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Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 28, 1954 (71)
Birthplace Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice. Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oreg ... on, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor"). Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990). Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock. Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Eagles in the Chicken Coop

Eagles in the Chicken Coop

2011

as President Brad

A Call to Arms

A Call to Arms

2009

as Major Zelnis USMC

Trance

Trance

2002

as Taylor Black

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

1998

as Thomas Daggett

Melanie Darrow

Melanie Darrow

1997

as Alex Kramer

The Demolitionist

The Demolitionist

1995

as Jack Crowley

Black Scorpion

Black Scorpion

1995

as Michael Russo

Dillinger

Dillinger

1991

as Harry Pierpont

Johnny Ryan

Johnny Ryan

1990

as Tom Kelly

Bride of Re-Animator

Bride of Re-Animator

1990

as Dr. Dan Cain

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

1990

as Sam (Father)

Trapped

Trapped

1989

as John Doe

Out of Time

Out of Time

1988

as Channing Taylor

Bad Dreams

Bad Dreams

1988

as Dr. Alex Karmen

Baja Oklahoma

Baja Oklahoma

1988

as Dove Christian

Casual Sex?

Casual Sex?

1988

as Keith

Interzone

Interzone

1987

as Swan

Summer Heat

Summer Heat

1987

as Jack Ruffin

Re-Animator

Re-Animator

1985

as Dan Cain

Command 5

Command 5

1985

as Deke Williams

Why Me?

Why Me?

1984

as Markus

Velvet

Velvet

1984

as Breed

Tag: The Assassination Game

Tag: The Assassination Game

1982

as Loren Gersh

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Television Credits

Dark Justice

as Judge Nicholas Marshall

Episodes: 44

First Aired: Apr 05, 1991

Family Law

as Colin Andrews

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

The Blue and the Gray

as Jake Hale Jr.

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 14, 1982

Beauty and the Beast

as Devin Wells

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 25, 1987

Murder, She Wrote

as Wayne Metzger / Stearns

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

MacGyver

as Russian Agent Nikolaj Kossov

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Diagnosis: Murder

as Paul Madison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1993

Murder, She Wrote

as Drew Granger

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Monte Hayes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

UC: Undercover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

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