Colin Cunningham
{{short description|American television and film actor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for| the British swimmer who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Colin Cunningham (swimmer) }}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Colin Cunningham
| image = Colin Cunningham - 2012 Sci-Fi Convention Toulouse 262.jpg
| caption = Cunningham at SciFi Convention Toulouse, 2012
| birth_name = Colin Alexander Cunningham
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor, Director
| years_active = 1994-present
}}
Colin Alexander Cunningham (born 1966) is an American television and film actor. Cunningham is best known for his roles as John Pope in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies and as Major/Lt.Col Paul Davis on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
Career
Cunningham began his acting career when he was dared by a friend to audition for a role in a public casting call.{{cite web|last1=Wagner|first1=Curt|title=Colin Cunningham having a blast playing 'Falling Skies' baddie|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-colin-cunningham-interview-falling-skies-20110701-story.html|website=RedEye Chicago|access-date=20 March 2017}} and he studied directing at the Vancouver Film School.
He had a recurring role on Stargate SG-1 as USAF Major Paul Davis (15 episodes). Another major role was his portrayal of Brian Curtis, a crooked cop, in the popular, award-winning Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest. He reprises the role of Brian Curtis in the 2006 sequel series, Da Vinci's City Hall. He appeared as Steven Lefkowitz in the short-lived jPod and in several episodes of The L Word. Other appearances include the Canadian series Flashpoint and in Sanctuary, where he plays the husband of a biologist friend of Henry Foss. His most notable role is as John Pope on Falling Skies{{cite web|title='Falling Skies': Colin Cunningham talks 'amping it up' with Drew Roy|url=http://uproxx.com/hitfix/falling-skies-colin-cunningham-on-how-it-got-dangerous-filming-tonights-episode/|website=UPROXX|access-date=20 March 2017|date=26 July 2015}}{{cite web|title=C. Robert Cargill: "The second novel is a killer"|url=https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/c-robert-cargill-sequels-are-the-hardest-things-in-the-world/|website=SciFiNow|access-date=20 March 2017}}
He also gained critical acclaim{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} as Master of Ceremonies, Julian Slink in the Syfy series Blood Drive.
He starred as an anti-clone activist named Tripp in the 2000 thriller The 6th Day,{{cite web|title=Colin Cunningham: I'm Not A Big Fan Of My Own Face {{!}} Airlock Alpha|url=http://airlockalpha.com/9202/colin-cunningham-im-not-a-big-fan-of-my-own-face-html|website=airlockalpha.com|access-date=20 March 2017}} and as the character McCabe in the 2005 film Elektra.
He wrote, directed, and starred in a short film titled Centigrade,{{cite web |title= Colin Cunningham {{!}} 21 Questions with Colin Cunningham |url= http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/ccunningham/2011/06/21-questions-with-colin-cunningham/ |website= www.thenervousbreakdown.com |access-date= 20 March 2017 }} a contemporary thriller. It was the winner of the 2007 Kick Start Award{{cite web |title= Centigrade Heats Up Canadian Film |url= http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/33221/centigrade-heats-up-canadian-film |website= E! News |access-date= 20 March 2017 }} and in 2008 made the 'short list' for an Academy Award Nomination.
In addition to acting, he has directed numerous music videos for Country Music Television (CMT). He plays tenor saxophone and is band leader for the funk/soul band WHAT-THE-FUNK!, which was formed in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatthefunk.ca/the-band.php|title=whatthefunk.ca|website=www.whatthefunk.ca|access-date=2019-06-07|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607051654/http://www.whatthefunk.ca/the-band.php|url-status=dead}}
Filmography
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
1995
| Hard Evidence | Dietrich | |
1998
| Zacharia Farted | Michael Bates | |
2000
| Hale Bryant | |
2000
| New York Butcher | |
2000
| Tripp | |
2001
| Building 20 Guard | |
2003
| John Foss | |
2004
| The 30 Second Guaranteed Foolproof Ancient Cantonese Method | Smoker | Short |
2005
| Elektra | McCabe | |
2005
| Say Yes | The Pool Shark | Short |
2006
| Incident at Alma | Reverend Wilkens | Short |
2006
| Insider Trading | Thomas Reid | Short |
2006
| Officer Banks | |
2007
| Human Resources | Gerald | Short |
2007
| Man | Short |
2007
| Billy | |
2011
| Christer | |
2011
| Rise of the Damned | Zan | |
2012
| Goal! | Commentator | Short |
2014
| Guardian Angel | Gregor Sarkoff | |
2014
| Chris Fletcher | |
2017
| Billy Von Winkle | |
2021
| Bashira | John Cavanaugh |url=https://users.molinsfilmfestival.com/en/movies/124 |title=Bashira |last= |first= |date= |website=Terror Mollins Festival |access-date=28 October 2021 |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028162022/https://users.molinsfilmfestival.com/en/movies/124 |url-status=dead }} |
2024
| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 | Chisholm | |
2024
| Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 | Chisholm | |
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|+ Television ! Year ! width="300px" | Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes | |||
1994
| Intern | TV movie | |||
1995
| Morris | Episode: "The Johnny Club" | |||
1995
| Speedy | Episode: "The Ballad of Lucas Burke" | |||
1995–1996
| Various | |||
1996
| Walter Nottingham | TV movie | |||
1996
| Professor George Ernst | Episode: "Worlds Apart" | |||
1996
| Captains Courageous | Manuel | TV movie | |||
1997
| Volcano: Fire on the Mountain | Stan Sinclair | TV movie | |||
1997
| Hostile Force | Larry | TV movie | |||
1997
| Dead Fire | Cal Brody | TV movie | |||
1997
| Five Desperate Hours | Wesley Ballard | TV movie | |||
1997–1998
| Various | 2 episodes: "The Impostor" and "Hangman" | |||
1998
| It's True | Sheriff | Episode: "The Rats of Rumfordton (Pilot)" | |||
1998
| Dr. Burke | Episode: "Mirror Image" | |||
1998
| Viper | Dr. Peter Markham | Episode: "Trust No One" | |||
1998
| The Net | Josh Brand | Episode: "Lucy's Life" | |||
1999
| The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Cardosa | Episode: "Brother's Keeper" | |||
1999
| Y2K | Ross Singer | TV movie | |||
1999–2001
| Herb Kolodny | 22 episodes | |||
1999–2005
| Major Paul Davis | 15 episodes | |||
2000
| Final Ascent | Wayne | TV movie | |||
2000–2001
| Nick Keester | 2 episodes: "You Bet Your Ass" and "Developing the Negative" | |||
2001
| Ray Varner | Episode: "Pilot" | |||
2001
| Strange Frequency | Jay the Music Agent | Episode: "A Change Will Do You Good" | |||
2001
| Transhuman – DAC | Episode: "Bag 'Em" | |||
2001
| Agent Roger Faraday | Episode: "Nobody Rides for Free" | |||
2001–2002
| Sean Ryerson | 3 episodes: "All in the Family", "The Shed" and "Enough Is Enough" | |||
2002
| Mike Hughes | Episode: "Friends in Need" | |||
2002
| Agent Nardo | TV movie | |||
2002–2005
| Det. Brian Curtis | 33 episodes | |||
2003
| Seth | Episode: "The Path" | |||
2003
| Nicky | Episode: "Insurgence" | |||
2003
| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company | Steve | TV movie | |||
2003
| Network executive | TV mini-series | |||
2003
| Wilder Days | Car pirate/Makeshift | TV movie | |||
2003
| Mail Security Guard | TV movie | |||
2003–2004
| Shig | 2 episodes: "Double or Nothingness" and "The Torment, the Release" | |||
2004
| Captain Pike | Episode: "The Protracted Man" | |||
2004
| Ross Kaye | Episode: "Stalkerazzi" | |||
2004
| Harry Samchuk | 2 episodes: "Lawfully" and "Losing It" | |||
2004
| Neil | 2 episodes: "Criminal Favors" and "Run Yola Run" | |||
2004–2006
| Narrator / Nuremberg Devil / The Devil | 23 episodes | |||
2004, 2007
| The 4400 | Ryan Powell | 2 episodes: "Trial by Fire" and "Fear Itself" | |||
2005
| Pendragon | Episode: "Broken Circle" | |||
2005
| Reunion | Michael Duggan | Episode: "1994" | |||
2005–2006
| Det. Brian Curtis | 8 episodes | |||
2006
| Lesser Evil | Jon | TV movie | |||
2006
| Saved | Jack | Episode: "Code Zero" | |||
2006
| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes | Vic Perillo | TV movie | |||
2007
| Virgil | Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream" | |||
2007
| Psych | Marvin | Episode: "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead" | |||
2007
| Lawyer | Episode: "Chemical Reactions" | |||
2007
| Eureka | Dr. Paul Suenos | Episode: "Noche de suenos" | |||
2008
| Eric | Episode: "Coming Through Fog" | |||
2008
| jPod | Steve Lefkowitz | 10 episodes | |||
2008
| Major Paul Davis | Video | |||
2009
| Lt. Col Paul Davis | Episode: "Enemy at the Gate" | |||
2009
| The Crusader | Paul Weebler | Pilot | |||
2009
| Impact | David Rhodes | 2 episodes: "Episode #1.1" and "Episode #1.2" | |||
2009
| Fireball | Tim Timmonds | TV movie | |||
2009
| Gerald | Episode: "Fragments" | |||
2010
| Goblin | Owen | TV movie | |||
2010
| Neil Stiles | 13 episodes | |||
2010
| Roy Lane | 2 episodes: "Unconditional Love" and "The Other Lane" | |||
2011
| Jack | Episode: "Unaired Pilot" | |||
2011–2015
| Main cast, 47 out of 52 episodes | |||
2012
| Gerard Permut | Episode: "Pilot" | |||
2012
| The Eleventh Victim | Cruise | TV movie | |||
2014
| Klondike | Swiftwater Bill | 3 episodes: "Episode #1.1", "Episode #1.3" and "Episode #1.5" | |||
2014
| Fools for Hire | Det. Lacey | 3 episodes: "Whores", "The C Word" and "This Is Gonna Go Viral" | |||
2014
| Gambler | Episode: "Chicken Hill" | |||
2014
| Rush | Tyle Duggans | Episode: "Because I Got High" | |||
2017
| Julian Slink | Main cast, 13 episodes | |||
2018 | Preacher | TC | Season 3 |
References
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External links
{{Commons}}
- {{IMDb name|id= 0192271|name= Colin Cunningham}}
- [http://www.facebook.com/ColinCunninghamFans/ Colin's Facebook Page]
- [https://twitter.com/CunninghamColin/ Colin Cunningham on Twitter]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218151531/http://www.centigradethemovie.com/ Centigrade the Movie] (official Centigrade website)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120620061712/http://www.fallingskies.com/ Falling Skies site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021208112410/http://www.colincunninghamfans.com/ Colin Cunningham Fans] (Official Fan Club)
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Category:Male actors from Los Angeles
Category:American male film actors