Rob Stewart (actor)
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rob Stewart
| image = Rob Stewart.jpg
| caption = Stewart in Belgrade on 3 June 2009.
| imagesize = 250px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1961|7|23}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| yearsactive = 1986–present
| spouse = Celiana Stewart
| children = 1
}}
Rob Stewart (born 23 July 1961) is a Canadian actor, known for the lead role of Nick Slaughter in the action-comedy television series Tropical Heat, and his recurring roles as Roan in Nikita and Khlyen in Killjoys.
Early life
Stewart was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,{{cite web| url= https://www.northernstars.ca/stewart_rob/ |title= Rob Stewart| website= northernstars.ca| date= | publisher= | access-date= }} He was raised in Bramalea, a neighbourhood in Brampton, Ontario. He enjoyed playing hockey and dreamt of becoming a professional. At the age of 17, he sustained an injury that caused him to lose a kidney and subsequently turn down a number of athletic scholarships that had been offered to him.
He enrolled at the University of Waterloo where he majored in Latin and English.
Career
In order to put himself through university, he sang and played the guitar at local restaurants. In the summers, he performed stunts and acrobatics at Canada's Wonderland amusement park.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}
Throughout his career he has guest-starred in numerous television roles. One of his early notable roles was Nick Slaughter on Tropical Heat. Stewart was one of the leads in the television show Peter Benchley's Amazon.{{cite web|title=Adventures in the Amazon| url= http://jam.canoe.com/Television/TV_Shows/A/Peter_Benchleys_Amazon/2004/07/22/552808.html| via=canoe.com |first= Claire| last= Bickley| work= Toronto Sun| date= 2014-07-29| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220212/http://jam.canoe.com/Television/TV_Shows/A/Peter_Benchleys_Amazon/2004/07/22/552808.html| archivedate= 2016-10-18| url-status= dead |accessdate= 2023-06-23}} In 2007 he began playing the male lead in Painkiller Jane that ran for 22 episodes on the Sci Fi Channel.{{cite web |last1= Nuytens |first1=Gilles|title=Rob Stewart interview - Painkiller Jane |url= http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/rob_stewart_01.htm| website=thescifiworld.net |accessdate=15 October 2016}}
Stewart played a major recurring character, Roan, in the CW hit action television series Nikita for its first two seasons.{{cite web|title=Nikita Scoop: 'Naked' Sean Pierce, Broken Fingers and a Clean Sweep| first= Hanh |last= Nguyen| url= http://www.tvguide.com/news/nikita-scoop-sean-pierce-1040489/|website=TVGuide.com |date=5 December 2011| accessdate= 23 June 2023}} Towards the end of his run on Nikita he also had a minor role of an alcoholic movie producer over a few episodes of the Canadian series The L.A. Complex that depicts the lives of young Canadian actors struggling for work in Los Angeles.{{cite web|title=Don't burn down The L.A. Complex|url=http://jeromewetzeltv.blogspot.ca/2012/06/dont-burn-down-la-complex.html |website= jeromewetzeltv.blogspot.ca|date=2 June 2012 |accessdate=15 October 2016}} This was followed by an appearance in two episodes of the long-running CBC Television series Heartland.{{cite web|title=September 27 - This Sunday's NEW Heartland Episode - Blog - Heartland| url= http://www.cbc.ca/heartland/blog/september-27-this-sundays-new-heartland-episode| website= CBC.ca|accessdate=15 October 2016}}
Airing on the CW, he appeared in six episodes of Beauty & the Beast as the character Mr. Chandler.{{cite web|title=Beauty and the Beast Season Premiere Review: 'Who Am I?' (Season 2, Episode 1)|url=http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/beauty-and-the-beast-season-premiere-review/|website=We Got This Covered| accessdate= 15 October 2016|date=8 October 2013}} Soon after, Stewart appeared in an episode of the Syfy television series Defiance which was shot in his hometown Toronto, followed by another one-episode role – this time on the Canadian series Cracked.
In 2013, the documentary Slaughter Nick for President was released.{{cite web|title=Struggling Brampton actor discovers he's big in Serbia – really big |work= Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/05/19/struggling_brampton_actor_discovers_hes_big_in_serbia_really_big.html|via=thestar.com |date=19 May 2013 | first= Rachel| last= Mendleson |accessdate=15 October 2016}} The film follows Stewart on his 2009 trip to Serbia, where Tropical Heat achieved notable popularity in the 1990s.{{cite web | url= http://www.muzika.hr/clanak/44001/vijesti/slaughtera-nicka-za-predsjednika-s-atheist-rapom-u-hrvatskim-kinima.aspx |title= Slaughtera Nicka za predsjednika" s Atheist Rapom u hrvatskim kinima| website= muzika.hr| language= hr| date= 2013-11-19 |url-status= dead| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150610231629/https://www.muzika.hr/clanak/44001/vijesti/slaughtera-nicka-za-predsjednika-s-atheist-rapom-u-hrvatskim-kinima.aspx| archivedate= 2015-06-10| first= | last= | publisher= | access-date= 2023-06-23}} The same year, he was cast in Suits as corporate raider Tony Gionopoulos, appearing in five episodes.{{cite web|title=Deja View: Rob Stewart, Suits "Shadow of a Doubt"|url=http://www.tvgoodness.com/2013/08/14/deja-view-rob-stewart-suits-shadow-of-a-doubt/|website=TV Goodness|accessdate=15 October 2016|date=14 August 2013}}
From 2015 to 2019, Stewart played Khlyen, a significant recurring character in Killjoys.{{cite web|title=Unconditional Love - Interview with Killjoys Rob Stewart|url=http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2016/07/unconditional-love-interview-with-killjoys-rob-stewart.html| website= SciFiAndTvTalk| accessdate=15 October 2016}}
Personal life
Stewart met his wife Celiana Stewart during the first season of Tropical Heat. He has one son.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}} Since 2001, he has resided in Canada.{{cite web| url= http://www.popboks.com/vest.php?ID=10502| website= Popboks.com| title= Nick Slaughter has arrived| date= 3 June 2009| access-date= }}
Select filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Someone to Die For | Sergeant Hollman | |
| 1996
| Vic | Direct-to-video film |
| 1997
| Dave Norton | |
| 1997
| Agent Daniel Larimer | |
| 1998
| data-sort-value="Pawn, The" | The Pawn | Darcy Harlan | |
| 2001
| Nick Slaughter | Film sequel to Tropical Heat |
| 2005
| Devour | Ross North | Direct-to-video film |
| 2013
| Molly Maxwell | Evan Maxwell | |
| 2019
| Goliath | Sheriff | |
| 2020
| Bill | |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Grand Romantic Gesture, A" | A Grand Romantic Gesture[https://playbackonline.ca/2019/07/18/levelfilm-signs-on-for-a-grand-romantic-gesture/ "levelFILM signs on for A Grand Romantic Gesture"] by Kelly Townsend at playbackonline.ca | Matthew | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1986
| Peter | Episode: "The Family Jules" |
| 1986
| Bradley | Episode: "Ancient Voices" |
| 1989
| Come Spy With Me | {{TableTBA|N/A}} | Unsold television pilot |
| 1991–1993
| Nick Slaughter | Main role; known as Sweating Bullets in United States |
| 1994
| Broken Lullaby | Nick Rostov | Television film (CBS) |
| 1994
| Axel | Episode: "Rite of Passage" |
| 1995
| data-sort-value="Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story, The" | A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: | Jack Gilardi | Television film (CBS) |
| 1996
| data-sort-value="Adventures of Sinbad, The" | The Adventures of Sinbad | Vincenzo | Episode: "Still Life"; as Robert Stewart |
| 1997
| Keeler | 3 episodes |
| 1997
| Sparks | Television film |
| 1997
| Annie O | Coach Will Cody | Television film; as Robert Stewart |
| 1997
| data-sort-value="Christmas List, The" | The Christmas List | Dr. David Skyler | Television film (Fox Family Channel) |
| 1997
| Sweet Deception | Detective Molloy | Television film |
| 1999
| Jake Michaelson | Television film |
| 1999–2000
| Andrew Talbott | Main role |
| 2001
| Dr. Kent McCall | Episode: "Quack Fever"; as Robert Thomas Stewart |
| 2003
| Dean Moncrieffe | Episode: "La Sonnambula"; note: unaired season 2 episode{{cn|date=June 2022}} |
| 2003
| Jake 2.0 | Miles Jennings | Episode: "The Spy Who Really Liked Me" |
| 2004
| Dr. Dan Westville |
| 2004
| data-sort-value="Collector, The" | The Collector | Russell McKinney | Episode: "The Medium" |
| 2004
| Dr. Adrian Goldman | Episodes: "The F-Word", "Pandora's Box" |
| 2005
| G-Spot | Dr. Earl Stoffard | Episodes: "Stalker", "Sexual Dysfunctions Anonymous" |
| 2005
| Jim Michaelson | Episode: "Patient X" |
| 2006
| Home by Christmas | Michael | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2007
| Demons from Her Past | K.C. Hollings | Television film |
| 2007
| Andre McBride | Main role |
| 2008
| Dr. Martin Cove | Episodes: "Hep Burn and Melinkov", "The Kiss" |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Memory Keeper's Daughter, The" | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Howard | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Summit, The" | The Summit | Colonel Chadsworth | Miniseries |
| 2009
| Doug Craig | Television film (Hallmark) |
| 2009
| data-sort-value="Good Witch's Garden, The" | The Good Witch's Garden | Nick Chasen | Television film (Hallmark) |
| 2009
| Throwing Stones | Jim Campbell | Television film (CBC) |
| 2009
| Norm | Episode: "The Unkindest Cut" |
| 2009–2011
| Gary Richards | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 2010
| Victor Beerman / Turk | Episode: "The Return of the Grievous Angel" |
| 2010
| Little Mosque on the Prairie | Robert | Episode: "Radio Silence" |
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Bridge, The" | The Bridge | Travers | Episode: "The Unguarded Moment" |
| 2010
| Lyle Harrison | Episode: "Faetal Justice" |
| 2010–2012
| Nikita | Roan | Recurring role (seasons 1–2), 23 episodes |
| 2011
| Reg | Episode: "Training Camp" |
| 2011
| Cunningham | Episode: "Run, Jamie, Run" |
| 2011
| Dennis Porter | Television film (Syfy) |
| 2011
| Major Kenneth Winacott | Episode: "Reason to Believe" |
| 2011
| William McDougall | Television film (CBC) |
| 2012
| My Mother's Secret | Jonas Wells | Television film |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex | Roan | 4 episodes |
| 2012
| Lanny Barick | Episodes: "Keeping Up Appearances", "Life Is a Highway" |
| 2012–2013
| Mr. Chandler | Recurring role (season 1), 6 episodes |
| 2013
| Defiance | Eddie Braddock | Episode: "Brothers in Arms" |
| 2013
| Cracked | Reuben Froese | Episode: "Swans" |
| 2013–2015
| Suits | Tony Gionopoulos | Recurring role (seasons 3–5), 5 episodes |
| 2014
| Anthony | Episode: "Jenna's Presentation" |
| 2014
| Gilbert Adkins | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2015
| Reign | Envoy Lord / Burgess | Episodes: "Tasting Revenge", "Tempting Fate" |
| 2015
| Killer Crush | Cameron York | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2015
| Lead With Your Heart | Thomas Hardison | Television film (Hallmark) |
| 2015
| Nassan | Episodes: "Episode One", "Episode Two" |
| 2015–2019
| Killjoys | Khlyen Kin Rit | Recurring role, 21 episodes |
| 2016
| Slasher | Alan Henry | Recurring role (season 1), 6 episodes |
| 2016
| Spiga Board Member | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2018
| Rene | Episode: "Baby Sprinkle" |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Hot Zone, The" | The Hot Zone | General Dwyer | Miniseries |
| 2019
| Garrett Detwiler | 4 episodes (season 3) |
| 2021
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Roger | 3 episodes (season 2) |
| 2021–2022
| Captain Richard Heard | 3 episodes |
| 2022
| Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends to Die For[https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/toni-braxton-lifetime-anthology-fallen-angels-murder-club-1234651303/ "Toni Braxton To Star In New Anthology Movies On Lifetime"] by Mya Abraham at www.vibe.com[https://deadline.com/2022/02/lifetime-premiere-dates-fallen-angels-murder-club-stolen-by-their-father-elizabeth-smart-1234924628/ "Lifetime Sets Premiere Dates For Two ‘Fallen Angels Murder Club’ Movies & ‘Stolen By Their Father’ Pic"] by Erik Pedersen at deadline.com | Jeffery Wallace | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2022
| Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons | Jeffery Wallace | Television film (Lifetime) |
| 2024
|Sam Bishop |Television series (Hallmark), Recurring role |
References
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External links
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