Dean Norris

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Dean Norris

Acting 63 April 8, 1963

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor, best known for portraying DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better…

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Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

9.0 2008 TV Show
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

8.2 1991 Movie
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

7.9 2007 TV Show
The Mentalist

The Mentalist

8.4 2008 TV Show
Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

7.7 2006 Movie
Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

8.7 2015 TV Show
Gattaca

Gattaca

7.6 1997 Movie
American Dad!

American Dad!

7.0 2005 TV Show
Total Recall

Total Recall

7.3 1990 Movie
Lost

Lost

8.0 2004 TV Show
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show

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Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor, best known for portraying DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2015–2022), as well as town selectman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–2015). He has also appeared in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Starship Troopers (1997), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Evan Almighty (2007). Norris was born in South Bend, Indiana, to Jack, a furniture store owner, and Rosie Norris. He has four sisters. Norris graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he says he got straight A's. He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, where he majored in social studies. He also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Confession

    Movie

  2. 2026
    TERM

    Movie Senator Randall Murphy

  3. 2026
    Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

    TV show Captain Richard Williams

  4. 2025
    Border Hunters

    Movie Abraham

  5. 2025
    WrestleMania 41: Sunday

    Movie Self

  6. 2025
    The Parenting

    Movie Cliff

  7. 2024
    The Six Triple Eight

    Movie General Halt

  8. 2024
    Carry-On

    Movie Phil Sarkowski

  9. 2024
    In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin

    TV show Self

  10. 2024
    Unfrosted

    Movie Khruschev

  11. 2023
    Liam and Michael

    TV show Michael's Father

  12. 2023
    Fool's Paradise

    Movie Studio Head

  13. 2021
    Ghosts

    TV show Frank

  14. 2021
    Law & Order: Organized Crime

    TV show Randall Stabler

  15. 2021
    United States of Al

    TV show Art

  16. 2019
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Movie Roy Nicholls

More credits
  1. 2019
    The Hustle

    Movie Howard Bacon

  2. 2019
    The Act

    TV show Russ

  3. 2018
    Beirut

    Movie Donald Gaines

  4. 2018
    Death Wish

    Movie Detective Rains

  5. 2017
    Get Shorty

    TV show Bob Grace

  6. 2017
    The Book of Henry

    Movie Glenn Sickleman

  7. 2017
    Claws

    TV show Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser

  8. 2017
    Girlboss

    TV show Jay

  9. 2017
    Fist Fight

    Movie Principal Richard Tyler

  10. 2015
    Superstore

    TV show Howard Fox

  11. 2015
    Remember

    Movie John Kurlander

  12. 2015
    Secret in Their Eyes

    Movie Bumpy

  13. 2015
    Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

    TV show Le Loup

  14. 2015
    Better Call Saul

    TV show Hank Schrader

  15. 2015
    Sons of Liberty

    TV show Ben Franklin

  16. 2014
    Men, Women & Children

    Movie Kent Mooney

  17. 2014
    Small Time

    Movie Ash Martini

  18. 2013
    No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

    Movie Self

  19. 2013
    The Counselor

    Movie Buyer

  20. 2013
    Talking Bad

    TV show Self

  21. 2013
    The Frozen Ground

    Movie Sgt. Lyle Haugsven

  22. 2013
    Under the Dome

    TV show James "Big Jim" Rennie

  23. 2012
    Scandal

    TV show Fenton Glackland

  24. 2012
    Get the Gringo

    Movie Bill