Russell Hodgkinson

Acting

Russell Hodgkinson

Born 1959-08-14 · Homestead AFB, Florida, USA

Russell was born on Homestead Air Force Base and grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. His first acting experience came in 7th grade, playing the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He continued acting throughout high school, passing up a theatre arts scholarship to join the Army after becoming a father his senior year. 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 moved to New York City. In 1986 he reenlisted in the Coast Guard, joining the crew of the USCG Cutter Sassafras in Hawaii. During off duty hours he studied at the Honolulu Film Actor's Workshop before being transferred to Long Beach, California where he met his wife actress Shelley Poncy. In 1992 the couple moved to Louisiana, where they became fixtures on the New Orleans stage. They moved to Seattle in 2003, Russell resumed his theatre career and became active in the Independent film scene. In 2014 he was cast to play 'Doc' on the SyFy original series 'Z Nation'.

Acting credits

Big Fish poster
7.7

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Big Fish

2003

21 & Over poster
5.8

Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.

21 & Over

2013

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming poster
4.7

Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming

2017

Eden poster
6.5

After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.

Eden

2013

7 Minutes poster
5.3

When three young criminals lose a stash of drugs, they end up owing money to a ruthless drug lord. With time running out, they plan a daring robbery to raise the cash to settle the debt.

7 Minutes

2014

Solitude poster
NR

A troubled man lives a solitary life deep in the woods of the mountain. When his solitude is disrupted by a fateful hunting accident, he must decide whether to face the consequences of his actions or continue to preserve his isolation.

Solitude

The Device poster
3.5

Abby and Rebecca reunite to spread their mother's ashes at the family lake house, and uncover the nefarious object that divided them years earlier.

The Device

2014

Goodbye, Beard poster
NR

A middle-aged man comes to terms with his aging self and outer appearance he once recognized, all the while escaping a series of events that help him discover himself again.

Goodbye, Beard

Hinter poster
NR

A Deaf American backpacker finds himself stranded in the depths of the German Black Forest, hunted by something unknown. Stumbling upon a rural farmstead, he finds a guarded German farmer who knows no English. With a language barrier dividing them, the backpacker must discern whether this stranger is a lifeline or the threat.

Hinter

The Off Hours poster
5.2

A waitress working the night shift at a roadside diner in a small, industrial town becomes intrigued by a charming truck driver, while the diner's owner struggles to keep his dwindling business afloat.

The Off Hours

2011

Junk poster
NR

Kaveh and Raul are two b-movie co-writers who have suffered a bitter falling out. Kaveh's lost his girlfriend, and spends his days getting high in his apartment, while Raul is off studying at Columbia University. But when one of their films ("Islama-rama 2") is accepted by a film festival, the two ex-friends are forced to tentatively re-connect in order to pitch their script to the mysterious producer, Yukio Tai (James Hong). Along the way, they will have to brave brutish bodyguards, cutthroat colleagues, inept agents, romantic entanglements, prima donna actors, and the trials of their own bitter friendship.

Junk

2012

Star Leaf poster
3.8

Hikers find a secret grove of extra-terrestrial marijuana and must fight for their lives when they anger the other-worldly forces protecting the plants.

Star Leaf

2015

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction poster
5.0

An idyllic peninsula town is under attack by that most invasive of pests: zombies! Port Gamble is being overrun with braineaters, and the people seem powerless to stave them off. But wait, a ragtag band of rebels is trying to turn the tide and push the invading hordes of undead back!

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction

2010

Ghostlight poster
7.6

Andrew wins a radio contest to spend one night alone in a haunted theater on the 80th anniversary of the bloody murder/suicide that occurred within its walls. His prize: $50,000. His task: To spend 12 hours alone inside. The catch: The theater has been reportedly haunted ever since the tragedy 80 years ago, and has been plagued by a series of mysterious deaths in the years since. As Andrew is locked inside the theater for the night, the ghosts and secrets of its past begin to reveal themselves to him. Will he make it through the night to collect his prize? And will he get out before the murderous ghosts take hold of him forever?

Ghostlight

2013

Grassroots poster
5.2

Grant Cogswell, a liberal music critic decides to run for city council against a popular black incumbent and is assisted by a reporter who recently lost his job. Initially given no chance, things turn dark when Cogswell makes it into the general election. Based on a true story.

Grassroots

2012

The Hollow One poster
4.1

Rachel and Anna return home two years after their mother’s death, and find the town abandoned with their house left in disgusting disarray. When Rachel begins hallucinating about their dead mother and some ancient artifact, terrifying clues begin falling into place surrounding their family’s past.

The Hollow One

2015

Fat Kid Rules The World poster
6.7

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012

The Stairs poster
4.0

In 1997, 11-year-old Jesse finds a mysterious staircase in the woods and disappears - - 20 years later, a group of hikers sets off into the very same woods. Unfortunately for them, they come face-to-face with the very same set of stairs...

The Stairs

2021

We Take the Low Road poster
5.1

A Wiki-Leaks release illuminates the collusion amongst politicians and the medical industry that drives the cost of medical care to an unattainable price for the middle class. With the guilty parties' names and addresses being released, a vigilante movement springs up around the Untied States. After his father loses the battle with cancer, Mason, along with Thompson and Bobbi, seek violent justice and hope for riches along the way. A shotgun blast sparks a string of unintended consequences that leads the group down a dark road.

We Take the Low Road

2019

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle poster
5.5

After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...

The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle

2010

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NR

In a small town near a military base, a woman in her late forties forms an unexpected bond with a young soldier, sparking a journey that challenges her marriage and faith – and ultimately leads her and her husband toward surrender, renewal, and the redemptive power of forgiveness.

Between the Lines

Maysville poster
5.0

In 1929 Appalachia, where people play by their own rules, 13-year-old Teddy Rogers is forced to pay a penance for a terrible accident. He is soon hunted and haunted by his past.

Maysville

2021

No artwork available
NR

Walking home from a rough night at work, Kit takes a chance when a stranger, Tim, mistakes her identity.

Minimum Wage

2015

We Go Way Back poster
5.1

A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self.

We Go Way Back

2006