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Dean Joseph Norris (born April 8, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for playing DEA agent Hank Schrader on the AMC series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off Better Call Saul (2020). He also portrayed town councilman James "Big Jim" Rennie on the CBS series Under the Dome (2013–2015) and played mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser on the TNT series Claws (2017–2022). Throughout his career, Norris has acted in nearly 50 movies and more than 100 different TV shows. Norris has appeared in films such as Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Hard to Kill (1990), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), The Firm (1993), Starship Troopers (1997), The Cell (2000), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), and Sons of Liberty (2015), and has more recently starred in films such as The Book of Henry (2017), Death Wish (2018), and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019). Early life and education Dean Joseph Norris was born in South Bend, Indiana in a family of Hungarian descent; his grandfather lived in Tiszadob. He graduated from Clay High School in 1981, where he was the class valedictorian. While in high school, he was a member of the award-winning student-produced comedy show Beyond Our Control, which ran on WNDU-TV. He is a 1985 graduate of Harvard College, where he studied the interdisciplinary concentration of Social Studies and was a member of Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He also earned a diploma from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1987. Career Norris starred in Tremors: The Series and the film Without Limits. He has had guest spots in other television series including NYPD Blue, The X-Files, The West Wing, and Lost, and has appeared in films including Gattaca and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He played Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Hank Schrader on Breaking Bad from the show's premiere in 2008 to its final season in 2013. Norris' performance on Breaking Bad has received critical acclaim. Norris also starred in the CBS series Under the Dome. He plays selectman James "Big Jim" Rennie, the only town council member in the area which is cut off from the rest of the United States. As of June 2017, he plays mob boss Clay "Uncle Daddy" Husser in the TNT series Claws. In 2020, Norris reprised the role of Agent Hank Schrader on-screen in the Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul during the show's fifth season. Norris was cast in a lead role for the CBS sitcom United States of Al. Personal life Norris and his wife, Bridget, a former entertainment attorney, live with their five children in Temecula, California. In 2018, the couple opened the Norris Performing Arts Center in Murrieta. Norris is a fan of his hometown team the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. In 2019, he helped launch Schraderbräu, Hank Schrader's in-universe home-brewed craft beer, as an official product. In 2022, Dean and Bridget Norris purchased The Swing Inn Cafe, a long-standing restaurant in Old Town, Temecula, for $6 million. Filmography Film Television Awards and nominations References External links Dean Norris at IMDb Dean Norris discusses Breaking Bad at AMCtv.com. Discover the Al Rennie popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Al Rennie books.
Best Seller Al Rennie Books of 2024
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Clearwater Cowboy
Al RennieJoe is hired to look for a 5 year old boy: Natalie has a baby; June worries about two girls placed in the wrong home; Frank is thinking of moving to Florida; Luke and Joe do a AAA ...
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Clearwater Hustle
Al RennieIt's Christmas in Clearwater; Frank needs a favour someone is missing; June at Children Services needs a favour; Jeremy needs marriage advice; Johnny needs help; Mia needs patienc...
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Clearwater Hunter
Al RennieA young woman finds her prince that never was. She needs to disengage, but the prince threatens pay back if she tries. Joe to the rescue! Susan Whipple walks away from her smotheri...
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Clearwater Nemesis
Al RennieThe DEA has a proposal for Joe; Bob Morse needs help with a client charged with murder; Thandy calls with a request; a young woman sees an old tormentor and asks Joe for help; Max ...
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Clearwater Mona Lisa
Al RennieRobb suspects a serial killer might be at work; he asks Joe to help; Vicky Bleak can't find her dependent sister; CHIPs is asked to remedy a possible art scam; Joe asks Samantha to...
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Clearwater Witness
Al RennieBob Morse is hired to defend a sniper. Joe investigates; Amber and Linc make a decision; a hostage taker gets Doc to negotiate for him; Jimmy gets Joe involved in a dumb investment...
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Clearwater Intrigue
Al RennieCarol Bailey is back and needs Joe to help her get her brother back from a ruthless gang of kidnappers. Max has disappeared. Janille needs help robbing a bank. Mia is making plans ...
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L.A. Escape
Al RennieA wealthy Canadian has fatally shot someone. He needs legal help. The story he tells his lawyer is L.A. Escape. He is in California because he has seen a film with an actress who i...
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Clearwater Trickery
Al RennieJoe has been hired to foil a scam directed at the man who might be next governor of Florida: Billy Ray wants to set up his own business: Robb Pogue passes along a request from the ...
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Clearwater Glitz
Al RennieIt's a New Year a movie company filming at the Beach has lost its female lead and asks Joe to find her; Skip has skipped and June is upset; it's hard times romantically for the Bi...
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Clearwater Mirage
Al RennieJoe is hired to find a missing journalist; Natalie's dad has lost his marbles; an older woman believes her husband has been killed and believes she might be next; Amber tries her d...
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Clearwater Journals
Al RennieJoe Holiday, an ex Metro cop, finds himself dragged into an investigation by Mia, an IHOP waitress. The probing they do into the murder of Mia's sister years earlier turns into a d...
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Clearwater Birthday
Al RennieThe mother of a veteran who committed suicide asks Joe to investigate her son's death; CHIPs is recruited by the CPD to help find a small terrorist cell; June Franklin has a missin...
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Clearwater Promises
Al RennieA frequent flyer has taken another hike and her stepdad wants Joe to bring her back. June has a task that only Joe can do and then another one. Frank has a new problem. Morse needs...
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Clearwater Penalty
Al RennieDoc is hired by a crime boss to find his nephew; in the hunt for the kid, it seems he may have jihad on his mind; Bob Morse has a problem only Joe can resolve; a friend dies and a ...
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Blessed are the Children
Al RennieWhen two high school girls set out to establish their reputations within Riverview High Scool, they trip into the clutches of big city predators and simply disappear. The local pol...
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Clearwater Princess
Al RennieChips has been hired to protect a NYC billionaire's 'Princess' while she attends the U; A wealthy couple want Joe to find their son who might just be on the verge of becoming a 'ps...
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Clearwater Betrayal
Al RennieJoe is asked to sort out a problem with the condo board governing the units owned by Max, Frank and Mia; an adult daughter is concerned about the quality of care her father is gett...
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Clearwater Fit
Al RennieThe guys try to get fit; Natalie gets her first case; Jimmy is back; he needs work; a widow has gone missing; Joe has to be Frank for a day .. oops! Luke sorts out a mess for Joe a...
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Clearwater Blackmail
Al RennieA televangelist is being blackmailed; Joe is hired to find the blackmailer; Luke learns that he has an ISIS price on his head; a local minister has scooped his church's building fu...
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Clearwater Stake Out
Al RennieJoe and Billy Ray are kicking back at the track when Joe gets an offer from a crime boss that he can’t refuse; Mia is disappointed in Valentine’s Day and gets tipsy; Amber is being...
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Clearwater Extortion
Al RennieJoe is in trouble again. He tries to prove to Mia that he has a romantic 'bone in his body' and ends up in the middle of a national conspiracy. Jeremy 'hacked' the wrong company an...
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Vengeance
Al RennieJust after he returns from his "holiday" in Los Angeles, Al gets a late night phone call. His daughter has been arrested for the murder of her supervisor. Al hires a rapidly rising...
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Clearwater Justice
Al RennieLawyer, Bob Morse is in a jam and Joe is looking for his missing witness; Sean and Jimmy bump into some trouble at school; Jeremy and Mitch may have solved a cold case but only a f...
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Clearwater Predator
Al RennieSpring Break in Clearwater Beach college kids are everywhere and so is a predator Joe gets an offer he can't refuse Mia is up for a career change Billy goes to a race track Jeremy ...
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Clearwater Hope
Al RennieThree vets come to Joe with a proposal; a bereft mother asks Joe to find her daughter; the executors of the estate of a wealthy man are looking for a missing heir; a Bubba who has ...
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Clearwater Magic
Al RennieMorse's law firm is targeted in a wierd scheme. Joe and Coop find that wierd doesn't get it done. CHIPS is hired to produce a death certificate for a missing girl who may not be de...
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Clearwater Kidnap
Al RennieA woman is kidnapped while driving to work; Joe is identified by the kidnappers as the bag man for the exchange of a 2.5 M ransom; Is he being set up? Billy is in trouble with the ...
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Clearwater Bubba
Al RennieA serial killer scheduled to be executed proposes a negotiation to permit a visit with Joe; a mom and dad team want justice for their daughter who was sexually assaulted in her fir...
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Clearwater Rescue
Al RennieA girl has been assaulted; she asks Joe for help finding her attacker; Frank and Donna are separating; Doc gets to negotiate a deal; Billy Ray is off delivering gold to Mexico; A s...
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Clearwater Confession
Al RennieA rich man has lost his trophy wife; he wants her back. Doc is hired to find her and learns that the Russian mob might be involved. A teenage boy is arrested for the murder of his ...
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Clearwater Killer
Al RennieJoe is back in Toronto to attend a funeral when a friend is found murdered in Clearwater; Fred has a serious medical problem; Mia is caught up in her career change; Bob Morse has a...
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Clearwater Homesick
Al RennieThere is trouble brewing in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Linc has had it with university and wants to return home to go to work at CHIPs. An old guy with a charming wife and the begi...
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Retribution
Al RennieWhen Al's daughter is beaten and her children are taken, he realizes how out of touch he has been. He is snapped into a new reality when his soninlaw demands payment for the safe r...
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The Clearwater Diaries
Al RennieClearwater Diaries is the continuing story of Joe "Doc" Holiday & Mia and the life they enjoy in Clearwater Beach, Florida. Many of the characters found in Clearwater Journals ...
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Clearwater Flip Flop
Al RennieJune Franklin asks Joe to find a runaway girl; Billy Ray is looking for a missing witness; Robb Pogue wants CHIPs to undertake a case review of a past kidnapping; the McIntyre twin...
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Clearwater Crazy
Al RennieFred has taken on an insurance scam investigation that turns into a murder case when the one witness who can prove the scam is murdered. Jeremy goes AWOL from his job with Homeland...
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Clearwater Vice
Al RennieIt's summer holidays in Clearwater. A young woman needs to get away from a life that is killing her; her brother asks Joe for help; Billy and Luke become bounty hunters; Mia become...
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Clearwater Folly
Al RennieJoe has a big date that goes sideways; Sam and Joe expose a crooked judge; Mia tricks Joe financially; little Billy needs a birthday party; Billy Ray wants to kill a dead guy; Luke...
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Clearwater Skip Trace
Al RennieBob Morse has made a bad mistake; he asks Joe to sort it out a woman has gone missing CHIPs is hired to find her Billy wants to become a bounty hunter two fathers want to send ...
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Clearwater Undercover
Al RennieJoe is in deep trouble. He has had to make a pact with the Greek mafia to help a detective friend. Now he has to honour the agreement. That spells danger for all the Clearwater cre...
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Clearwater Assault
Al RennieLuke has been assaulted; Joe wants a piece of the guys who did it; Mia borrows big money from Frank; CHIPs is looking for a man who stepped off the grid five years earlier; Jimmy a...
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Clearwater Double Cross
Al RennieBusiness is booming; Joe is asked to back channel to the dark side, to help the CP find a drug dealer selling lethal Ecstasy and to assist Bob Morse in defense of a trial judge acc...
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Clearwater Escape
Al RennieJoe, Mia and their kids have gone to visit Frank to see where Joe spent his summer holidays at his grandparents cottage. Trouble is waiting for him in the person of Dep. Chief of P...
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Clearwater Seduction
Al RennieSomeone from Doc's past needs help; Mrs. F gets some good news; Billy and Joe do a triple A serve: Robb Pogue asks Joe to review a cold case file; a fourteen year old girl has run ...
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Clearwater Ambush
Al RennieJoe and Coop are in the private detective business. Their first case find a boy who vanished five years earlier and recently has been spotted by his sisters. At the same time Joe ...
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Clearwater Spring Break
Al RennieIt's Spring Break; the beaches are packed with college kids; Mrs. F has been called away; CHIPs is in trouble but still trusted to help the local cops; June Franklin 'hires' Joe to...
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Clearwater Retirement
Al RennieJoe has retired until Big Mac has a job for him that he can't refuse. Jeremy suspects that Lisa is cheating on him and asks Joe to find out for sure. A client fears that her son is...
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Clearwater Gun Thug
Al RennieMia is away at a conference; the kids are at camp; Joe is 'batching' it; his free time is interrupted when a woman asks Joe to find her sister's killer just released on probation; ...