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Skipp Sudduth

A stage and screen veteran, Skipp Sudduth came to Third Watch, now entering its fourth season, after appearing in the critically acclaimed Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh starring Oscar winner Kevin Spacey.

Born in Wareham, Massachusetts, Sudduth was an Air Force brat until he was 10, and his parents expected him to become a doctor (his mother, a nurse, worked on the first open-heart surgery team). He earned an undergraduate degree in biology, labored in hospitals and was headed toward medical school until he was diverted down a very unique career path that included stints in public relations and wine making. Eventually he found his calling when he landed in Chicago working with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

Sudduth's film credits include 54, Spike Lee's Clockers, A Cool Dry Place and Money Train. He also starred alongside Robert De Niro and Jean Reno in the action-thriller Ronin. The film was praised for its amazing car chase sequences and Sudduth, a race-car enthusiast, did 90 percent of his own driving stunts. Sudduth later starred in Joel Schumacher's Flawless (again with De Niro). Among Sudduth's guest-starring television appearances are NBC's Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Trinity, Mad About You and Cosby. Sudduth also appeared in the cable movie George Wallace and the cable series Oz.

Sudduth's Broadway stage work includes Lincoln Center's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with Helen Hunt, On the Waterfront and The Grapes of Wrath. Off-Broadway, he has been seen at Joseph Papp's prestigious Public Theatre in Marisol and The Big Funk. He is a member of New York's Rumble-in-the-Redroom sketch comedy ensemble.

Over the past 20 years, Sudduth has directed plays, comedy revues and short film projects while steadily working as an actor. In addition, Sudduth is a singer-songwriter and co-founder of the acoustic rock band Minus Ted. The band has just released their second album entitled Really Really. Sudduth lives in New York City.


Note: This profile was written in or before 2003.

Skipp Sudduth Facts

Birth Name Robert Lee Sudduth IV
OccupationActor
BirthdayAugust 23, 1956 (67)
SignVirgo
BirthplaceBarnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Selected Filmography

Not available.