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Gary Houston
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Gary Houston
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1948-12-17,California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Gary Houston (born December 17, 1948, in California) is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, and theatre director whose career has spanned over 60 years. He is best known for his work in Chicago's theater scene, where he has been active since 1969. A former production coordinator and writer at the Chicago Sun-Times, Houston created the original role of Roger (the "Mooning King of Rydell High") in the world premiere of Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre Company in Chicago, where his wife Hedda Lubin (married December 30, 2004) originated the role of Frenchie. As a director, he won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Overall Technical Design for the 1977 Chicago premiere of Peter Handke's Kaspar at Goodman Theatre, and directed the first production to open at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Wallace Shawn's Our Late Night, 1977), with a cast that included John Malkovich, Terry Kinney, Laurie Metcalf, and Joan Allen. His film and television credits include The Blues Brothers (1980), Major League (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Hoffa (1992), Fargo (1996), Proof (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2007), Eagle Eye (2008), Watchmen (2009), Game Day (2018), Princess Cyd (2017), and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023). On television he has appeared in Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Fargo (TV), Shameless, Prison Break, Shining Girls, and Leverage. He also taught Acting for Film at Columbia College Chicago, taking over the class from his friend Joe Mantegna, and is a published playwright and short fiction writer with work in the Chicago Quarterly Review.

Filmography

7.847

Fargo
1996-03-08

The Blues Brothers

7.711

The Blues Brothers
1980-06-16

The Children Nobody Wanted

5.6

The Children Nobody Wanted
1981-12-05

7.116

Brother 2
2000-05-11

6.354

Proof
2005-09-05

7.353

Watchmen
2009-03-04

6.9

Major League
1989-02-16

5.5

Robot Jox
1990-11-21

Night of the Lawyers

10

Night of the Lawyers
1997-10-30

A Fargo Christmas Story

0

A Fargo Christmas Story
2023-12-02

5.959

Class
1983-07-22

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

7.133

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
2023-03-29

Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent

7.5

Two Fathers: Justice for the Innocent
1994-01-14

The Astronaut Farmer

6.3

The Astronaut Farmer
2007-02-23

6.3

Hoffa
1992-12-25

5.4

The Dilemma
2011-01-13

4.4

Slice
2018-09-10

6

No Tomorrow
2002-08-15

5.6

Consumed
2015-06-01

6.6

Princess Cyd
2017-11-03

5.858

Raw Deal
1986-06-04

The Childhood Friend

6.1

The Childhood Friend
1994-04-14

A League of Their Own

7.211

A League of Their Own
1992-07-01

7.1

The Express
2008-10-10

7.5

Uncle Nino
2003-12-05

6.3

A Wedding
1978-09-27

The Lion Roars Again

6.5

The Lion Roars Again
1975-01-01

6.521

Eagle Eye
2008-09-25

6.4

My Bodyguard
1980-07-11

5.3

Game Day
2019-10-04

No God, No Master

5.8

No God, No Master
2014-04-11

7

Love 101
2000-02-14

8.3

Chicago Med
2015-11-17

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

7.5

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008-01-13

7.406

Shining Girls
2022-04-28

8

Crime Story
1986-09-19

8.288

Fargo
2014-04-15

7.4

Early Edition
1996-09-28