Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Keith Rennie (born September 14, 1960 in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , Great Britain ) is a Canadian actor .
Life
Callum Keith Rennie was born in England to Scottish parents. He has an older brother and a younger brother. At the age of four he moved with his family to Edmonton , Alberta, Canada, where he spent most of his youth. At the age of 25 he began his acting career at the theater in Edmonton and soon took acting lessons at the Bruhanski Theater Studio in Vancouver , where he made his first contacts in the film and television industry and where he lives to this day.
Rennie is mainly known in Europe for supporting roles in popular television series such as Highlander , The X Files or Nikita , and in particular for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in Ein Mountie in Chicago and as Cylon Leoben Conoy in Battlestar Galactica .
His best-known role in Germany so far was the character John Wakefield in the series Harper's Island .
Trivia
The Canadian rock band Billy Talent named themselves after the character Billy Tallent, who played Callum Keith Rennie in the film 'Hard Core Logo'.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1994: Timecop
- 1994: Double Happiness
- 1995: Curtis's Charm
- 1996: Hard Core Logo
- 1997: Masterminds - The Duel (Masterminds)
- 1998: Last Night
- 1999: eXistenZ
- 2000: Suspicious River - Fatal Touch (Suspicious River)
- 2000: Memento
- 2001: Picture Claire
- 2002: Flower & Garnet
- 2002: Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
- 2002: Torso - The Evelyn Dick Story (Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story)
- 2003: Falling Angels
- 2003: Paycheck - the settlement (Paycheck)
- 2004: Butterfly Effect (The Butterfly Effect)
- 2004: Wilby Wonderful
- 2004: Blade: Trinity
- 2005: Lucid
- 2005: Whole New Thing
- 2006: The Taste of Snow ( Snow Cake )
- 2006: Unnatural & Accidental
- 2007: Code Name: The Cleaner
- 2007: Silk ( Silk )
- 2007: Invisible - Between Two Worlds ( The Invisible )
- 2008: Sleepwalking
- 2008: The X-Files - I Want to Believe (The X Files: I Want to Believe)
- 2009: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
- 2009: Case 39 (Case 39)
- 2013: The Card of My Dreams (The Young and Prodigious TS Spivet)
- 2014: Ride - When fun comes in waves (Ride)
- 2015: Fifty Shades of Gray
- 2015: Into the Forest
- 2016: Born to Be Blue
- 2016: Warcraft: The Beginning (Warcraft)
- 2017: Jigsaw
- 2018: Fifty Shades of Gray - Freed Lust (Fifty Shades Freed)
TV Shows
- 1993; 1995: Highlander (2 episodes)
- 1994; 1995: The X-Files - The FBI's Scary Cases ( The X-Files , 2 episodes)
- 1995: Outer Limits ( The Outer Limits , an episode)
- 1997: Nikita ( La Femme Nikita , 2 episodes)
- 1997: Viper (an episode)
- 1997–1999: A Mountie in Chicago ( Due South , 26 episodes)
- 2000: Twitch City (9 episodes)
- 2002: Dark Angel (an episode)
- 2002: Mutant X (an episode)
- 2003: Tru Calling - Schicksal reloaded! ( Tru Calling , an episode)
- 2004–2009: Battlestar Galactica (19 episodes)
- 2004: Kingdom Hospital (2 episodes)
- 2005: Supernatural (1 episode)
- 2006: The L Word - When Women Love Women ( The L Word )
- 2006: Smallville (an episode)
- 2007: Tin Man - Fight for the Emerald of Light ( Tin Man , miniseries)
- 2008-2013: Californication (14 episodes)
- 2009: Harper's Island (4 episodes)
- 2009–2010: FlashForward (2 episodes)
- 2010: 24 (3 episodes)
- 2010-2011: Shattered (14 episodes)
- 2011: The Killing
- 2011: CSI: Miami (2 episodes)
- 2011: Alphas (2 episodes)
- 2012: The Firm (22 episodes)
- 2016: The Man in the High Castle (8 episodes)
- 2018: Marvel's Jessica Jones (6 episodes)
Awards
- 2009: Genie Award Winner ( Normal )
- 2008: Leo Award nomination ( normal )
- 2007: Leo Award Winner ( Unnatural & Accidental )
- 2004: Leo Award nomination ( Falling Angels )
- 2003: Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award Winner ( Flower & Garnet )
- 2003: Leo Award Winner ( Flower & Garnet )
- 2001: Leo Award Winner ( Suspicious River )
- 2000: Canadian Comedy Award nomination ( Last Night )
- 1999: Taormina BNL FilmFest, Sicily , Prize Winner ( Suspicious River )
- 1999: Gemini Award nomination ( Due South )
- 1999: Genie Award Winner ( Last Night )
- 1998: Gemini Award nomination ( For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down )
- 1997: Gemini Award Winner ( My Life As A Dog )
- 1997: Gemini Award nomination ( Side Effects )
- 1994: Genie Award nomination ( Double Happiness )
Web links
- Callum Keith Rennie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The CKR Files - Callum Keith Rennie Archive
- The Original Callum Keith Rennie FAQ Page
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rennie, Callum Keith |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , UK |