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Russell Hodgkinson
Homestead AFB, Florida, USA
Russell was born on Homestead Air Force Base and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. His first acting experience came in 7th grade, playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He…
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Russell was born on Homestead Air Force Base and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. His first acting experience came in 7th grade, playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He continued acting throughout high school, passing up a theatre arts scholarship to join the Army after becoming a father his senior year. Peace time provided a unique opportunity as he soon began performing regularly at the esteemed Fort Bragg Playhouse. By the end of his enlistment he had earned his Actor's Equity card and moved to New York City. In 1986 he reenlisted in the Coast Guard, joining the crew of the USCG Cutter Sassafras in Hawaii. During off duty hours he studied at the Honolulu Film Actor's Workshop before being transferred to Long Beach, California where he met his wife actress Shelley Poncy. In 1992 the couple moved to Louisiana, where they became fixtures on the New Orleans stage. They moved to Seattle in 2003, Russell resumed his theatre career and became active in the Independent film scene. In 2014 he was cast to play 'Doc' on the SyFy original series 'Z Nation'.
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2024
Godfart
Movie God
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2022
Going Home
TV show Randall Kosciusko
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2021
Maysville
Movie Clarence Wells
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2021
The Stairs
Movie Gabriel Mason
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2020
Three Busy Debras
TV show Bathing Man
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2019
We Take the Low Road
Movie George
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2017
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Movie Steven Beck
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2017
The Gamers: The Shadow Menace
Movie The Professor
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2015
Star Leaf
Movie Seth Guardrail Slaughter
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2015
The Hollow One
Movie John Eaton
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2015
Minimum Wage
Movie "The Nice Homeless Man with the Cigarette"
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2014
The Device
Movie Dr. Mora
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2014
7 Minutes
Movie Lawrence
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2014
Z Nation
TV show Doc
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2013
Ghostlight
Movie Bob
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2013
Eden
Movie Dave
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2013
21 & Over
Movie The Chief
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2012
Junk
Movie Gauge
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2012
Fat Kid Rules The World
Movie Marcus' Stepfather
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2012
Grassroots
Movie Pernell Alden
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2011
Grimm
TV show Ephram Geiger
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2011
The Off Hours
Movie Alonzo
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2010
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
Movie Dr. Bergsman
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2010
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Movie Joe Miller
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2006
We Go Way Back
Movie Frank
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2003
Big Fish
Movie Some Farmer
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Hinter
Movie Warren
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Goodbye, Beard
Movie Saint Nicholas
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Solitude
Movie Guy
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Between the Lines
Movie Carl
