- Born
- Birth nameDean Joseph Norris
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Dean Joseph Norris is an American actor. He is well known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008-2013). He also portrayed town councilman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013-2015) and played mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series Claws. He reprises his role as Hank Schrader in the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul (2020). Throughout his career, Norris has acted in nearly 50 movies and more than 100 different TV shows.
Norris has appeared in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Hard to Kill (1990), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Firm (1993), Starship Troopers (1997), The Cell (2000), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), and Sons of Liberty (2015), and has more recently starred in films such as The Book of Henry (2017), Death Wish (2018), and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019).
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseAnne Bridget Sorenson(October 27, 2001 - present) (5 children)
- ParentsJack NorrisRosemarie Lacay Norris
- Often cast as law enforcement or military types
- Bald
- Short, stocky frame
- Was the valedictorian of his graduating class at Clay High School (South Bend, Indiana), and was accepted to Harvard College, where he graduated in 1985.
- His character on Breaking Bad (2008) was a fan favorite but Norris wanted Hank Schrader to be killed off in the middle of Breaking Bad's final season. However, since the final season was split into two parts, Norris had to stay on until the end. As a result, Norris had to turn down the opportunity to star in a sitcom pilot in order to finish filming Breaking Bad (2008)'s fifth season.
- Appeared in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), which also features his Breaking Bad (2008) co-star Bryan Cranston.
- Earned a black belt in Taekwondo while in high school.
- Is the father of two daughters and three sons, with an age span of 17 years between the eldest and youngest.
- If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.
- If I have a day off I will play golf.
- I think actors who take things too far are funny.
- I play DEA, CIA, FBI, LAPD; I got 'em all.
- I never had a month or so go by where I haven't had a job, but you always worry that someone will turn off the tap.
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