Stephen Mchattie


Actor

About

Also Known As
Stephen Mchattie Smith, Steve Mchattie
Birth Place
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CA
Born
February 03, 1947

Biography

Good-looking, with thin lips and searing eyes, Stephen McHattie alternated between leads on stage, supporting roles in films, and character parts, generally as petty criminals, on television. A familiar face due to his numerous guest shots on TV series, the Canadian-born actor began his career on the stage in the Broadway production of "The American Dream" (1968). While he made his TV de...

Biography

Good-looking, with thin lips and searing eyes, Stephen McHattie alternated between leads on stage, supporting roles in films, and character parts, generally as petty criminals, on television. A familiar face due to his numerous guest shots on TV series, the Canadian-born actor began his career on the stage in the Broadway production of "The American Dream" (1968). While he made his TV debut in an episode of the CBS limited series "Benjamin Franklin" (1975), it was his portrayal of the iconic movie star "James Dean" in the 1976 NBC biopic which was supposed to be his breakthrough. Despite a valiant try, McHattie failed to find stardom. He was also well-cast as the grown-up son of the devil in the small screen sequel "What Ever Happened to Rosemary's Baby?" (ABC, 1976) and as a French-Canadian trapper in the NBC miniseries "Centennial" (1978-79). He tried his hand at regular roles on two series ("Highcliff Manor" NBC, 1979; "Mariah" ABC, 1987) but neither caught on with viewers. The actor was also unable to find the right big screen vehicle to propel him to stardom. "Gray Lady Down" (1977) put him in the thick of the action and he offered fine support to Armand Assante in "Belizaire the Cajun" (1985) and to Eddie Murphy in "Beverly Hills Cop III" (1994). Between his film and TV assignments, McHattie has returned to the stage where he has won praise for his work, At San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, he appeared in 1983 productions of "Henry IV" and "Macbeth." McHattie appeared in support of Rex Harrison and Amy Irving in an acclaimed Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" at Circle in the Square (although he was unavailable when the production was filmed for Showtime in 1985). More recently, in addition to guest roles on such series as "The X-Files" and "Seinfeld," he has found steady employment in a series of TV-movies, ranging from "Convict Cowboy" (Showtime, 1995), with Jon Voight, to "Mary Higgins Clark's 'Remember Me'" (CBS, 1995).

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Come to Daddy (2019)
Death Wish (2018)
Awakening the Zodiac (2017)
mother! (2017)
Pay the Ghost (2015)
The Dark Stranger (2015)
Born to Be Blue (2015)
Big Muddy (2015)
Torment (2014)
Lizzie Borden Took An Ax (2014)
The Black Marks (2014)
Wolves (2014)
Septic Man (2014)
Haunter (2013)
Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2013)
A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2012)
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012)
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)
Exit Humanity (2011)
Immortals (2011)
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011)
The Maiden Danced to Death (2011)
This Movie is Broken (2010)
Red: Werewolf Hunter (2010)
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? (2010)
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Watchmen (2009)
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009)
You Might as Well Live (2009)
Pontypool (2009)
2012 (2009)
Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2008)
Shoot 'em Up (2007)
Kaw (2007)
300 (2007)
Killer Wave (2007)
Solar Attack (2006)
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
The Covenant (2006)
The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard (2006)
The Fountain (2006)
Absolution (2006)
Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006)
A History of Violence (2005)
Leland
Robert B. Parker's Stone Cold (2005)
Twist (2004)
Senator
Wall of Secrets (2004)
Hugh
Secretary (2002)
The Climb (1997)
Theodore Rex (1996)
Pterodactyl Woman From Beverly Hills (1996)
My Friend Joe (1996)
Visitors of the Night (1995)
Bryan English
Convict Cowboy (1995)
Deadlocked: Escape From Zone 14 (1995)
Deadly Love (1995)
Detective Sean O'Connor
Mary Higgins Clark's Remember Me (1995)
Jonathan Stone: Threat of Innocence (1994)
Lieutenant Durant
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
The Dark (1994)
Hunter
Art Deco Detective (1994)
Hyena
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Terror on Track 9 (1992)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
One Man Out (1989)
Erik
Call Me (1988)
Sticky Fingers (1988)
Caribe (1988)
Salvation! Have You Said Your Prayers Today? (1987)
Reverend Edward Randall
Belizaire The Cajun (1986)
James Willoughby
Best Revenge (1984)
Brett Munro
Death Valley (1981)
Mary And Joseph (1979)
Judah
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976)
James Dean (1976)
James Dean
Moving Violation (1976)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Search for the Gods (1975)
Willie Longfellow
Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)
Werner Voss
The People Next Door (1970)
Artie Mason

Cast (Special)

Life Under Water (1989)
The Statesman (1975)
Temple Franklin

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

XIII: The Conspiracy (2009)
The Summit (2008)
Roughnecks (1980)

Life Events

1968

Broadway debut, "The American Dream"

1970

Made film debut in "The People Next Door"

1975

Made TV debut in an episode of the limited CBS series, "Benjamin Franklin"

1976

Played the title role in the TV biopic, "James Dean" (NBC)

1977

Co-starred in "Gray Lady Down"

1978

Portrayed Jacques Pasquinel in the NBC miniseries, "Centennial"

1979

Series regular debut, "Highcliff Manor" (NBC)

1983

Appeared in the Old Globe Theatre productions of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "Henry IV"

1983

Cast in an acclaimed Circle in the Square production of "Heartbreak Hotel"

1987

Returned to series TV as a regular on the short-lived ABC drama, "Mariah"

1989

Co-starred in the film, "Bloodhounds of Broadway"

1995

Starred in the CBS TV-movie, "Mary Higgins Clark's: Remember Me"

1998

Narrated the comedy "BASEketball"; starring the creators of "South Park"

2002

Co-starred as Maggie Gyllenhaal's father in the independent film, "Secretary"

2004

Played the Senator in "Twist," an update of "Oliver Twist" set in the hustler district of modern-day Montreal

2005

Co-starred with Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello in David Cronenberg's "A History of Violence"

2006

Appeared in Darren Aronofsky's "The Fountain"

2007

Co-starred with Clive Owen in "Shoot 'Em Up"

2009

Cast as Hollis Mason, the first Nite Owl, in the film adaptation of "Watchmen"

Bibliography