Dakin Matthews as Hanlin Charleston:
Birthday: November 7
Hometown: Oakland, CA
Actor Bio:
Dakin Matthews was educated in San Francisco, New York, and Rome and has a
degree in theology. He is an actor, playwright, director, author, theater
scholar, and educator who has taught at Julliard and at California State
University-Hayward.
Dakin was artistic director of the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival and the California Actors Theatre; an associate artist of the Old Globe Theatre; and a founding member of the John Houseman's Acting Company and The Antaeus Company.
Besides Gilmore Girls Dakin has been in the following movies and TV shows: The Fighting Temptations, Thirteen Days, An Extremely Goofy Movie, The Muse, The Siege, From the Earth to the Moon, Best Friends for Life, Gen 13, Flubber, Rough Riders, Bean, Soul Man, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Nothing Lasts Forever, Virus, Stuart Saves His Family, The Office, The Swan Princess, Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, White Mile, The Enemy Within, Staying Afloat, Hart to Hart: Hart to Hart Returns, And The Band Played On, Undercover Blues, Rio Shannon, Cutters, The Temp, Criminal Behavior, Revolver, Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive, For Richer, for Poorer, Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story, Drexell's Class, ...And Then She Was Gone, Child's Play 3, Jailbirds, White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd, The Perfect Tribute, Eve of Destruction, The Whereabouts of Jenny, Under Cover, Fine Things, Ghost Dad, Down Home, Blind Faith, Doctor Doctor, My Brother's Wife, Cross of Fire, Body Wars, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Wired, Out on the Edge, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North, Naked Lie, Clean and Sober, Funny Farm, Baby M, Sunset, Permanent Record, Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Aiami, The Silence at Bethany, Nuts, Like Father Like Son, Fresno, Desperate Housewives, The King of Queens, Jack & Bobby, Carnivale, House, M.D., NYPD Blue, The Lyon's Den, The Practice, Providence, Judging Amy, Family Affair, Charmes, Leap of Faith, Citizen Baines, First Years, Diagnosis Murder, Dharma & Greg, Ally McBeal, The Geena Davis Show, The Michael Richards Show, Just Shoot Me, City of Angels, The West Wing, Family Law, Star Trek: Voyager, The Nanny, Vengeance Unlimited, Touched by an Angel, Holding the Baby, Ink, Nash Bridges, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Murder She Wrote, Coach, Picket Fences, L.A. Law, Herman's Head, Who's the Boss, Christine Cromwell, My Two Dads, TV 101, Dear John, Dallas, Something Is Out There, Aaron's Way, Newhart, Matlock, St. Elsewhere, and Remington Steele.
Character Bio:
Hanlin is the headmaster of Rory's school, Chilton. He thinks that both her and
her mother need to be more active in the school and tries to emphasize that
point to them.