Henry Ian Cusick (born 17 April 1967 actor of television, film, and theatre and a television director best known as Desmond Hume in Lost, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as Jesus in The Gospel of John, Stephen Finch on Scandal, Marcus Kane on The 100, Dr. Jonas Lear in The Passage, and Russell "Russ" Taylor on MacGyver.

Early life

Cusick was born in Trujillo, Peru, to a Peruvian mother, Esperanza Chávez, and a Scottish father, Henry Joseph Cusick. There Cusick attended Presentation College, San Fernando. He moved to Scotland with his family at the age of fourteen. Cusick attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and was asked to resign in his second year there due to attendance issues. He got his first acting role at the Citizens' Theatre as an understudy in the Christmas Panto playing a polar bear. He is fluent in both English and Spanish, and was raised Roman Catholic.

On screen, after appearing in recurring roles in television series such as Casualty and The Book Group, he starred as Jesus Christ in the 2003 film The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John. Cusick won the role when, while staying at the home of his friend Brian Cox, he met Cox's next-door neighbor, Carlton Cuse, the executive producer of Lost. Cusick stated he believes "a seed (was) planted, because they had been looking for either a Scottish or Irish character."

He also played Trent Marsh in Body of Proof and portrayed the major character Marcus Kane in The 100, which premiered in March 2014.

Cusick also directed a short film called Dress, filmed in his home town, Kailua, Hawaii, winning the best short at HIFF and Peace on Earth Film Festival.

In 2017, Cusick partnered with tech start-up JamBios to promote its reminiscing and memory-sharing social platform. He plays the voice of Monty, the digital biographer, and recorded over 200 questions that Monty asks users to help spur their memories. Cusick's wife Annie is the curator of the JamBios Memory Gallery.

Personal life

Cusick and his wife have three sons. He has previously lived in Hawaii.

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|2010

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

| Erik Weber

|Episodes: "Locum" and "Bullseye"

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|2012, 2015

|Scandal

|Stephen Finch

|Main role (season 1); 6 episodes<br>Guest role (season 4), Episode: "No More Blood"

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| rowspan="2" |2012

|Fringe

|Agent Simon Foster

|Episode: Season 4, Episode 19 "Letters of Transit"

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|The Mentalist

|Tommy Volker

|Episodes: "If It Bleeds, It Leads", "Days of Wine and Roses", "Little Red Corvette"

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| rowspan="3" |2013

|Hawaii Five-0

|Ernesto, terrorist group leader

|Episode: "We Need Each Another"

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|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Dr. Jimmy

|Episode: "Last Woman Standing"

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|Body of Proof

|Dr. Trent Marsh

|Episodes: "Eye for an Eye", "Daddy Issues"

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|2014–19

|The 100

|Marcus Kane

|Main role (Seasons 1-6): 80 episodes <br>Also directed two episodes

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|2016

|Rush Hour

|Thomas

|Episode: "Pilot"

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|2017

|Inhumans

|Dr. Evan Declan

|Recurring role; 6 episodes

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|2019

|The Passage

|Dr. Jonas Lear

|Main role

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|2020–21

|MacGyver

|Russell "Russ" Taylor

|Main role

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|2022–23

|Big Sky

|Avery McCallister

|Recurring role; 13 episodes

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|2022–present

|The Wingfeather Saga

|Artham Wingfeather/ Peet the Sockman (voice)

|Recurring role; 9 episodes

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|2023–24

|NCIS: Hawaiʻi

|OSP Supervisory Special Agent John Swift

|Recurring role; 5 episodes

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|2024

|9-1-1: Lone Star

|Enzo De La Costa

|2 episodes

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|2025

|Butterfly

|Nick Barnes

|Episode: "Seoul"

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|2026

|Twenty Twenty Six

|Vincente Guajardo

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|2008

|Lost: Via Domus

|Desmond Hume (voice)

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Theatre

  • Stolzius in The Soldiers - Royal Lyceum Theatre (preview, Edinburgh International Festival)
  • Torquato Tasso in Torquato Tasso - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh — Commendation, Ian Charleson Awards
  • Creon and The Messenger in Oedipus Rex - Glasgow Citizens Theatre — Commendation, Ian Charleson Awards
  • Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
  • Horner in The Country Wife - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
  • Hamlet in The Marowitz Hamlet - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
  • McCann in The Birthday Party - Glasgow Citizens Theatre
  • Jeffrey in The Dying Gaul - Citizens Theatre
  • Nick in The LA Plays - Almeida Theatre, London
  • The Home Show Pieces for Citizens Theatre
  • Cassio in Othello - Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream - Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Pompey in Antony and Cleopatra - Royal Shakespeare Company
  • Henry Green in Richard II - Royal National Theatre
  • Arthur in The Machine Wreckers - Royal National Theatre
  • Dollabella in Antony and Cleopatra - Royal National Theatre
  • Le Vicomte De Valmont in Les Liaisons Dangereuses - Liverpool Playhouse
  • Louis Ironson in Angels in America for 7:84 Theatre Company
  • Title role in Molière's Don Juan for Theatre Babel
  • Ross/Witch in Macbeth - Glasgow Citizens Theatre

References

  • Official Website
  • Official Fan Site