Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice. Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor"). Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990). Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock. Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• 2011Eagles in the Chicken Coop — President Brad
• 2009A Call to Arms — Major Zelnis USMC
• 2002Trance — Taylor Black
• UC: Undercover
• Family Law — Colin Andrews
• 1998The Prophecy II — Thomas Daggett
• 1997Melanie Darrow — Alex Kramer
• 1995Black Scorpion — Michael Russo
• 1995The Demolitionist — Jack Crowley
• Diagnosis: Murder — Paul Madison
• 1991Bride of Re-Animator Documentary
• Dark Justice — Judge Nicholas Marshall
• 1991Dillinger — Harry Pierpont
• 1990Bride of Re-Animator — Dr. Dan Cain
• 1990Johnny Ryan — Tom Kelly
• 1990Kaleidoscope — Sam (Father)
• 1989Trapped — John Doe
• 1988Bad Dreams — Dr. Alex Karmen
• 1988Baja Oklahoma — Dove Christian
• 1988Casual Sex? — Keith
• 1988Out of Time — Channing Taylor
• Beauty and the Beast — Devin Wells
• 1987Interzone — Swan
• 1987Summer Heat — Jack Ruffin
• 1985Command 5 — Deke Williams
• MacGyver — Russian Agent Nikolaj Kossov
• 1985Re-Animator — Dan Cain
• Murder, She Wrote — Wayne Metzger / Stearns, Drew Granger, Monte Hayes
• 1984Velvet — Breed
• 1984Why Me? — Markus
• 1982Tag: The Assassination Game — Loren Gersh
• The Blue and the Gray — Jake Hale Jr.

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2026Till Death Do Us Part: Making of Bride of Re-Animator — Himself
• 2011Dream Cast — Himself
• 2007Re-Animator Resurrectus — Himself