Terry Kinney Biography

Although the on-screen character's chameleon-like abilities have enabled him to obtain various roles on the stage and screen, his talent has ultimately created the foundation of his struggling profession. After finishing secondary school, the Lincoln, Illinois, resident enrolled at Illinois State University. He met Jeff Perry, a budding entertainer, there, who invited Kinney to Chicago to witness his close friend perform in a stage production of Grease. Gary Sinise, a young performer with aspirations, was Perry's partner, and the three soon discussed starting their local theatre. Even though it was founded in 1974, the Steppenwolf Theater wouldn't take off until Kinney and Perry left I.S.U. Two years later. The project was primarily unsuccessful from the beginning. Thus its founders supported themselves and their idea through sporadic, temporary employment before the performance center relocated from a Highland Park church storm basement to the historic St. Nicholas Theater in the middle of the 1980s. The performance center found that the point of view difference was just what it needed to succeed, and before long, it was attracting large crowds. As the group relocated throughout the years, this time to a permanent location in Chicago, Kinney stepped in as Steppenwolf's skillful co-chief close to Sinise. Kinney and his principal backers received several glitzy awards during this prosperous time as their Broadway productions advanced. With a small role in the romantic comedy Seven Minutes in Heaven, Kinney made his film debut in 1986, proving that he had ambitions beyond the local theatre. Despite a brief stint on television with a 30-something, the performer spent the remainder of the 1980s appearing in minor roles in No Mercy (1986) and Sinise's Miles From Home (1988). His movie career didn't take off until the next ten years at the earliest.

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