From 1963 to 1965, Dourif attended Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, SC, where he pursued his interests in art and acting. Although he briefly considered becoming a professional artist, he finally settled on acting as a profession, inspired by his mother's participation as an actress in community theater. His high-strung style also served him well in a number of horror films, notably as the voice of the evil doll Chucky in Child's Play (1988) and its sequels.

Credits include: Final Destination, Casper, Idle Hands, SLC Punk! and Little Giants

Credits include: The Shawshank Redemption, The Weather Man, Unthinkable, 11.22.63 and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Credits include: Bulletproof Monk, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Lost Girl, Detention and Saving God

Credits include: Skins, Made... The Movie, Cape Queer, Twice the Grieving, Double the Loss and The Sinners Are Much More Fun

Credits include: Cult of Chucky, Life, The Viewing, If I Were You and Death by Misadventure

Credits include: Blended, Dark Skies, Overboard, Chucky and Daybreak

Credits include: Hannibal, The King Tide, Hammer, The Masked Saint and X Company

Credits include: The 5th Wave, Mom and Dad, Chucky, Don't Come Back from the Moon and Death by Misadventure

Credits include: Chucky, Death by Misadventure, I Like to Be Hugged, Just Let Go and Cape Queer

Credits include: My Year of Dicks, Lucky Hank, Carved, There Will Be Blood and Two Idiots on a Dirt Bike

Credits include: Coup!, Long Bright River, Sloppy Joseph, There Will Be Blood and Murder at 1600