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Graham Wardle

{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1986)}}

{{infobox person

| name = Graham Wardle

| image = Graham Wardle 2013.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| caption = Wardle at a CBC Live event, Sherway Gardens, Toronto

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|9|6}}

| birth_place = Mission, British Columbia, Canada

| citizenship = Canadian

| occupation = Actor, filmmaker, photographer

| years_active = 1998 - present

| spouse = Alison Wardle (m. 2015; div. 2018)

}}

Graham Wardle (born September 6, 1986) is a Canadian actor, filmmaker and photographer best known for his role as Ty Borden on the long running CBC series Heartland.

Early life

Wardle was born in Mission, British Columbia, and was raised along with his five siblings in New Westminster, near Vancouver.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressplus1.com/television/heartfelt-about-heartland-acting-and-life-interview-with-graham-wardle |title=Interview with Graham Wardle |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113023943/http://www.pressplus1.com/television/heartfelt-about-heartland-acting-and-life-interview-with-graham-wardle |archivedate=2013-11-13 }}{{citation|url=http://www.tribute.ca/news/index.php/graham-wardle-talks-about-heartland/2010/05/03/#.UoKY5PmsiSp | title=Graham Wardle talks about Heartland }} Wardle studied at the Motion Picture and Production Program at Capilano University in Vancouver, graduating in 2007.{{Cite news|title=Graham Wardle - CBC Media Centre|language=en|url=https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/bio/graham-wardle|access-date=2021-02-05}}

Career

Wardle began his career in commercials and a variety of television shows. In 2007, Wardle appeared in the film In the Land of Women with Meg Ryan and Adam Brody.{{cite web|url=http://www.avenuecalgary.com/articles/heartland-hearthrob-graham-wardle | title=Heartland Hearthrob Graham Wardle}}{{Cite web|title=In the Land of Women|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/in-the-land-of-women/cast/2000042802/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=TVGuide.com|language=en}} That year, he was selected to play Ty Borden in the CBC series Heartland.{{Cite news|title='A world of its own': An Oral History of Heartland as told by actors and creators {{!}} CBC Television|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/television/a-world-of-its-own-an-oral-history-of-heartland-as-told-by-actors-and-creators-1.5583905|access-date=2021-02-05}} Wardle was nominated for two LEO Awards for the Heartland episodes Summer's End and The Starting Gate.{{Cite news|title=The Latest Thursday Heartland treats - Blog - Heartland|language=en|url=https://www.cbc.ca/heartland/blog/the-latest-thursday-heartland-treats|access-date=2021-02-05}} He has appeared in the horror zombie movie, Yesterday, the film Mon Ami,{{citation | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/mon-ami-1117948935/ | title=Review Mon Ami | work=Variety}} the television show Supernatural{{citation|title=Supernatural 8X22 Synopsis|url=http://www.hypable.com/2013/04/18/supernatural-8x22-synopsis/}} and the SyFy channel movie Grave Halloween.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/10/19/3286877/what-to-watch-on-saturday-get.html | title=Get ready for Grave Halloween on Syfy}} In 2020, Wardle left Heartland as it began its 14th season, stating "I felt in my heart it was time to move in a new direction."{{Cite web|author=Victoria Ahearn|agency=The Canadian Press|title='Heartland' star on leaving the show: 'It was time to move in a new direction'|url=https://www.chroniclejournal.com/entertainment/entertainment_news/heartland-star-on-leaving-the-show-it-was-time-to-move-in-a-new-direction/article_0473bb47-7c6e-5f93-97cd-590a733e4ee5.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Chronicle-Journal|language=en}}

In 2012, Wardle produced the short film The Vessel.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/03/30/70199/ | title=The Vessel - Producer Graham Wardle's After Thoughts}} In the summer of 2013, Wardle co-founded Lone Maverick, a Movie Production and Entertainment Company.{{cite web|url=http://www.lonemaverick.com/team/ |title=Lone Maverick Team |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113032119/http://lonemaverick.com/team/ |archivedate=2013-11-13 }}

Wardle currently hosts a podcast, Time Has Come, which "explores the personal journeys of his guests and how they have stepped beyond what is familiar/safe and into the unknown."{{Cite web|title=Time Has Come|url=https://www.radio.com/podcasts/time-has-come-38791|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.radio.com|language=en}}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Film and Television

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

{{Date table sorting|1998}}

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

|Young Aaron

|Episode: "Remembrance"

{{Date table sorting|1999}}

|data-sort-value="New Addams Family, The" | The New Addams Family

|Bif

|Episode: "Fester the Marriage Counselor"

{{Date table sorting|2000}}

|Ratz

|Tod

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2001}}

|data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits

|Man

|Episode: "Family Values"

{{Date table sorting|2004}}

|Life as We Know It

|Adam Kitsis

|Episode: "The Best Laid Plans"

{{Date table sorting|2005}}

|Killer Bash

|Robert Yorke Hyde

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2005}} / 2013

|Supernatural

|Tommy Collins

|Episodes: "Wendigo" "Clip Show"

{{Date table sorting|2006}}

|Fallen

|Jock #2

|TV movie

{{Date table sorting|2006}}

|Like Mike 2: Streetball

|Bully #2

|Video

{{Date table sorting|2007}}-2021

|Heartland

|Ty Borden

|TV show : Lead Role
Nominated {{ndash}} Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2009){{cite web|title=2009 nominees|url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2009.pdf|website=leoawards.com|accessdate=5 April 2017}}
Nominated {{ndash}} Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2010){{cite web|title=2010 nominees|url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2010.pdf|website=leoawards.com|accessdate=5 April 2017}}
Nominated {{ndash}} Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series (2012){{cite web|title=2012 nominees|url=http://www.leoawards.com/past_winners/pdf/2012.pdf|website=leoawards.com|accessdate=5 April 2017}}

{{Date table sorting|2007}}

|Anna's Storm

|Seth Corbin

|TV movie

{{Date table sorting|2007}}

|In the Land of Women

|Gabe Foley

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2008}}

|That One Night

|Danny McKabb

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2009}}

|Yesterday

|Chris

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2010}}

|data-sort-value="Heartland Christmas, A" | A Heartland Christmas

|Ty Borden

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2012}}

|Mon Ami

|Hardware Store Customer

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2013}}

|Cold Lights

|Sam Ross

|Movie

{{Date table sorting|2013}}

|Grave Halloween

|Kyle

|TV movie : Syfy Channel Oct. 19 & 20, 2013

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|+Producer and Editor and Casting Director

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable"| Notes

{{Date table sorting|2007}}

|Versus

|Editor : Casting Director

|

{{Date table sorting|2008}}

|Under Pressure

|Producer

|"A Story of Microscopic Stakes"

{{Date table sorting|2012}}

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

|Producer

|

{{Date table sorting|2013}}

|Cold Lights

|Producer

|Co-founder Lone Maverick Movie and Entertainment Company

References

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