Colm Magner
{{short description|Canadian actor, writer, and director}}
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Colm Magner is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He has worked in theatre, television, and film in Canada since 1982, during which time he performed with several of Canada's theatre companies.
Career
Colm lived in Prince Edward Island, where he taught acting, playwriting, and academic writing at the University of Prince Edward Island. He also worked as the theatre critic for The Guardian from 2016 to 2018.
He has acted in over 30 film and television productions,{{Cite web |title=Colm Magner |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536210/ |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=IMDb.com}} including Keep the Faith Baby with Harry J. Lennix. He had recurring roles on Street Time (Showtime USA), and This Is Wonderland (CBC Canada).
He has worked as an actor at The Shaw Festival,{{Cite web |date=August 4, 2008 |title=George Brown Theatre News |url=http://www.georgebrown.ca/theatre/archive/gbtnf-98.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804103148/http://www.georgebrown.ca/theatre/archive/gbtnf-98.aspx |archive-date=August 4, 2008|access-date=August 21, 2022}} and has written four solo plays for the stage: Smoke, Dark Avenue, Inside Imogene, and The Scavenger's Daughter which premiered at Confederation Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
[https://www.thescavengersdaughter.org/ The Scavenger's Daughter] received critical acclaim{{Cite web |url=http://www.theasy.com/Reviews/FringeFestival/thescavengersdaughter.php |title=Theatre Is Easy | Reviews | Fringe NYC | The Scavenger's Daughter|website=www.theasy.com}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.nytheatre.com/Review/martin-denton-2010-8-25-the-scavengers-daughter |title=The Scavenger's Daughter |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023015030/http://www.nytheatre.com/Review/martin-denton-2010-8-25-the-scavengers-daughter |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }} when it premiered at the 4th Street Theatre in New York as part of the New York International Fringe Festival in August, 2010, and was remounted at Poor Mouth Theatre in the Bronx in December 2010.{{Cite web |title=Poor Mouth Theatre Company: Past Shows |url=http://poormouththeatre.blogspot.com/p/past-shows.html |access-date=August 21, 2022 |website=Poor Mouth Theatre Company}} Colin Broderick, author of Orangutan and That's That has reviewed The Scavenger's Daughter.{{Cite web|url=http://community.nytimes.com/rate-review/theater.nytimes.com/show/24995/NY-International-Fringe-Festival-The-Scavenger-s-Daughter/overview?permid=3|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130411135311/http://community.nytimes.com/rate-review/theater.nytimes.com/show/24995/NY-International-Fringe-Festival-The-Scavenger-s-Daughter/overview?permid=3|url-status=dead|title=NY International Fringe Festival: The Scavenger's Daughter - Reader Reviews - NYTimes.com|archivedate=April 11, 2013}}
Filmography
= Film =
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|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2000
|Uniformed Cop #2 | |
| 2001
|Cop #1 | |
| 2003
|Fast Food High |Garbage Man | |
| 2004
|Armed Neighbor | |
| 2005
|Guard at the 'Throat' | |
| 2013
|Bridwell | |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1992
|Additional cast |Episode: "Baldwin & LaFontaine" |
| 1995
|Security Guard |2 episodes |
| 1997
|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |McReynolds |Episode: "May I Talk with You" |
| 1997
|Bad to the Bone |Guard | rowspan="3" |Television film |
| 1997
|Mean Guard |
| 1998
|Edison: The Wizard of Light |Man #1 |
| 1999
|Bartender |Episode: "Flag Day" |
| 2000
|Security Guard |Episode: "Death Trap" |
| 2000
|Policeman |Television film |
| 2000, 2004
|Officer / Laurence |2 episodes |
| 2001
|Inspector #2 |Episode: "Steel Drums" |
| 2001
|Police Officer in Car | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2001
|Lothian Knight |
| 2001
|Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science |RCMP Detective |Episode: "Blast!" |
| 2002
| rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2002
|Coach Rice |
| 2002
|Alien #1 |Episode: "What Lies Beneath" |
| 2002
|RFK |Reporter | rowspan="3" |Television film |
| 2003
|Daddy |
| 2003
|Digging fireman |
| 2003
|NSA Security Man |Episode: "The Tech" |
| 2003
|The Wonderful World of Disney |Thomas the Maitre'd |2 episodes |
| 2004
|Court Officer |Episode #1.1 |
| 2004
|Crown Heights |Officer |Television film |
| 2004
|Customs Guard |Miniseries |
| 2004
|Security Guard |Episode: "Skin Deep" |
| 2004
|True Crimes: The First 72 Hours |Don Hillock / Detective Carroll |2 episodes |
| 2006
|Officer |Episode: "The Camera's Eye" |
| 2012
|Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt |Hal the Doorman |Television film |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0536210}}
- [http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/08/magner.html Interview with Magner]
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Category:Canadian male stage actors
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