Stephen R. Hart

{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1958)}}

{{BLP sources|date=March 2022}}

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Stephen R. Hart (born March 11, 1958) is a Canadian actor known for his height (6'11") and deep voice. He is also known for his role as "The Voice" on The Current.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastlinkontheleft.com/r023.html|title=Radio - CBC's "The Voice"|access-date=4 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206025020/http://www.lastlinkontheleft.com/r023.html|archive-date=6 February 2006}} His credits include notable films such as Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Silent Hill, Shoot 'Em Up and Max Payne.{{cite web|url=http://www.movies.kngine.com/person.ashx?id=ia:1242679|title=Stephen R. Hart credits|access-date=4 October 2010}} Hart played the main antagonist in an episode of the NBC series Fear Itself.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/Fear_Itself/about/index.shtml|title=Fear Itself at NBC.com|access-date=5 October 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=5005|title=Fear Itself Directors, Writers & Episodes|access-date=5 October 2010}}

Personal life

In 1976 he served at the Montreal Olympics as an armed escort for International Olympic Delegates, as a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. He sang a duet of the song "Let's call the whole thing off", with Canadian former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, on an episode of The Current. Hart also achieved celebrity status in Canada, while performing as 'The Scandinavian Giant' (due to his Danish ancestry{{cite episode| title=Farewell to The Voice| url=http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2012/09/03/farewell-to-the-voice/| series=The Current| series-link=The Current (radio program)| network=CBC Radio One| airdate=September 3, 2012}}) with Carnival Diablo, a modern sideshow. Stunts included bending iron bars in his teeth, surviving an electric chair, general strong-man/giant acts from 1999 to 2002. He appeared as a celebrity cook on the Christine Cushing cooking show, broadcast on the Food Network in 2002.

Filmography

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|+ Actor

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1992

| Are You Afraid of the Dark?

| Goth

| TV series (one episode: "The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice")

1996

| Carver's Gate

| Demon #1 - The Big Demon

| TV movie

2001

| History Happened Here

| Executioner

|

2002

| data-sort-value="New Sideshow, The" | The New Sideshow

| Stevan Hart, The Scandinavian Giant

| TV documentary

2003

| data-sort-value="Seán Cullen Show, The" | The Seán Cullen Show

| Squatchie

| TV series (six episodes)

2003

| Dermott's Quest

| The Warlock

| Short film

2003

| 1-800-Missing

| Demonic Scarecrow

| TV series (one episode: "They Come as They Go")

2003

| Chilly Beach

| Grim Reaper

| TV series (one episode: "Invasion of the Beer Snatchers")

2004

| Wonderfalls

| Satsuma Citizen

| TV series (one episode: "Totem Mole")

2004

| Resident Evil: Apocalypse

| Featured City Hall Undead #5

|

2005

| data-sort-value="White Dog Sacrifice, The" | The White Dog Sacrifice

| Killer / Opening Narrator

|

2005

| Slings and Arrows

| Giant Goth Guy

| TV series (one episode: "Birnam Wood")

2006

| Silent Hill

| Elder

|

2007

| Animal 2

| Inmate 2

|

2007

| Bakugan Battle Brawlers

| Gorem

| TV series

2007

| Shoot 'Em Up

| Club Bouncer

|

2007

| This Beautiful City

| Charity Mover

|

2008

| data-sort-value="Jon Dore Show, The" | The Jon Dore Show

| Emcee

| TV series (one episode: "Rage")

2008

| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

| Captain Nemo

| Short

2008

| Fear Itself

| Duane "Eater" Mellor

| TV series (one episode: "Eater")

2008

| Toronto Stories

| Greely

|

2008

| Max Payne

| Tattoo Artist Owner

|

2009

| You Might as Well Live

| Homeless Man

|

2009

| Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia

| Gorem

| TV series

2010

| Ninety-one

| Indian Chief

| Short film

2010

| Aaron Stone

| Hockus Chokus

| TV series (one episode: "Metal Gear Liquid")

2010

| You Are Here

| Gerald

|

2010

| Lost Girl

| Tall Thin Man

| TV series (one episode: "It's a Fae, Fae, Fae, Fae World")

2011

| Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge

| Vexfist

| TV series

2011

| Dave vs. Death

| Grim Reaper

| TV short

2013

| Oz the Great and Powerful

| Winkie General

|

2013

| Space Janitors

| Dewey

| TV series (one episode: "Life Debt")

2013

| data-sort-value="Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The" | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

| Brother Jeremiah

|

2013

| Enemy

| Bouncer

|

2016

| Shadowhunters

| Brother Jeremiah

| TV series (nine episodes)

2016

| What Would Sal Do

| Crazy Man

| TV series (one episode: "Sal Is Out")

2018

| Channel Zero

| Tall Boy

| TV series (three episodes)

2018

| 12 Monkeys

| Seer

| TV series (one episode)

2020

| data-sort-value="Hardy Boys, The" | The Hardy Boys

| Tall Man

| TV series (eight episodes)

References

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