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{{Actor
|name= Henry Ian Cusick
|image= Henry Ian Cusick 01.jpg
|birth= April 17, 1967
|death= 
|character= [[Stephen Finch]]
|first= "[[Sweet Baby]]"
|last= "[[Grant: For the People]]"
}}
'''Henry Ian Cusick''' born April 17, 1967 in Trujillo, Peru - is an Emmy-nominated Scottish-Peruvian actor (best known for the role of [[w:c:lostpedia:Desmond Hume|Desmond Hume]] on [[ABC Network|ABC's]] [[w:c:lostpedia:Lost|''Lost'']]) portrayed [[Stephen Finch]] on ''[[Scandal]]'' in [[Season One]] and in a guest role return in [[Season Four]].

==Background & Personal Life==
'''Henry Ian Cusick''' was born in Peru to a Peruvian mother and Scottish father. His family lived in Trujillo for two years before traveling back to Europe to live in Spain and Scotland. Soon afterward, they moved to Trinidad and Tobago, where Cusick lived until he was fifteen years old, attending Presentation College. At fifteen, Cusick returned to Scotland, where he attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and then joined the Citizens' Theatre after being asked to leave the academy due to attendance issues.

After fourteen years of cohabitation, Cusick married Annie Wood in June 2006, with whom he has three children: Elias, Lucas and Esau.

In April 2009, Cusick was accused of harassment and sexual battery by Chelsea Stone, a former employee of ABC. Stone claimed that Cusick groped her and made inappropriate sounds and gestures in October 2007 while on the ''Lost'' set. ABC and [[w:c:lostpedia:Grass Skirt Productions|Grass Skirt Productions]] were also named as defendants because Stone alleged they did nothing to keep her away from Cusick after she complained. Stone, who is seeking unspecified damages, was fired on October 28, 2007. <ref name=EW>http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/04/henry-ian-cusic.html</ref>

In October 2009 Cusick, ABC and Grass Skirt Productions agreed to pay Chelsea Stone a settlement, and refused to give a statement about what happened.<ref>http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b150874_lost_star_makes_sex_suit_disappear.html</ref>

==Career==
Cusick traveled with many theatre troups, performing many plays, such as the title role in ''The Picture of Dorian Grey''. He later began taking roles in film and television, including a recurring role in both ''The Book Group'' and ''Casualty''. He then portrayed Jesus in the 2003 ''The Gospel of John''. He played Theo Stoller on the fifth season of ''24'' and played Udre Belicoff in the film adaptation of the popular video game ''[[w:c:hitman:Hitman_(movie)|Hitman]]''. Most recently he played Charles Darwin in the TV movie ''Darwin's Darkest Hour''.

===On ''[[w:c:lostpedia:Lost|Lost]]''===
While staying with famous actor [[w:c:lostpedia:Brian Cox|Brian Cox]], a personal friend, Cusick met [[w:c:lostpedia:Carlton Cuse|Carlton Cuse]], an executive producer and writer on the show, who was Brian Cox's neighbor. Later, he auditioned for the part of Desmond in London, sending in his audition tape to LA. After Cusick accepted the role, Cuse saw that scripts were being sent to an address next door to his. It was then that Cuse remembered meeting Cusick in Cox's driveway several months earlier. Cusick, after three guest starring episodes during [[w:c:lostpedia:season two|season two]], became a series regular at the beginning of the [[w:c:lostpedia:season three|third season]]. Cusick was nominated for ''"Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series"'' at the 2006 Emmys for his performance as Desmond in the episode [[w:c:lostpedia:Live_Together,_Die_Alone,_Part_1|Live Together, Die Alone, Part 1]].

Henry has made appearances in a variety of television shows. He made recurring roles on ''[[w:c:fringe|Fringe]]'' as [[w:c:fringe:Simon_Foster|Simon Foster]], ''[[w:c:thementalist|The Mentalist]]'' as [[w:c:thementalist:Tommy_Volker|Tommy Volker]] and ''[[w:c:bodyofproof|Body of Proof]]'' as [[w:c:bodyofproof:Trent_Marsh|Dr. Trent Marsh]]. And has had some guest appearances on ''[[w:c:csi:CSI:Crime_Scene_Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (2013) and ''[[w:c:hawaiifiveo|Hawaii Five-O]]'' (2013). In 2014 Henry signed on to be a series regular on The CW's newest sci-fi drama ''[[w:c:the100|The 100]]'' as [[w:c:the100:Marcus_Kane|Councillor Marcus Kane]].

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==External links==
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