Bruce Greenwood's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The River Emmet Cole John From Cincinnati Mitch Yost Nowhere Man Thomas Veil Sleepwalkers Dr. Nathan … Jessie Det. Roy Moss Legmen Jack Gage Veronica Clare Lieutenant …

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Barney's Version 2010 - Dinner for Schmucks 2009 - Star Trek 2009 - Mao's Last Dancer 2007 - Firehouse Dog 2007 - National Treasure: Book of Secrets 2006 - Eight Below 2006 - Déjà Vu 2005 - Capote 2005 - The World's Fastest Indian 2005 - Racing Stripes 2004 - Being Julia 2004 - I, Robot 2003 - Hollywood Homicide 2003 - The Core 2002 - Swept Away 2002 - Ararat 2002 - Below 2000 - Here On Earth 2000 - Thirteen Days 2000 - Rules of Engagement 2000 - Cord 1999 - The Lost Son 1999 - Double Jeopardy 1997 - Fathers' Day 1997 - The Sweet Hereafter 1994 - Exotica 1992 - Passenger 57 1989 - Wild Orchid 1982 - Rambo: First Blood

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 Ra... read morembo: 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.


TRIVIA:

• Was working on a drilling crew in northern Alberta when a director called with a part in the musical Cruel Tears.
• Was raised mostly in Vancouver, where his family moved when he was 11. Bruce went to Magee secondary school in the Kerrisdale area of Vancouver. He attended the University of British Columbia for three years where his father was Head of the Geology Department and his mother was a nurse in the extended care unit. Bruce never lived in one place longer than four years. He studied philosophy and economics at UBC and only took his first drama class for an easy credit.
• An avid outdoorsman who skis, skydives, sails and hikes.
• Has two younger sisters: Kelly (a nurse) and Lynn (a mother and an activist).
• Had the nickname "Greendog" while growing up.
• Initially, Bruce refused his breakthrough role in _"St. Elsewhere" (1982)_ (qv) because he was filming the movie _Another Chance (1989)_ (qv) but managed to work on both jobs simultaneously for several weeks.
• Auditioned for the parts of Dr. Jeffrey Geiger in _"Chicago Hope" (1994)_ (qv) and Mike Ryan in _"Almost Perfect" (1995)_ (qv).
• Played a life-sized puppet in best friend Norman Foote's earliest shows for children.