Treat Williams

Richard Treat Williams (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor.

Biography

Early life

Williams was born in Rowayton, Connecticut to Richard Norman Williams, a business executive, and his wife Marion, a descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine, for whom he is named. Williams graduated from the Kent School in Connecticut and Franklin and Marshall College.

Career

Wiliams came to world attention when he starred in the 1979 Miloš Forman film, Hair (film). This film was based on the Broadway musical Hair. Since that time he has gone on to appear in over seventy-five films and several television series, including, most notably, 1941 (1979), Once Upon A Time In America (1984), Dead Heat (1988), and Deep Rising (1998). Expected to become a big star in the early '80s due to his talent and film exposure, he never quite did, though he did become a prolific character actor who remains active in films to this day. Currently, he is the star of the popular television series Everwood.

Williams was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his part in Hair. He got a second Golden Globe nomination for starring in Sydney Lumet's Prince of the City. He got a third nomination for his performance as Stanley Kowalski in the television presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1996, he was nominated Best Actor by the Emmy Awards for his work in The Late Shift, an HBO movie. Williams has also worked as a director, winning won two festival awards for directing Texan in Showtime's Chanticleer series.

Williams' acting 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 is currently occupied largely by his leading role as Dr. Andrew Brown in the WB series Everwood, about a New York neurosurgeon who moves his family to the fictional Everwood, Colo. Although the show's ratings are unfortunately typical of The WB, it has won critical claim and has a devoted following. Williams has received two SAG awards (2003 and 2004) for his role.

Personal life

Williams lives with his wife and two children in New York, although they have a home in Utah where Everwood is shot.

Movie and Television Performances

Searching for Mickey Fish (2006) (post-production)
Everwood (tv series)
Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Hollywood Ending (2002)
"Going to California"(2002) tv Episode
Guilty Hearts (2002) (tv)
Venomous (2002)
Gale Force (2002) (V)
"UC: Undercover" (2002) tv Episode
Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001) (V)
The Fraternity (2001)
Critical Mass (2000)
Crash Point Zero (2000)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999) (tv)
The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999) (tv)
36 Hours to Die (1999) (tv)
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
Every Mother's Worst Fear (1998) (tv)
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998) (tv)
Escape: Human Cargo (1998) (tv)
Deep Rising (1998)
The Devil's Own (1997)
The Phantom (1996)
Mulholland Falls (1996)
The Late Shift (1996) (tv)
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
Johnny's Girl (1995) (tv)
In the Shadow of Evil (1995) (tv)
The Taming Power of the Small (1995)
Mister Dog (1995)
Texan (1994) (tv)
Parallel Lives (1994) (tv)
Where the Rivers Flow North (1994)
Hand Gun (1994)
Vault of Horror I (1994) (tv)
"Good Advice" (1993) tv Series
Road to Avonlea (tv)
Bonds of Love (1993/I) (tv)
Deadly Matrimony (1992) (tv)
"Batman" (1992) (tv)
The Water Engine (1992) (tv)
Tales from the Crypt (1992) (tv)
Till Death Us Do Part (1992) (tv)
Final Verdict (1991) (tv)
"Eddie Dodd" (1991) tv Series
Max and Helen (1990) (tv)
The Camarena Story (1990) (mini) tv Series
Oltre l'oceano (1990)
Russicum - I giorni del diavolo (1989)
Heart of Dixie (1989)
Third Degree Burn (1989) (tv)
Dead Heat (1988)
Sweet Lies (1988)
Echoes in the Darkness (1987) (tv)
"Faerie Tale Theatre" (1987) (tv)
J. Edgar Hoover (1987) (tv)
Notte degli squali, La (1987)
The Men's Club (1986)
Smooth Talk (1985)
Some Men Need Help (1985) (tv)
Flashpoint (1984)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) (tvM)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Stangata napoletana (1983)
Dempsey (1983) (tv)
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
Prince of the City (1981)
Why Would I Lie? (1980)
Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1941 (1979)
Hair (1979)
The Ritz (1976)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Deadly Hero (1976)

External links

Treat Williams cast bio on The WB