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Kurt Leon Sutter (born May 5, 1960) is an American
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,
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, producer, and
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. He worked as a producer, writer, and director on ''
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,'' and appeared on the show as hitman
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. Sutter is also the creator of ''
Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
'' and its spinoff ''
Mayans M.C. ''Mayans M.C.'' (also known simply as ''Mayans'') is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as '' Sons of ...
'' on FX; he wrote, produced, and directed the series, as well as played incarcerated club member Otto Delaney. Sutter spent time with members of an
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in Northern California as research for ''Sons of Anarchy''. Sutter's wife, actress
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, played main character
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.


Early life

Sutter was born in
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,
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. His father worked at the
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plant in
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and his mother was a secretary for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. He has two older sisters. He grew up in the township of
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and graduated from
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in 1982. Sutter attended
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for the journalism department of
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—which was located there—eventually graduating from Rutgers University with a BA in mass media with a minor in English in 1986. He moved to
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and studied
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, did theater, and taught at the Gately/Poole Conservatory. Sutter then attended
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for three years, starting in 1997, to obtain his M.F.A. in performance and directing.


Career

Sutter was hired as a staff writer for the first season of FX crime drama ''
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'' in 2002. He made his television acting debut with the episode " Blowback", in which he appeared as
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mob hitman
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. He co-wrote the episodes "
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" and "
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" with fellow staff writer
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, and was promoted to story editor for the second season in 2003. He wrote the episodes "
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" and "
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" and in 2004, joined the production team in the junior role of co-producer for the third season. He continued to write episodes and scripted "
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" and " Mum" with series creator and executive producer
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, " Slipknot" solo, and "Fire in the Hole" with consulting producer
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. He reprised his role as Dezerian in the season's final episodes " All In" and "
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". He was promoted to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2005. He wrote the episode "
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" solo, co-wrote the story for the episode "
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" with Eglee and co-wrote the teleplay with Rosenbaum. He co-wrote the story for the season finale "Ain't That a Shame" with Ryan; Ryan co-wrote the teleplay for the episode with co-executive producer
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. Sutter became a co-executive producer for the fifth season in 2006. He wrote the episode " Extraction", co-wrote the episode "
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" with Renee Palya and Tony Soltis, and co-wrote the season's penultimate episode "Fire in the Hole" with Eglee. He became an executive producer for the sixth season in 2007, directed a promotional mini-episode for the sixth season entitled "Wins and Losses," and wrote the sixth-season premiere " On the Jones". He co-wrote the episode "
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" with Rosenbaum, also now an executive producer. Sutter returned as an executive producer and writer for the seventh and final season in 2008. He wrote the premiere "
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" and co-wrote the episode "
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" with Gary Lennon. At the close of the season he was the series' second most prolific writer (after Ryan), having written or co-written 18 episodes in total. Also in 2008, Sutter created and executive produced a new series for FX entitled ''
Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
''. The show centers on the titular motorcycle club in a fictitious town called Charming in California. He was the series head writer and showrunner. Along with the
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he wrote the episodes "Seeds", " Fun Town", "Capybara", " The Sleep of Babies", and the season finale " The Revelator". He would go on to write 61 of the show's 92 episodes. Sutter appears in the show as incarcerated club member Otto Delaney, and he cast his wife
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in the starring role as the club's matriarch
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. Sutter also hired several crew members whom he had worked with on ''The Shield'', including unit production manager and producer Kevin G. Cremin, post-production supervisor and producer Craig Yahata, and directors
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, Stephen Kay,
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,
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,
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, and
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. The first season also featured ''The Shield'' star
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as a recurring special
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playing
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Agent Joshua Kohn. This is a trend that continued in later seasons with the majority of the main cast of ''The Shield'' appearing in later episodes in a variety of different roles. Sutter remained showrunner and executive producer for the series' second season in 2009. He wrote the season premiere "
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", co-wrote the episode "Eureka" with Brett Conrad, co-wrote the episode "Gilead" with co-producer Chris Collins, co-wrote the episode "Potlatch" with
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, co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Service" with co-executive producer
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from a story by Brady Dahl and Cory Udica, co-wrote the episode "The Culling" with consulting producer
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, and wrote and directed the season finale " Na Trioblóidí". The second season featured ''The Shield'' star
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as a special guest star playing a club member named Kozik. Sutter returned as showrunner and executive producer for the third season in 2010. He wrote the season premiere " SO", co-wrote the episode "Oiled" with Erickson, now a co-executive producer, co-wrote the episode "Home" with
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, series' star Katey Sagal's sister and his sister-in-law. He co-wrote the episode "Widening Gyre" with co-producer
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and the episode "Lochan Mor" with Erickson and Liz Sagal. He wrote the story for the episode "Turas"; the teleplay was co-written by Collins (now a producer) and Dahl. He co-wrote the episode "Firinne" with Vaunn Wilmott and the episode "Bainne" with Corrado and Erickson. He wrote the story for the episode "June Wedding"; Collins wrote the teleplay. He reprised the role of Otto in the season finale, titled " NS", which he also directed and co-wrote with Erickson. Johnson returned as Kozik in the third season. He would go on to produce seven seasons of Sons. The show concluded airing in December 2014. In 2010,
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picked up Sutter's film script, '' Southpaw'', and
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was eyed for the lead role. The film was dropped by
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in 2011, and was later picked up by
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and
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.
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directed the film, and
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replaced
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in the lead.
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,
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,
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, and
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also appeared in the film. ''Southpaw'' was released on July 24, 2015, by
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. In 2014, it was announced Sutter had begun developing ''
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'', a new series for FX, The series was ordered to pilot on December 12, 2014.
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, Lee Jones, and Stephen Moyer signed on to join the cast of the pilot. On May 22, 2015, the pilot was ordered to series with a 10-episode launch to premiere on September 15, 2015, on FX. The series was cancelled after one season. He went on to create the ''Sons of Anarchy'' spinoff ''
Mayans M.C. ''Mayans M.C.'' (also known simply as ''Mayans'') is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as '' Sons of ...
'' In October 2019, Sutter was fired from FX after multiple complaints were lodged against him about his "abrasive" and "unprofessional" behavior. Sutter appeared in the 2021
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film ''
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'', his first feature film acting role.


Projects in development

Sutter is currently developing a 6-issue comic book miniseries with
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entitled ''Lucas Stand''. The first issue was released on June 1, 2016. He also worked a comic book called ''Sisters of Sorrow'', the book was launched at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. In May 2021, it was announced that Sutter would direct a horror film entitled ''This Beast'', for
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. In November 2021, it was announced that Sutter would create a western series entitled ''The Abandons'', for Netflix.


Influences

Sutter has stated he's had multiple influences in his writing style, including
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, specifically his play ''
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''. He based the characters of ''Sons of Anarchy'' on ''Hamlet''. Other cultural influences include ''
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'',
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cartoons, and the television show ''
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'', among others.


Personal life

Sutter moved to
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in 2000. Sutter married actress
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in a private ceremony on October 2, 2004, at their home in Los Feliz, California. Their first child, daughter Esme Louise, was born January 10, 2007. Esme was carried by a
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. Sutter is an animal rights activist, and is
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. Sutter is also a motorcycle enthusiast.


Filmography


Film


Television


Actor


Producer


Writer


Director


See also

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References


External links

*
Sutter Ink Blog
*
Interview with Kurt Sutter
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