Terrance "Terry" O'Quinn was born July 15, 1952 in Newberry, Michigan. He is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor.

Terry O'Quinn's film career began (and almost ended!) with a role as Captain Minardi in the notorious Michael Cimino failure Heaven's Gate (1980). O'Quinn rose to prominence in Joseph Ruben's 1987 sleeper The Stepfather.

He starred in "Millennium", F.B.I Assistant Director Kendall on "Alias," Captain Thomas Boone on "JAG," General Omar Santiago on "Harsh Realm" and John Locke on the hit show "LOST."

He also appeared in "The West Wing," "Miami Vice," "The X-Files," "Old School," "Ghosts of Mississippi," "The Rocketeer," and "The X-Files."

Filmography

• "Masters of Science Fiction" (1 episode, 2007)
• "Lost" (69 episodes, 2004-2007)
• "The West Wing" (7 episodes, 2003-2004)
• The Animated Alias: Tribunal (2004)
• "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (1 episode, 2004)
• "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (1 episode, 2004)
• "Alias" (18 episodes, 2002-2004)
• Phenomenon II (2003)
• Old School (2003)
• "JAG" (10 episodes, 1995-2002)
• The Locket (2002)
• Hometown Legend (2002)
• "The X Files" (2 episodes, 1995-2002)
• "Roswell" (1 episode, 2001)
• American Outlaws (2001)
• WW3 (2001)
• Semper Fi (2001)
• "Harsh Realm" (4 episodes, 1999-2000)
• Rated X (2000)
• "Millennium" (40 episodes, 1996-1999)
• Murder in a Small Town (1999)
• The X Files (1998)
• Breast Men (1997)
• My Stepson, My Lover (1997)
• On the Edge of Innocence (1997)
• Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
• "Diagnosis Murder" (1 episode, 1996)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Shadow Warriors (1996)
• "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1 episode, 1995)
• "The Client" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Earth 2" (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Matlock" (1 episode, 1994)
• A Friend to Die For (1994)
• Justice in a Small Town (1994)
• Don't Talk to Strangers (1994)
• Heart of a Child (1994)
• Lipstick Camera (1994)
• MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)
• "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1994)
• Tombstone (1993)
• Amityville: A New Generation (1993)
• Visions of Murder (1993)
• Born Too Soon (1993)
• The Good Fight (1992)
• Wild Card (1992)
• Sexual Advances (1992)
• "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1992)
• Trial: The Price of Passion (1992)
• Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992)
• The Cutting Edge (1992)
• My Samurai (1992)
• Company Business (1991)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance (1991)
• Son of the Morning Star (1991)
• The Last to Go (1991)
• Kaleidoscope (1990)
• Blood Oath (1990)
• "Jake and the Fatman" (1 episode, 1990)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception (1990)
• The Forgotten One (1990)
• Stepfather II (1989)
• Blind Fury (1989)
• Roe vs. Wade (1989)
• Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989)
• Young Guns (1988)
• A Year in the Life" (1 episode, 1988)
• Stranger on My Land (1988)
• Jogger (1988)
• Pin... (1988)
• "Moonlighting" (1 episode, 1987)
• When the Time Comes (1987)
• Black Widow (1987)
• The Stepfather (1987)
• At Mother's Request (1987)
• SpaceCamp (1986)
• Between Two Women (1986)
• Women of Valor (1986)
• "Remington Steele" (1 episode, 1985)
• An Early Frost (1985)
• Silver Bullet (1985)
• "The Twilight Zone" (1 episode, 1985)
• Mischief (1985)
• Right to Kill? (1985)
• Mrs. Soffel (1984)
• "Miami Vice" (1 episode, 1984)
• Places in the Heart (1984)
• All the Right Moves (1983)
• "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1 episode, 1983)
• Without a Trace (1983)
• "Tales of the Unexpected" (1 episode, 1982)
• "The Doctors" (1963)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)

Awards

• Screen Actors Guild Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series "Lost" 2006