Bruce Abbott
Biography
Bruce Abbott is an American actor whose career began in theater and dance. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, he appeared with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco before moving to Hollywood in 1980. He gained attention as Dan Cain, a medical student, in Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator (1985) and reprised the part in Bride of Re-Animator (1990). His other film work includes Bad Dreams (1988), Casual Sex? (1988), and The Prophecy II (1998). On television, he had a lead role in the futuristic film Out of Time and played Judge Nicholas Marshall on Dark Justice from 1992 to 1993. He has also guest starred on series such as Murder, She Wrote and Diagnosis: Murder.
72years old
Turns 73 on July 28in 259 days
- Born Portland
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Bruce Paul Abbott
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 13 years1985 to 1998
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Early training
Bruce Abbott began his career as a dancer and actor at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, spending three seasons there from 1975 to 1978.
A change of course
Abbott has stepped back from acting on a part-time basis. He also works as an architect and an artist in the custom-design industry.
Bruce Abbott movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Bruce Abbott shares two films with Jeffrey Combs, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Jeffrey Combs's page
David Gale's page
Eric Roberts's page
Christopher Walken's page
Peter Jason's page
Lea Thompson's page
All films by Stuart Gordon
All films by Brian Yuzna
Greg SpenceDirector, 1 film, 1998
All films by Greg Spence
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Official profiles and reference pages.