After winning an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critic’s award for his performance in Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, Hutton went on to star in numerous films, including Taps, Daniel, Falcon & the Owlman, Made in Heaven, Q&A, General’s Daughter, French Kiss, Beautiful Girls, and Sunshine State. With Taps, Hutton received his second Golden Globe Award nomination.
As a member of New York’s Circle Repertory Company, Hutton originated the lead role in the Broadway Production of Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss and starred in Babylon Gardens with Mary Louise Parker. In addition, Hutton appeared in the Los Angeles stage production of The Oldest Living Graduate, opposite Henry Fonda, which was later broadcast live on NBC. Hutton also directed Nicole Burdette’s Busted for the New York-based theatre company, Naked Angels.
On television, Hutton produced and starred in Showtime’s Mr. & Mrs. Loving, written and directed by Oscar-nominated Richard Friedenberg (A River Runs Through It); starred as the title character in the acclaimed Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within, also for Showtime; and the docudrama WWIII for the Fox Network. After starring in A&E’s highly successful Nero Wolfe: The Golden Spiders, the network went back to Hutton, who agreed to executive produce, direct and star in several additional Nero Wolfe adaptations. These highly acclaimed films premiered in Spring 2001 on A&E, with a repertoire of actors who co-star with Hutton and Maury Chaykin, and ran for two years.
Working behind the camera, Hutton has directed a number of music videos, including “Drive” by the Cars, “Not Enough Love” by Don Henley, and the Neil Young Concert Film Freedom, as well as an episode of Steven Spielberg’s “Amazing Stories,” entitled “Grandpa’s Ghost,” from a story he wrote.
In 2006, Hutton costarred in the critically acclaimed film The Good Shepherd, alongside Robert DeNiro and Matt Damon. He can also be seen in The Last Mimzy, directed by Bob Shaye, and When a Man Falls in the Forest in which he stars with Sharon Stone. Released in 2009 are The Killing Room directed by Jonathan Liebesman and Serious Moonlight directed by Cheryl Hines and costarring Meg Ryan and Kristen Bell.
Hutton also stars in the TNT drama “Leverage,” executive produced and directed by Dean Devlin.
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