As of August 2026, Bruce Abbott is best known for Family Law and Dark Justice. Find every show and movie Bruce Abbott has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Bruce Abbott

Bruce Abbott

Actor Born 1954 Portland, Oregon, U.S. 4 TV Shows 8 Movies

Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice.

Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor").

Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990).

Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock.

Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes.

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Bruce Abbott has built a filmography of 12 credits over a career spanning from 1982 to 1999.

Bruce Abbott's most notable role to date came in Re-Animator (1985), where he played Dan Cain. He also appeared in Bride of Re-Animator (1990) as Dr. Dan Cain. Most recently appeared in Beauty and the Beast (1987) as Devin Wells.

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📺 Bruce Abbott's TV Shows

Family Law
Colin Andrews
1999
Dark Justice
Judge Nicholas Marshall
1991
The Blue and the Gray
Jake Hale Jr.
1982
Beauty and the Beast
Devin Wells
1987

🎬 Bruce Abbott's Movies

Re-Animator
Dan Cain
1985
The Prophecy II
Thomas Daggett
1998
Bride of Re-Animator
Dr. Dan Cain
1990
Casual Sex?
Keith
1988
Bad Dreams
Dr. Alex Karmen
1988
The Demolitionist
Jack Crowley
1995
Black Scorpion
Michael Russo
1995
Summer Heat
Jack Ruffin
1987

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