Colm Feore
{{Short description|Canadian actor (born 1958)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Colm Feore
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}}
| image = Colm Feore 2013 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Feore at the 2013 Canadian Film Centre annual gala and auction
| birth_name = Colm Joseph Feore
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| nationality =
| citizenship = {{hlist|Canada|United States}}
| education = Ridley College
| alma_mater = National Theatre School of Canada
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1981–present
| spouse = {{ubl | {{marriage|Sidonie Boll|1984|1994|reason=divorced}} | {{marriage|Donna Starnes|1994}}}}
| children = 3
}}
Colm Joseph Feore {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|l|ə|m|_|ˈ|f|j|ɔːr}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsb-8s9CE6Y&t=7s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/vsb-8s9CE6Y |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=My Shakespeare: Actor Colm Feore|work=Maclean's|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=December 8, 2018}}{{cbignore}} born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward in Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) and its sequel Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 (2017).
His other roles include Martin Harrison in Chicago (2002), Lord Marshal Zhylaw in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), First Gentleman Henry Taylor on 24 (2009), Cardinal Della Rovere on The Borgias (2011–2013), Laufey in Thor (2011), General Ted Brockhart on House of Cards (2016–2017), Declan Gallard on 21 Thunder (2017), Wernher von Braun in For All Mankind (2019), and Sir Reginald Hargreeves on The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024). Feore is also a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and a Genie Award nominee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Feore,%20Colm|title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Feore, Colm|last=Encyclopedia|first=Canadian Theatre|website=www.canadiantheatre.com|access-date=October 28, 2018}}
Early life and education
Feore was born on August 22, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/colm-joseph-feore|title=Colm Feore|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=August 22, 2019}} His parents, Dr Dermot Feore and Elaine Taylor,https://windsorstar.remembering.ca/obituary/dermot-feore-1065856164 were Irish, and the family moved back to Ireland shortly after Colm was born, remaining there for several years before emigrating to Canada landing in Ottawa in 1961 https://www.tribute.ca/people/biography/colm-feore/5925/ before moving to Windsor, Ontario.[http://www.northernstars.ca/feore_colm_bio/ Colm Feore - Northern Stars] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610013101/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/feore_colmbio.html |date=June 10, 2007 }} After graduating from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.{{cite web|title=Ridley College {{!}} Feore, Colm OR'77|url=http://www.ridleycollege.com/page/ridleians-of-distinction---a---l/e---f/feore-colm-or77|website=www.ridleycollege.com|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153054/http://www.ridleycollege.com/page/ridleians-of-distinction---a---l/e---f/feore-colm-or77|archive-date=August 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}
Career
Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of the Stratford Festival of Canada, North America's largest classical repertory theatre. He spent 17 seasons at Stratford where he rose from bit parts to leading roles, including Romeo,{{cite magazine|title=Stratford Festival pays tribute to Colm Feore|newspaper=Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2015/08/31/stratford-festival-pays-tribute-to-colm-feore.html|access-date=March 21, 2017|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322203111/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2015/08/31/stratford-festival-pays-tribute-to-colm-feore.html|url-status=dead}} Hamlet, Richard III, and Cyrano. He returned in 2006 to star in four productions, including Don Juan in both English and French and as Fagin in Oliver! In 2009 he played the main role of Macbeth in the play Macbeth, the main role of Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, and Lear in King Lear in 2014,{{cite web|title=Colm Feore is more than the sum of his parts|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/colm-feore-is-more-than-the-sum-of-his-parts|website=Montreal Gazette|access-date=March 20, 2017|date=October 20, 2016}} all performed at the Stratford Festival Theatre.{{cite web | url =https://archives.stratfordfestival.ca/AIS/Details/people/6488 | title = Colm Feore acting credits | website = Stratford Festival Archives | access-date = June 1, 2019}} He also has appeared on Broadway as Cassius in the production of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington as Brutus.{{cite web|title=Colm Feore and Jessica Hecht to Inhabit Denzel's Rome in Julius Caesar {{!}} Playbill|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/colm-feore-and-jessica-hecht-to-inhabit-denzels-rome-in-julius-caesar-com-123393|website=Playbill|access-date=March 21, 2017}} Off-Broadway, for the Public Theater, he was Claudius in a Hamlet production that starred Liev Schreiber.{{cite web|last1=Onofri|first1=Adrienne|title=BWW Interview: Colm Feore, Coming to a Movie Theater Near You as King Lear|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Interview-Colm-Feore-Coming-to-a-Movie-Theater-Near-You-as-King-Lear-20150223|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=March 21, 2017}}
In Canada, Feore's most famous roles were as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the critically acclaimed television mini-series Trudeau,{{cite web|title='Hey, Are You Someone Famous?'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/07/28/colm-feore-interview-tiff-2014_n_5625021.html|website=The Huffington Post|date=July 28, 2014 |access-date=March 20, 2017}} a role for which he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, as classical pianist Glenn Gould in the 1993 film Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, and as by-the-book English Canadian detective Martin Ward in the box-office hit Bon Cop, Bad Cop. He also played a crazed marketing executive imposter in the second season of the Canadian TV series, Slings and Arrows, a role that continued for several episodes. The show has run in the United States on the Sundance Channel.
Outside Canada, Feore has appeared in numerous film, theatre and television roles. He is perhaps most famous in the United States for his supporting roles in such Hollywood films as Chicago, City of Angels, Pearl Harbor, The Sum of All Fears, Paycheck, and The Chronicles of Riddick. In 1999, he appeared in Stephen King's Storm of the Century as the powerful ancient wizard Andre Linoge. He was the crooked Los Angeles Police Chief James E. Davis in 2008's Changeling. In 2011, he appeared as Laufey, King of the Frost Giants, in the live-action superhero film Thor.{{cite news|url=http://www.latinoreview.com/news/thor-iron-man-and-the-fighter-are-facebook-friends-with-david-fincher-8072|title=Thor, Iron Man And The Fighter Are Facebook Friends With David Fincher | author=George 'El Guapo' Roush|publisher=Latino Review|date=September 22, 2009|access-date=September 23, 2009}} In 2014, he portrayed Dr. Francis Dulmacher in Gotham. He portrayed the First Gentleman Henry Taylor on the seventh season of 24, appeared as Tad Whitney in The West Wing second-season episode titled "Galileo" and played the billionaire suspect Jordan Hayes in the 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Flight". He played supernatural murderers in two episodes of Friday the 13th: The Series.{{cite web|title=Before They Were Stars: Colm Feore in "Friday the 13th: The Series"|url=http://the-back-row.com/blog/2011/05/10/before-they-were-stars-colm-feore-in-friday-the-13th-the-series/|website=The Back Row|access-date=March 21, 2017|date=May 10, 2011}}
Honours
On June 8, 2002, Feore received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (D.Hum.) from the University of Windsor in Windsor.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/honorary-degree-for-actor-colm-feore/article4135923/ Honorary degree for actor Colm Feore] - website of The Globe and Mail[https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/sites/uwindsor.ca.secretariat/files/honorary_degree_by_convocation_1.pdf Honorary Degrees Conferred (Chronological)] - website of the University of Windsor In October 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree (D.Litt.) by Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, in recognition of his contributions to Canadian theatre and film.{{cite web|last1=University|first1=Wilfrid Laurier|title=134-2012 : Laurier honours actor Colm Feore and pollster Darrell Bricker at fall convocation|url=http://images.ourontario.ca/Laurier/2444403/data?n=55|website=ourontario.ca|access-date=March 21, 2017}}[https://www.wlu.ca/about/governance/senate/honorary-degrees.html#PAST_RECIPIENTS Honorary Degrees and Order of Wilfrid Laurier University: PAST_RECIPIENTS] - website of the Wilfrid Laurier University
Feore was honoured with Gascon-Thomas Award from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2013, the award is given annually to an actor that makes an exceptional contribution to the growth of theatre.{{cite web|title=Colm Feore to be honoured by National Theatre School of Canada|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/917455/colm-feore-to-be-honoured-by-national-theatre-school-of-canada/|website=Global News|access-date=March 21, 2017}} In the same year, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) "for his contributions as an actor of the stage and screen, notably by bridging Anglophone and Francophone cultures as a fluently bilingual performer."{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15482&lan=eng|title=Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada|date=December 30, 2013}}
In 2019, Feore received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in Film from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/feore,-colm.aspx|title=Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)|website=ggpaa.ca|access-date=2019-12-16}} He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for the film Sugar Daddy.Zach Harper, [https://ca.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/02021052160352/schitts-creek-kims-convenience-2021-canadian-screen-awards-winners "'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kim's Convenience' win big at 2021 Canadian Screen Awards"]. Hello! Canada, May 21, 2021.
File:Robin Wong TIFF Schmooze Colm Feore 2007.jpg at TIFF 2007]]
Personal life
Feore has been married to Donna Feore (née Starnes), a choreographer and theatre director associated with the National Arts Centre and the Stratford Festival, since 1994.[http://nuvomagazine.com/magazine/spring-2006/colm-and-donna-feore "Colm and Donna Feore: A most contemporary couple"]. NUVO, Spring 2006. He was previously married to actress Sidonie Boll, whom he met at the National Theatre School, from 1983 to 1994. Feore has three children: son Jack with Boll, and son Thomas and daughter Anna with Donna Feore.
Feore is fluent in French.[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/meet-the-2019-governor-general-s-performing-arts-awards-recipients-1.5035614 Meet the 2019 Governor-General Performing Arts Awards recipients], CBC, February 28, 2019
Filmography
=Film=
class = "wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
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1988
| Yuri Lebanov | |
rowspan=2|1990
| |
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
| Chester Rice | |
1993
| Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | |
1996
| data-sort-value="Boor, The" | The Boor | Gruzdev | Short film |
rowspan=4|1997
| Elihu Harrison | |
Face/Off
| Dr. Malcolm Walsh | |
data-sort-value="Wrong Guy, The" | The Wrong Guy
| The Killer | |
Critical Care
| Richard Wilson | |
rowspan=5|1998
| Jordan | |
data-sort-value="Red Violin, The" | The Red Violin
| Auctioneer | |
Airborne
| Ron Simpson | |
data-sort-value="Lesser Evil, The" | The Lesser Evil
| Derek | |
data-sort-value="Herd, The" | The Herd
| |
rowspan=4|1999
| Linus | |
Storm of the Century
| Andre Linoge | |
data-sort-value="Insider, The" | The Insider
| |
Titus
| Marcus Andronicus | |
rowspan=2|2000
| Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Toby the Tram Engine (voice) | |
data-sort-value="Perfect Son, The" | The Perfect Son
| Ryan Taylor | |
rowspan=5|2001
| Ignition | Gen. Joel MacAteer | |
data-sort-value="Caveman's Valentine, The" | The Caveman's Valentine
| David Leppenraub | |
Pearl Harbor
| Adm. Husband E. Kimmel | |
Century Hotel
| Sebastian | |
Lola
| Mike | |
rowspan=4|2002
| data-sort-value="Sum of All Fears, The" | The Sum of All Fears | Olson | |
Point of Origin
| Mike Matassa | |
data-sort-value="Baroness and the Pig, The" | The Baroness and the Pig
| The Baron | |
Chicago
| Martin Harrison | |
rowspan=3|2003
| Fargo | |
National Security
| Detective Frank McDuff | |
Paycheck
| John Wolfe | |
2004
| data-sort-value="Chronicles of Riddick, The" | The Chronicles of Riddick | Lord Marshal Zhylaw | |
rowspan=4|2005
| Lucas Mackenzie | |
data-sort-value="Deal, The" | The Deal
| Hank Weiss | |
Heidi
| Mr. Sesseman (voice) | |
data-sort-value="Exorcism of Emily Rose, The" | The Exorcism of Emily Rose
| Karl Gunderson | |
2006
| Detective Martin Ward | |
rowspan=3|2007
| data-sort-value="Poet, The" | The Poet | Colonel Hass | |
Intervention
| Bill | |
Killing Zelda Sparks
| Dr. Leningrad | |
rowspan=6|2008
| RCMP Cpl. Paradis | |
data-sort-value="American Trap, The" | The American Trap
| Maurice Bishop | |
Changeling
| Chief James E. Davis | |
Inconceivable
| Dr. Jackson Charles Freeman | |
Six Reasons Why
| The Preacher | |
WarGames: The Dead Code
| T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua (voice) | |
2009
| data-sort-value="Trotsky, The" | The Trotsky | Principal Berkhoff | |
rowspan=2|2010
| Voodoo | Narrator | rowspan=2|Short film |
Interregnum
| King Ubu / Klaus |
rowspan=2|2011
| Thor | Laufey{{cite web|url=http://www.collider.com/2010/12/10/colm-feore-interview-thor-on-set-interview/|title=Colm Feore On Set Interview THOR; The King of the Frost Giants Reveals All!|first=Steve|last=Weintraub|website=Collider|date=December 10, 2010|access-date=December 10, 2010|archive-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212072925/http://www.collider.com/2010/12/10/colm-feore-interview-thor-on-set-interview/|url-status=dead}} | |
French Immersion
| Michael Pontifikator | |
rowspan=3|2014
| Rob Behringer | |
data-sort-value="Amazing Spider-Man 2, The" | The Amazing Spider-Man 2
| Donald Menken | |
Elephant Song
| Lawrence | |
rowspan=3|2015
| King Lear | |
Reversion
| Jack Clé | |
Painkillers
| Dr. Troutman | |
2016
| The Chief | |
rowspan=2|2017
| Martin Ward | |
data-sort-value="Curse of Buckout Road, The" | The Curse of Buckout Road
| Reverend Mike Reagan | |
rowspan=3|2018
| Greta | Chris McCullen | |
Anon
| Charles Gattis | |
Higher Power
| Control | |
rowspan=2|2019
| data-sort-value="Prodigy, The" | The Prodigy |Arthur Jacobson | |
Astronaut
|Marcus | |
rowspan=2|2020
| Daniel | |
Sugar Daddy
| Gordon | |
rowspan=2|2021
| Elias Kane | |
My Soul to Take
| Fred | Short film |
2023
| My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) | Neal | |
=Television=
class = "wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class = "unsortable" | Notes |
---|
1981
| data-sort-value="Running Man, The" | The Running Man | Rick | Television film |
1982
| data-sort-value="Great Detective, The" | The Great Detective | Talbot | Episode: "Death Circuit" |
rowspan=2|1987
| Bruce Gainor |rowspan=2| Television film |
data-sort-value="Nest of Singing Birds, A" | A Nest of Singing Birds
| Michael Jimson |
rowspan=2|1989–1990
| Alex Dent / Anton Pascola |rowspan=2|2 episodes |
War of the Worlds
| Nikita / Leonid Argochev |
1991
| Colonel | Episode: "John McCrae" |
1992
| Kyle Thompson | Episode: "November" |
1992–1993
| Mason Driscoll / Sorcerer | 2 episodes |
1993
| Romeo & Juliet | Mercutio | Television film |
1993
| Narrator (voice) | Canadian dub only{{cite web |title=Dig & Dug with Daisy Canadian dub | website=YouTube | date=November 16, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExFmuGiJKJE}} |
rowspan=4|1995
| Walken | Episode: "Blood Money" |
Friends at Last
| Phillip Connelyn |rowspan=3|Television film |
Truman |
Where's the Money, Noreen?
| Kevin Hanover |
1995–1996
| Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Selinger | 2 episodes |
rowspan=2|1996
| Charles Carver | Episode: "The Duel" |
data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits
| Major Mackie | Episode: "The Heist" |
rowspan=3|1997
| Night Sins | Deacon Albert Fletcher | Television film |
Liberty! The American Revolution
| Miniseries |
Hostile Waters
| Pshenishny | rowspan=2|Television film |
rowspan=2|1998
| data-sort-value="Escape, The" | The Escape | Hickman |
Creature
| Adm. Aaron Richland | Miniseries |
1998–2000
| Leon / Brutus (voice) | 2 episodes |
1999
| Andre Linoge | Miniseries |
rowspan=4|2000
| Ed Hanson | Television film |
data-sort-value="West Wing, The" | The West Wing
| Tad Whitney | Episode: "Galileo" |
Boston Public
| George Guber | Episode: "Chapter Seven" |
Nuremberg
| Television film |
rowspan=4|2001
| Tibor | 5 episodes |
Haven
| Bruno | rowspan=3|Television film |
Final Jeopardy
| Paul Battaglia |
data-sort-value="Day Reagan Was Shot, The" | The Day Reagan Was Shot |
rowspan=5|2002
| Narrator (voice) | Miniseries |
Sins of the Father
| Dalton Strong | rowspan=2|Television film |
Trudeau |
Widows
| Stein | Miniseries |
Point of Origin
| Mike Matassa | Television film |
2003
| And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | Television film |
rowspan=2|2004
| data-sort-value="Newsroom, The" | The Newsroom | David | Episode: "Reality Strikes" |
data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour
| Owen Sawyer | Episode: "Eden" |
rowspan=4|2005
| Lucas Mackenzie | Television film |
Empire
| 3 episodes |
Slings & Arrows
| Sanjay | 5 episodes |
Burnt Toast
| Dave | Television film |
rowspan=2|2006
| Secret Files of the Inquisition | Narrator | Miniseries |
Battlestar Galactica
| President Richard Adar | Episode: "Epiphanies" |
rowspan=2|2007
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | General William Tecumseh Sherman | Television film |
American Experience
| Narrator | Episode: "Alexander Hamilton" |
rowspan=2|2008
| Henry Taylor | Television film |
Guns
| Paul Duguid | Miniseries |
rowspan=3|2009
| David Graham | Episode: "Eagle Two" |
24
| Henry Taylor | 12 episodes |
data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener
| Ray Mercer | 7 episodes |
2011
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jordan Hayes | Episode: "Flight" |
2011–2013
| data-sort-value="Borgias, The" | The Borgias | 20 episodes |
2012
| Mac | Episodes: "The Great Randall", "Bea, Again" |
2012–2013
| Randall Flynn | 9 episodes |
rowspan=2|2013
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | The Good Wife | Brad Lund | Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team" |
House of Versace
| Television film |
2014
| Frank Darnell | Episode: "Recipe for Disaster" |
2014–2016
| Roger | 7 episodes |
rowspan=2|2015
| Corporal Robin Hawkins | Television film |
Gotham
| Dr. Francis Dulmacher | 2 episodes |
2016–2017
| Ted Brockhart | 12 episodes |
2017
| Lore | Dr. Walter Freeman | Episode: "Echoes" |
2018
| data-sort-value="Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, The" | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Elijah Stern | 5 episodes |
2019–2024
| data-sort-value="Umbrella Academy, The" | The Umbrella Academy | Sir Reginald Hargreeves/The Monocle | Main cast |
2019; 2024
| George Crabtree Sr. | Episodes: "Prodigal Father" & "Trian to Nowhere" |
2019
| 3 episodes |
2020
| Admiral | Episode: "Operation Mainbrace" |
2024
| Landman | Nathan | Recurring cast |
Stratford Festival Theatre credits
- Romeo and Juliet (1984), Romeo
- The Boys from Syracuse (1986), Antipholus
- Cymbeline (1986), Iachimo
- Othello (1987), Iago
- Richard III (1988), King Richard III
- The Taming of the Shrew (1988), Petruchio
- The Three Musketeers (1988), Athos
- Julius Caesar (1990), Cassius
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1990), Frank Ford
- Hamlet (1991), Hamlet
- Romeo and Juliet (1992), Mercutio[https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AboutUs/OurHistory/PastProductions Stratford Festival]
- Measure for Measure (1992), Angelo
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1993), Oberon
- The Pirates of Penzance (1994), Pirate King
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1994), Cyrano
- My Fair Lady (2002), Henry Higgins
- Don Juan (2006), Don Juan
- Oliver! (2006), Fagin
- Coriolanus (2006), Coriolanus
- Intervention (2007)
- Macbeth (2009), Macbeth
- Cyrano de Bergerac (2009), Cyrano
- King Lear (2014), King Lear
- The Beaux' Stratagem (2014), Archer
- Richard III (2022), Richard III
- The Miser (2022), Harper
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091619/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=1218&navid=87 Canadian Film Encyclopedia]. A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group
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