Last Updated on March 2, 2023

Terry OQuinn Biography

Terry OQuinn (Terrance Quinn) is an American actor known for playing John Locke on the TV series Lost, the title role in The Stepfather and Stepfather II, and Peter Watts in Millennium, which ran for three seasons (1996–1999).

He also hosted Mysteries of The Missing on The Science Channel.

Terry OQuinn Age

O’Quinn was born on July 15, 1952, in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S. He is 66 years old as of July 2018.

Terry OQuinn Family

O’Quinn was born at War Memorial Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and grew up in nearby Newberry, Michigan. He was raised in a Roman Catholic family alongside his 10 siblings.

Terry OQuinn Wife

O’Quinn married his wife Lori O’Quinn in 1979. The couple has two sons together Oliver Quinn and Hunter Quinn.

Terry OQuinn Education

O’Quinn studied at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He changed his surname from Quinn to O’Quinn because another registered actor already had the name, Terrance Quinn.

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Terry OQuinn Career

In the 1970s he went to Baltimore to act in the Center Stage production of Tartuffe. He remained at Center Stage for some years and often appeared with the late Tana Hicken, mostly known as Benedick to her Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. His first movie role was in Heaven’s Gate.

O’Quinn started acting in the 1970s during his time at Central Michigan University. He was not only an actor but also a playwright and director. He wrote and directed the musical Orchestrina. This musical featured five main characters: The Man (played by Jeff Daniels), The Boy (Harold Downs), The Woman (Ann O’Donnell), The Girl (Debbie Penwarden), and The Drunk (James Hilliker), plus a female and a male chorus. He was roommates with actor Brad Slaight at CMU.

Beginning of 1980, O’Quinn has appeared in various feature films like, Silver Bullet, Tombstone, Heaven’s Gate, Young Guns, along with Rutger Hauer in Blind Fury, and as Howard Hughes in The Rocketeer.

O’Quinn also appeared in the Canadian horror movie, Pin (1988) opposite British-born Canadian actor, David Hewlett.

His early television roles include guest appearances on Miami Vice (episode “Give a Little, Take a Little”), Moonlighting, Star Trek: The Next Generation (episode “The Pegasus”), The Twilight Zone (1985 revival; episode “Chameleon”), Homicide: Life on the Street (episode “Hate Crimes”), a recurring role on Earth 2, another recurring role as Captain (& later Rear Admiral) Thomas Boone on JAG, as well as Colonel Will Ryan in episode 15 of season 1 on the JAG spin-off series NCIS (episode “Enigma”).

Around 1995, O’Quinn made special appearances in The X-Files and Harsh Realm, produced by Chris Carter, who also cast him in the film The X-Files: Fight The Future and then once again in the final season. In 1996 O’Quinn began acting in the television series Millennium as Peter Watts, also produced by Chris Carter. O’Quinn held this role for all three seasons of the series. O’Quinn holds the distinction of having played four different roles within the extended X-Files/Millennium continuum (the two shows being classed together since both Lance Henriksen’s character of Frank Black and Charles Nelson Reilly’s character of Jose Chung have appeared in both shows).

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