Gary Hudson

Gary Hudson is an American-Canadian actor born in Newport News, Virginia, and raised in Hilton Village. He left Virginia in 1977 after two years at Christopher Newport College to pursue acting in Los Angeles, and his first job was in Hooper with Burt Reynolds. His career has covered film, television, stage, producing and directing. He was a series regular on Safe at Home and As the World Turns, played Blackie Simpson on Santa Barbara, and appeared in Paradise Falls and the 2009 Canadian series Wild Roses, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. He recurred on Smallville, Dynasty, Air America and L.A. Heat, and guest starred on Three's Company, ER and Cold Case. He has appeared in over 30 films, among them Road House (1989) with Patrick Swayze, Battle in Seattle (2007) with Charlize Theron, After Alice (2000) with Kiefer Sutherland, She's Too Young and Jasper, Texas.