and Donal Logue. Additional film credits include “The Road,” with Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron; Wes Craven’s “The Last House on the Left”; “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”; and the Coen Brothers Oscar-winning drama “No Country for Old Men,” opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Dillahunt earned a SAG award for Best Ensemble for the latter.
The multi-faceted actor is probably best known for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO series “Deadwood,” in which he portrayed two entirely different characters: the assassin “Jack McCall” and the complex and deadly “Francis Wolcott.” After recognizing his protean talent in his first incarnation, executive producer/writer David Milch created a second character for him. Additional television credits include “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “John From Cincinnati,” “The Book of Daniel,” “ER,” “The 4400,” “Damages,” “Life,” “Lie to Me,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Criminal Minds,” “Burn Notice,” “White Collar”, “Alphas” and “Memphis Beat”. He boasts an outstanding theatrical resume and has performed extensively on and off Broadway and at such respected theater companies as Steppenwolf, ACT San Francisco, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Berkshire Theatre Festival.
