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Biography
Henry Ian Cusick, actor of stage, television and motion pictures, was born in Trujillo, Peru on April 17, 1969. The son of a Peruvian mother and an Irish-Scots father, Henry Ian Cusick is fluent in both English and Spanish.
He grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and Scotland, moving to the latter at the age of fifteen. He was raised Roman Catholic.
He and wife Annie are parents to three sons, Elias, Lucas and Esau.
Cusick trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before joining the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre. His first leading roles there included Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray with Rupert Everett, Hamlet in The Marovitz Hamlet with Helen Baxendale and Horner in The Country Wife.
His performances as Torquato Tasso in the Edinburgh International Festival production of Torquato Tasso and Creon in the Citizens Theatre production of Oedipus, earned him a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award 1995 for outstanding performance by a young actor in a classical theatre role.
Theatrical credits
Stolzius in The Soldiers - Edinburgh International Festival
Cassio in Othello - Royal Shakespeare Company
Demetrius in A Midsummer Nights Dream - RSC
Pompey in Anthony and Cleopatra - RSC
Henry Green in Richard II - Royal National Theatre
Arthur in Machine Wreckers - RNT
Dollabella in Anthony and Cleopatra - RNT (with Alan Rickman)
Nick in The LA Plays - Almeida Theatre, London
Le Vicomte De Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Liverpool Playhouse
McCann in The Birthday Party - Glasgow Citizens' Theatre
Jeffrey in The Dying Gaul - Citizens
Louis Ironson in Angels in America for 7:84 Theatre Company
Title role in Moliere's Don Juan for Theatre Babel
TV and Film credits
Theo Stoller (recurring role) in 24 (Season 5, 2006)
Desmond (recurring role) in Lost (Season 2, 2005)
William in "9/Tenths" (with Gabrielle Anwar)
Brian in "Half Light" (with Demi Moore)
Jesus in The Gospel of John
Dr. Peter Campbell in Perfect Romance (Lifetime TV Original Movie)
Gareth Heldman in Midsomer Murders episode "The Fisher King"
Gideon Mantell in Dinosaur Hunters
Dr. Talbot in 2000 Acres of Sky for 3 series
Matt in Carla (British TV movie)
Miles Longmuir (series 2 regular) in The Book Group (BBC TV series)
Jason (series regular) in Casualty
Sgt. Michael Clark in Murder Rooms
