Brad Dourif Trivia Quiz

Answer: Grima Wormtongue

Wormtongue is a spy for the evil Saruman, posing in the service of King Theoden, of Rohan. Brad had appeared in over 80 feature films and TV movies when the "Two Towers" was released in 2002.

Answer: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Brad received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the suicidal teen asylum inmate Billy Bibbit. Director Milos Forman discovered Dourif while he was appearing in the Off Broadway production of "When You Comin' back Red Rider?".

Answer: David Lynch

Brad played the odd character Piter De Vries of the House of Harkkonen. Actually, every character in this movie was odd. The movie was based on the book by Frank Herbert, and was out in theaters in 1984. Brad also appeared in another Lynch movie "Blue Velvet" (1986)playing Raymond.

Answer: Heaven's Gate

Brad played Mr. Eggleston in this three hour plus movie based on the 19th century Johnson County, Wyoming wars. This movie was so bad, it was pulled from the theaters at just about the same time it was released in 1980. It has reached cult status among some fans though.

Answer: Child's Play

Brad played serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who is killed and then "reborn" inside Chucky the doll. This enables him to continue his killing ways. Brad actually played the character onscreen for only a short while in the movie, and then did the voiceover for the doll for the rest of the movie. Child's Play has had 3 sequels, and Brad has done the voice of Chucky in all of them.

But none of the sequels were as good as the original, which was released in 1988.

Answer: Alien

Brad played the mad scientist Dr. Gediman in "Alien: Resurrection" (1997). He had a bizarre fondness for the xenomorphs, the monsters featured in all 4 movies. He particularly adored the alien/human hybrid which personally offed him late in the movie.

Answer: The Exorcist

Brad Dourif played James Venamun, aka The Gemini Killer in "Exorcist III" (1990). The movie was directed by William Peter Blatty, who was the writer of the original film which starred Linda Blair. Her also played Sheriff Lee Bracket in "Halloween III" (2009). By the way, Dourif was born on March 18th, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He played JV baseball and JV soccer in high school.

Answer: Mississippi Burning

Brad played Deputy Clinton Pell in this film about the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi. In addition to these movies, Brad Dourif has also appeared in "Fatal Beauty" (1987), "Amos and Andrew" (1993), "Black Out" (1996), "Graveyard Shift" (1990), "Urban Legend" (1998), "Jungle Fever" (1991), and many more.

Answer: The X-Files

The psychic Luther Lee Boggs was on death row for murdering his entire family. He promised FBI Agent Dana Scully that he would give her a message from her recently deceased father if she got his sentence commuted. She didn't do it for him, so she never got the message.

The interesting thing about this episode is that the usually sceptical Scully was the believer, and the usually believing Mulder thought Boggs was a fake. This episode was aired during the X-Files' first season in 1994.

Answer: Star Trek: Voyager

Brad played a Bajoran named Ensign Lon Suder in three separate episodes of this show, before being killed off. All three episodes aired in 1995. He also guest starred in another of my all time favorite shows, Babylon 5, playing what else, but a former serial killer who had been caught and then had his memories erased. Aside from the sci fi shows, he also appeared on "The Equalizer", "Spenser: For Hire", "Murder, She Wrote", "The Magnificent Seven", and several others.