Charles Hallahan

Charles' spouse, Barbara, has not remarried. Currently, she, and their sons Seamus and Liam (who is writing this), live in Ireland, and have been there for the past two years. [January 2006]

He was awarded the 1992 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "The Kentucky Circle" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He was awarded the 1987 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Babbitt: a marriage" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He was awarded the 1986 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Lead Performance for "Rat in the Skull" at the Mark Taper Forum Too Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Beefy, Philadelphia-born Charles Hallahan was often cast as cops, both good and bad, mainly because the map of Ireland was written all over his face. A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Temple University in his hometown. After spending some time in regional theater, he headed west to Los Angeles to break into films and television. He spent a good deal of time on stage in L. A. , and quickly began racking up television and movie credits. He was a regular on the detective series Hunter (1984) - as, what else, a cop - and turned in a standout performance as a corrupt, racist detective in a story arc on Hill Street Blues (1981).

He also appeared in such films as Silkwood (1983), Kidco (1984), Executive Decision (1996) and Dante's Peak (1997).

In an interview shortly before his death, he recalled how fans remember him mostly for his role as Norris in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) and the special make-up effects for the ill-fated geologist.

Graduated from Temple University, Philadelphia with a Master's of Fine Arts (MFA) degree. [1972]