If you are a fan of Sons of Anarchy the
names Jax (Charlie Hunnam), Gemma (Katey Sagal), and Chibs (Tommy Flanagan)
should be a part of your Wednesday morning water cooler discussion. Well, the
name Kurt Sutter should also be included in those conversations. The Sons
of Anarchy creator, and the guy who plays Big Otto, was all the
buzz on the internet when he announced via Twitter that he would be writing
Jax's father's transcript "The Life and Times of Sam Crow." It will
be released the day after the season 7 series finale airs in 2014. Here are
five fun facts you may not have known about the man behind your favorite guilty
pleasure.
1. Kurt Sutter was a writer, producer, story editor, actor,
and director for the gritty FX drama The Shield. Sutter's first
episode he penned was the fifth outing from the first season entitled,
"Blowback." He also appeared as hitman Margos Dezerian in that same
episode. Sutter was credited as a staff writer on three episodes prior to this.
2. Kurt Sutter is married to Sons of Anarchy star
Katey Sagal. They were married on October 2, 2004 and the couple have a
daughter named Esme that was born in January of 2007. Sagal also has two other
children from a previous marriage born in 1994 and 1996 that Sutter helps
raise.
3. Kurt Sutter was nominated for a 2009 Primetime Emmy for
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for the pilot episode of Sons
of Anarchy. In 2013, Sutter won a American Society of Composers,
Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) award for Top Television Series. He shares the
honor with Dave Kusher, Curtis Stigers, and Bob Thiele whom all been credited
for writing the theme song "This Life" for Sons of Anarchy.
4. Kurt Sutter is active on many social media outlets. He
currently has over 300,000 foll0wers on Twitter (Tweet him @sutterink) and over
100,000 likes on his Facebook page: SutterInk. He also has his own blog:
sutterink.blogspot.com that he has been posting on since 2007.
5. Kurt Sutter is currently working on creating another show
for FX. This time the show will be a sitcom with the working title Diva.
Clown. Killer. A pilot was ordered back in 2012 and will possibly star
wife, Sagal. The project is described as a dark comedy focusing on an 80's rock
diva and her son who works as a clown by day and an assassin by night.