Henry Ian Cusick : Desmond Hume
Date Of Birth: April 17th, 1967 Hometown: Trujillo, Peru
Henry Ian Cusick trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before joining the Citizens Theatre, where he played his first leading roles, including Dorian Gray in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” Hamlet in “The Marowitz Hamlet” and Horner in “The Country Wife.” While at the Edinburgh International Festival, he appeared as Stolzius in “The Soldiers” and as Tasso in “Torquato Tasso,” for which he received a special commendation for the Ian Charleson Award.
Other theatrical credits include roles as Cassio in “Othello,” Demetrius in “A Midsummer Nights Dream” and Pompey in “Antony and Cleopatra” for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Green in “Richard II”, Arthur in “The Machine Wreckers” and Dollabella in “Antony and Cleopatra” for the Royal National Theatre; Nick in “The LA Plays” for The Almedia and Le Vicomte De Valmont in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” for the Liverpool Playhouse.
On television Cusick appeared in numerous British productions, including starring roles in the series “Casualty,” “The Book Group” and “Two Thousand Acres of Sky,” a recurring role in “Waking the Dead,” guest starring roles in “Happiness” and “Midsomer Murders,” and leading roles in the telefilms “Murder Rooms: The White Knight Stratagem,” “Dinosaur Hunters” and “Carla.” He also starred in Scottish Television’s “Taggart.” In the U.S. he had a recurring role “24” and appeared in the Lifetime movie “Perfect Romance.”
His big screen credits include “Possession,” as well as the independent films “Half Light,” “9/Tenths,” “The Gospel of John,” “Richard II” and “The Contract.”
