Treat Williams
| Treat Williams | |
|---|---|
 Williams in 1982 | |
| Born |
Richard Treat Williams December 1, 1951 Rowayton, Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Actor/author |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Pam Van Sant (m. 1988) |
| Children | 2, Ellie and Gill |
Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is a Golden Globe and Emmy award-nominated American actor and children's book author who has appeared on film, stage and television.[1] He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 film Hair, and later also starred in the films Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, The Late Shift and 127 Hours. From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series Everwood and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Early life
Williams was born in Rowayton, Connecticut, the son of Marian (née Andrew), an antiques dealer, and Richard Norman Williams, a corporate executive.[2] His maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Senator William Henry Barnum of Connecticut, the third cousin of the showman P. T. Barnum,[3] and a distant relative was Robert Treat Paine, who was a signatory to the Declaration of Independence.[4] Williams graduated from the Kent School in Connecticut and Franklin and Marshall College. Williams was featured in the February 1980 edition of Playgirl.[4]
Career
Williams made his film debut in the 1976 thriller film Deadly Hero.[5] He came to world attention in 1979, when he starred in the Miloš Forman film Hair, which was based on the 1967 Broadway musical. He has gone on to appear in over 75 films and several television series, including, most notably, 1941 (1979), Once Upon A Time In America (1984), Dead Heat (1988), Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), and Deep Rising (1998).
Williams was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his part in Hair as George Berger. He got a second Golden Globe nomination for starring in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City (1981) and a third for his performance as Stanley Kowalski in the television presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1996, Williams was nominated for a Best Actor Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his work in The Late Shift, an HBO movie, in which he portrayed agent Michael Ovitz.
Williams has also worked as a director, winning two festival awards for directing Texan in Showtime's Chanticleer Films series.
In 1996, he played villain Xander Drax in Paramount's big budget comic book adaptation The Phantom, in which Williams' character did his best to take over the world and kill Billy Zane's mysterious superhero.
Williams' career includes numerous stage roles. He won a Drama League Award for his work in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, and another for starring in the off-Broadway production of Captains Courageous. Other notable Broadway shows include Grease, the Sherman Brothers' Over Here!, Once in a Lifetime, Pirates of Penzance and Love Letters, and off-Broadway, he has appeared in David Mamet's Oleanna and Oh, Hell (at Lincoln Center), Some Men Need Help and Randy Newman's Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong. He premiered the Los Angeles production of Love Letters and appeared in War Letters at the Canon Theatre in Los Angeles.
Williams may be best known for his leading role as Dr. Andrew Brown in the WB television series Everwood, about a New York City neurosurgeon who moves his family to Colorado. Although the show's ratings were never spectacular, it won critical acclaim and had a devoted following. Williams received two SAG Award nominations (2003 and 2004) for his role on the show.
Williams has recently made several guest appearances on the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters playing David Morton, a friend and potential suitor of the Sally Field character. Williams starred in the short lived series Heartland on TNT as Nathaniel Grant, the head of a Pittsburgh organ transplant center, before it was canceled due to low ratings. He also starred in a Lifetime movie called the Staircase Murders, which aired April 15, 2007.
Williams starred in a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie, titled Beyond the Blackboard, with his former Everwood co-star, Emily VanCamp, which aired on CBS on April 24, 2011.[6]
In early 2010, videos were posted on YouTube as well as edits made to Williams' Wikipedia page and a Facebook page made faking his death. These included a graphic and detailed explanation as to his illness and place of death. In August 2011, Williams responded to these rumors in an interview with Contact Music when speaking of more recent rumors linking him to the new Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained. Regarding the death hoax, Williams stated, "I did see that and I think those things are dangerous for your family and friends."
Williams has been cast in the CBS television pilot Peachtree Lines as mayor Lincoln Rylan. The serial is an examination of political, social, and cultural issues in Atlanta also starring Victoria Rowell (Naomi Grace), Ving Rhames (Ving Wesley), James Van Der Beek (Garrett Cindell), Jason Dohring (Travis Diring), and Jena Malone (Sierra Jayden).
Adding to his long list of accomplishments, Williams has now published a children's book titled Air Show! (Illustrated by Robert Neubecker, and published in 2010 by Disney/Hyperion Books). The target audience being children ages three to seven, the book playfully documents the airshow experience with simple text and bold illustrations of such aircraft as a Boeing B-17, a Pitts Special biplane, and the U.S. Navy's Blue Angel F/A-18.
Personal life
In 1969, Williams' high-school football coach, who was also a flight instructor, offered to train him in a Piper Super Cub. Williams became an FAA instrument-rated commercial pilot with privileges in both single engine and multi-engine airplanes, rotorcraft. He also is certified as a flight instructor.[7] Williams holds a type-rating for Cessna Citation jets.[8] He has owned a Clipped-wing Cub, Cherokee 180, Seneca II, and a Navajo Chieftain which is used for family travel between homes.[9]
Williams lives with his wife, Pam Van Sant, and two children, Gill and Ellie, in Manchester, Vermont.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Ritz, TheThe Ritz | Michael Brick | |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Central Park Jogger | Uncredited |
| 1976 | Deadly Hero | Billings | |
| 1976 | Eagle Has Landed, TheThe Eagle Has Landed | Capt. Harry Clark | |
| 1979 | Hair | George Berger | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor |
| 1979 | 1941 | Cpl. Chuck "Stretch" Sitarski | |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Echo Base Trooper Cloud City trooper |
Uncredited |
| 1980 | Why Would I Lie? | Cletus | |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Daniel Ciello | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1981 | Pursuit of D. B. Cooper, TheThe Pursuit of D. B. Cooper | D. B. Cooper | |
| 1983 | Neapolitan Sting | Ferdinando detto Giugiù | |
| 1983 | Dempsey | Jack Dempsey | Television movie |
| 1984 | Streetcar Named Desire, AA Streetcar Named Desire | Stanley Kowalski | Television movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | James Conway O'Donnell | |
| 1984 | Flashpoint | Ernie Wyatt | |
| 1985 | Smooth Talk | Arnold Friend | Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead |
| 1986 | Men's Club, TheThe Men's Club | Terry | |
| 1987 | J. Edgar Hoover | J. Edgar Hoover | Television movie |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Rick Guida | Television movie |
| 1988 | Sweet Lies | Peter | |
| 1988 | The Third Solution | Mark Hendrix | |
| 1988 | Night of the Sharks | David Ziegler | |
| 1988 | Dead Heat | Det. Roger Mortis | |
| 1989 | Heart of Dixie | Hoyt Cunningham | |
| 1989 | Third Degree Burn | Scott Weston | Television movie |
| 1990 | Drug Wars: The Camarena Story | Ray Carson | Television movie |
| 1990 | Max and Helen | Max Rosenberg | Television movie |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | Unknown | |
| 1991 | Final Verdict | Earl Rogers | Television movie |
| 1992 | Till Death Us Do Part | Alan Palliko | Television movie |
| 1992 | Water Engine, TheThe Water Engine | Dave Murray | Television movie |
| 1992 | Deadly Matrimony | Alan Masters | Television movie |
| 1993 | Bonds of Love | Robby Smith | Television movie |
| 1993 | Where the Rivers Flow North | Champ's Manager | |
| 1994 | Hand Gun | George McCallister | |
| 1994 | Vault of Horror I | Unknown | Television movie |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives | Peter Barnum | Television movie |
| 1994 | Texan | Man in Chinos | Television short Chicago International Film Festival Award for Best Short |
| 1995 | Mister Dog | Unknown | |
| 1995 | Taming Power of the Small, TheThe Taming Power of the Small | Unknown | Short film |
| 1995 | In the Shadow of Evil | Jack Brenner | Television movie |
| 1995 | Johnny's Girl | Johnny | Television movie |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Critical Bill | |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Col. Nathan Fitzgerald | |
| 1996 | Late Shift, TheThe Late Shift | Michael Ovitz | Television movie Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1996 | Phantom, TheThe Phantom | Xander Drax | |
| 1997 | Devil's Own, TheThe Devil's Own | Billy Burke | |
| 1998 | Deep Rising | John Finnegan | |
| 1999 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Pat Cappadora | |
| 1998 | Escape: Human Cargo | John McDonald | Television film |
| 1998 | The Substitute 2: School's Out | Karl Thomasson | Ditect to video |
| 1998 | Every Mother's Worst Fear | Mitch Carson | Television film |
| 1999 | 36 Hours to Die | Noah Stone | Television movie |
| 1999 | The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All | Karl Thomasson | Direct to video |
| 1999 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Theodore Lytton | Television movie |
| 2000 | Hopewell | David Jonas | Television movie |
| 2001 | Crash Point Zero | Agent Jason Ross | |
| 2001 | Critical Mass | Mike Jeffers | |
| 2001 | Skeletons in the Closet | Will | Video |
| 2001 | The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not an Option | Karl Thomasson | Direct to video |
| 2001 | Venomous | Dr. David Henning | Video |
| 2002 | Guilty Hearts | Stephen Carrow | Television movie |
| 2002 | Gale Force | Sam Garrett | Video |
| 2002 | Hollywood Ending | Hal | |
| 2002 | Circle, TheThe Circle | Mr. Spencer Runcie | |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | FBI Asst. Dir. Walter Collins | |
| 2007 | Staircase Murders, TheThe Staircase Murders | Michael Peterson | Television movie |
| 2007 | Moola | Luis Gordon | |
| 2007 | The Hideout | Father Amy | |
| 2008 | What Happens in Vegas | Jack Fuller Sr. | |
| 2008 | Good Behavior | Burt Valencia | Television movie |
| 2008 | Front of the Class | Norman Cohen | Television movie |
| 2009 | Chasing a Dream | Gary Stiles | Television movie |
| 2009 | Safe Harbor | Doug | Television movie |
| 2010 | Mask Maker | Mr. Tucker | |
| 2010 | Howl | Mark Schorer | |
| 2010 | 127 Hours | Aron's Dad | |
| 2010 | Martino's Summer | Captain Jeff Clark | |
| 2010 | Boston's Finest | Jack Holt | Television movie |
| 2011 | Little Bit of Heaven, AA Little Bit of Heaven | Jack Corbett | |
| 2011 | Oba: The Last Samurai | Col. Wessinger | |
| 2011 | Beyond the Blackboard | Dr. Warren | Television movie |
| 2012 | Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader | Dr. Grey | |
| 2012 | Deadfall | Becker | |
| 2013 | In the Blood | Robert Grant | Post-production |
| 2013 | Age of Dinosaurs | Gabe | Filming |
| 2013 | Persecuted | Pre-production | |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Mr. Wheeler | |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Ted Kennedy | Television movie |
| 2017 | The Etruscan Smile[10] | Frank |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Hudley T. Singleton III | Episode: "Some Men Need Help" |
| 1987 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Prince Andrew | Episode: "The Little Mermaid" |
| 1991 | Eddie Dodd | Eddie Dodd | 6 episodes |
| 1992 | Tales from the Crypt | Howard Prince | Episode: "None But the Lonely Heart" |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Dr. Achilles Milo (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Road to Avonlea | Zak Morgan | Episode: "Moving On" |
| 1993–1994 | Good Advice | Jack Harold | 19 episodes |
| 2002 | UC: Undercover | Teddy Collins | Episode: "Teddy C" |
| 2002 | Going to California | Officer Terrence 'Terry' Miller | Episode: "The West Texas Round-up and Other Assorted Misdemeanors" |
| 2002–2006 | Everwood | Dr. Andrew 'Andy' Brown | 89 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series (2003–04) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Parental Unit |
| 2006 | Brothers & Sisters | David Morton | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Heartland | Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Grant | 9 episodes |
| 2009 | Storm, TheThe Storm | Robert Terrell | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Against the Wall | Don Kowalski | 13 episodes |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jake Stanton | Episode: "Spiraling Down" |
| 2012 | Leverage | Pete Rising | Episode: "The Blue Line Job" |
| 2012 | The Simpsons | Himself/William Sullivan | Episode: "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" |
| 2012–2013 | White Collar | Samuel Phelps / James Bennett | 6 episodes |
| 2013 | Chicago Fire | Benny Severide | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Hawaii Five-0 | Mick Logan | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Eve of Destruction | Max Salinger | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sam | 1 episode |
| 2015 | American Odyssey | Colonel Stephen Glen | Main cast |
| 2016 | Blue Bloods | Lenny Ross | Episode: "Back in the Day" |
| 2016 | Chesapeake Shores | Mick O'Brien | Main role; in production |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1980 | Grease | Danny Zuko | |
| 1974–1975 | Over Here! | Utah | |
| 1978 | Once in a Lifetime | Jerry Hyland | |
| 1981–1982 | Pirates of Penzance, TheThe Pirates of Penzance | The Pirate King | |
| 1982 | Some Men Need Help | Hudley T. Singleton III | 47th Street Theatre |
| 1989–1990 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepiece Ladd III | |
| 1989 | Bobby Gould in Hell | Bobby Gould | Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater |
| 1992–1994 | Oleanna | John | Orpheum Theatre |
| 1999 | Captains Courageous, the Musical | Manuel | Manhattan Theatre Club |
| 2001 | Follies | Buddy Plummer |
References
- ↑ "The Doctor Is In - Again". The Washington Post. 17 June 2007. (TV Week, p. 5).
- ↑ "Treat Williams Biography (1951— )". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "Marien ' Andy'Williams, 82, Rowayton antique dealer". The Darien Times. 2006-11-30. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- 1 2 "TREAT WILLIAMS IS AIMING FOR SUCCESS ON MANY FRONTS". Philadelphia Inquirer. 1984-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (September 1992). Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1993. New York, NY: Signet Books. p. 285. ISBN 0-451-17381-3.
- ↑ "Let Them Shine, a New "Hallmark Hall of Fame" Presentation Starring Emily Vancamp". thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
- ↑ "FAA Registry - Airmen - AirmenInquiry - Last Resort". Amsrvs.registry.faa.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "FAA Registry - Airmen - AirmenInquiry - Last Resort". Amsrvs.registry.faa.gov. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "Treat Williams". AOPA pilot. February 2011.
- ↑ Donna Cohrs (2016-03-10). "Colony - Interview with Thora Birch". Three If By Space. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
External links
- Treat Williams cast bio on The WB
- Treat Williams at the Internet Movie Database
- Treat Williams at the Internet Broadway Database
- Treat Williams at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Remarkably Good - TFL.org approved fanlisting for Treat Williams