Lenny Von Dohlen

Infobox actor
name = Lenny Von Dohlen
imagesize = 200px
caption = Lenny Von Dohlen, interviewed for the "Twin Peaks: season 2" DVD release, 2006
birthdate = birth date and age|1958|12|22
location = Augusta, Georgia
deathdate =
birthname =
othername = Lenny von Dohlen (different spelling)
notable role = Miles Harding in "Electric Dreams" Billy Galvin in "Billy Galvin" Harold Smith in "Twin Peaks" and ' Harry Rainey in "Leaving Normal" Jack in "Tollbooth" Forster Batterham in ' Mr. Cox in "The Pretender"
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height = 6' 2" (1.88 m)

Lenny Von Dohlen (born 22 December 1958, Augusta, Georgia, U.S.) is an American film and stage actor, best known for his performance as Harold Smith in "Twin Peaks" and "".

Lenny Von Dohlen’s film debut was in the Academy Award-winning "Tender Mercies", starring Robert Duvall, written by Horton Foote and directed by Bruce Beresford. From that performance, Mr. Von Dohlen was given the leading role in MGM/UA’s "Electric Dreams". Other roles include: "Under the Biltmore Clock"; "Blind Vision"; "Jennifer 8"; Ed Zwick’s "Leaving Normal" and the title role in "Billy Galvin".

He played one of the bad guys in Twentieth Century Fox’s Home Alone 3, and appeared in independent films such as "Toll Booth", "Bird of Prey", "One Good Turn", "Entertaining Angels", "Cadillac" and "Frontline". In 2007, he can be seen starring in "Beautiful Loser" and "Teeth", a Sundance and Berlin Film Festival Dramatic Competition nominee.

In addition to his role on "Twin Peaks", Von Dohlen has appeared in "Kent State", "thirtysomething", "The Lazarus Man", "Picket Fences", "The Pretender", "Chicago Hope" and "Red Dwarf" and appeared in a cameo on "Walker, Texas Ranger", in 1996. Most recently he appeared in the "Masterpiece Theatre" presentation of Eudora Welty’s "The Ponder Heart" on PBS.

In the theatre, Von Dohlen has created roles in the New York productions of "Asian Shade", "The Team", "Twister" and "Vanishing Act" and "The Maderati", the latter two by Richard Greenberg. For nine months he starred in Carol Churchill’s play "Cloud 9", directed by Tommy Tune, followed by The Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of "Desire Under the Elms" opposite Kathy Baker. He has starred in "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet" and Joe Orton’s "Loot". On the West Coast, Mr. Von Dohlen has been seen in Wedekind's "Lulu" at the La Jolla Playhouse, and "The Blue Room" at the Pasadena. Von Dohlen originated the role of Voltaire in the world premiere of Jean Claude van Italie's "Light" garnering Best Actor nominations from the Los Angeles Critics Circle and Ovation.

Von Dohlen currently resides in New York and Los Angeles.

External links

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* [http://lennyvondohlen.tripod.com/ Lenny Von Dohlen Online]
* [http://www6.big.or.jp/~syntax/ Lenny Von Dohlen Unofficial fan page]