Ertmanis, Victor

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ERTMANIS, Victor

PERSONAL

Addresses: Agent Edna Talent Management, Ltd., 318 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5, Canada.

Career: Actor. Appeared in commercials and provided voiceovers.

Member: Canadian Actors' Equity Association, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors: Best performance, male (with others), eye Weekly (Toronto), 1999, for It's All True.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Eddie Camden, Catwalk, MTV and syndicated, 19921993.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Sam, By Way of the Stars (also known as Der Lange Weg des Lukas B. ), CBC, 1992, The Disney Channel, 1994.

Colin Demming, Undue Influence (also known as Steve Martini's Undue Influence ), CBS, 1996.

Prison guard, The Last Don II (also known as Mario Puzo's The Last Don II ), CBS, 1998.

Alex Haber, Storm of the Century (also known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century ), ABC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Second rowdy, Haunted by Her Past, NBC, 1987.

Blue collar man, The Child Saver, NBC, 1988.

Dispatcher, Sorry, Wrong Number, CBS, 1989.

Lester, Final Notice, USA Network, 1989.

Danny Greene, Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story, HBO, 1992.

Ned, The Good Fight, Lifetime, 1992.

Officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mountie), Gross Misconduct, CBC, 1993.

James McBratney, Getting Gotti, CBS, 1994.

Boater, Bloodknot, Showtime, 1995.

Jimmy Skinner, Net Worth, CBC, 1995.

Prison guard, Soft Deceit, HBO, 1995.

Sergeant Zelinsky, No Contest, HBO, 1995.

Nat, Radiant City, ABC, 1996.

Police officer, Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story, CBC, 1996.

Stroope, Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, CBS, 1996.

Holiday Affair, USA Network, 1996.

Big Charley Santino, While My Pretty One Sleeps (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's While My Pretty One Sleeps ), The Family Channel, 1997.

Motel manager, Bad to the Bone, ABC, 1997.

Repairman, Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (also known as Heatwave ), CBS, 1997.

Toni Pietrov, Breach of Faith: Family of Cops II (also known as Family of Cops II ), CBS, 1997.

Henry Dolman, Blind Faith, Showtime, 1998.

John Duare, Vendetta, HBO, 1999.

Doorman, Final Jeopardy, ABC, 2001.

Travis Beltran, Word of Honor, TNT, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Valentine and Bates, Jimmy Valentine (also known as O. Henry's Jimmy Valentine ), PBS, 1986.

Tom Wilson, Moment of Truth, CBS, 1992.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Charlie Wainwright, "A Little Knowledge," Street Legal, CBC, 1987.

Interrogator, "The Abyss," Captain Power and Soldiers of the Future (live action and animated), syndicated, 1987.

Harry, "Complex Offer," Street Legal, CBC, 1989.

Lou Bittner, "The Prisoner," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Final Nightmare and Friday the 13th: The Series ), syndicated, 1989.

Victorian father, "A Friend to the End," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday the 13th: The Final Nightmare and Friday the 13th: The Series ), syndicated, 1989.

"New Dawn," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1989.

"Striptease," The Hitchhiker, HBO, 1989.

Mr. Johnson, "Third Segment," E.N.G., CTV and Lifetime, 1990.

Craver, "Verathion," Counterstrike (also known as Force de frappe ), USA Network, 1991.

Detective Finlay, "Eye of the Beholder," Street Legal, CBC, 1991.

Becky's father, "Demon in the Flame," Beyond Reality, USA Network, 1992.

Cummings, Secret Service, NBC, 1992.

Staff sergeant Meers, "Victoria's Secret: Parts 1 & 2," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series, Direction: Sud, and Tandem de choc ), CBS and CTV, 1995.

Sandor, "Paying the Bill," Taking the Falls, CTV, 1996.

Bob Anders, "Crackdown," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as EFC and Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict ), syndicated, 1997.

"Li Ann's Choice," John Woo's Once a Thief (also known as Once a Thief ), CTV and syndicated, 1998.

Mr. Fowler, "So Far From Home," Dear America (also known as Dear America 05, Dear America: So Far From Home, and Dear America: So Far From Home: The Story of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 ), HBO, 1999.

Lawyer, "Lesser Evils," Street Time, Showtime, 2002.

Appeared in episodes of other series, including The Rez and Side Effects, both CBC; other episodes of Counterstrike (also known as Force de frappe ), USA Network; and multiple episodes of Top Cops, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Justice, [Canada], 1999.

Film Appearances:

Scott Lavel, Overnight (also known as Not Another Dirty Little Movie ), Exile Productions, 1986.

Sal, Palais Royale (also known as Smoke Screen and Smokescreen ), Starlight, 1988.

First guard, Street Justice, Warner Bros., 1989.

Man in Mets jersey, The Dream Team, Universal, 1989.

Second police officer, Physical Evidence, Columbia, 1989.

Willy, Welcome Home, Columbia, 1989.

Billy K., Change of Heart, Clearwater Films, 1992.

Raising Cain, Universal, 1992.

Alley police officer, I Love a Man in Uniform (also known as A Man in Uniform ), IRS Media, 1994.

Martin, Brainscan, Columbia/TriStar, 1994.

Michael, Paris, France, Alliance Entertainment, 1994.

Prison guard, Soft Deceit, Dark Line Productions/Le Monde Entertainment, 1994.

(Uncredited) Police officer, Back in Action, ShapiroGlickenhaus Entertainment, 1994.

First garbage collector, The Stupids, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Fools Die Fast, 1996.

Police officer bartender, Murder at 1600, Warner Bros., 1997.

Leo, Reluctant Angel, Blackwatch Releasing, 1998.

Sweets, Rhinoceros Eyes, Madstone Films, 2003.

Also appeared in other films, including Maggie and Felix.

Stage Appearances:

Dickason, Inexpressible Island, Necessary Angel, Canadian Stage Company, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997.

Danny, Beating Heart Cadaver, Necessary Angel, Canadian Stage Company, 1998.

Orson Welles, It's All True, Tarragon Theatre Mainspace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999.

Razmy, Liquor Guns Karate, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Fools Die Fast, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Theseus/Oberon, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Equity Showcase Performing Space, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001.

Alexi, "The Old Business," Absolutely Chekhov, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Du Maurier Theatre Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Pops, The Piper, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Aldo Finzi, Tamara, Graydon Hall Manor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003.

Pishuk and MacKenzie King, Remnants, Tarragon Theatre Mainstage, 2003.

Also appeared as Bill Sykes, Oliver, as Ken Gorman, Rumours, as Shannon, The Night of the Iguana, as Stanley, Streetcar Named Desire, and as Monitor (the narrator), Airborne Symphony, all Theatre Aquarius; as Alonzo, Jacob's Wake, as Captain Horster, An Enemy of the People, as Casca, Julius Caesar, as Grad Grind, Hard Times, as Parolles, All Well That Ends Well, as Sebastian, The Tempest, and in First Love (solo show), all National Arts Centre; as Kent, Seven Lears, and as Webb, Coming through Slaughter, both Necessary Angel; as Mick Ross, Breaking the Code, Canadian Stage Company, Citadel Theatre; as Phil, Patience, Canadian Stage Company, Grand Theatre; as Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night, Citadel Theatre; as Bob Gould, SpeedthePlow, Canadian Stage Company; as Cuirette, Hosanna, Vancouver Playhouse, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; as Henry VIII, A Man for All Seasons, Sudbury Theatre Centre, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; as Autolycus and mariner, The Winter's Tale;as Feigen and various roles, The Message, Tarragon Theatre; as Joshua and Gerry, Cloud Nine, Bayview Playhouse; as Marco, A View from the Bridge, Manitoba Theatre; as Nick, Sight Unseen, New Globe Theatre; and as Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple, Grand Theatre.

Major Tours:

Toured as Osric, Hamlet, National Arts Centre.