Just when most people would have given up on reforming Dutton, he began to reform himself. Inspired by reading
a book of plays, he began to channel his rage against society into becoming a student and then an actor. A$er leaving prison, Charles Dutton (right photo) worked hard to change his life and became a very successful theater, television, and movie actor and director (Brantley, 2003; M. Schneider, 2007).