When he was 16 he moved with his father in Los Angeles. While he was in high school, performing a production of Guys and Dolls he realized that he wants to be an actor. He got the support of both parents in pursuing a television career.

Timothy Hutton is the youngest male actor that won an Oscar for Ordinary People (1980) as he received it at the age of 20. The Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actor.

Acting career

Timothy Hutton’s career debuted in 1979 with the movies Friendly Fire, and The Best Place to Be. In 1980 he appeared in Young Love, First Love and Father Figure. After winning the Academy Award in 1980, he appeared in A Long Way Home (1981). His next movies were not that acclaimed: Iceman, Daniel, Turk 182, Made in Heaven, Q&A. Taps and The Falcon and the Snowman were the only hits.

Between 1985 and 1990s, Hutton was a cast member in Everybody’s All American, and French Kiss. In 1996 played opposite Natalie Portman (14 years old then) in Beautiful Girls.

In 2001-2002 he was part of the TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Nero Wolfe’s assistant. In 2006 he had the lead role in Kidnapped. He plays Conrad Cain, a wealthy father whose son was kidnapped.

Between 2008 and 2012 he had a major role in the TV series Leverage as Nate Ford. He was leading a group of cybernetic thieves that used to scam criminals. In 2014 he started to play in a new TV series American Crime.

The pursuit of love

Timothy Houston was married twice. His first wife was Debra Winger, also an actress. Together they had a baby boy in 1987. His name is Noah. Sources say that he looks much alike his father, considering they are both tall. Timothy is said to be 1.85m height. They divorced in 1990. He also dated the beautiful Angelina Jolie for a few years before she became Billy Bob Thornton’s wife.

In 2000 he married for the second time. His wife is no other than former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing’s niece. They had a son, Milo, who was born in 2001, in Paris. In 2009 he divorced his second wife. Currently he is dating his co-worker actress Caitlin Gerard. They both are part of the American Crime series. What shock the audience was that his new girlfriend is only 27 years old.

Personal interests

Hutton became a Freemason at Herder Lodge No. 698 in New York City in 2005.

Besides acting, Hutton is also a business man. He co-owns a bar and restaurant in New York City, P.J. Clarke’s. He became president of an actors’ club in New York, Players. He also did some directing. Here we can mentions the music video for the single Drive of The Cars (1984). He also directed the music video for Christian Kate’s The House Rules (2010). He gathered a net worth of $18 million.