Editing Timothy Hutton (section)

==Acting career==
Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies, most notably the 1979 ABC TV film ''[[Friendly Fire (1979 film)|Friendly Fire]]''. That year, he also played the son of [[Donna Reed]] in the [[Ross Hunter]] NBC television film ''The Best Place to Be''. He then made two CBS made-for TV films in 1980: ''Young Love, First Love'' with [[Valerie Bertinelli]], and ''Father Figure'' with [[Hal Linden]]. For his first feature film performance, as Conrad Jarrett in ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980), Hutton won both the [[Academy Award]] and the [[Golden Globe]] for Best Supporting Actor. His performance also earned him the [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor|Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male]]. Immediately following his success, he starred in the acclaimed 1981 ABC television film ''[[A Long Way Home (1981 film)|A Long Way Home]]'' co-starring [[Brenda Vaccaro]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}} 

Hutton's next feature film, ''[[Taps (film)|Taps]]'' (with [[George C. Scott]], [[Sean Penn]], and [[Tom Cruise]]), was popular with critics and audiences, but during the next several years, his motion pictures, such as ''[[Iceman (1984 film)|Iceman]]'', ''[[Daniel (1983 film)|Daniel]]'', ''[[Turk 182]]'', ''[[Made in Heaven (1987 film)|Made in Heaven]]'', and ''[[Q&A (film)|Q&A]]'', struggled at the box office. His only substantial hit{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}} was 1985's ''[[The Falcon and the Snowman]]'' which teamed him again with [[Sean Penn]].

In 1984, he directed the music video for the song "[[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]" by [[The Cars]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Herman|first=James Patrick|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ric-ocasek-timothy-hutton-directed-drive-the-cars-video-1203336892/|title=How Timothy Hutton Came to Direct the Cars' 'Drive' Music Video|date=September 16, 2019|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref>

In 1989, he made his Broadway stage debut opposite his ''[[Ordinary People]]'' co-star [[Elizabeth McGovern]] in the [[A.R. Gurney]] play ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''. He followed this with another Broadway role in the [[Craig Lucas]] hit comedy, ''[[Prelude to a Kiss (play)|Prelude to a Kiss]]'', which also starred [[Mary-Louise Parker]] and [[Barnard Hughes]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2024}} 

During the late 1980s and into the 1990s, Hutton began to take large supporting parts in films, most notably in ''[[Everybody's All-American (film)|Everybody's All-American]]'' with [[Jessica Lange]] and [[Dennis Quaid]] and ''[[French Kiss (1995 film)|French Kiss]]'' with [[Meg Ryan]] and [[Kevin Kline]]. In 1996, he starred in the popular ensemble film, ''[[Beautiful Girls (film)|Beautiful Girls]]'', playing opposite 14-year-old [[Natalie Portman]] in one of her early standout film roles.

Moving on to television, he starred as Nero Wolfe's assistant and leg-man [[Archie Goodwin (character)|Archie Goodwin]] in the [[A&E Network|A&E]] television series ''[[A Nero Wolfe Mystery]]'' (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film ''[[Digging to China]]'' (1997). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries ''[[WW3]]'', and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series ''[[Kidnapped (American TV series)|Kidnapped]]'', playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 13 feature films from 2006 to 2008.

Hutton starred in the television series ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'' from 2008 to 2012, where he played former insurance investigator Nate Ford, who led a group of thieves who acted as modern-day [[Robin Hood]]s.

In 2014, Hutton was cast opposite [[Felicity Huffman]] in [[John Ridley]]'s ABC crime drama ''[[American Crime (TV series)|American Crime]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/abc-picks-up-shonda-rhimes-how-to-get-away-with-murder-anthony-anderson-american-crime-727191/ |title=ABC New Series Pickups: 'Selfie', 'Forever', Galavant', 'Whispers', 'How To Get Away With Murder', 'American Crime', 'Black-ish', Jeff Lowell Comedy |date=May 9, 2014 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=2014-05-12}}</ref>