Dutton was born and raised on the Eastside of Baltimore, Maryland to a truck driver father.^[2] He discovered a love of the theatre and studied for a college degree, later earning a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama.^[3] He is also a Towson University alumnus.

After dropping out in the seventh grade, he tried his hand as an amateur boxer under his nickname 'Roc'. At age 17, though, he was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing a man to death in a street fight. (Dutton maintains that the man attacked and wounded him first.) After serving a seven and one half year prison term, he was paroled only to return to jail less than two years later for possession of a deadly weapon. While incarcerated, he became involved with theater groups and began to turn his life around, the turning point being when he was assaulted by an ice pick-wielding inmate against whom he refused to retaliate. Dutton obtained a high school equivalency and completed a two-year college program. Upon his release, he enrolled as a drama major at Baltimore's Towson State University.^[4]

Dutton owns a farm in Ellicott City, Maryland, and is an ex-husband of actress Debbi Morgan.

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External links

• Charles S. Dutton at the Internet Movie Database
• Charles S. Dutton at the Internet Broadway Database

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