Forbes March
{{short description|British-born Canadian actor}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|5|12}}
| birth_place = Bristol, England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1993-2010
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Forbes March (born May 12, 1973){{Cite web |title=Forbes March |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/forbes_march |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} is a British-born Canadian actor.
Career
March originally started acting in Vancouver, where he landed his first series, Northwood. He soon started working as a model and did print work for Armani, Tommy H. and Marlboro Clothing.{{Cite web |date=2007-05-09 |title=Forbes March Fan Site |url=http://www.forbes-march.net/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509224554/http://www.forbes-march.net/ |archive-date=2007-05-09 }}
March's first big acting role was Scott Chandler on the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children in 1999. Paired with new character Becca Tyree (Abigail Spencer), he was written off the series in 2000. March and Spencer soon worked together again on the 2001 independent film Campfire Stories. He next played Jesse Kilmartin on the Canadian science fiction series Mutant X from 2001 until the show's cancellation in 2004. In late July 2005, he returned to daytime television as Nash Brennan on ABC's One Life to Live from July 7, 2005 to July 16, 2008.
From July to November, 2009, March played Mason Jarvis on the daytime drama series As the World Turns.{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Forbes March (Mason Jarvis) |title=Soap Opera Digest |page=18 |date=July 21, 2009 |volume=34 |issue=29}} He also appeared in Degrassi Takes Manhattan, a film adaptation of the Canadian television series which was released in 2010.
After leaving As the World Turns, March quit acting and established a new business, the New York Firewood Company. The firm supplies wood for restaurants and private residences in New York City.{{cite magazine|last1=Lach|first1=Eric|title=Odd Jobs: Fire Starter|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/18/fire-starter|accessdate=18 December 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 18, 2016}}
Personal life
March was arrested in March 2023 for siphoning used cooking oil from a storage container at a diner located in Kingston, NY.{{cite news|title='As the World Turns' actor arrested for stealing used cooking oil|url=https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/03/09/as-the-world-turns-actor-arrested-for-stealing-used-cooking-oil/|accessdate=9 March 2023|work=Mid Hudson News|date=March 9, 2023}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of films and roles |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
|Dangerous Indiscretion |Guy in Commercial | |
| 2001
|Way Off Broadway |Jay | |
| 2001
|Campfire Stories |Kyle | |
| 2005
|Mr. Hot Bacon | |
| 2008
|Manhattanites |Matt Malone | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+List of television appearances and roles |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1993–1994
|{{N/a}} |4 episodes |
| 1998–2000
|22 episodes |
| 2001–2004
|Jesse Kilmartin |66 episodes |
| 2004
|Doc |Dylan Sinclair |Episode: "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| 2005
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Brad Himmel |Episode: "Unbearable" |
| 2005–2008
|208 episodes |
| 2008
|Wired City |Jeremy |Television film |
| 2009
|Mason Jarvis |19 episodes |
| 2010
| rowspan="2" |George |Television film |
| 2010
|Degrassi: The Next Generation |2 episodes |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian male soap opera actors
Category:Canadian male television actors