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Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

20 films · 1,620 frames · top-billed in 9 · 19752019

Born 18 March 1950 · Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

He has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in Ragtime, the mentat Piter De Vries in David Lynch's Dune, Gríma Wormtongue in The Lord of the Rings, the homicidal Betazoid Lon Suder in the TV series Star Trek: Voyager, serial killer Charles Dexter/Brother Edward in the acclaimed science fiction television series Babylon 5, and Doc Cochran in the HBO television series Deadwood.

Dourif has also worked with renowned film director Werner Herzog at

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 20 films · 1,620 frames · top-billed in 9 · 19752019

  • Golden Globe Awards
  • BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1977

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,620 frames from the 20 films we hold. This is the look of the work Brad takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 20 films we hold, 52% of their frames are night, 53% low key — the look of the work Brad takes.

Time of day

Night52%
Day39%
Interior7%

Lighting

Low key53%
Natural30%
High key12%
Silhouette4%

Shot size

Medium44%
Closeup26%
Wide20%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level80%
Low angle9%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral47%
Tense26%
Ominous13%
Lonely7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,620 frames from Brad Dourif's 20 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.