Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is
well known for playing Drug Enforcement Administration agent Hank
Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008â€"2013), for which he
received critical acclaim. He also portrayed town councilman James
"Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013â€"2015) and
currently plays mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series
Claws. He reprised his role as Hank Schrader in the Breaking Bad
spin-off Better Call Saul.Norris has appeared in films such as Lethal
Weapon 2 (1989), Hard To Kill (1990), Total Recall (1990), Terminator
2: Judgment Day (1991), The Firm (1993), Starship Troopers (1997), The
Cell (2000), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), Sons
of Liberty (2015), and The Book of Henry (2017).Dean Joseph Norris was
born in South Bend, Indiana on April 8, 1963, the son of Rosemarie
(née Lacay; 1934â€"2012) and furniture store owner Jack B. Norris
(1930â€"2008). His mother was born in South Bend to Hungarian
immigrants, while his father was born in Chicago, where he lived for a
year before moving to South Bend. Norris has two sisters, Connie and
Nikie. He graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he says he
was a straight-A student and one of the class valedictorians. While in
high school, he was a member of the award-winning student-produced
comedy show Beyond Our Control, which ran on WNDU-TV. He is a 1985
graduate of Harvard College, where he studied the interdisciplinary
concentration of Social Studies and was a member of Hasty Pudding
Theatricals. He also earned a diploma from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art in 1987.
well known for playing Drug Enforcement Administration agent Hank
Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008â€"2013), for which he
received critical acclaim. He also portrayed town councilman James
"Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013â€"2015) and
currently plays mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series
Claws. He reprised his role as Hank Schrader in the Breaking Bad
spin-off Better Call Saul.Norris has appeared in films such as Lethal
Weapon 2 (1989), Hard To Kill (1990), Total Recall (1990), Terminator
2: Judgment Day (1991), The Firm (1993), Starship Troopers (1997), The
Cell (2000), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), Sons
of Liberty (2015), and The Book of Henry (2017).Dean Joseph Norris was
born in South Bend, Indiana on April 8, 1963, the son of Rosemarie
(née Lacay; 1934â€"2012) and furniture store owner Jack B. Norris
(1930â€"2008). His mother was born in South Bend to Hungarian
immigrants, while his father was born in Chicago, where he lived for a
year before moving to South Bend. Norris has two sisters, Connie and
Nikie. He graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he says he
was a straight-A student and one of the class valedictorians. While in
high school, he was a member of the award-winning student-produced
comedy show Beyond Our Control, which ran on WNDU-TV. He is a 1985
graduate of Harvard College, where he studied the interdisciplinary
concentration of Social Studies and was a member of Hasty Pudding
Theatricals. He also earned a diploma from the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art in 1987.
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