Alex Carter (Canadian actor)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Alex Carter

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|12}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| birth_name = Apostolos Apostolopoulos

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1988–present

| height = 6' (1.83 m)

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Alex Carter (born Apostolos Apostolopoulos; November 12, 1963)[https://radaris.com/~Apostolos-Apostolopoulos/1548703547 Profile], radaris.com. Accessed December 27, 2023. is a Canadian television and film actor.

Early life

Carter was born Apostolos Apostolopoulos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute as well as Wexford Collegiate Institute and was quite involved with the Wexford C.I. football team. He attended Wexford Public School. After finishing high school, he left for Hollywood where he studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

Career

Carter's television roles have included roles on roles in Family Passions, Black Harbour, Traders, Made in Canada, Taking the Falls, The Pretender, These Arms of Mine, Flashpoint, Wildfire, Castle, Life, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, The Mermaid Chair, The Practice, Shark, Due South, CSI: NY, Leverage, JAG, Veritas: The Quest and Jericho,[http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/alex-carter-138761/credits/ Alex Carter Credits | TVGuide.com] as well as recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as LVPD Homicide Detective Lou Vartann (32 episodes), Revenge as Michael Davis, Point Pleasant (9 episodes), and Burn Notice as Agent Jason Bly (6 episodes).[http://burn-notice.djmed.net/Characters-unfriendlies.html Unfriendlies - Burn Notice Secrets and Stories] He had a role in a few of the final scenes of the series finale of 24. His film roles have included Out of Time and The Island.

Personal life

He is divorced and the father of three children.{{cn|date=December 2023}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1997

|Time to Say Goodbye?

|Craig Klooster

|

2000

|Bring Him Home

|Farrell

|

2001

|It Is What It Is

|Mitch Valentine

|

2003

|Out of Time

|Paul Cabot

|

2005

|data-sort-value="Island, The" | The Island

|Censor

|

2012

|40 Days and Nights

|John

|

2017

|Don't Sleep

|Vince Marino

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1988

|Betrayal of Silence

|Michael

|TV movie

1989

|Friday the 13th: The Series

|Police Officer

|— "The Playhouse"

1989–90

|War of the Worlds

|Clark / Alien #2 / Record Company Guy #2

|2 episodes

— "Choirs of Angels" (1989)

— "Video Messiah" (1990)

1990–91

|My Secret Identity

|Methey

|2 episodes

— "Missing" (1990)

— "Three Men and a Skull" (1991)

1990–92

|Top Cops

|Greg Smith / Bruno Pezzulich

|2 episodes

— "Vincent Esposito / Greg Smith" (1990)

— "Freddie Williams / Jim Gorry / Bruno Pezzulich" (1992)

1991

|Street Legal

|Dean James

|— "Too Many Cooks"

1991

|Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop

|unknown role

|also known as "Kats and Dogs"

— "Big Man on Campus"

1992

|Secret Service

|Agent / Romano

|2 episodes

— "The Stalker / Bomb Protective Mission"

— "The Banker and the Belle / Car Wars"

1993

|Counterstrike

|Ron

|— "Clearcut"

1993

|Taking the Heat

|Muff

|TV movie

1993

|Family Passions

|Mickey Langer #2

|unknown episode

1994

|Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

|Lundquist

|TV movie

1994

|E.N.G.

|Gary Belson

|— "The Play's the Thing"

1994

|To Save the Children

|FBI 1

|TV movie

1994–95

|Side Effects

|Richard Malichevski

|recurring role (4 episodes)

1994–96

|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

|Parks

|2 episodes

— "Only the Strong Survive" (1994)

— "Requiem" (1996)

1994–98

|Due South

|Agent Ford

|recurring role (5 episodes)

1995

|data-sort-value="Man in the Attic, The" | The Man in the Attic

|Gary

|TV movie

1995

|Net Worth

|Gus Mortson

|TV movie

1996

|Moonshine Highway

|Bill Rickman

|TV movie

1996

|Her Desperate Choice

|Marcus Perry, Jody's ex-boyfriend

|TV movie

1996

|Talk to Me

|Mark Holston

|TV movie

1996

|Trilogy of Terror II

|Breslow

|TV movie

1996

|data-sort-value="Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story, The" | The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story

|Deputy George Pettygrew

|TV movie

1996

|What Kind of Mother Are You?

|Rob Hyler

|TV movie

1996

|Taking the Falls

|Domenic DiFranco

|— "The Marrying Man"

1996–97

|Traders

|Tommy "Ryke" Rykespoor

|recurring role (8 episodes)

1996–98

|Black Harbour

|Paul Isler

|series regular (30 episodes)

1997

|F/X: The Series

|Bobby

|— "Requiem for a Cop"

1998

|data-sort-value="Fixer, The" | The Fixer

|Howard Larkin

|TV movie

1998

|Recipe for Revenge

|Jack Branningan

|TV movie

1998–2002

|Made in Canada

|Michael Rushton / Damacles

|recurring role (6 episodes)

1999

|Martial Law

|Vincent McKnight

|— "Wild Life"

1999

|Viper

|Phil Dykstra / Dennis Pratt

|— "People Like Us"

1999

|data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel

|Alan Archer

|— "Dead End on Blank Street"

1999

|data-sort-value="Pretender, The" | The Pretender

|Craig Winston

|— "Ties That Bind"

1999

|Early Edition

|Victor Crowley

|— "Camera Shy"

1999–2001

|These Arms of Mine

|David Bishop

|recurring role (5 episodes)

1999–2003

|JAG

|Commander Mark Joyner / Commander Thomas Risnicki

|2 episodes

— "War Stories" (1999)

— "Close Quarters" (2003)

2000

|Felicity

|Stephen's father

|— "Party Lines"

2000

|Task Force

|Brian Hogan

|TV movie

2001

|Dark Angel

|Sidney Croal – Synthedyne CEO

|— "Shorties in Love"

2001

|V.I.P.

|Lagos

|— "Aqua Valva"

2001

|Hitched

|Detective Cary Grant

|TV movie

2001

|Earth: Final Conflict

|Keeler

|— "Unearthed"

2001

|data-sort-value="Day Reagan Was Shot, The" | The Day Reagan Was Shot

|Dr. Allard

|TV movie

2001

|Blue Murder

|Special Agent Wayne "Flip" Henderson

|— "Remembrance Day"

2002

|Guilt by Association

|Russell

|TV movie

2003

|Nip/Tuck

|Cliff Mangegna

|— "Cliff Mantegna"

2003

|data-sort-value="Practice, The" | The Practice

|John Doe / Russell Fosterling

|— "Blessed Are They"

2003–04

|Veritas: The Quest

|Dr. Solomon Zond

|series regular (13 episodes)

2003–13

|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

|Detective Vartann

|recurring role (41 episodes)

2005

|Night Stalker

|Detective Granof

|— "The Five People You Meet in Hell"

2005

|Bones

|Dr. Andrew Rigby

|— "The Man in the Bear"

2005–06

|Point Pleasant

|Sheriff Logan Parker

|recurring role (9 episodes)

2006

|E-Ring

|General Ian Maguire

|— "The General"

2006

|data-sort-value="Mermaid Chair, The" | The Mermaid Chair

|Brother "Whit" Thomas

|TV movie

2006

|Jericho

|Fire Chief

|— "Pilot"

2007

|Without a Trace

|Allen Crane

|— "Deep Water"

2007

|Wildfire

|Tim

|recurring role (4 episodes)

2007

|data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | The Dead Zone

|Captain Steve Wilcox

|—"Re-Entry"

2007

|Shark

|Alan Boyd

|2 episodes

— "In the Crosshairs"

— "Every Breath You Take"

2007–08

|Lincoln Heights

|Lieutenant Lindo

|recurring role (10 episodes)

2007–2012

|Burn Notice

|Jason Bly

|recurring role (6 episodes)

2008

|Life

|Alex Lauer

|— "Badge Bunny"

2008

|data-sort-value="Tower, The" | The Tower

|District Attorney

|TV movie

2009

|Leverage

|Sterling's Henchman

|2 episodes

— "The First David Job"

— "The Second David Job"

2009

|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

|Ko Samules

|— "Ourselves Alone"

2009

|Castle

|Michael Goldman

|— "Ghosts"

2009

|Ghost Whisperer

|Dale Harmon

|— "Birthday Presence"

2009

|Flashpoint

|Robert cooper

|— "The Good Citizen"

2010

|24

|Nantz

|— "Day 8: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m."

2011

|Haven

|Mr. Campbell

|— "Who, What, Where, Wendigo?"

2011

|Look Again

|Stafford Keach

|TV movie

2011

|data-sort-value="Whole Truth, The" | The Whole Truth

|Donal Byrne

|— "Perfect Witness"

2011–12

|Revenge

|Michael Davis

|2 episodes

— "Betrayal"

— "Legacy"

2012

|Rizzoli & Isles

|Ron Montgomery

|— "Welcome to the Dollhouse"

2012

|CSI: NY

|Nathan Lewis

|— "Misconceptions"

2012

|Beauty and the Beast

|Zachary Holt

|— "Basic Instinct"

2013

|House of Versace

|Paul Beck

|TV movie

2013

|Missing at 17

|Kurt

|TV movie

2013

|Nikita

|Matthew Graham

|2 episodes

— "Wanted"

— "Dead or Alive"

2014

|data-sort-value="Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom, The" | The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom

|The Duke

|TV movie

2014

|Perception

|Dr. Carter Humphries

|— "Eternity"

2014

|Stalker

|Kenneth Brown

|— "Love Is a Battlefield"

2014

|NCIS: Los Angeles

|Frank Kouris

|— "Leipei"

2014

|Major Crimes

|Ronald Glover

|— "Down the Drain"

2015

|Chasing Life

|Chef Quincy

|— "Cancer Friends with Benefits"

2015

|Backstrom

|Jim Klassen

|— "Enemy of My Enemies"

2015

|Battle Creek

|NSA Agent

|— "The Hand-Off"

2015

|Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

|Detective Dan Leary

|TV movie

2016

|Saving Hope

|Davey Law

|— "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

2016

|Recovery Road

|Dr. Marcus Granger

|recurring role (3 episodes)

2016

|Blue Bloods

|Special Agent Alexander Clune

|— "Down the Rabbit Hole"

2016

|data-sort-value="Last Ship, The" | The Last Ship

|General Bradley

|— "Resistance"

2017

|Ransom

|Yannis Kalvos

|— "The Return"

2017

|NCIS

|Knox Ellicott

|— "Pandora's Box, Part I"

2017

|Ghost Wars

|Burke

|— "The Curse of Copperhead Road"

2017

|Jean-Claude Van Johnson

|Colonel

|2 episodes

— "If You're Lucky"

— "The World Needs Its Hero"

2018

|data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files

|Chief Strong

|— "Familiar"

2018

|data-sort-value="Detail, The" | The Detail

|Superintendent Andrew Currie

|— "When One Door Closes"

2018

|S.W.A.T.

|Hawkins

|— "Hunted"

2018–19

|Burden of Truth

|David Hanley

|recurring role (11 episodes)

2019

|Bull

|James Weeks

|— "Prior Bad Acts"

2020

|9-1-1: Lone Star

|Captain

|— "Pilot"

2020

|Stumptown

|Freddie

|— "At All Costs: The Conrad Costas Chronicles"

2021

|Magnum P.I.

|Henry Sellers

|— "Bloodline"

2023

|Quantum Leap

|Captain Bill Drake

|— "S.O.S."

Notes

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