Bruce Greenwood
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Canadian character actor Bruce Greenwood spent the 1970s working in regional Vancouver theater, and appeared in many Canadian TV shows during the '80s. His first American film was a walk-on role in Rambo: First Blood. In the U.S., he fared much better with television pilots, miniseries, and made-for-TV movies. His first big role was Dr. Seth Griffin on St. Elsewhere from 1986-1988. Other TV projects included The FBI Murders, The Servants of Twilight, and Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys. By the '90s, he had found a home for himself on television. Greenwood played Pierce Lawson in 1991 on the evening soap opera Knots Landing, earned a Gemini (the Canadian Emmy) nomination for The Little Kidnappers, and then took home an award for his role in Road to Avonlea. He also starred as Thomas Veil on the UPN dramatic series Nowhere Man and guest starred as Roger Bingham on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show. He did quite well on NBC, as well, appearing in many TV movies (including Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge) and starring in the sci-fi mystery show Sleepwalkers as Dr. Nathan Bradford.Greenwood made the leap to the big screen with a fellow Canadian, Egyptian-born filmmaker Atom Egoyan. In Exotica, he played the troubled Francis, a tax collector obsessed with a stripper. The film was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival, and Greenwood re-teamed with the director for his next film, The Sweet Hereafter, which won a special jury prize at Cannes, while Greenwood was nominated for a Genie award for his supporting role of mourning father Billy Ansell. By contrast, he played bad guys in mainstream thrillers in the '90s, with starring roles in Disturbing Behavior, Hide and Seek, Double Jeopardy, and Rules of Engagement He may be most well known, however, for playing President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the political thriller Thirteen Days, for which he won a Golden Satellite Award. With this role under his belt, Greenwood moved into more dramatic territory with the A&E miniseries The Magnificent Ambersons as well as a dual role in Egoyan's Ararat. In 2003, he produced fellow Canadian Deepa Mehta's film The Republic of Love and appeared in the action comedy Hollywood Homicide and the sci-fi thriller The Core. Projects for 2004 include Being Julia, I, Robot, and Racing Stripes. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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| Bruce Greenwood | |
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 Greenwood at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | Stuart Bruce Greenwood August 12, 1956 Noranda, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, Musician |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse | Susan Devlin (1985-present) |
Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956, known as Stuart Bruce Greenwood) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is generally known for his roles as U.S. presidents in Thirteen Days and National Treasure: Book of Secrets and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film. He has appeared in several supporting roles, such as Hollywood Homicide, Double Jeopardy, Déjà Vu, I, Robot, Dinner for Schmucks, Capote and most recently as the motion capture alien dubbed "Cooper" in Super 8. He has also dabbled in voice acting, contributing to the Canadian animated series Class of the Titans as Chiron and the voice of Bruce Wayne/Batman in Young Justice.
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Personal life
Greenwood was born Stuart Bruce Greenwood in Noranda, Quebec,[1] the son of Mary Sylvia (née Ledingham), a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and teacher who taught at Princeton University.[2] He is married to Susan Devlin[2] and lives in Los Angeles.[3]
Career
Greenwood is known in the United States for his appearances in Star Trek, I, Robot, Double Jeopardy, The Core, Thirteen Days (in which he played president John F. Kennedy), Capote (in which he played Jack Dunphy, Truman Capote's lover), Eight Below (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren) and Firehouse Dog.
He had prominent roles in the award winning Atom Egoyan films Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Ararat. He appeared in the 1980s teen cult film The Malibu Bikini Shop and starred in Mee-Shee: The Water Giant. He played a role in The World's Fastest Indian and also featured in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There. He recently appeared in Dinner for Schmucks as a cruel finance executive who hosts a dinner for "idiots".
On television, Greenwood had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986–1988), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991–1992) and a starring role in the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995–1996). He also guest starred on the popular Canadian show Road to Avonlea for one episode. He won a Gemini Award for this role as "Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor".
On June 10, 2007, HBO's John from Cincinnati premiered, starring Greenwood. Greenwood also appears as the President of the United States in National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He played the Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, in Summer Dreams: Story of the Beach Boys. In 2009, he worked with Australian director Bruce Beresford he played the part of Ben Stevenson (Artistic Director of Houston Ballet) in the critically acclaimed film, Mao's Last Dancer.
Greenwood voiced Batman in the animated film, Batman: Under the Red Hood. He also voices the character in the Young Justice animated series.[4][5]
Greenwood played the lead role in the horror thriller Cell 213.[6] He is the lead for the Steven Spielberg produced 2012 ABC series The River and will reprise his role as Admiral Christopher Pike for the next J. J. Abrams Star Trek feature film.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1982 | First Blood | Guardsman | |
| 1984 | Legmen | Jack Gage | Starring role |
| 1986 | The Malibu Bikini Shop | Todd | |
| 1988 | In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders | Jerry Dove | |
| 1989 | Wild Orchid | Jerome McFarland | |
| 1990 | The Little Kidnappers | Willem Hooft | |
| 1990 | Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys | Dennis Wilson | |
| 1991 | The Servants of Twilight | Detective Charlie Harrison | |
| 1992 | Passenger 57 | Stuart Ramsey | |
| 1994 | Exotica | Francis Brown | |
| 1994 | Heart of a Child | Fred Schouten | TV Movie |
| 1994 | Treacherous Beauties | Jason Hollister | |
| 1995-6 | Nowhere Man | Thomas Veil | Star in main role |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Bob Andrews | |
| 1997 | The Sweet Hereafter | Billy | |
| 1998 | Thick as Thieves | Bo | |
| 1998 | Disturbing Behavior | Dr. Edgar Caldicott | |
| 1999 | Double Jeopardy | Nick | |
| 1999 | The Soul Collector | Zacariah | |
| 2000 | Here on Earth | Earl Cavanaugh | |
| 2000 | Cord | Jack | |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | National Security Advisor Bill Sokal | |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | John F. Kennedy | |
| 2002 | Ararat | Clarence Ussher / Martin | |
| 2002 | Swept Away | Tony | |
| 2002 | Below | Brice | |
| 2003 | The Core | Cmdr. Robert Iverson | |
| 2003 | Hollywood Homicide | Lt. Bennie Macko | |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Lawrence Robertson | |
| 2004 | The Republic of Love | Tom Avery | |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Lord Charles | |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Nolan Walsh | |
| 2005 | Mee-Shee: The Water Giant | Sean Cambell | |
| 2005 | The World's Fastest Indian | Jerry | |
| 2005 | Capote | Jack Dunphy | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | Davis McClaren | |
| 2006 | Deja Vu | Agent Jack McCready | |
| 2006 | The Mermaid Chair | Hugh Sullivan | |
| 2007 | Firehouse Dog | Connor Fahey | |
| 2007 | I'm Not There | Keenan Jones / Garrett | |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | The President | |
| 2008 | Cyborg Soldier | Simon Hart | |
| 2009 | Star Trek | Christopher Pike | |
| 2009 | Mao's Last Dancer | Ben Stevenson | |
| 2009 | A Dog Named Christmas | George McCray | |
| 2010 | Batman: Under the Red Hood | Bruce Wayne/Batman (voice) | |
| 2010 | Cell 213 | the Warden | |
| 2010 | Meek's Cutoff | Stephen Meeks | |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | Blair | |
| 2010 | Dinner for Schmucks | Lance Fender | |
| 2010 | Young Justice | Bruce Wayne/Batman, Wotan, The Flaming C (voice) | TV series |
| 2011 | Cristiada | Ambassador Dwight Morrow | |
| 2011 | Super 8 | Cooper | Motion Capture Role |
| 2011 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 | Overlord | Voice Role |
| 2012 | The River | Dr. Emmet Cole | Main role |
| 2013 | Flight | Main role | |
| 2013 | Untitled Star Trek sequel | Christopher Pike | filming |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - The Little Kidnappers | Nominated |
| 1995 | Gemini Awards | Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor - Avonlea | Won |
| 1997 | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - The Sweet Hereafter | Nominated |
| 2000 | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense: Double Jeopardy | Nominated |
| 2001 | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Drama - Thirteen Days | Won |
| Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Haven | Nominated | |
| 2005 | Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Being Julia | Nominated |
| 2006 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Capote | Nominated |
| 2009 | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Ensemble Cast - Star Trek | Won |
| 2010 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Acting Ensemble - Star Trek | Nominated |
| Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - The Summit | Nominated |
References
- ^ Bruce Greenwood Bio-fan site[verification needed]
- ^ a b Bruce Greenwood Film Reference bio
- ^ "Bruce Greenwood finds himself way, way up 'The River' in new horror-thriller". http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/bruce-greenwood-finds-himself-way-way-up-the-river-in-new-horror-thriller-138587469.html. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (2010-07-23). "Comic-Con 2010: Young Justice Goes Under Cover". UGO Networks. http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2010-young-justice. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
- ^ Freestyle Releasing Locks Down 'Cell 213'
- ^ Trailer Debut for IFC Midnight's 'Cell 211'
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(1987 Drama TV Episode)
The Servants of Twilight
(1991 Thriller Film)
Heart of a Child
(1994 Drama Film)
Spy
(1989 Action Film)
Larry's New Love: The Larry Sanders Show (TV Episode)
(1997 Comedy TV Episode)
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