Rob Archer
{{short description|Canadian actor and stuntman|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Rob Archer
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|8|9}}
|birth_place = Canada
|occupation = Actor, Stuntman
|yearsactive = 2001-present
}}
Rob Archer (born August 9, 1975) is a Canadian actor and stuntman known for his roles as Bruce in Lost Girl, Krampus in A Christmas Horror Story and Knox in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Biography
Rob Archer grew up as an '80s kid, admiring the big-name slashers such as Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers.{{cite web|url=http://theactionelite.com/interview-with-rob-archer/|title=Interview with Rob Archer|website=The Action Elite|last=Moore|first=David J.|date=2 October 2015 |accessdate=July 29, 2018}} However, at the age of twenty he opted to become a bodybuilder while all of his friends went off to college. His trainer's wife was a talent agent and insisted that he try out for acting. Archer recalled his first audition, "... it was a train-wreck. It was the most horrible thing I’d ever done. I remember afterwards getting into my car and I had tears streaming down my face, I was so embarrassed." After waiting a couple of months, Archer tried again and got bit parts in commercials. It was not until he got a role in Exit Wounds that he decided to take acting seriously. This was followed by years in films such as Bulletproof Monk, Red, Kick-Ass 2, RoboCop and Pixels as well as television shows such as Lost Girl, Mutant X, Alphas, XIII: The Series, Defiance, Beauty & the Beast and Warehouse 13.{{cite web|url=http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2015/12/naughty-nice-interview-with-a-christmas-horror-storys-rob-archer.html|title=Naughty & Nice - Interview with A Christmas Horror Story's Rob Archer|website=Sci Fi and TV Talk|last=Eramo|first=Steve|date=December 16, 2015|accessdate=July 29, 2018}}
Archer began gaining significant exposure for his role as the Krampus in the anthology horror film A Christmas Horror Story. He accepted the role as he felt the Krampus was an iconic creature and wanted to portray an icon on film. He described his portrayal as combining a "Marvel character with an animalistic nature".{{cite web|url=http://horrornews.net/103515/interview-rob-archer-krampus-a-christmas-horror-story/|title=Interview: Rob Archer (Krampus a Christmas Horror Story)|website=Horror News|last=Spiegel|first=Janel|date=November 16, 2015|accessdate=July 29, 2018}} Three years later, Archer would join the cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp which is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{cite journal|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/AntManAndTheWasp/writen-material/AntManAndTheWasp5b3149f365d93.pdf|title=Ant-Man and the Wasp Press Kit|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|accessdate=July 4, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104173700/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/AntManAndTheWasp/writen-material/AntManAndTheWasp5b3149f365d93.pdf|archivedate=November 4, 2018|url-status=live}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film roles |
| Year
!Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|Extra |Uncredited |
| 2003
|Buzz | |
| 2010
|No Neck |Uncredited; Stunt actor |
| 2010
|Red |Muscleman |Uncredited; Stunt Actor |
| 2012
|data-sort-value="Samaritan, The" | The Samaritan |Vernon Hicks | |
| 2013
|Convict #2 | |
| 2014
| |Stunt performer |
| 2015
|Seal | |
| 2015
|data-sort-value="Christmas Horror Story, A" | A Christmas Horror Story | |
| 2017
|Rocky | |
| 2017
|data-sort-value="Circuit, The" | The Circuit | | |
| 2017
|Darken |Bard | |
| 2017
|Trench 11 |Infected German Soldier | |
| 2018
|Incident in a Ghost Land |Fat Man | |
| 2018
|Knox | |
| 2018
|Musclehead | |
| 2018
|data-sort-value="Wakefield Project, A" | A Wakefield Project |Nathan Cross | |
| 2022
|data-sort-value="Man from Toronto, The" | The Man from Toronto |Oscar | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television roles |
| Year
!Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2003
|rowspan="2"|Mutant X |Rucker |Episode: "Lest He Become" |
| 2004
|Sniper |Episode: "No Exit" |
| 2010
|Large Man |Episode: "It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World" |
| 2011-2012
| |Stunt performer; 3 episodes |
| 2012
|Huge Muscular Man |Episode: "Alpha Dogs" |
| 2012
|Giant Man |Uncredited; Episode: "The General's Daughter" |
| 2012
|Jim the Biker |Uncredited; Episode: "Below the Surface" |
| 2012
| |Stunt performer; Episode: "Consequences" |
| 2012
|The Brain |Episode: "Punchout" |
| 2013-2015
|BioMan (Ulysses, Churchill, Benedict) |Recurring |
| 2013-2015
|Lost Girl |Bruce |Recurring |
| 2014
|Chauffeur |Uncredited; Episode: "Recipe for Disaster" |
| 2014
|Death Knight |Uncredited; Episode: "A Faire to Remember" |
| 2014
| |Stunt performer; Episode: "Liege Lord" |
| 2016
|Prsioner |2 episodes |
| 2016
|Sayeed |Episode: "Downsizing" |
| 2017
| |Stunt performer; 2 episodes |
| 2017
|Trucker |Episode: "Solo" |
| 2017
|Wade |Episode: "It's a Garment of Liberty" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1353738}}
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Category:Canadian male film actors