Biography
Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. He has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in Ragtime, the mentat Piter De Vries in David Lynch's Dune, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings, the homicidal Betazoid Lon Suder in the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, serial killer Charles Dexter/Br...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Doc of Chucky
2024
as Self
The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine H...

The Living
2022
as Vlad
In a last-ditch effort, a vampire with an addictive personality seeks help from a therapist.

Living with Chucky
2022
as Self
A filmmaker who grew up alongside Chucky the killer doll seeks out the other families surrounding the Child's Play films as they recount their experie...

The Shuroo Process
2021
as Dr. Feinstein
A young New York City journalist, frustrated with the pressures of a failing publishing world and a less-than-promising romantic life, is sent on a jo...

The Legacy of Chucky
2021
as Self
A celebration of the 30+ year legacy of the Child’s Play franchise and iconic character, Chucky, with never-before-seen interviews with franchise crea...

Obsession
2019
as George
Before meeting George Good, Sonny Jordan was just a lost drifter with a troubled past floating from town to town, looking for work. As fate would have...

Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Amos Cochran
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo...

Herbert West: Reanimator
2018
as Dr. William Blackmore
Pursued by the police, an ambitious neuroscientist uses a neutrino impulse to bring his dead wife back to life, unintentionally unlocking within her d...

Cut Off
2018
as Diggs
Struggling with his new life in New Orleans, Clive follows Trevor, a former professor to his country home on the bayou to gain a new perspective. Whil...

Wildling
2018
as Daddy
A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.

The Dollhouse
2017
as Self
Kyra Gardner's loving tribute to growing up in the world of the psycho killer doll, Chucky.

Cult of Chucky
2017
as Chucky (voice)
Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family......

Ballad of a Righteous Merchant
2017
as Self
Chronicles the making of director Werner Herzog’s 2009 feature, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, providing profound insight into the director and hi...

Out to Lunch
2017
as Man
Short by Katia Koziara

Death, Be Not Proud: The Making of "The Exorcist III"
2016
as Self
A 5-part making of documentary from Red Shirt pictures. It starts with a kind of general retrospective and then leads on into more individualized and ...

Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film came...

Rosemont
2015
as Abe
Four people become trapped in the once-vibrant Rosemont Lodge during a blizzard before Christmas.

The Control Group
2014
as Dr. Broward
Five college students wake up in an abandoned, locked-down insane asylum - with no idea how they got there and no means of escape. They discover that ...

Curse of Chucky
2013
as Chucky (voice) / Charles Lee Ray
After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key ...

Malignant
2013
as The Man
After the death of his wife, a grieving man becomes the victim of a horrific experiment to cure his addiction.

Blood Shot
2013
as Bob
Based on the award winning short film, Blood Shot is the story of a cop named Rip whose life falls apart as he chases a terminator-like vampire, who h...

Gingerclown
2013
as Worm Creature
1983: A group of high school students are having a great time near Hollywood Hills at the weekend when they bump into the Loser from their school, Sam...

Santa Monica
2013
as Stan
A lost soul is confronted by a Christmas that's forgotten how to love. As he wanders through a lonely yuletide landscape, he searches for any trace of...

End of the World
2013
as Dr. Walter Brown
In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who be...

Last Kind Words
2012
as Waylon
17-year old Eli moves with his family to the isolated farm of reclusive Waylon, a man whose dark past threatens to overtake him. Eli’s family works to...

Avarice
2012
as Tom
Vastly different people collide as a mysterious black box shows the owner what he most desires, but payback comes in the form of an immortal assassin.

Catch.44
2011
as Sheriff Connors
The lives of three female assassins take a sudden turn when their charming boss lures them into one last job. They soon find themselves thrust into a ...

Miami Magma
2011
as Jacob Capilla
Antoinette Vitrini, a volcanologist, confirms her theory of a long-dormant underground volcano after an offshore-drilling rig bursts into flames. Now,...

Born of Earth
2011
as The Mayor
Over centuries humans have been mysteriously disappearing with no explanations, just hushed whispers in the dark. On the surface Prophet Hills seems l...

Fading of the Cries
2011
as Mathias
Jacob, a young man armed with a deadly sword, saves Sarah, a teenage girl, from Mathias, a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland to...

Few Options
2011
as Chris Pendler
When a convicted drug smuggler leaves prison after 22 years for one youthful mistake, he just wants to start over and obey the law. But, unable to fin...

Priest
2011
as Salesman
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with...

Chain Letter
2010
as Mr. Smirker
Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who's hunting down teenagers who fail to fo...

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Uncle Ted
Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and neighbours, the cops piece together the strange ta...

Death and Cremation
2010
as Stan
In a typical American suburb filled with middle class morals, a lonely 59-year-old, Stan, contributes to society by offering cremation services from h...

Turbulent Skies
2010
as Richard
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner...

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Ned Schoenholtz
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

Halloween II
2009
as Sheriff Lee Brackett
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois. Meanwhile, Michael prepares for another re...

Junkyard Dog
2009
as Sheriff Holk
A gritty psychological-horror-thriller that delves the demented mind of a cannibalistic serial rapist who kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months o...

Tattoos: A Scarred History
2009
as Self
An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

Lock and Roll Forever
2009
as Zee
Six members of Japanese girl group Oreskaband set their sights on world domination - but first, they must conquer Hollywood.
Brad Dourif on Wise Blood
2009
The leading actor offers some background on Huston’s film.

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
A rare-to-find 4 hour documentary behind the scenes during the making of Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007).

Humboldt County
2008
as Jack
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer name...

Touching Home
2008
as Clyde Winston
The true story about a father struggling to make amends with his twin sons as they pursue their dreams of professional baseball.

The Boneyard Collection
2008
as The Dark One (segment "The Devil's Due at Midnight")
A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock ba...

Halloween
2007
as Sheriff Leigh Brackett
The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illin...

The Wizard of Gore
2007
as Dr. Chong
In the darkly phantasmagorical world of the carnival magician and sideshow hypnotist, the gruesome "illusions" of Montag the Magnificent are unique in...

The List
2007
as Johan Gabini
Ever been dumped? In front of 20,000 people at a stadium, on live television!? LEWIS BOND, a dashing young executive, decides to get serious after thi...
Sinner
2007
as Caddie
A Catholic priest, Father Anthony Romano (Nick Chinlund), intervenes with the police when his colleague attacks a drifter named Lil (Georgina Cates). ...

Pulse
2006
as Thin Bookish Guy
When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and de...
Playing Patti
2006
as Michael Salesman
Dark-humored documentary about television child actress Patti Cohoon and how, on the occasion of her 40th birthday, she reflects on having attained he...

The Wild Blue Yonder
2005
as Alien
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in spa...

Chucky's Family Vacation
2005
as Chucky (Voice)
Chucky, Tiffany and Glen spend some family time together and watch a slide show of their family vacation while waiting for a pizza delivery.

Drop Dead Sexy
2005
as Herman
When their money scam runs aground, a group of would-be thieves turn to kidnapping in an attempt to blackmail their target.

Remembering Ragtime
2004
as Self
Memories from the making of the classic Milos Forman film "Ragtime".

Seed of Chucky
2004
as Chucky (voice)
This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as...

Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate
2004
as Self
Michael Cimino's "Heaven's Gate" stands as one of the most influential and important films of all time; one that changed the movie industry in ways no...

El padrino: The Latin Godfather
2004
as Cyrus
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns...

Vlad
2004
as Radescu
Death and spiritual torment stalk three American students visiting the Carpathian mountain homeland of Vlad Tepes.

The Hazing
2004
as Professor Kapps
The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and ...

The Calling
2003
as B.B. Gallen
The Calling follows the controversial life of evangelist Leroy Jenkins.

The Box - 2003
2003
as Stan
An ex-con tries to go straight but also wants to get back money he's owed for the job that put him in prison. He meets a waitress who's also seen her ...

The Making of The Two Towers
2003
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Pet...

Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
2003
as Self
From the very beginning of the design process on the film trilogy, right up to the summer months prior to the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Tw...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Wormtongue
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...

The Alien Saga
2002
as Self
In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. T...

Soulkeeper
2001
as Mr. Pascal
Two thieves compete with a madman in their search for an ancient relic which can create an army of evil souls.

The Ghost
2001
as Lt. Garland
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.

Shadow Hours
2000
as Roland Montague
Michael is a recovering addict. Back on the wagon, he's now responsible for a young, beautiful, and pregnant wife. He's working the graveyard shift at...

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
2000
as Zealot
The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, ...

Silicon Towers
1999
as Alton
Charlie Reed is a man in a dead end job. But while he contemplates a change, he is suddenly promoted to the top security level of his company and aske...

Interceptors
1999
as Weber
In the near future the US Government has created an elite team of soldiers specially trained for action in the event of a hostile alien encounter. A m...

The Storytellers
1999
as The Professor
An unemployed young man takes credit for his grandmother's scripts to impress a beautiful Hollywood agent. As his reputation grows, it becomes more an...

The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man
1999
as Gabriel
This is a dark story of a caring movie maker who struggles to make it and also struggles with his demons and obsessions.

Cypress Edge
1999
as Colin McCammon
Reeling from the news of his sister's suicide, Beau McCammon returns home to his family after a long absence. His father, who has just barely won anot...

Brown's Requiem
1998
as Edwards
Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private detectiv...

Bride of Chucky
1998
as Chucky (voice)
Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.

Urban Legend
1998
as Michael McDonnell, Gas Station Attendant
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

Progeny
1998
as Dr. Bert Clavell
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.

Senseless
1998
as Dr. Thomas Wheedon
A student gets his senses enhanced by an experimental drug. But abuse is not an option.

Alien Resurrection
1997
as Gediman
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...

Best Men
1997
as The Vet
Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from t...

Jamaica Beat
1997
as Tom Peterson
When a renowned New York photographer and her new husband arrive for a holiday in a close-knit Jamaican resort town, their dream vacation becomes a sc...

Nightwatch
1997
as Duty Doctor
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

A Step Toward Tomorrow
1996
as Kirby
A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.

Sworn to Justice
1996
as Teddy
After masked attackers kill her sister and young nephew, a female psychologist takes the law into her own hands by acting as a defense witness by day ...

Blackout
1996
as Thomas Payne
John Gray, a mild-mannered banker, gets hit by a car and loses most of his memory. When he gets out of the hospital, he has flashbacks which do not fi...

If Looks Could Kill
1996
as Gene Hanson
The true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.

Death Machine
1995
as Jack Dante
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliab...

Escape to Witch Mountain
1995
as Luther / Bruno
The tale of two orphan twins with special powers who go looking for their origins. The two are hindered by an avaricious tycoon who only wants to expl...

Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story
1995
as Sheriff Bill Douglass
True story of an abusive husband's obsession with his wife and daughter.

Murder in the First
1995
as Byron Stamphill
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Phoenix
1995
as Reiger
When a mining colony is taken over by genetically altered androids, an elite attack team is sent in to take down the android leader.

Color of Night
1994
as Clark
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense a...
A Worn Path
1994
as Hunter
Elderly Phoenix Jackson journeys on foot through rough terrain to obtain medicine for her grandson. Based on the short story by Eudora Welty.

Trauma
1993
as Dr. Lloyd
A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known a...

Amos & Andrew
1993
as Officer Donnie Donaldson
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After ...

Critters 4
1992
as Al Bert
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.

Final Judgement
1992
as Father Tyrone
A priest is suspected in the brutal murder of a young stripper. To prove his innocence, he descends into the world of strip clubs and pornography, hop...

London Kills Me
1991
as Hemingway
For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barel...

Scream of Stone
1991
as Fingerless
A meeting of two world famous climbers, one an experienced mountaineer the other a sport climber, and a journalist (Ivan) results in a bet on which of...

Child's Play 3
1991
as Chucky (voice)
Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew hi...

Body Parts
1991
as Remo Lacey
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an ...

Jungle Fever
1991
as Leslie
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...

Chaindance
1991
as Johnny
As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reynolds who has cerebral palsy. In the meantime, anoth...

Dead Certain
1991
as John Barnes
A detective becomes obsessed with bringing a man to justice, whom he is sure is a serial killer and the murderer of a woman with which both men were i...

Hidden Agenda
1990
as Paul Sullivan
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government...

Child's Play 2
1990
as Chucky (voice)
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where t...

Graveyard Shift
1990
as The Exterminator
John Hall is a drifter who wanders into a small town in Maine. He needs a job and decides to seek employment at the community's top business: a large ...

Grim Prairie Tales
1990
as Farley
Two travelers meet on the open prairie, and pass their time together by trading stories with each other. Their tales become a sort of competition, eac...

The Exorcist III
1990
as James Venamun / The Gemini Killer
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when...

The Making of 'Hidden Agenda'
1990
as Self
Documentary looking at the making-of and real-life stories behind the award-winning conspiracy thriller starring Oscar-winner Frances McDormand and Br...

Spontaneous Combustion
1990
as Sam
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some un...

Horseplayer
1990
as Bud Cowan
A blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as Camillus Fly
Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He wants to stay but he is still a wanted man. So, Sherif...

Sonny Boy
1989
as Weasel
A small-town car thief and his transgender wife come across an abandoned infant; they amputate his tongue and train him for a life in crime.

Terror on Highway 91
1989
A police deputy in a small town grows more and more disgusted with the rampant corruption and brutality practiced by the sheriff and his fellow office...

Mississippi Burning
1988
as Deputy Clinton Pell
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where...

Child's Play
1988
as Chucky (voice) / Charles Lee Ray
An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

Introducing Chucky: The Making of Child's Play
1988
as Chucky (voice) (archive footage)
A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1985 by Peter Braatz.

Fatal Beauty
1987
as Leo Nova
Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and mor...

Medium Rare
1987
as Mitch Marlowe
Death of his wife's pet poodle and a threatening movie producer create a world of trouble for a middle-aged B-movie mogul. He hires two psychopathic g...

Impure Thoughts
1986
as Kevin Harrington
Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife st...

Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
1986
as Seymour Bourne
Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is un...

Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo
1986
as Lamar Sands
A true story of the lives of a family from South Carolina torn apart after the murder of Bill and Myrtle Moon. Although the killer is caught the judic...

Blue Velvet
1986
as Raymond
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a ...

Istanbul
1985
as Martin Klamski
A student quits his vacation job to go to Istanbul with a sinister and fascinating man.

Dune
1984
as Piter De Vries
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...

I, Desire
1982
as Paul
A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital), prostit...

Kennedy's Children
1982
as Mark
In 1974, five former activists from the 1960s meet in a bar, but do not relate. Each is lost in his or her own memories of more hopeful, revolutionary...

Ragtime
1981
as Younger Brother
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nos...

Heaven's Gate
1980
as Mr. Eggleston
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished imm...

Wise Blood
1979
as Hazel Motes
A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become...

Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
1978
as Leonard Matlovich
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.

Eyes of Laura Mars
1978
as Tommy Ludlow
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

Group Portrait with a Lady
1977
as Boris Koltowski
Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.

The Gardener's Son
1977
as Robert McEvoy
Based on true events which took place in the mill town of Graniteville, South Carolina in 1876, the story follows the rich Greggs, who run the mill, a...

The Mound Builders
1976
as Chad Jasker
Based on a Broadway play by Lanford Wilson

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975
as Billy Bibbit
A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and...

Butterfly in the Typewriter
N/A
as Arthur Ducoing
Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.