Charles S. Dutton won an Emmy Award in 2002 for his guest role in "The
Practice" and one in 2003 for his guest role in "Without a Trace," on CBS. He
has received Tony nominations for "The Piano Lesson" and "Ma Rainey's Black
Bottom." He also received an NAACP Image Award in 2003 for "DC Sniper" and a
1993 Image Award nomination and a 1994 award for "Roc," for which he also
served as executive producer.

Dutton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Towson State University and was
active in theater in Baltimore, appearing in "The Blacks," "The Great White
Hope," "Of Mice and Men," "Detective Story" and the world premiere of Eugene
Ionesco's "Man With Bags." Later, he was accepted to the Yale Drama School,
where he appeared in "Othello," "King Lear" and "Baal." At Yale, he began
working with playwright August Wilson and director Lloyd Richards, who became
friends and mentors.

After graduation, Dutton moved to New York where his relationships with
Wilson and Richards led to work with the Yale Repertory Theatre. He made his
Broadway debut in Wilson's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." He also appeared in
Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" and starred in Wilson's Pulitzer
Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson."

Dutton's feature film credits include "Against the Ropes," "Get on the Bus,"
"Mimic," "Crocodile Dundee II," "A Time to Kill," "Mississippi Masala,"
"Alien 3," "The Distinguished Gentleman," "Menace II Society," "Rudy,"
"Surviving the Game," "A Low Down Dirty Shame," "Cry, The Beloved Country,"
"D-Tox," "Random Hearts," "Cookie's Fortune" and "Secret Window."

On television, Dutton starred in the Emmy Award-winning "Something the Lord
Made." He also starred with Jack Lemmon in the Emmy Award-winning mini-series
"The Murder of Mary Phagan." He appeared in the mini-series "The '60s," "For
Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story," "Deadlocked," "The Piano Lesson"
and the television movies "Zooman," "10,000 Black Men Named George" and "DC
Sniper: 23 Days of Fear." Dutton has also made guest appearances in the
series "The L Word," "Ed," "The Sopranos" and "Homicide: Life on the Street."

He directed the feature film "Against The Ropes," starring Meg Ryan, Omar
Epps and Tim Daly, the mini-series "The Corner" and the television movie
"First Time Felon." He also served as an executive producer on the limited
series "Laurel Avenue."

Dutton lives near his native Baltimore. His birth date is January 30.

J.T. Baylock

J.T. Baylock is the gruff, intensely private Deputy National Security Advisor
who must keep cabals within the government, including the Executive Branch,
out of the loop regarding "Threshold."