Nigel Bennett
{{About|the Canada-based English actor and director|the English cricketer|Nigel Harvie Bennett}}
{{short description|English and Canadian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|11|19}}
| birth_place = Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
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| yearsactive = 1976–present
| children = 4
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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 =
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !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
|Jack Wootton | |
The Star Turn
|Geoffrey | |
1992
|Passage of the Heart |Alan Spencer | |
rowspan=4|1994
|Kasajian | |
Paint Cans
|Bryson Vautour | |
Legends of the Fall
|Asgaard | |
Soft Deceit
|Ed McCullough | |
1995
|Sladecker | rowspan=2|Direct to video |
1996
|Nico |
1997
|Burton Cash | |
rowspan=3|1998
|Sanctuary |Sen. Stephen Macguire | |
All I Wanna Do
|Harvey Sawyer | |
One Tough Cop
|Insp. Bassie | |
rowspan=2|1999
|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
|Sen. Richard Karnes | |
Cypher
|Finster | |
2004
|Col. Preston Waters | |
2006
|data-sort-value="Bug and a Bag of Weed, A" | A Bug and a Bag of Weed |Henry Tyler | |
2007
|Chief Knickle | |
2008
|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
|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
|Colin Bailey |Episode #1.1749 |
1981–1982
|Mr. Ring / Gary |3 episodes |
1983
|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
|Lubyanka Guard #1 |Television film |
1986
|Monsieur Duval |Episode: "Nina Who?" |
rowspan=3|1987
|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
|Lt. Johnny Douglas |Television film |
Friday the 13th: The Series
|Rausch / Karl Steiner |Episode: "The Butcher" |
1989–1994
|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
|Derek Blackthorn |3 episodes |
1990
|Kirkoff | Episode: "Dealbreaker" |
1991
|Counterstrike |Stash Jannovic | Episode: "In the Blood" |
rowspan=2|1991
|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
|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 |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
|Mastermind / Jason Wyngarde, Master Mold |Voice, 5 episodes |
1994–1996
|Voices |7 episodes |
rowspan=11|1995
|Between Love and Honor |Large Man |Television film |
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
|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
|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
|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
|Television film |
Once a Thief
|Nicholas Love |Episode: "Drive, She Said" |
Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs
|Television film |
1997–1998
|Col. Egran Petrosian |2 episodes |
rowspan=7|1998
|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
|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
|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
|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
|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
|Talmadge Loman |Television film |
rowspan=2|2004
|Phantom Force |Jack Bavaro |Television film |
Plain Truth
|Jeremy Whitmore |Television film |
rowspan=3|2005
|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
|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
|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
|Doctor |Episode: "Handicap Hummer" |
Nova
|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
|Inspector Giles/Chief Constable Giles |13 episodes |
2013
|Robert Loring |Television film |
2014
|Dr. Howard |2 episodes |
rowspan=2|2015
|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
|Alton Prast |Episode: "Original Sin" |
Frankie Drake Mysteries
|Mr. Frost |Episode: "Now You See Her" |
rowspan=3|2019
|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
| Dr. Jack Hobbs |Episode: "What's the Use" |
See also
External links
- {{IMDb name|0000911}}
- {{official website}}
References
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Category:English horror writers
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English male voice actors
Category:Male actors from Wolverhampton
Category:English emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian expatriates in England
Category:English people of Canadian descent
Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners