Russell Hodgkinson

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Russell was born on Homestead Air Force Base and grew up on Florida's gulf coast. He became a father at age 17, passing up a Theatre Arts Scholarship to join the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division. Peace time provided a unique opportunity as he soon began performing regularly at the esteemed Fort Bragg Playhouse. By the end of his enlistment he had earned his Actor's Equity card and headed for New York City, where he spent the next two liberating years. In 1986 he joined the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sassafras where he patrolled the Hawaiian Islands performing Federal Aids to Navigation. During off duty hours he studied at the Honolulu Film Actor's Workshop and was soon transferred to Long Beach, California where he met his wife, actress Shelley Poncy. In 1992 they moved to Louisiana, where the couple became fixtures on the New Orleans stage. They relocated to Seattle in 2003, luckily missing Hurricane Katrina. Russell resumed his theatre career and soon became a familiar face in the Independent film scene. In 2014 he landed the role of 'Doc' on the SyFy original series 'Z Nation'.