Bennett, Nigel 1949- (Nigel Bennet)

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Bennett, Nigel 1949- (Nigel Bennet)

PERSONAL

Born November 19, 1949, in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; married (marriage ended); some sources cite another marriage; children: some sources cite children Matthew, Michael, Sam, Hannah. Education: Attended college; studied drama. Avocational Interests: Golf, skiing, ice fishing.

Addresses:

Agent—Characters Talent Agency, 8 Elm St., Second Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1G7, Canada.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in and contributed voice work to several advertisements. Exodus Theatre Group, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, artistic director; affiliated with the Contact Theatre Company and the Breconshire Theatre Company; also a drama instructor. Member of the ska musical group the Members, c. 1970s. Appeared at conventions.

Member:

Equity (British Actors' Equity Association).

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a supporting actor, 1993, and Gemini Award, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a dramatic series, 1996, both Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, for Forever Knight; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a featured supporting role in a dramatic series, 2002, for Lexx; several Robert Merritt Award nominations, Theatre Nova Scotia, including two nominations for best actor, 2002, for Art, and 2005, for Parrsboro Boxing Club, two nominations for outstanding performance—lead actor, 2006, for The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, and 2007, for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and nominations for outstanding direction and (with others) outstanding production, both 2007, for Noises Off; Gemini Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 2006, for At the Hotel.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Geoffrey, Mr. Foot, husband, Black and Silver, Kenneth, The New Quixote, and Stephen and Barney, Chinamen, all produced as part of The Two of Us, Dolman Theatre, Newport, South Wales, 1969.

Father Maximin, Trap for a Lonely Man, Newport Playgoers Studio Group, Dolman Theatre, c. 1969.

Theo, The Flip Side, Newport Playgoers Studio Group, Dolman Theatre, c. 1969.

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (also known as Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl), Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1970.

Make 'Em Laugh, Breconshire Theatre Company, 1973.

Various roles, Whatever Happened to Comedy?, Breconshire Theatre Company, 1974.

Before Your Very Eyes, Byker Community Theatre Group, 1975.

Four's Company, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England, 1975.

The Great Discovery Show, Marlowe Theatre, 1975.

Nathan Bullstone, Queen Elizabeth Slept Here?, Plymouth Theatre Company, Plymouth, England, 1976.

Antonio, The Merchant of Venice, Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, England, 1977.

Brunel, The I. K. Brunel Show, Plymouth Theatre Company, 1977.

Nugget, Equus, Gateway Theatre, Chester, England, 1977.

Otto Krueger, The Curse of the Werewolf, Phoenix Theatre, 1977.

George McBrain, Comedians, Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, 1978.

Inspector Truscott, Loot, Haymarket Theatre, 1978.

Levi, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (musical), Haymarket Theatre, 1978.

Orestes, Electra, Haymarket Theatre, 1978.

Professor Niven, The Mummy's Tomb, Haymarket Theatre, 1978.

Ambitioso, The Revenger's Tragedy, Liverpool Playhouse, 1979.

Captain Fitzpatrick, Tom Jones, Library Theatre Company, Manchester, England, 1979.

English waiter, school bully, Byron Smith, Tibbett, Chapman, Oscar Wilde, and Tobin, Fearless Frank, King's Head Theatre Club, London, 1979.

Seyton, Macbeth, Haymarket Theatre, 1979.

Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Phoenix Theatre, 1979.

Prince of Morocco, The Merchant of Venice, The Young Vic, London, beginning 1979.

Mr. Smith, Killer on the Dance Floor, Phoenix Theatre, 1980.

Nick, Bedroom Farce, Haymarket Theatre, 1980.

Trevor Tinsley, Funny Peculiar, Haymarket Theatre, 1980.

Wooed and Viewed, Pavilion Theatre, Brighton, England, 1980.

Dimitri, The Fire Bird, Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England, 1981.

Eric Brown, Skoiled, Crucible Theatre, 1981.

Thus Horner, The Country Wife, Crucible Theatre, 1981.

The trick cyclist, Spokesong, Phoenix Theatre, 1981.

Arthur, Dirty Linen, Haymarket Theatre, 1982.

The creature, Frankenstein, Haymarket Theatre, 1982.

James Bonny, Live and Be Hanged, Haymarket Theatre, 1982.

Lassie the Wonder Dog, Scare against the Animals, Haymarket Theatre, 1982.

Timothy, Salad Days, Haymarket Theatre, 1982.

Jakob Engstrand, Ghosts, Haymarket Theatre, 1983.

Neil Andrews, Just between Ourselves, Haymarket Theatre, 1983.

Putz, Rookery Nook, Haymarket Theatre, 1983.

Victor Prynne, Private Lives, Haymarket Theatre, 1983.

George Mole, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Phoenix Theatre, also Wyndham's Theatre, London, both 1984.

John Smith, Run for Your Wife, Toronto Theatre of Comedy, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1986.

Sydney, Kafka's Dick, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1990.

Neville Bunker, Season's Greetings, Stage West, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 1990-91.

Claudius, Hamlet, Halifax Neptune Theatre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2000.

Ebenezer Scrooge, Scrooge, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2000.

Larry, Closer, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2001.

Serge, Art, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2001.

Charlie Barnet, One for the Pot, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2002.

Alexander Ignatyevich Vershinin, The Three Sisters, Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2003.

Charles Condomine, Blithe Spirit, Atlantic Theatre Festival, 2003.

Alex Martin, Parrsboro Boxing Club, Ship's Company Theatre, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004.

Conrad Aiken, Goodnight Disgrace, Postscript Productions, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2004.

John Peerybingle, Cricket on the Hearth, Theatre New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, 2004.

Robert, Betrayal, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2004.

Robert Smith, Blue/Orange, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2004.

Captain von Trapp, The Sound of Music (musical), Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2005.

Martin, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (also known as The Goat), Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2005.

George, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2006.

Lieutenant colonel Jessep, A Few Good Men, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2006.

Walter Solomon, The Price, Halifax Neptune Theatre, 2007.

Appeared as Aston, The Caretaker, as Tiny, Dragon Rock, as Archie Rice, The Entertainer, as a hangman, Jack Shepherd, as the cook, Mother Courage and Her Children, as Arturo Ui, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, and as Harkshaw, The Ticket-of-Leave Man, all Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, England; appeared as Lord Arthur Savile, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, and in The Real Inspector Hound, both Dolman Theatre; as the title role, Dracula, Plymouth Theatre Company, Plymouth, England; as a sergeant of the guard, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Young Vic; as Lieutenant Simpson, Objection, Breconshire Theatre Company; as the master of ceremonies, A Victorian Musical Evening, Gateway Theatre; appeared in other productions, including Day by Day, and in productions at other venues, including the Bristol Old Vic, Bristol, England.

Major Tours:

The Great Discovery Show, cities in the county of Kent, England, c. 1970.

The Magic Bus, Welsh cities, 1973.

Riff Raff, The Rocky Horror Show (musical), Italian cities, 1984.

Appeared as Dr. Duponco in Dr. Duponco's Traveling Wild West Medicine Show (also known as Dr. Duponco), Contact Theatre, parks in and around Manchester, England.

Stage Director:

Lancelot & Elaine, Exodus Theatre Group, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004.

The Dumb Waiter, Atlantic Fringe Festival, Exodus Theatre Group, Canada, 2005.

Noises Off, Atlantic Theatre Festival, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2006.

Stage Producer:

Fahrenheit 451, Exodus Theatre Group, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Port official's assistant, Reilly—Ace of Spies (also known as Reilly—The Ace of Spies), Thames Television, 1983, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 1983.

Fisherman, Eh Brian! It's a Whopper, Central Independent Television, beginning 1984.

Dr. Leo Thompson, Super Dave (also known as The Super Dave Osbourne Show), Showtime and CTV (Canada), beginning 1987.

Lucien LaCroix, Forever Knight, CBS, 1992-93, syndicated, 1994-95, USA Network and syndicated, 1995-96.

Voice, Hurricanes (animated), syndicated, c. 1993-97.

Frank Elsinger (OSIR director of operation), PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (also known as PSI Factor, Psi Factor, and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal), CanWest Global Television and syndicated, 1996-99.

(Sometimes credited as Nigel Bennet) Prince, Lexx (also known as Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories, Lexx: The Series, and Tales from a Parallel Universe), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000-2002.

James McIntire, The State Within, BBC, 2006, BBC America, 2007.

Himself, The Comedy Map of Britain (documentary), BBC, beginning 2007.

Andrew Mannering, The Border, CBC, beginning 2008.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lieutenant Johnny Douglas, Passion and Paradise (also known as Murder in Paradise and Passion in Paradise), ABC, 1989.

John Farrow, Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story, Fox, 1995.

Victor Salinas, Degree of Guilt, NBC, 1995.

James "Jim" Floyd, The Arrow (also known as Projet arrow), CBC, 1997.

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

Winfield Scott, War of 1812, [Canada], 1999.

Fergus Keegan, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (also known as Anne 3 and Annele maison aux pignons verts: Les annees de tourmente), CBC and PBS, 2000.

Dick Somers, The Pilot's Wife (also known as La femme du pilote), CBS, 2002.

Harry Rawlins, Widows, ABC, 2002.

Captain From, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, CBC, 2003.

Brebeuf professor, Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (also known as Trudeau: The Early Years and Trudeau: Pierre Elliott), CBC, 2005.

Sam Emerson, Beach Girls, Lifetime, 2005.

Jacob Knowlton, At the Hotel (also known as Hotel and Hotel Metropolitan), CBC, beginning c. 2006.

Ian Greene, The Summit, CBC, 2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

First Lubyanka guard, Gulag, HBO, 1985.

Mr. Bob Holden number one, Bay Coven (also known as Bay Cove, The Devils of Bay Cove, Eye of the Demon, and Strangers in Town), NBC, 1987.

Berger, Hitler's Daughter, USA Network, 1990.

Kurt Meyer, In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (also known as The Valour and the Horror, Part 3, La bataille de Normandie, and La bravoure et le mepris, partie 3), CBS, 1992.

Lawson, The Women of Windsor, World International Network (WIN, Canada), 1992.

Baillie-Grohman, Dieppe, CBC, 1993.

Clark Paxton, Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (also known as Shattered Trust), NBC, 1993.

Derek Eisner (an attorney), Web of Deceit (also known as I Know My Son Is Alive), NBC, 1994.

Ed McCullough, Soft Deceit (also known as Ein raffinierter Coup, Irresistivel tentacao, and Slutspelet—Vem svindlar vem?), [Canada], 1994.

George Bennett, Madonna: Innocence Lost, Fox, 1994.

Levi Coffin, Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad, [Canada], 1994.

Nicholai, Model by Day (also known as Lady X), Fox, 1994.

Steve Rogers, Ultimate Betrayal, CBS, 1994.

Dennis Malloy, The Shamrock Conspiracy, UPN, 1995.

Detective Emmett Briscoe (some sources spell name as Briscoll), Where's the Money, Noreen?, USA Network, 1995.

Dr. Eisenstock, Harrison Bergeron (also known as Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron"), Showtime, 1995.

Large man, Between Love and Honor, CBS and World International Network (WIN, Canada), 1995.

Teddy, Friends at Last, CBS, 1995.

Treasury agent Whittlesy, Cagney & Lacey: The View through the Glass Ceiling, CBS, 1995.

Brother Anthony, Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice, NBC, 1996.

Bruce Mouw, Gotti, HBO, 1996.

Private investigator Raskin (some sources spell name Ruskin), Her Desperate Choice (also known as Desperate Justice), Lifetime, 1996.

Allan Schindler, Sr., Any Mother's Son, Lifetime, 1997.

Commanding officer, Lies He Told, ABC, 1997.

General Harry Reynolds, Flood: A River's Rampage, Family Channel, 1997.

Kurt, "Aart and Johtje Vos" segment, Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples, Showtime, 1997.

Joseph "Joe" Soloff, Naked City: A Killer Christmas (also known as NY—Streets of Death), Showtime, 1998.

Senator Stephen Macguire, Sanctuary, 1998.

Davis, Vanished without a Trace, NBC, 1999.

Dr. McLaughlin, Half a Dozen Babies (also known as Baby, Oh Baby and Life's Little Struggles), ABC, 1999.

Dr. Russell Talmadge, Different, Lifetime, 1999.

Donald Caldwell, Freefall (also known as Free Fall, Sabotage, and Angst ueber den Wolken), Fox Family Channel, 1999.

Carter Hale, Catch a Falling Star, CBS, 2000.

Frank Bressler, The Chippendales Murder (also known as Disputa entre amigos), USA Network, 2000.

General Horatio Gates, The Crossing, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Richard Sloan, Code Name Phoenix (also known as Codename: Phoenix, Code Name—Phoenix, Codigo: Phoenix, and Koodinimi Phoenix), UPN, 2000.

Edward Parnell, A Town without Christmas, CBS, 2001.

Dr. Howell, Too Young to Be a Dad (also known as A Family's Decision, Too Young to Be a Father, and Trop jeune pour etre pere), Lifetime, 2002.

Jack Bavaro, Interceptor Force 2 (also known as Alpha Force and They Have Returned), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Stan, Heart of a Stranger, Lifetime, 2002.

Warner MacDonald, The Scream Team (also known as The Soul Patrol, Das Scream Team, La patrouille fantome, and Patrulha das almas), Disney Channel, 2002.

Dr. Ethan Grant, Do or Die, Sci-Fi Channel, 2003.

Nick Gradwell, Sex & the Single Mom, Lifetime, 2003.

Rat bastard, Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart (also known as Driven to Succeed and Martha Stewart—L'obcession du succes), NBC, 2003.

Gordon Riker, Mrs. Ashboro's Cat (also known as Ghost Cat and Le chat fantome), Animal Planet, 2003.

Sheriff Lathrop, Rush of Fear, Lifetime, 2003.

Jack Bavaro, Phantom Force, Sci-Fi Channel, 2004.

Jeremy Whitmore, Plain Truth, Lifetime, 2004.

Talmadge Loman, Reversible Errors (also known as Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors"), CBS, 2004.

Detective sergeant Zilinski (some sources spell name as Zilinsky), The Hunt for the BTK Killer (also known as The BTK Killer and Terror in Wichita), CBS, 2005.

Harrison Pendelton, Jesse Stone: Sea Change, CBS, 2007.

Matters of Life and Dating, Lifetime, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"The Happy Hunting Ground," Play for Today, BBC, 1975.

Gary, "Housewarming," BBC2 Playhouse, BBC-2, 1981.

Mr. Ring, "Elizabeth Alone: Parts 2 and 3," BBC2 Playhouse, BBC-2, 1981.

Father in 1930, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Harlech Television and PBS, 1986.

MathWho Needs It? (also known as Math, Who Needs It? and Math: Who Needs It?), PBS, 1991.

Sir Robert Hooke, "Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs," The Inventors' Specials (part of a series of specials; also known as The Inventors' Specials: Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs), [Canada and Ireland], 1997.

Anthony Henday, Empire of the Bay (documentary), PBS, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Colin Bailey, Coronation Street (also known as Corrie, Florizel Street, and Where No Bird Sings), Independent Television (England), 1977.

Edward Marchand (some sources cite role as Edward Marchant), "Bird of Paradise," The Campbells, CTV (Canada) and Scottish Television, 1986.

Mr. Kilpatrick, "Love You to Death," Night Heat, CBS, 1986.

Monsieur Duval, "Nina Who?," Adderly, CBS, 1986.

Valley, "Domestic Spirits," Diamonds, CBS and CanWest Global Television, 1987.

Cliff Griffin, "Survival of the Fittest," Alfred Hitchcock Presents (also known as Alfred Hitchcock esittaeae, Alfred Hitchcock presenta, Alfred Hitchcock presente, and Alfred Hitchcock zeigt), USA Network, 1988.

Dr. David Blaikie, "Still Life," Mount Royal (also known as Mont-Royal), [France and Canada], 1988.

Jim Sinclair, "Memories," The Twilight Zone (also known as The New Twilight Zone), CBS, 1988.

Lukash, "Conflict of Interest," Street Legal, CBC, 1989.

Rausch and Walden, "The Butcher," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse, Friday the 13th: The Series, The 13th Hour, Aaveita ja kummituksia, Erben des Fluchs, Kauhun kammio, L'entrepot du diable, Misterio para tres, Pentek 13, Perjantain kirous, and Vendredi 13), syndicated, 1989.

Big Steve, "Wild Willy and the Waves," T and T (also known as T & T), syndicated, 1990.

Derek Blackhorn, "Can I Get a Witness?," Max Glick, CBC, 1990.

Derek Blackhorn, "Music Hath Charms," Max Glick, CBC, 1990.

Derek Blackhorn, "The Power of Positive Thinking," Max Glick, CBC, 1990.

Duffy (some sources cite role as Phil Norwin), "Duffy, Bok & Flann," E.N.G. (also known as ENG), CTV (Canada) and Lifetime, 1990.

Kirkoff, "The Dealbreaker," Counterstrike (also known as Auf eigene Faust, Contraataque, Contragolpe, and Force de frappe), CTV (Canada) and USA Network, 1990.

Ron Harris, "Holy Thursday," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Ron Harris, "Spare Parts," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Hudson, "Big Brother Is Watching," Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat), CBS, 1991.

Mr. Hudson, "It's a Free Country," A Question of Justice, 1991.

Stash Jannovic, "In the Blood," Counterstrike (also known as Auf eigene Faust, Contraataque, Contragolpe, and Force de frappe), CTV (Canada) and USA Network, 1991.

Dr. Bill Brandt, "Sins of the Father," Beyond Reality, USA Network, 1992.

LaSalle, "Stranger Than Fiction," Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

William Cross, "Tattoo Arms and the Man," Secret Service, NBC, 1992.

Himself, The Dini Petty Show, CTV (Canada), 1992.

Andrew Michaels, "Crossroads," Street Legal, CBC, 1993.

Dr. Anders, "Lapses in Memory," Matrix, CTV (Canada) and USA Network, 1993.

John Mitchell, "Straitjacket," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1993.

Leon, "Transfigured Night," The Hidden Room, Lifetime, 1993.

Quinton Jones, "French Twist," Counterstrike (also known as Auf eigene Faust, Contraataque, Contragolpe, and Force de frappe), CTV (Canada) and USA Network, 1993.

Granger, "The Human Factor," RoboCop: The Series (also known as RoboCop), syndicated, 1994.

Voice of Jason Wyngarde, "Dark Phoenix: Dazzler," X-Men (animated; also known as Insuperabili X-Men), Fox, 1994.

Voice of Jason Wyngarde, "Dark Phoenix: The Inner Circle," X-Men (animated; also known as Insuperabili X-Men), Fox, 1994.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as Entertainment This Week, E.T., ET Weekend, and This Week in Entertainment), syndicated, 1994.

Captain Jack Lasher, "Banker's Hours," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

Captain Jack Lasher, "May I Talk with You," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

Enoch Cain, "Fox Tales," Avonlea (also known as Road to Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea), CBC and Disney Channel, 1995.

Enoch Cain, "Homecoming," Avonlea (also known as Road to Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea), CBC and Disney Channel, 1995.

The guide, "Near Death," Forever Knight, syndicated, 1995.

Samuel Wisotsky, "The Marrying Man," Taking the Falls, CTV (Canada), 1995.

Willis Logan, "The Alliance," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, CTV (Canada) and syndicated, 1995.

Cal Judson, "Quicksilver," F/X: The Series (also known as F/X), CTV (Canada) and syndicated, 1997.

Colonel Egran Petrosian, "Rescue," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 1997.

Nicholas Love, "Drive, She Said," Once a Thief (also known as John Woo's "Once a Thief," John Woo's "The Thief," John Woo's Violent Tradition, Kerran varas, aina varas?, Ladrao que rouba ladrao, Les repentis, and Matar a un ladron), CTV (Canada) and syndicated, 1997.

Himself, SF Vortex (also known as sf Vortex and S-F Vortex), Sci-Fi Channel, 1997.

Charles Barbier, "The Louis Braille Story," Young Heroes, 1998.

Colonel Egran Petrosian, "New Regime," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 1998.

Major Raymond MacIntire, "Live Free or Die," 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, 1998.

Major Raymond MacIntire, "Pandora's Box," 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, 1998.

Narrator, "When You Gotta Go You Gotta Go: The Bunker," Freaky Stories (animated), YTV (Canada) and Fox Family Channel, 1998.

U, "From Honey, with Love," Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (also known as Disney's "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids), syndicated, 1998.

Voice of Edokk, "The Forever War," Silver Surfer (animated), Fox and TeleToon (Canada), 1998.

Himself, Jane Hawtin Live, Western International Communications (WIC) Television and Women's Television Network (WTN, later known as W Network), 1998.

Himself, Open Mike with Mike Bullard (also known as The Mike Bullard Show and Open Mike), CanWest Global Television, 1998.

Himself, Off the Record, TSN (Canada), 1998, 2000.

Jacomb-Hyde, "The Black Glove of Melchizedek," The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999.

Jake Esterhaus, "Eyewitness," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall and Total Recall: The Series), Showtime and ON TV, 1999.

Himself, Grumps, CanWest Global Television, 1999.

Koom, "Watery Grave," Code Name: Eternity (also known as Code: Eternity, Code Name: Eternity—Gefahr aus dem All, and Koodinimi: Ikuisuus), Sci-Fi Channel, 2000.

Professor Alaine Richarde, "Cross of Voodoo," Relic Hunter (also known as Relic Hunter—Die Schatzjagerin and Sydney Fox l'aventuriere), syndicated, 2000.

Himself, First Edition (also known as 1st Edition), CBC, 2000.

Himself, Live at Five, CTV Atlantic (Canada), 2000.

Barney Wheelock, "One Step Closer to Roger," All Souls, UPN, 2001.

Patrick Lawless, "Emma's Boy," Dark Realm (also known as Le monde des tenebres), Sci-Fi Channel, 2001.

Alan Pinkerton, "The Private Eyes," Mentors, Family Channel (Canada), 2002.

Jerry Wright, "Say Uncle," Liography (also known as Liocracy), Comedy Network (Canada), 2003.

John Warren, "Final Judgment," Mutant X, syndicated, 2003.

Paroo, "Answers Given to Questions Never Asked," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2003.

Roan Gerick, "Painless," Starhunter (also known as Starhunter 2300), syndicated, 2003.

Paroo, "The Torment, the Release," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2004.

Appeared in other programs, including an appearance as Albert Hillerman, Two for Joy. Some sources cite an appearance as Senator Wetherley in The West Wing (also known as West Wing and El ala oeste de la Casablanca), NBC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Lucien LaCroix, "Dark Knight," Forever Knight, CBS, 1992.

Cyno commander, Star Command (also known as In the Fold), UPN, 1996.

Edward Merlyn, Merlyn, c. 1999.

Television Additional Voices; Series:

Action Man (animated), UPN and syndicated, 1995-97, broadcast as part of the programming block Amazin' Adventures (also known as Bohbot Kids Network and BKN).

Television Director; Episodic:

"Francesca," Forever Knight, USA Network and syndicated, 1996.

Film Appearances:

Member of musical group, Urgh! A Music War (compilation of musical performances), 1981, Filmways Pictures, 1982, Pan-Canadian Film Distributors, 1983.

Second helicopter pilot, The Ninja Mission, New Line Cinema, 1984.

Choreographer, La bottega dell'orefice (also known as Bonds of Love, The Jeweller's Shop, and La boutique de l'orfevre), Alliance Entertainment, 1988.

Derek Blackthorn, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (also known as Bright Spark and La fugue de Maximilien Glick), Southgate Entertainment, 1988.

Geoffrey Owens, The Star Turn, 1989.

Jack Wootton, Narrow Margin, TriStar, 1990.

Alan Spencer, Passage of the Heart, 1992.

Asgaard, Legends of the Fall, TriStar, 1994.

Bryson Vautour, Paint Cans, National Film Board of Canada, 1994.

Kasajian, Back in Action (also known as Coup de force), Shapiro-Glickenhaus Home Video, 1994.

Nico (Rooker's henchman), Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (also known as Darkman III and Darkman 3: Die Darkman Die), MCA Home Entertainment, 1996.

Sladecker, Memory Run (also known as Synapse), Imperial Entertainment, 1996.

Agent Burton Cash, Murder at 1600 (also known as Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), Warner Bros., 1997.

Harvey Sawyer, Strike! (also known as All I Wanna Do, The Hairy Bird, College femminile, and Les filles font la loi), Miramax, 1998.

Inspector Bassie, One Tough Cop, Stratosphere Entertainment, 1998.

Michel O'Shea, Top of the Food Chain (also known as Invasion, Invasion!, and Welcome to Exceptional Vista), Equinox Entertainment, 1999.

Dr. Enrico Rocco, Beyond Mozambique (also known as Rats and Rabbits), Majouric Distribution, 2000.

Dr. Rupert Whitney, The Skulls (also known as Le clan des Skulls), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Senator Richard Karnes, Phase IV (also known as Phase 4), 2001.

Eammon, The Wake, c. 2001.

Finster, Cypher (also known as Brainstorm and Company Man), Miramax, 2002.

Colonel Preston Waters, Post Impact (also known as P.I.: Post Impact and Apokalypse Eis), Snowblind Productions/Tandem Communications, 2004.

Doctor, Heaven Is Empty (short film), Scaravelli Films, c. 2004.

Duncan, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, c. 2004.

When Children Rule the World (short film), c. 2004.

Heart in Mouth, c. 2005.

Henry Tyler, A Bug and a Bag of Weed, Domino Film & Television International, 2006.

Sheriff Bob Knickle, Just Buried (also known as Pushing Up Daisies), Seville Pictures, 2007.

Errol, A Very Lucky Girl, c. 2007.

Sir James Graham, Fatal Passage, PTV Produtions, 2008.

Appeared as James "Jim" Floyd in Avro Arrow, a short film in the Canadian Heritage Minute series (series also known as Heritage Minutes and Historica Minutes: History by the Minute).

Radio Appearances:

Voices of several characters, "The Irish Question: Part 1," Ideas, CBC Radio One, 1989.

Voices of several characters, "The Retrial of Oscar Wilde," Ideas, CBC Radio One, 1989.

"The Trial of Spartacus," Ideas, CBC Radio One, 1989.

RECORDINGS

CD-ROMs:

Provided the voice of Albert Peritus for the CD-ROM Living in the Physical World.

WRITINGS

Novels; with P. N. Elrod:

The Keeper of the King, Baen, 1997.

His Father's Son, Baen, 2001.

Siege Perilous, Baen, 2004.

Short Fiction; with P. N. Elrod:

"Wolf and Hound," published in the book Dracula in London, volume edited by Elrod and illustrated by Bill Dodge, Ace Trade, 2001.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cult Times, April, 1999, pp. 38-40.

Starlog, June, 1995.

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