Lawrence, Shawn

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LAWRENCE, Shawn

PERSONAL

Born in London, England.

Career:

Actor.

Member:

Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (Toronto ombudsman).

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a supporting actor, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, 1990, for Saying Goodbye: The First Snowfall.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Kenny's trainer, Running (also known as Le vainqueur), Universal, 1979.

Colonel, The Trumpeter (short film), 1986.

Bartender, Street Smart, Cannon Group, 1987.

Commercial director, Change of Heart, Clearwater Films, 1992.

Police investigator, Back in Action, MCA Home Video, 1994.

Priest, Dogmatic, 1996.

Cop #1, Airborne (also known as L'avion de la terreur), Alliance Atlantis Communications, 1998.

Voice of pilot, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen—und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century–Fox, 1999.

Stahl, Steal This Movie, Trimark Video, 2000.

Warden Clay, Bait (also known as Piege), Warner Bros., 2000.

O'Malley, Exit Wounds, Warner Bros., 2001.

Fred the doorman, Tart (also known as Naive), 2001.

Bass, True Blue, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2001.

Stan Billings, It All Happens Incredibly Fast, 2001.

Roger Deschamps, Triggermen, Franchise Pictures, 2002.

Marty, Between Strangers (also known as Coeurs inconnus and Cuori estranei), First Look Home Entertainment, 2002.

Senior lawyer, Darkness Falling (also known as Dark Side and Sombres secrets), Bedford Entertainment, 2002.

Agent Pogue, Crime Spree, Viacom, 2003.

Philadelphia fight official, Against the Ropes (also known as The Promoter and Die Promoterin), Paramount, 2004.

Agent Shepherd, Out of Reach, Screen Gems, 2004.

Mr. Grey, Safe (short film), 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Mr. Gant, To Catch a Killer, syndicated and CTV, 1992.

Alex Carter, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (also known as Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Kennedy of Women), NBC, 2001.

FBI agent, Widows, ABC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

R. W. Lindsay, Barnum, CBS, 1986.

Bank manager, Sword of Gideon, HBO, 1986.

TV reporter Gabe Lewis, Many Happy Returns, CBS, 1986.

Photographer, Mafia Princess, NBC, 1986.

Vince, Personals, USA Network, 1990.

On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story, NBC, 1990.

Clarence's cabbie, Clarence, The Family Channel, 1990.

McCarthy, A Town Torn Apart (also known as Doc: The Dennis Littky Story), NBC, 1992.

Backslapper, Incident in a Small Town, CBS, 1994.

Armored car guard, The Wharf Rat, Showtime, 1995.

Cabbie, At the Midnight Hour, CBS, 1995.

Pit boss, Sugartime, HBO, 1995.

Andrew, Cagney & Lacey: True Convictions, CBS, 1996.

Horse auctioneer, Captive Heart: The James Mink Story, CBS, 1996.

Bartender, Beyond the Call, Showtime, 1996.

Garth, The Morrison Murders, USA Network, 1996.

Charles Ives, Escape Clause, Showtime, 1996.

Judge Bach, The Defenders: Payback, Showtime, 1997.

Earl Landry, The Fixer, Showtime, 1998.

Postman, Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families, Showtime, 1998.

Johnson, Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within, Showtime, 1998 Fred Hamilton, Valentine's Day (also known as Protector), HBO, 1998.

Prosecuting attorney, Blind Faith, Showtime, 1998.

Irish worker, Rocky Marciano, Showtime, 1999.

Motel clerk, Who Killed Atlanta's Children? (also known as Echo of Murder), Showtime, 2000.

Detective in bar, The Thin Blue Lie, Showtime, 2000.

Mr. Thurman, Run the Wild Fields, Showtime, 2000.

Andre, On Hostile Ground, TBS, 2000.

Larry Tindle, Jewel, CBS, 2001.

Doctor O'Connor, Brian's Song, ABC, 2001.

Davis Blackwell, Verdict in Blood, CTV, 2002.

Brother Marstoke, The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire, CTV and Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Bill Paley, Gleason (also known as Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story), CBS, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Heathdale, "Hear No Evil, See No Evil,"' Seeing Things, CBC, 1982.

Eddie Colter, "State of Mind," Street Legal, CBC, 1988.

Frederick Perry, "Street of Shadows," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1989.

Wylie, "Verathion," Counterstrike, 1991.

Martin Bower, "Do the Right Thing," Street Legal, CBC, 1993.

Fire chief, "Apartment Rescue," Real Kids, Real Adventures, CanWest Global, 1998.

Hubble Bau/dad, "Brightness Falls," Total Recall 2070, Showtime, 1999.

Carl Praeger, "The Once and Future World," Earth: Final Conflict (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Earth: Final Conflict"), syndicated, 1999.

Minister, "The Victorian Candidate," The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Sci–Fi Channel and syndicated, 2000.

Lyle Bealt, "Battle of the Wilsted," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2001.

"Inside Jobs," Blue Murder, CanWest Global, 2001.

Head official, "Race of a Lifetime," In a Heartbeat, 2001.

J. C. Gilbert, "A Taste of Justice," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

Doctor, Queer as Folk, Showtime, 2002.

Janus Larkadia, "Chasing Janus," Starhunter 2300 (also known as Starhunter), syndicated, 2003.

Janus, "License to Fill," Starhunter 2300 (also known as Starhunter), syndicated, 2004.

Mayor, "Buttons the Geriatric," Puppets Who Kill, Comedy Central, 2004.

Also appeared in "Def Poet's Society," The Great Defender, Fox; as voice, Bob and Margaret (animated), Comedy Central;

Stage Appearances:

Don Juan and lawyer Richard Maynard, Moon over Buffalo, Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1997.

Also appeared as Michael, Peter Pan; Jesus, Godspell.

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