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Brad Dourif (b. march 18, 1950, Huntington, West Virginia) is an Academy Award-nominated actor who played Grima Wormtongue in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Dourif is known by many genre fans as Charles Lee Ray (aka "The Voice of Chucky"), the mad murderer whose spirit seeks refuge in a boyish doll in Child's Play (1988) and its sequels, up to and including Bride of Chucky (1998) and Seed of Chucky (2004).

Dourif, (who specializes in "creepy" roles) has a long list of genre credits that also includes The Ghost (2000), Prophecy III: The Ascent (2000), The Progeny (1999), Urban Legend (1998), Nightwatch (1998), Alien: Resurrection (1997), Dario Argento's Trauma (1993), Body Parts (1991), Graveyard Shift (1990), Grim Prairie Tales (1990), Exorcist III (1990), David Lynch's version of Dune (1984), and Eyes of Laura Mars (1978). On television, Dourif played serial-killing crewman Lon Suder on three episodes of Star Trek: Voyager ("Basics, Part 1", "Basics, Part 2", and "Meld") and also was featured in installments of Babylon 5 ("Passing Through Gethsemane"), The X-Files ("Beyond The Sea"), and Tales from the Crypt ("People Who Live in Brass Hearses").

Outside the sf/fantasy genre, he played the cantankerous but compassionate Doc Cochran on the three seasons of the HBO Western Deadwood. A memorable early performance was his starring role in John Huston's 1979 film of Flannery O'Connor's novel Wise Blood.