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Aaron Abrams is a Canadian actor and writer who has appeared in several regular and reoccurring roles for television, including including Masters of Sex, The L.A. Complex, Longmire, The Oath, Rookie Blue, Slings & Arrows, Blindspot and Hannibal where he played Brian Zeller.
Aaron Abrams has also written and produced several films.
He is a graduate of The Goodman Theatre School in Chicago.- Actress
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Tori Anderson was born on 29 December 1988 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She is an actress, known for Killjoys (2015), Tru Calling (2003) and No Tomorrow (2016). She has been married to Mitch Myers since January 2018.- Actor
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François Arnaud was born on 5 July 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for The Borgias (2011), Blindspot (2015) and I Killed My Mother (2009).- Actress
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Sarah Baskin is an American/Canadian actor based in NY who has worked steadily on both stage and screen. Graduating from Harvard University's A.R.T./Moscow Art Theatre program with an MFA, she began her work on stage at theaters such as A.R.T., Roundabout, Theatre Row, and 59E59th. Her first on-camera role was playing Chandra Levy in the TV-movie "Who Killed Chandra Levy" based on the true story. She has continued her work in television and film with credits including The Equalizer (CBS), Gossip Girl (HBO), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Blindspot (NBC), and more.- Actor
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A British-born Indo/Irish Canadian, Raoul has worked extensively on screen and on stage since his graduation from the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada in 1996. A classically trained actor his first feature film was Extraordinary Visitor (Toronto International Film Festival 1998) in the role of John The Baptist opposite Mary Walsh and Andy Jones.
He has performed in features ranging from art house dramas such as Ararat (Atom Egoyan) to Hollywood thrillers like The Sentinel (Clark Johnson) to indie darlings such as Touch of Pink (Ian Rashid), the romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik) and the political drama Miss Sloane (John Madden) opposite Jessica Chastian and Sam Waterston. Upcoming feature includes indie horror/thriller Possessor (Brandon Cronenberg) opposite Chris Abbott.
On television he has had series leads and major recurring roles on both American and Canadian projects ranging from Blindspot (NBC), Clarice (CBS), The Lost Symbol (Peacock), Grand Army (Netflix), Titans (DC Universe/Netflix), over 250 episodes of the cult hit Train 48 (Global TV/Amazon Prime Canada), The Dresden Files (Syfy) and Runaway (CW) and guest stars on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Suits (USA), Beauty and The Beast (CBS), Rookie Blues (ABC) and scores of different projects with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
On stage he has extensively toured his one man show Hamlet (solo) (Best Actor - United Solo Festival New York 2022) and his Dora award nominated musical Life, Death and The Blues. In Toronto he has premiered a number of seminal new works and most recently produced and starred in the Toronto premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar which broke box office records at The Panasonic Theatre. An accomplished musician he has lead his award winning blues band Raoul and The Big Time since 1998 and they continue to be active on tour and in the studio. In 2019 he released "A Good Thing" a new jazz duo project with pianist Jesse Whitelely.- Actor
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Marcus was born in Toronto Canada, but grew up in Fullerton California. He spent time performing and traveling around the world and ended up in New York City for six years. He was in the original Broadway companies of Wicked and the Flower Drum Song revival. He is proud to have recorded both cast albums and can say that he is on a platinum selling record. He also had the pleasure of working with Christina Applegate in the Revival of Sweet Charity on Broadway and will never forget working with and learning from living legend Twyla Tharp in the Bob Dylan musical The Times They are a Changin.- Actor
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Joe Cobden (born October 7, 1978 in Canada) found his first taste of acting while as an 11-year-old child busker on the street. As a busker, Joe toured all over Europe and America before deciding to focus on finishing out his education. He attended Concordia University's renowned Theatre Performance Program in Montreal and worked extensively across several Canadian stages. Joe Cobden's screen career began in 2000. He won a Genie Award in 2003 for his role Suddenly Naked (2001) starring Wendy Crewson and Peter Coyote. Other film work include the crime-thriller Swindle (2002), the comedy Hollywood North (2003), the disaster drama The Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Aviator (2004), all of which included such high caliber actors and actresses of Hollywood. His more recent films include the drama Source Code (2011) and the romantic drama The Vow (2012).- Actor
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Josh Dean was born on 3 December 1979 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Fantastic Four (2015), YPF (2007) and Mass Effect (2007). He is married to Celina Dean.- Actor
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Joe Dinicol was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Joe is an actor and producer, known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Diary of the Dead (2007) and My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010).- Actor
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Chad Donella was born on 18 May 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Knox Goes Away (2023), Shattered Glass (2003) and Final Destination (2000). He has been married to Joni Bertin since 2007.- Actor
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Ennis' first standout acting role was in 2006, as the temperamental janitor Zoltan in the Gemini Awards-winning Billable Hours - this role set a precedent in Esmer's career, as what was originally a one-off appearance was expanded to a recurring role because of the popularity of his take on it. His next major role came in 2009 in The Listener as Osman 'Oz' Bey, the best friend to telepathic paramedic Toby Logan (played by Craig Olejnik). Esmer was nominated once in 2010 for an ACTRA Award, and twice in 2010 and 2011 for Canadian Comedy Awards for this role. In the opposite seasons to shooting The Listener in Toronto, Esmer was shooting his role as Eddie, the failed actor and apartment manager, in The L.A. Complex.
Starting in 2014, Esmer had regular roles in You Me Her, Private Eyes, Red Oaks, and Blindspot, once again often shooting in opposite or even the same seasons. In Audience Network's polyamory comedy You Me Her, he played Dave Amari, best friend and neighbour of Jack Trekarsky, the 'Him' of the title. In Global Television Network/Ion Television's Private Eyes, he played Kurtis 'Maz' Mazhari, a Detective who helped main characters Matt Shade (played by Jason Priestley) and Angie Everett (played by Cindy Sampson) solve crimes. He would be nominated in 2019 for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards for this latter role.
In Amazon Studios 1980's set comedy-drama Red Oaks, he played the Turkish lothario tennis instructor Nash. He said of the role, 'It's fun to play a character who is a pretty decent representation of my ethnicity...His ethnicity doesn't define the role, and he gets to be a full person aside from that, and in fact, because of that.' In NBC's Blindspot, Esmer again took a role that was an originally a one-off spot in season one, and went first to recurring then series regular in season four. His instinctive improvisational style and delivery made fan-favourite Rich Dotcom what show creator Martin Gero said was the character that defined the series. Esmer also had a memorable 3-episode arc as Emir Kaplan, the travel blogger who broke Stevie Budd's heart, in season five of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series Schitt's Creek.
Esmer currently stars in CTV's comedy Children Ruin Everything, a role for which he won the 2023 Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
In film, Esmer has worked extensively in Canadian indie short and feature-length films. He started his film career in a bit part as Ronnie in the American film How to Deal in 2003. His breakout film role was in 2007's Young People Fucking, co-written by his longtime friend and later Blindspot show runner Martin Gero and other longtime friend Aaron Abrams. This film was notable not just for winning multiple Genie Awards and nearly sweeping the film category of the Canadian Comedy Awards, but also because of the furor around funding caused politically by its name and perceived content.
In 2014, Esmer starred in his first lead film role as Leonard Crane, a small-town newspaper reporter, in Big News from Grand Rock, a comedy-drama about the demise of small-town newspapers - on which he also served as an executive-producer. The same year, he played a supporting role as Sean in the romantic comedy Dirty Singles, for which he was nominated for an ACTRA Award, and won best male performance at the Canadian Comedy Awards. In 2015, he played a supporting role in sex comedy How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town, directed by Jeremy Lalonde, again serving as executive-producer. In 2016, he played a supporting role in Miss Sloane with Jessica Chastain. That same year, he played Moe, a flight crash investigator, in the television film Brace for Impact, for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by Supporting Actor in a Drama at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. Also in 2018, he played the astrophysicist Charlie in Clara, a science-fiction film which won the Jury Prize at the Austin Film Festival. He can next be seen in Ally Pankiw's dramedy I Used To Be Funny, Mackenzie Munro's coming of age comedy Boot Camp, and Incendo's updated remake of The Amityville Curse.
Esmer has also undertaken several hosting duties in Canada - hosting, among others, the Gemini Awards (twice), the Canadian Screen Awards, and the ACTRA Awards, even virtually hosting the feature films section of the Directors Guild of Canada Awards in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was also the co-host of Wipeout Canada alongside the legendary Jonathan Torrens, and currently hosts Roast Battle Canada on CTV Comedy. Esmer first came to prominence as a host on Toronto 1's variety series The Toronto Show in 2003.- Producer
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Martin Gero was born on 6 July 1977 in Geneva, Switzerland. He is a producer and writer, known for Blindspot (2015), The L.A. Complex (2012) and Stargate: Atlantis (2004). He has been married to Melissa Stetten since 1 December 2018. They have one child.- Sandrine Holt was born in London, England, UK. Sandrine is an actor, known for House of Cards (2013), Mr. Robot (2015) and Homeland (2011). Sandrine was previously married to Travis Huff.
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Kimberly Huie was born on 2 December 1965 in Kingston, Jamaica. She is an actress and producer, known for Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020), The Blacklist (2013) and Rookie Blue (2010).- Jordan Johnson-Hinds was born November 1st, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He shared his growing up years between his mother and father who were separated. He attended St. Sylvester Catholic Elementary School and Francis Libermann Catholic High School. Jordan began acting courses while at Libermann from a renowned talent agency. His senior year was spent at Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School, where he was actively involved in hosting talent shows, school events and graduated with a drama award.
During his high school years Jordan traveled extensively to the United States, spending a lot of time in Los Angeles where he visited many studios. He attended many tapings of documentaries and comedy shows. Having relatives with connections in the entertainment business allowed him to meet actors and other entertainers.
Upon the completion of High School, Jordan further advanced his acting career by attending George Brown College, where he did a one year course in Performing Arts. During this period he had already appeared in commercials and TV guest-starring roles in such shows as Life with Derek, and The Jon Dore Show.
After finishing college he landed a leading role in the award winning TV Drama, Flashpoint. Along with a recurring role in the Martin Gero, CW drama, The LA Complex. Jordan would later recur on Gero's NBC show, Blindspot.
Jordan in his off-time enjoys writing, traveling, and reading. He also made two independent films entitled, Garbage Day, and All I Want for Christmas. - Actor
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Luke Farrell Kirby is a Canadian actor. In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to American parents. His mother is from Brooklyn, New York, and his father grew up "along the eastern seaboard." His parents moved from New York City, New York, to Canada in 1974. Kirby studied drama at the National Theatre School of Canada, a theatre conservatory which focuses on classical works, and graduated in 2000.- Actor
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Anthony Lemke is best known for portraying "Three" (Marcus Boone) on Syfy's action-drama Dark Matter.
Lemke was born in Ottawa, Canada and studied theatre at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada, Ontario. In 2000, he landed his first series regular role as the mercenary "Marcus Grisham" in USA Network's fantasy-genre series The Queen of Swords, which Variety Magazine declared a "guilty pleasure". He also played "James Murphy", the son of Alex Murphy (aka RoboCop), in RoboCop: Prime Directives, a four-part mini-series that aired in 2001.
Lemke then enrolled in law school at the McGill University Faculty of Law in Montreal, while continuing his career as an actor, nabbing regular and recurring roles, on TV productions shot in Montreal and Toronto, including playing co-lead opposite Lea Thompson in A Life Interrupted, which was nominated for Best TV Movie at the 2008 Gemini Awards.
Since returning full time to acting after law school, Lemke has a deep collection of credits to his name in both English and French. In 2008 he joined the cast of Radio Canada's comedy-drama Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin, playing "David Rothstein", a character that Montreal newspaper La Presse numbers among the few anglophone characters to ever "mark the soul" of Quebecers. He followed up in French with recurring roles on Mémoires Vives, Mirador, Nouvelle Adresse, all of which are Gémeaux Award nominated TV series.
In 2011, he joined the casts SpikeTV's cult college classic Blue Mountain State and Syfy's Lost Girl and for multiple-episode arcs. In the same year, Lemke took on a lead role in the movie Rouge Sang, where he played a vulgar, charismatic British soldier decamped in the home of a French settler; the film garnered 3 Canadian Screen Award nominations.
In 2014, Lemke reprised his role of "Brian Becker" for the fifth season of CTV and Fox International's The Listener, a role he had played during season one . Lemke also began a multiple episode run over two seasons as "Dan Malloy" on CTV and Bravo's acclaimed cop-drama 19-2. The series received 10 Canadian Screen Award nominations, including best dramatic series. Also in 2014, Lemke was cast in the role of "Three" (aka. Marcus Boone) in the sci-fi television series Dark Matter on Syfy in the US and in over 100 countries worldwide. The series shot 39 episodes over three seasons from 2015-2017. Lemke appeared as a series regular in all 39 episodes.- Actor
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Dustin Milligan was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada as Dustin Wallace Milligan. He is an actor, writer and producer, known for Extract (2009), 90210 (2010), Schitt's Creek (2014), Me Him Her (2015) Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016), Rutherford Falls (2021), and The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.- Originally from Toronto, Canada, Britne Oldford moved to New York City to pursue her acting career. She has been based in New York ever since, suitcase at the ready. Britne is represented by Authentic Talent and Literary Management, Paradigm Talent Agency, Wolf-Kasteler Public Relations, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
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Peter Oldring was born in Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. He is known for Infinite (2021), Deep Impact (1998) and Crawl (2019). He is married to Sara Erikson.- Alex Ozerov is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Mischa on The Americans. Ozerov was born in Tula, Russia and migrated to Toronto at the age of 13. Shortly after, he got an interest in acting and studied with actor/director Walter Alza. Alex made his feature film debut in Jason Buxton's award-winning film Blackbird, which premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. He can now be seen as Oliver Sokolov on the Netflix original, Another Life.
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Carly graduated from high school in Vancouver in 1998. She made her American screen debut in I've Been Waiting for You (1998). Her most noticeable roles to date are "Molly White" in Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000), and "Sam McPherson" in TV's Popular (1999). She auditioned for roles on Roswell (1999) before she landed the role of "Sam McPherson".- Actress
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Georgina Frances Reilly is a British Canadian actress born in Guildford, United Kingdom, to songwriter/composer David Reilly and business administrator Frances Reilly. She comes from a long line of performers, her grandfather being Tommy Reilly, the world's first classical harmonica player. Growing up in an artistic household, she soon took to the family business, performing in musical theatre productions throughout her schooling. She met Philip Bateman (musical director of Billy Elliot, London production), who became a great mentor and supporter of her singing and acting. At the age of 16, she and her family made the move to Toronto, Canada, where Georgina finished her formal education. While attending Havergal College, she took a break from performing to focus on school. She was soon discovered by celebrated independent filmmaker Bruce McDonald, who cast her in the critically acclaimed 'Pontypool', which premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. It wasn't very long before Georgina became a household name in Canada. She is best known for her role as the feisty young coroner Dr. Emily Grace on Canada's acclaimed Victorian series Murdoch Mysteries and as the cynical Sabrina Reynolds on The CW's The L.A Complex. She married actor and filmmaker Mark O'Brien January 6, 2013, after meeting him on set. They reside in Los Angeles.- Actress
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Gloria Reuben is an actress, singer and published author whose impressive credentials in television, film, theater and music include portraying the HIV+ physician assistant Jeanie Boulet on the hit NBC series ER (a role that garnered her two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nomination) and many other television series including Raising The Bar, Falling Skies, Marvel TV's Cloak & Dagger, City On A Hill and The First Lady.
Gloria completed her role as Krista Gordon (the therapist to Rami Malek's Elliot Alderson) in the hit TV series Mr. Robot. As Rolling Stone wrote in their review of the Mr. Robot series finale: "...what makes the scene so powerful are the performances by Rami Malek and Gloria Reuben (who delivers a masterclass in how to convey so much information while making it feel emotionally resonant)."
In film, Gloria portrayed Elizabeth Keckley alongside Daniel Day-Lewis & Sally Field in the Steven Spielberg film LINCOLN, appeared with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey in Paul Weitz's Admission, and starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in Reasonable Doubt. Gloria's portrayal of Condoleezza Rice in David Hare's play Stuff Happens at The Public Theater in NYC garnered her a Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress.
In music, Gloria's career includes being a backup singer for Tina Turner in 2000, which led her to record her solo record Just For You. Gloria released her first jazz album Perchance To Dream in 2015 on the iconic Mcg Jazz label, and her new album For All We Know was released on Valentine's Day 2020, again on the Mcg Jazz label, to rave reviews.
Gloria's non-fiction book My Brothers' Keeper: Two Brothers. Loved. And Lost. (an intimate tribute to her two brothers who have passed away) was published by Post Hill Press in November 2019.