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Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Actor·b. 1954·Portland, Oregon, U.S.

8 horror credits

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, Oregon, 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).

Actor8 films

Trance

Trance

Taylor Black

2002
The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

Thomas Daggett

1998
The Demolitionist

The Demolitionist

Jack Crowley

1995
Bride of Re-Animator Documentary

Bride of Re-Animator Documentary

1991
Bride of Re-Animator

Bride of Re-Animator

Dr. Dan Cain

1990
Trapped

Trapped

John Doe

1989
Bad Dreams

Bad Dreams

Dr. Alex Karmen

1988
Re-Animator

Re-Animator

Dan Cain

1985 3.9