Tim Dutton

Tim Dutton is a British actor whose work spans stage, film, and television. He was born in 1964, grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, and studied law at Wolverhampton University before turning to acting. His films include Tom & Viv (1994), in which he played Maurice Haigh-Wood, as well as Darkness Falls (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), The Detonator (2006), and The Infiltrator (2016). On television he appeared in Soldier, Soldier, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Ally McBeal, and the CBS sitcom Thanks, and he worked twice with writer Alan Bleasdale on Melissa (1997) and Oliver Twist (1999). His theater credits include the West End, Chichester Festival Theatre, and the Royal Exchange in Manchester. In 2014 he played O'Brien in Headlong's 1984 and won Best Featured Actor at the Broadway World Los Angeles Awards. In 2010 he both produced and acted in The Rendezvous, and in 2019 he played Joseph Merceron in Poldark.