Bennett, Matthew 1968–

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BENNETT, Matthew 1968–

(Matt Bennett, Matthew Ray Bennett)

PERSONAL

Born April 9, 1968, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; married Brittaney Edgell (an actress), 1997. Education: Attended theatre school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Avocational Interests: Skiing, architectural and industrial photography, films.

Addresses:

Agent—Murray Gibson, Characters Talent Agency, 200–1505 West Second Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia V6H 3Y4, Canada.

Career:

Actor.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 2003; and Leo Award nomination, Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British Columbia, best leading male in a dramatic series, 2004, both for Cold Squad.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

James Calley, Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall: The Series), Showtime, 1999.

Detective Len Harper, Cold Squad, CTV, 2000–2005.

Steward Harrison, Peacemakers, USA Network, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Dr. Larson, Thanks of a Grateful Nation (also known as The Gulf War), Showtime, 1998.

Aaron Doral, Battlestar Galactica, Sci–Fi Channel, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dan, A Killer among Friends (also known as Friends to the End), CBS, 1992.

Cowens, Relentless: Mind of a Killer, NBC, 1993.

Marty Milton, Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (also known as Starting Again), NBC, 1994.

Trask, When the Bullet Hits the Bone, Showtime, 1995.

Bill Emery, When Secrets Kill, ABC, 1997.

David, A Prayer in the Dark (also known as Stronghold), USA Network, 1997.

FBI officer, Time to Say Goodbye?, Lifetime, 1997.

Any Mother's Son (also known as Any Mother's Son: The Dorothy Hajdys Story and The Dorothy Hajdys Story), Lifetime, 1997.

Carl Ewing, Dogboys (also known as Tracked and Dresses pour tuer), The Movie Channel, 1998.

Captain Tyler, The Time Shifters (also known as Thrill Seekers), TBS, 1999.

Federal building guard, Ultimate Deception (also known as Ultimate Betrayal), USA Network, 1999.

James Lindner, Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story, Lifetime, 1999.

Psychiatrist in 1983, Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story, USA Network, 1999.

Roy Dancer, Sirens, Showtime, 1999.

Ross Hinds, Songs in Ordinary Time, CBS, 2000.

Agent Flett, Stealing Sinatra, Showtime, 2004.

Appeared in the movies Mother's Day, ABC; and No Further Questions, USA Network.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Matthew Ray Bennett) Henry, "Legacy: Parts 1 & 2," Street Justice, syndicated, 1991.

First worker, "The Host," The X–Files, Fox, 1994.

Todd Jackson, "Dog Days," The Commish, ABC, 1994.

Edward Osborne, "Ah … Sweet Mystery of Life," Road to Avonlea, CBC and The Disney Channel, 1996.

Pinchon, "Supernote," F/X: The Series, CTV and syndicated, 1996.

Special agent Casey, "The Edge," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Un tandem de choc), CTV and CBS, 1996.

Captain Hastings, "Man of War," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, CanWest Global Television and syndicated, 1997.

Coates, "Inferno," F/X: The Series, CTV and syndicated, 1998.

Jack Goody, "Easy Money," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Un tandem de choc), syndicated, 1998.

Assistant bureau chief, "Blame," D.C., The WB, 2000.

Dennis Kubiak, "Upgrade," The Fearing Mind, Fox Family Channel, 2000, also broadcast on BookTV (Canada).

(As Matt Bennett) First man in uniform, "That's the Way the Story Goes," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 2000.

Ted, "Point of No Return," Stargate SG–1, Showtime and syndicated, 2000.

First man in uniform, "It's Backwards Day," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 2001.

Henry Bilkins, "Empty Quiver," Seven Days, UPN, 2001.

Guest, The Vicki Gabereau Show, 2001.

Detective, "Teddy C," UC: Undercover, NBC, 2002.

Himself, Urban Rush, 2001, 2003.

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Fox Family Channel, 2002.

Guest, Mike Bullard, 2003.

Cutter, "So Burn the Untamed Lands," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda), Sci–Fi Channel and syndicated, 2004.

Doral, "Litmus," Battlestar Galactica, Sci–Fi Channel, 2004.

Jarrod Kane, "Icon," Stargate SG–1, Sci–Fi Channel and syndicated, 2004.

Doral, "Bastille Day," Battlestar Galactica, Sci–Fi Channel, 2005.

Also appeared in episodes of Beggars & Choosers, Showtime; The City, CTV (Canada); Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC, Gene Roddenberry's Battleground Earth, Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict, Invasion planete Terre, and Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns), syndicated; Night Visions, Fox; Power Play, CTV; Side Effects, CBC; and Straight Up, CBC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Prince Street, NBC, 1997.

James Calley, Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams), Showtime, 1999.

HRT, CBS, 2001.

Film Appearances:

Frank, Anything for Love (also known as Just One of the Girls), Jailhouse Productions, 1993.

(As Matt Bennett) Ron Willick, Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1995.

Young police officer, Exquisite Tenderness (also known as The Surgeon, Die Bestie im weissen Kittel, and Exquisite Tenderness—Hoellische Qualen), A–pix Entertainment, 1995.

Doctor, Swann, Norstar Releasing, 1996.

Dynajet steward, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen–und andere.

Katastrophen), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1999.

Department of Defense lawyer, Ignition (also known as Mise a feu), Saturn Home Entertainment, 2001.

Roger, A Perfect Execution, Big Film Shorts, 2001.

FBI agent Henry, K–9: P.I. (also known as K–9 III: Private Eye), Universal Home Video, 2002.

Some sources cite an appearance in Killing Me Softly.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Matthew Bennett Web Site,http://www.MatthewBennett.ca, November 23, 2004.

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