Timothy Hutton is an American actor. He is the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at the age of 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People (1980).

Hutton was born in Malibu, California. His mother, Maryline Adams (née Poole), was a teacher and ran a small publishing company, and his father was actor Jim Hutton, star of NBC TV's Ellery Queen. Hutton attended Fairfax High School and Berkeley High School, and made his acting debut in 1965 at the age of 5, playing a small uncredited role in the film Never Too Late, which starred his father.

Timothy Hutton's career began with parts in several television movies. For his first feature film performance, Hutton won both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in his role as Conrad in Ordinary People; for the same role he also received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male.

Hutton has since played numerous roles in feature films, television films, and television series. Among other roles, he starred as detective Archie Goodwin in the A&E television series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002); he also served as an executive producer, and also directed several episodes of the series. His other directing credits include the family film Digging to China (1998). In 2001 Hutton starred in the television miniseries WW3, and in 2006 he had a lead role in the NBC series Kidnapped, playing Conrad Cain, the wealthy father of a kidnapped teenager. He appeared in 15 feature films from 2006 to 2008.

Hutton is currently starring in the television series Leverage, where he plays an insurance investigator who becomes a modern-day Robin Hood.

Hutton has married twice. His first marriage (1986-1990) was to actress Debra Winger; they have a son, Noah. In 2000, he married illustrator Aurore Giscard d'Estaing, niece of former president of the French Republic Valery Giscard d'Estaing; their son Milo was born in Paris on September 11, 2001. In July of 2009 it was reported that he and his second wife had seperated, by US Magazine.