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- Caption: Bruce Greenwood
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Born: Aug 12, 1956 in Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Occupation: Actor
Active: '80s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, Thirteen Days
First Major Screen Credit: The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
Biography
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.
Personal life
Greenwood was born August 12 1956 (1956--) (age 51) in Noranda, Quebec[1] to Mary Sylvia (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 has two sisters, Kelly Louis and Barbara Lynn. Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia and also attended Magee Secondary School in Vancouver.
Greenwood met his wife, Susan, in Canada when they were both 15. They have been married since 1985.
Career
Greenwood is known in the U.S. for his appearances in I, Robot, The Core, Thirteen Days (in which he played President John F. Kennedy), Capote (in which he played Jack Dunphy, Truman Capote's lover), and more recently Eight Below (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren) and Firehouse Dog (in which he was the captain after the death of his brother). He has had prominent roles in the award-winning films Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter, both directed by Canadian director Atom Egoyan. He also appeared in the 1980s teen cult film The Malibu Bikini Shop, and starred in Mee-Shee: The Water Giant.
On television, Greenwood has had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986–1988), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991–1992) and the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995–1996).
On June 10, 2007, a new show on HBO from the creator of Deadwood called John from Cincinnati premiered, starring Greenwood. - Actor/Actress/Director: Bruce Greenwood
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