Gary Houston

Gary Houston (lahir 17 Desember 1948 di California) adalah aktor panggung, film, dan televisi Amerika, penulis naskah drama, dan sutradara teater yang karirnya telah berlangsung lebih dari 60 tahun. Dia terkenal karena karyanya di dunia teater Chicago, di mana dia aktif sejak 1969. Mantan koordinator produksi dan penulis di Chicago Sun-Times, Houston menciptakan peran asli Roger ("Mooning King of Rydell High") di pemutaran perdana dunia Grease di Kingston Mines Theatre Company di Chicago, di mana istrinya Hedda Lubin (menikah 30 Desember 2004) berperan sebagai Frenchie. Sebagai sutradara, ia memenangkan Penghargaan Joseph Jefferson untuk Desain Teknis Keseluruhan untuk pemutaran perdana Kaspar karya Peter Handke di Chicago tahun 1977 di Teater Goodman, dan mengarahkan produksi pertama yang dibuka di Perusahaan Teater Steppenwolf (Our Late Night karya Wallace Shawn, 1977), dengan pemeran yang mencakup John Malkovich, Terry Kinney, Laurie Metcalf, dan Joan Allen. Kredit film dan televisinya termasuk The Blues Brothers (1980), Major League (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Hoffa (1992), Fargo (1996), Proof (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2007), Eagle Eye (2008), Watchmen (2009), Game Day (2018), Princess Cyd (2017), dan Are You There God? Ini Aku, Margaret. (2023). Di televisi dia pernah tampil di Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Fargo (TV), Shameless, Prison Break, Shining Girls, dan Leverage. Dia juga mengajar Akting untuk Film di Columbia College Chicago, mengambil alih kelas dari temannya Joe Mantegna, dan merupakan penulis naskah drama dan penulis fiksi pendek yang bekerja di Chicago Quarterly Review.

Gary Houston (born December 17, 1948, in California) is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, and theatre director whose career has spanned over 60 years. He is best known for his work in Chicago's theater scene, where he has been active since 1969. A former production coordinator and writer at the Chicago Sun-Times, Houston created the original role of Roger (the "Mooning King of Rydell High") in the world premiere of Grease at the Kingston Mines Theatre Company in Chicago, where his wife Hedda Lubin (married December 30, 2004) originated the role of Frenchie. As a director, he won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Overall Technical Design for the 1977 Chicago premiere of Peter Handke's Kaspar at Goodman Theatre, and directed the first production to open at Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Wallace Shawn's Our Late Night, 1977), with a cast that included John Malkovich, Terry Kinney, Laurie Metcalf, and Joan Allen. His film and television credits include The Blues Brothers (1980), Major League (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Hoffa (1992), Fargo (1996), Proof (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2007), Eagle Eye (2008), Watchmen (2009), Game Day (2018), Princess Cyd (2017), and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023). On television he has appeared in Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago Justice, Fargo (TV), Shameless, Prison Break, Shining Girls, and Leverage. He also taught Acting for Film at Columbia College Chicago, taking over the class from his friend Joe Mantegna, and is a published playwright and short fiction writer with work in the Chicago Quarterly Review.