Douglas O'Keeffe

Douglas Stewart O'Keeffe , sometimes Douglas O'Keefe and Doug O'Keefe , (born June 5, 1966 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian actor .

Life

Douglas O'Keeffe has Irish ancestry. He grew up in a small town in Ontario and has a younger sister. O'Keeffe graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Masters Degree . His major subjects were Sociology, Philosophy, and Art and Science of Coaching . He took part in two world championships with the Canadian bobsleigh team and traveled to international sports competitions for two years. He then turned to acting and now commutes between Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles and New York.

O'Keeffe played supporting roles in the science fiction film Networked - Johnny Mnemonic (1995) by director Robert Longo with Keanu Reeves , in the thriller Murder in the White House (1997) by Dwight H. Little with Wesley Snipes and Diane Lane , in the thriller Road Trip to Hell (2000) by TJ Scott with Meat Loaf and in the film drama Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity (2000) by Yves Simoneau with Alec Baldwin .

In the dramatic agent series Nikita , O'Keeffe starred in two episodes as David Fanning , Lisa's ( Yvonne Sciò ) violent husband . In the real-time series 24 with Kiefer Sutherland , he appeared in some episodes of the second season as Eddie Grant .

In the action film Legacy (1998) by director TJ Scott with David Hasselhoff and Rod Steiger , O'Keeffe worked as a second-unit director. In the short film The Edge (2003) he was director, screenwriter, cameraman, producer and responsible for the film editing. He wrote the scripts The Golf Warrior and Hockey Buddha .

Filmography (selection)

• 1990, 1991: Katts und Dog (episodes On the Take , Operation: Ship of Fools )
• 1995: Networked - Johnny Mnemonic (Johnny Mnemonic)
• 1995: Cagney & Lacey - Who sits in the glass house (Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling)
• 1995: Nick Knight - Der Vampircop (Forever Knight) (episode Trophy Girl )
• 1996: A Mountie in Chicago (Due South) (Follow Starman )
• 1996: Warning from Beyond (The Haunting of Lisa)
• 1994, 1996: Kung Fu : The Legend Continues (Follow The Gang of Three , Blackout )
• 1996: Her Desperate Choice
• 1997: Murder in the White House (Murder at 1600)
• 1997: Fast Track - The Need For Speed (Fast Track) (TV Series)
• 1997, 1998: Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (Episodes 1.15 Obsessed or Obsessed , 2.14 Compensatory Justice or Double Date )
• 1997: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (episode Honey, We're Past Tense )
• 1999: Relic Hunter - The Treasure Hunter (Relic Hunter) (follow Etched in Stone )
• 1998: Legacy - Fatal mission in Manila (Legacy)
• 2000: Road Trip to Hell (Blacktop)
• 2000: Nuremberg - In the Name of Humanity (Nuremberg)
• 2000: Mysterious Ways (episode Camp Sanopi )
• 2000: Seven Days - Das Tor zur Zeit (Seven Days) (Follow Olga's Excellent Vacation )
• 2000: Cold Squad (episode Slave to the Job )
• 2001: First Wave - Die Prophezeiung (First Wave) (Follow Requiem )
• 2000, 2001: Dark Angel (episodes Pilot: Part 1 , Pilot: Part 2 , Red )
• 2001: Andromeda (episode The Mathematics of Tears )
• 2001: Mutant X (Follow The Shock of the New , I Scream the Body Electric )
• 2002: Just Cause (episode Making News )
• 2002: 24 (3 episodes, second season)
• 2003: Wicked Game (Water's Edge)
• 2003: Tarzan (6 episodes)
• 2006: Whistler (Follow Road Trip , Family Ties )
• 2006: Smallville (episode Tomb )

Behind the camera

• 1998: Legacy (as second unit director)
• 2003: The Edge (as director, screenwriter, cameraman, producer, film editor)

Web links

• Douglas O'Keeffe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Fansite ( Memento from March 30, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) (English)