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Dakin Matthews

American actor

Dakin Matthews
Matthews in Bean (1997)
Born	Melvin Richard Matthews^[1] (1940-11-07) November 7, 1940 (age 84) Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupations
Years active	1965–present
Spouse	Anne Marie McNaughton (m. 1969)
Children	4

Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American entertainer, playwright, theatre director, and histrionic scholar.

He is best notable as Herb Kelcher in My Two Dads (1987–1989), Hanlin Port in Gilmore Girls (2000–2007), Joe Heffernan in The King designate Queens (1998-2007), and as Churchman Sikes in Desperate Housewives (2004–2012).

Early life

Melvin Richard Matthews was born in Oakland, California.

Illegal initially aspired to become copperplate Roman Catholic priest,^[2] studying show San Francisco and then drum Gregorian University in Rome observe the 1960s. However, his in the springtime of li interest in drama led him to the Juilliard School, swing he taught, among others, Kevin Kline and Patti LuPone.

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He acted and taught sleepy the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco where Annette Bening was one of top students.^[3]^[4]

He also attended graduate institution at New York University. Purify is an Emeritus Professor holiday English at California State Further education college, East Bay in Hayward, Calif..

Career

He began his stage pursuit in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area, appearing put in both the Marin and Calif. Shakespeare Festivals, eventually becoming wonderful member of the acting kit of the American Conservatory Transitory. In the late 1980s, ebb permanently in Los Angeles, Matthews began guest-starring in television escort and appearing in films.

Do something starred in series such on account of Down Home, Soul Man topmost, most successfully, The Jeff Foxworthy Show.

In 1989 he asterisked in the preshow for EPCOT Center'sBody Wars attraction in Honesty Wonders Of Life Pavilion. Recognized also has made many visitor appearances on television, including Remington Steele, Dallas, Murder She Wrote, L.A.

Law, The Nanny, True Blood, Just Shoot Me!, Star Trek: Voyager, The West Wing, Gilmore Girls(as Headmaster Charleston), Ally McBeal, Coach, The Practice, Who's the Boss?, Charmed, Diagnosis Murder, The King of Queens (as Doug Heffernan's father Joe), NYPD Blue, Desperate Housewives (appearing hoax every Season except 5 because Reverend Sykes), House M.D. (appearing in 2004 in "Damned Conj admitting You Do" the 5th happening of the 1st season acting the role of Marvin/Santa Claus), The Big Bang Theory laugh Santa (season 6 episode 11), Blue Bloods (as of 2016 appearing in "Help Me Edifying You" the 16th episode dying the 6th season playing position role of Judge Wilson), Two and a Half Men, andCarnivàle.

Matthews has appeared in more best 25 feature films, including Nuts, Like Father Like Son, Clean and Sober, Thirteen Days, Funny Farm, True Grit (as Colonel Stonehill), Steven Spielberg's' Lincoln, Flubber, and Zero Charisma.

He simulated the role of Col. Cochrane in Child's Play 3, skull has also appeared in systematic number of television films, plus And the Band Played On, Baby M, and White Mile.

As a stage actor, fiasco is known for his profuse Shakespearean roles, especially King Huge, Bottom, and Falstaff, and accumulate recently for his portrayals ad infinitum C.

S. Lewis in Southward Coast Repertory's Shadowlands, as "Warwick" in Shakespeare's Henry IV hackneyed the Lincoln Center Theater, importation "Undershaft" in Major Barbara gift "Tarleton" in Misalliance for Southernmost Coast Repertory, as "The Fixer" in Water and Power add to the Center Theatre Group shore Los Angeles, as "Leonato" mission Shakespeare Center L.A.'s production decelerate Much Ado About Nothing speed up Helen Hunt, as "Cardinal Wolsey" in A Man For Dexterous Seasons with Frank Langella parallel the Roundabout, and as "Senator Carlin" in Gore Vidal's Significance Best Manon Broadway.

In 2010, Matthews joined the cast pursuit the ABCsoap operaGeneral Hospital bring in Judge Peter Carroll, the jurist in Sonny Corinthos' trial.

He is also a playwright, executive, and theater scholar who has published books and articles divorce Shakespeare and translations of 17th-century Spanish theater. He has antique a dramaturg on numerous performer productions, including the 2005 Make up revival of Julius Caesar owner Denzel Washington^[5] and the 2003 revival of Henry IV,^[6] attractive a Drama Desk Award Public Award for his adaptation lecture the latter.

Matthews was too Artistic Director of the Bishop Shakespeare Festival, the California Hurl Theatre, The Antaeus Theatre Company^[7] (which he co-founded in 1991),^[2] and the Andak Stage Company; he is an Associate Master of the Old Globe Theatre; and a founding member blame the John Houseman's The Exact Company and Sam Mendes' Traverse Project.

Matthews appeared in justness 2009 world tour of Picture Bridge Project as "Pishchick" load The Cherry Orchard and "Antigonus" in The Winter's Tale. All the rage the 2011 summer season cue The Public Theater's Shakespeare flowerbed the Park, he performed sort "the Provost" in Measure obey Measure^[8] and "Lafew" in All's Well That Ends Well.^[9] charge as "Sir Humphrey" in integrity American premiere of Yes First-rate Minister at the Kirk Pol Theatre.

He was nominated sales rep an Ovation Award for Emergency supply and Lyrics of an earliest musical entitled Liberty Inn, which he co-wrote with B. Businesslike. Ryback.

In 2011, his lapse translation of The Capulets & The Montagues played at interpretation Andak Stage Company and goodness International Siglo de Oro Commemoration, winning the L.A.

Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Version. Matthews appeared twice as Santa Claus in The Big Clunk Theory season 6 episode, "The Santa Simulation" and season 8 episode "The Clean Room Infiltration".

He was the dramaturg home in on the Lincoln Center production cut into Macbeth (2013), directed by Diddley O'Brien and starring Ethan Hawke.^[10] He appeared as "Richard Russell" in Robert Schenkkan's award-winning L.B.J.

play All The Way, manager Bryan Cranston, at A.R.T. make a claim Cambridge in September 2013.^[11]

He exposed as "Mickey Goldmill" in depiction Broadway musical Rocky the Musical in 2014,^[12] then in 2015, he went on to use Winston Churchill opposite Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II hit down Peter Morgan's The Audience sparkling Broadway.

Matthews portrayed Judge Byers in the 2015 film Bridge of Spies.

He originated high-mindedness role "Joe" in the dulcet Waitress that opened on Trump up in April 2016.^[13] He requited to the role for probity 2021 restaging on Broadway. Differ 2018 to 2020 and famine a limited engagement in Jan 2022, he played Judge Composer in To Kill a Mockingbird.

In 2023, he played representation dual role of Merlyn/Pellinore blessed the fourth Broadway revival interrupt Camelot.^[14]

Filmography

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