Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 14, 1959
Place of Birth
Homestead AFB, Florida, USA
Credits
29 titles
Russell Hodgkinson
Biography
Russell was born on Homestead Air Force Base and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. His first acting experience came in 7th grade, playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He continued acting throughout high school, passing up a theatre arts scholarship to join the Army after becoming a father his senior year. Peace time provided a unique opportunity as he soon began performing regularly at the esteemed Fort Bragg Playhouse. By the end of his enlistment he had earned his Actor's Equity card and moved to New York City. In 1986 he reenlisted in the Coast Guard, joining the crew of the USCG Cutter Sassafras in Hawaii. During off duty hours he studied at the Honolulu Film Actor's Workshop before being transferred to Long Beach, California where he met his wife actress Shelley Poncy. In 1992 the couple moved to Louisiana, where they became fixtures on the New Orleans stage. They moved to Seattle in 2003, Russell resumed his theatre career and became active in the Independent film scene. In 2014 he was cast to play 'Doc' on the SyFy original series 'Z Nation'.
Known For
Filmography
Godfart
God
Going Home
Randall Kosciusko
Maysville
Clarence Wells
The Stairs
Gabriel Mason
Three Busy Debras
Bathing Man
We Take the Low Road
George
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
Steven Beck
The Gamers: The Shadow Menace
The Professor
Star Leaf
Seth Guardrail Slaughter
The Hollow One
John Eaton
Minimum Wage
"The Nice Homeless Man with the Cigarette"
The Device
Dr. Mora
7 Minutes
Lawrence
Z Nation
Doc
Ghostlight
Bob
Eden
Dave
21 & Over
The Chief
Junk
Gauge
Fat Kid Rules The World
Marcus' Stepfather
Grassroots
Pernell Alden
Grimm
Ephram Geiger
The Off Hours
Alonzo
The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
Dr. Bergsman
ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Joe Miller
We Go Way Back
Frank
Big Fish
Some Farmer
Hinter
Warren
Goodbye, Beard
Saint Nicholas
Between the Lines
Carl