John Terry

John Terry (born January 25, 1950) is an American retired film, television and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christian Shephard in the TV series Lost, as Larry McCoy in the TV series Las Vegas and for portraying Slim in Of Mice and Men. His daughter is professional association football player Hanna Terry.

Early life Terry was born in Vero Beach, Florida, where he attended Vero Beach High School. He was also educated at the prestigious Loomis Chaffee prep school in Windsor, Connecticut, and began a career building original custom log homes in North Carolina. He played roles in local theater before moving to Alaska where he founded a river rafting company. But his interest in acting did not diminish. At age 30 he moved to New York City and became a full-time actor.

Career Terry's debut role was as the title character in the 1980 fantasy film Hawk the Slayer, followed by roles in films such as There Goes the Bride (1980), Tuxedo Warrior (1982) and the action sequel Wild Geese II (1985), as Barbara Carrera's brother. His career then took a major upswing as he was assigned the roles of Lieutenant Lockhart in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Felix Leiter in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987). Nothing as prominent followed immediately, though he received good notices for his role as a traumatized Vietnam veteran in Norman Jewison's In Country (1989). Terry subsequently played the lead in a well-regarded but short-lived TV series Against the Grain. Terry played Slim in the 1992 film adaptation of Of Mice and Men and also appeared in The Resurrected (1992), an adaption of the H. P. Lovecraft novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward.

He found new success on television. He appeared in the first episodes of ER playing Dr. Div Cvetic, the love interest of Dr. Lewis, who disappeared after a nervous breakdown. He later played a recurring role in season two of Fox's real-time thriller 24, as Bob Warner, the father of both the love interest of hero Jack Bauer and of another daughter whose fiancé is suspected of being a terrorist.

After a brief stint on NBC's Las Vegas, he was cast as Christian Shephard, the father of Jack Shephard and Claire Littleton on ABC's Lost. Terry reprised his role as Shephard on several occasions in flashbacks before appearing frequently in real time on the island as an incarnation of "the man in black". He had a guest role in a 2006 episode of Law & Order, as well as the part of older Jacob Wheeler in Steven Spielberg's Into the West mini series, which was nominated for 16 Emmy Awards in 2006. He also appeared in David Fincher's Zodiac, Matthew McConaughey's Surfer, Dude, and the horror thriller Nine Dead.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title RoleNotes 1978 Forever Fernwood Gerald McMahon 1 episode 1978 Soap Foreman 1 episode 1979 Lou Grant Dr. Lockwood 1 episode 1983 The Scarlet and the Black Lt. Harry Barnett Television film 1983 Philip Marlowe, Private Eye George Dial 1 episode 1985 Dempsey and Makepeace Arnold Sims 1 episode 1987 ScreenPlay Shannon 1 episode 1990 A Killing in a Small Town Stan Blankenship Television film 1993 Miracle Child Buck Sanders Television film 1993 Against the Grain Ed Clemons Main role, 8 episodes 1994–1995 ER Dr. David Cvetic Recurring role, 8 episodes 1996 A Mother's Instinct Carl Gibbins/Gilbaine Television film 1996 Second Noah Travis Beckett 1 episode 1998 Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story James Rich Television film 1998 A Change of Heart Dr. Jim Marshall Television film 1999 Blue Valley Songbird Hank Television film 2002–2003 24 Bob Warner Recurring role, 12 episodes 2003–2004 Las Vegas Larry McCoy 4 episodes 2004–2010 Lost Dr. Christian Shephard Recurring role, 19 episodes 2005 Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure Vince Peterson Television film 2005 Into the West Older Jacob Wheeler Miniseries, 4 episodes 2007–2008 Wildfire Jesse Ritter Recurring role, 5 episodes 2006 Law & Order Sherman Loomis 1 episode 2009 CSI: NY McCanna Taylor 1 episode 2009 CSI: Miami Dean Collins 1 episode 2009–2010 Trauma Dr. Lyndon Carnahan Recurring role, 7 episodes 2010–2011 Brothers & Sisters Dr. Karl West Recurring role, 5 episodes 2011 Charlie's Angels Victor Sampson 2 episodes