Nigel Bennett

{{About|the Canada-based English actor and director|the English cricketer|Nigel Harvie Bennett}}

{{short description|English and Canadian actor}}

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Nigel Bennett (born 19 November 1949){{Cite web|url= https://www.amazon.com/prime-video/actor/Nigel-Bennett/amzn1.dv.gti.18274c39-0d5d-446e-b129-56e72c2d4f25/ |title= Nigel Bennett |work= amazon.com |access-date= 12 January 2024}} is an English-born Canadian actor, director and writer. He is best known for playing the vampire patriarch Lucien LaCroix in the TV series Forever Knight, for which he won the Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor in a dramatic series.

Early life and education

Bennett was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of Shaw's Antony and Cleopatra. He graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time. He had fifteen years of stage experience in Britain prior to moving to Canada. He attended Tettenhall College in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Career

He has been in a number of major films such as Murder at 1600,{{Cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/nigel-bennett/credits/3000030757/ |title= Nigel Bennett Credits |work= tvguide.com |access-date= 12 January 2024}} and The Skulls, and many other TV series. He had recurring roles in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, and Lexx.

Teaming up with writer P.N. Elrod, Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed "James Bond with fangs" vampire adventure novels for Baen Books. The "Lord Richard, Vampire" trilogy includes Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, and Siege Perilous. He also contributed the short story "Wolf and Hound" to "Dracula's London," a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.

In 2006, he appeared in the Ken Finkleman miniseries At the Hotel, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award.

Bennett keeps himself busy with additional film and TV roles, stage work, convention and charity appearances. He was the artistic director of the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2006–07.

Filmography

= Film =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1984

|data-sort-value="Ninja Mission, The" | The Ninja Mission

|Second helicopter pilot

|

rowspan=2|1988

|data-sort-value="Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick, The" | The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

|Derek Blackthorn

|

data-sort-value="Jeweller's Shop, The" | The Jeweller's Shop

|Choreographer

|

rowspan=2| 1990

|Narrow Margin

|Jack Wootton

|

The Star Turn

|Geoffrey

|

1992

|Passage of the Heart

|Alan Spencer

|

rowspan=4|1994

|Back in Action

|Kasajian

|

Paint Cans

|Bryson Vautour

|

Legends of the Fall

|Asgaard

|

Soft Deceit

|Ed McCullough

|

1995

|Memory Run

|Sladecker

| rowspan=2|Direct to video

1996

|Darkman III: Die Darkman Die

|Nico

1997

|Murder at 1600

|Burton Cash

|

rowspan=3|1998

|Sanctuary

|Sen. Stephen Macguire

|

All I Wanna Do

|Harvey Sawyer

|

One Tough Cop

|Insp. Bassie

|

rowspan=2|1999

|Free Fall

|Donald Caldwell

|

Top of the Food Chain

|Michel O'Shea

|

rowspan=2|2000

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

|Dr. Whitney

|

Rats and Rabbits

|Rocco

|

rowspan=2|2002

|Phase IV

|Sen. Richard Karnes

|

Cypher

|Finster

|

2004

|Post Impact

|Col. Preston Waters

|

2006

|data-sort-value="Bug and a Bag of Weed, A" | A Bug and a Bag of Weed

|Henry Tyler

|

2007

|Just Buried

|Chief Knickle

|

2008

|Passage

|Sir James Graham

|

rowspan=2|2010

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

|Lee Shephard

|

Eternal Kiss

|Dr. Polidori

|

2016

|Prisoner X

|President Charles Turner

|

rowspan=2|2017

|XXX: Return of Xander Cage

|MI6 Control

|

data-sort-value="Shape of Water, The" | The Shape of Water

|Mihalkov

|

2020

|Christmas in the Rockies

|Grandpa Sam

|

2021

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

|Graham

|

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" | Notes

1977

|Coronation Street

|Colin Bailey

|Episode #1.1749

1981–1982

|BBC2 Playhouse

|Mr. Ring / Gary

|3 episodes

1983

|Reilly, Ace of Spies

|Port Official's Assistant

|Episode: "Prelude to War"

1984

|Eh Brian! It's a Whopper

|Weigher-in

|Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come"

1985

|Gulag

|Lubyanka Guard #1

|Television film

1986

|Adderly

|Monsieur Duval

|Episode: "Nina Who?"

rowspan=3|1987

|Night Heat

|Kilpatrick

|Episode: "Love You to Death"

Bay Coven

|Mr. Bob Holden #1

|Television film

data-sort-value="Child's Christmas in Wales, A" | A Child's Christmas in Wales

|Father (past)

|Television film

rowspan=2|1988

|data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone

|Jim Sinclair

|Episode: "Memories"

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

|Griffin

|Episode: "Survival of the Fittest"

rowspan=2|1989

|Passion and Paradise

|Lt. Johnny Douglas

|Television film

Friday the 13th: The Series

|Rausch / Karl Steiner

|Episode: "The Butcher"

1989–1994

|Street Legal

|Ron Harris, Andrew Michaels, Lukash

|4 episodes

rowspan=4|1990

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

|Edward Marchant

|Episode: "Bird of Paradise"

T. and T.

|Big Steve

|Episode: "Wild Willy and the Waves"

Hitler's Daughter

|Berger

|Television film

E.N.G.

|Phil Norwin

|Episode: "Duffy, Bok, & Flann"

1990–1991

|Max Glick

|Derek Blackthorn

|3 episodes

1990

|Counterstrike

|Kirkoff

| Episode: "Dealbreaker"

1991

|Counterstrike

|Stash Jannovic

| Episode: "In the Blood"

rowspan=2|1991

|Heritage Minutes

|James Floyd

|Episode: "Avro Arrow"

Tropical Heat

|Hudson

|Episode: "Big Brother Is Watching"

rowspan=4|1992

|data-sort-value="Valour and the Horror, The" | The Valour and the Horror

|Kurt Meyer

|Episode: "In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944"

Beyond Reality

|Dr. Bill Brandt

|Episode: "Sins of the Father"

data-sort-value="Women of Windsor, The" | The Women of Windsor

|Lawson

|Television film

Secret Service

|Cross

|Episode: "Tattoo Arms and the Man"

1992–1996

|Forever Knight

|Lacroix / Lucien LaCroix / Spirit Guide

|69 episodes

rowspan=5|1993

|Counterstrike

|Quinton Jones

| Episode: "French Twist"

data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room

|Leon

|Episode: "Transfigured Night"

Matrix

|Dr. Anders

|Episode: "Lapses in Memory"

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story

|N/A

|Television film

Dieppe

|Baillie-Grohman

|Television film

1993, 1997

|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

|Capt. Jack Lasher, John Mitchell

|3 episodes

rowspan=6|1994

|Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad

|Levi Coffin

|Television film

I Know My Son Is Alive

|Atty. Derek Eisner

|Television film

Ultimate Betrayal

|Steven Rodgers

|Television film

Model by Day

|Nicholai

|Television film

RoboCop

|Granger

|Episode: "The Human Factor"

Madonna: Innocence Lost

|Bennett

|Television film

1994–1995

|X-Men: The Animated Series

|Mastermind / Jason Wyngarde, Master Mold

|Voice, 5 episodes

1994–1996

|Hurricanes

|Voices

|7 episodes

rowspan=11|1995

|Between Love and Honor

|Large Man

|Television film

Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story

|John Farrow

|Television film

data-sort-value="Shamrock Conspiracy, The" | The Shamrock Conspiracy

|Dennis Malloy

|Television film

Friends at Last

|Teddy

|Television film

Road to Avonlea

|Enoch Cain

|3 episodes

Harrison Bergeron

|Dr. Eisenstock

|Television film

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

|Treasury Agent Whittlesy

|Television film

Degree of Guilt

|Victor Salinas

|Television film

data-sort-value="New Adventures of Madeline, The" | The New Adventures of Madeline

|Voices

|13 episodes

Lonesome Dove: The Series

|Willis Logan

|Episode: "The Alliance"

Where's the Money, Noreen?

|Briscoll

|Television film

1995–1996

|Action Man

|Additional Voices

|26 episodes

rowspan=5|1996

|Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice

|Brother Anthony

|Television film

In the Fold

|Cyno Commander

|Television film

Gotti

|Bruce Mouw

|Television film

Her Desperate Choice

|Raskin, Private Investigator

|Television film

Taking the Falls

|Samuel Wisotsky

|Episode: "The Marrying Man"

1996–1999

|Psi Factor

|Frank Elsinger

|39 episodes

rowspan=6|1997

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

|James Floyd

|Miniseries

F/X: The Series

|Agent Cal Judson

|Episode: "Quicksilver"

Lies He Told

|Commanding Officer

|Television film

Any Mother's Son

|Allen Schindler Sr.

|Television film

Once a Thief

|Nicholas Love

|Episode: "Drive, She Said"

Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs

|Robert Hooke

|Television film

1997–1998

|La Femme Nikita

|Col. Egran Petrosian

|2 episodes

rowspan=7|1998

|Earth: Final Conflict

|Major Raymond MacIntire

|2 episodes

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show

|U

|Episode: "From Honey, with Love"

Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples

|Kurt (segment "Aart and Johtje Vos")

|Television film

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

|Col. Sanitsky

|Television film

Flood: A River's Rampage

|Harry

|Television film

Super Dave

|Doctor Leo Thompson

|Episode dated, October 21, 1998

Naked City: A Killer Christmas

|Joseph Soloff

|Television film

rowspan=5|1999

|Vanished Without a Trace

|Davis

|Television film

Different

|Russell Talmadge

|Television film

Half a Dozen Babies

|David McLaughlin

|Television film

Total Recall 2070

|Jake Esterhaus

|Episode: "Eye Witness"

War of 1812

|Winfield Scott

|Miniseries; 4 episodes

rowspan=9|2000

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

|Gen. Horatio Gates

|Television film

Code Name Phoenix

|Head of Marshall Service

|Television film

Catch a Falling Star

|Carter Hale

|Television film

Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story

|Fergus Keegan

|2 episodes

Code Name: Eternity

|Koom

|Episode: "The Watery Grave"

data-sort-value="Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, The" | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne

|Jacomb Hyde

|Episode: "The Black Glove of Melchizedek"

data-sort-value="Chippendales Murder, The" | The Chippendales Murder

|Frank Ballard

|Television film

Canada: A People's History

|Guy Carleton / Additional Voices

|2 episodes

Relic Hunter

|Professor Alaine Richarde

|Episode: "Cross of Voodoo"

2000–2002

|Lexx

|Prince / Isambard Prince / White King

|22 episodes

rowspan=3|2001

|Dark Realm

|Patrick Lawless

|Episode: "Emma's Boy"

All Souls

|Barney Wheelock

|Episode: "One Step Closer to Roger"

data-sort-value="Town Without Christmas, A" | A Town Without Christmas

|Literary Agent

|Television film

rowspan=7|2002

|Mentors

|Alan Pinkerton

|Episode: "The Private Eyes"

data-sort-value="Pilot's Wife, The" | The Pilot's Wife

|Dick Somers

|Television film

Too Young to Be a Dad

|Dr. Howell

|Television film

Widows

|Harry Rawlins

|Miniseries; 4 episodes

data-sort-value="Scream Team, The" | The Scream Team

|Warner MacDonald

|Television film

Interceptor Force 2

|Jack Bavaro

|Television film

Heart of a Stranger

|Stan

|Television film

rowspan=9|2003

|Liocracy

|Jerry Wright

|Episode: "Say Uncle"

Do or Die

|Ethan Grant

|Television film

Mutant X

|John Warren

|Episode: "Final Judgement"

Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart

|Rat Bastard

|Television film

Sex and the Single Mom

|Nick Gradwell

|Television film

Andromeda

|Paroo

|Episode: "Answers Given to Questions Never Asked"

Rush of Fear

|Sheriff Lathrop

|Television film

Starhunter

|Roan Gerick

|Episode: "Painless"

Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion

|Captain From

|2 episodes

2004

|Reversible Errors

|Talmadge Loman

|Television film

rowspan=2|2004

|Phantom Force

|Jack Bavaro

|Television film

Plain Truth

|Jeremy Whitmore

|Television film

rowspan=3|2005

|Beach Girls

|Sam Emerson

|5 episodes

data-sort-value="Hunt for the BTK Killer, The" | The Hunt for the BTK Killer

|Detective Zilinski

|Television film

Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making

|Brébeuf Professor

|Television film

rowspan=3|2006

|At the Hotel

|Jacob

|6 episodes

Fatal Trust

|Samuel Ryder

|Television film

data-sort-value="State Within, The" | The State Within

|Charles Macintyre

|6 episodes

rowspan=2|2007

|Jesse Stone: Sea Change

|Harrison Pendleton

|Television film

Matters of Life and Dating

|Errol Sager

|Television film

rowspan=3|2008

|Bridal Fever

|Sam Panofsky

|Television film

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

|Ian Greene

|2 episodes

Burn Up

|Jerry

|Episode #1.1

2008–2010

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

|Andrew Mannering

|16 episodes

rowspan=3|2009

|G-Spot

|Doctor

|Episode: "Handicap Hummer"

Nova

|Charles Lyell

|Episode: "Darwin's Darkest Hour"

Sea Wolf

|Henderson

|Episode #1.1

2011

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

|Henderson

|Episode: "Bobby's War"

2011–2021

|Murdoch Mysteries

|Inspector Giles/Chief Constable Giles

|13 episodes

2013

|Time of Death

|Robert Loring

|Television film

2014

|Rookie Blue

|Dr. Howard

|2 episodes

rowspan=2|2015

|Saving Hope

|Dr. Burt Goran

|Episode: "Trading Places"

Orphan Black

|Kassov

|Episode: "Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow"

2015–2016

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

|Dr. Draverhaven

|2 episodes

rowspan=2|2016

|Valentine Ever After

|Judge Joe Emmett

|Television film

Dark Matter

|Larcan Tanner

|2 episodes

rowspan=2|2018

|Designated Survivor

|Alton Prast

|Episode: "Original Sin"

Frankie Drake Mysteries

|Mr. Frost

|Episode: "Now You See Her"

rowspan=3|2019

|Coroner

|Bryan Da Silva

|4 episodes

Tin Star

|Mr. Quiring

|5 episodes

V Wars

|Emil Lansing

|Episode: "Down with the Sickness"

2020

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

|Garret / Bartender

|Television film

2021

|Jupiter's Legacy

| Dr. Jack Hobbs

|Episode: "What's the Use"

See also

References