Nigel Bennett
Nigel Bennett (born November 19, 1949 in Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , England , Great Britain ) is a British- Canadian actor in theater and film and a writer .
Life and accomplishments
Nigel Bennett trained as an actor at the University of Wales . He has appeared and performed on British theater stages such as the West End in London, the Phoenix Theater and Haymarket Theaters in Leicester and the Crucible Theater in Sheffield . After a fifteen-year career, he moved to Canada in 1986 for private reasons and worked in over a hundred film and television projects as well as in advertisements.
Bennett played supporting roles in the action thriller Narrow Margin (1990) with Gene Hackman , in the drama Legends of Passion (1994) with Brad Pitt and in the action thriller Murder in the White House (1997) with Wesley Snipes . He played the role of the seedy OSIR boss Frank Elsinger in the mystery series PSI Factor (1996–1999) .
Bennett in 1996 won a Canadian Gemini Award as best supporting actor for the drama series Forever Knight - The Vampircop ( Forever Knight ) for subsequent Curiouser and Curiouser . He first directed this television series, in which he played the ancient vampire Lucien LaCroix . In 1993 he received a nomination for this series at the Gemini Awards and in 2002 for the dramatic television series Lexx , each for best supporting actor.
As a two-time guest star in the dramatic television series Nikita with Peta Wilson , he portrayed Colonel Egran Petrosian , who, as a Russian secret agent, spins a power intrigue against his superior. Jon Cassar directed both episodes . He and Bennett had worked together on the Nick Knight series . Together with John Kapelos, they founded the Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance ( MPICA ). In their annual event Lights, Camera, Auction ( LCA ), filmmakers auctioned props donated to fans.
As a writer Bennett, together with author PN Elrod the co-author of three fantasy novels Keeper of the King , His Father's Son and Siege Perilous . You also wrote the short story Wolf and Hound for the anthology Dracula in London .
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: Narrow Margin - 12 hours of fear (Narrow Margin)
- 1992–1996: Nick Knight - Der Vampircop ( Forever Knight , TV series, 60 episodes)
- 1994: Legends of the Fall (Legends of the Fall)
- 1995: Harrison Bergeron - IQ Runner
- 1996: Darkman III: The Experiment (Darkman III: Die Darkman Die)
- 1997: Murder in the White House (Murder at 1600)
- 1998: Sanctuary
- 1998: Strike! - Girls in power! (Strike!)
- 1998: One Tough Cop
- 1998: NY - Streets of Death (Naked City: A Killer Christmas)
- 1996–1999: PSI Factor ( PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal , TV series, 27 episodes)
- 1999: Fear Above the Clouds (Free Fall)
- 2000: Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
- 2000: Swap Hollywood for Love (Catch a Falling Star)
- 2000: The Crossing - The decisive battle (The Crossing)
- 2000: The Skulls (The Skulls)
- 2000, 2001, 2002: Lexx - The Dark Zone (TV series, 23 episodes)
- 2001: A Town Without Christmas
- 2001: Phase IV - Game of Death
- 2002: Too Young to Be a Dad
- 2002: Heart of a Stranger
- 2002: Dangerous double life - The Pilot's Wife
- 2002: The Scream Team
- 2002: Four widows and a painting ( Widows , TV miniseries)
- 2002: Cypher
- 2002: Interceptor Force 2
- 2003: Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (TV miniseries)
- 2003: Martha, Inc .: The Story of Martha Stewart
- 2003: Apocalypse Ice (Post Impact)
- 2003: Do or Die
- 2003: Rush of Fear - Dangerous Prey (Rush of Fear)
- 2004: Murder in the Reeds (Plain Truth)
- 2004: Reversible Errors
- 2004: Phantom Force
- 2007: Jesse Stone: Old Wounds (Jesse Stone: Seachange)
- 2009: The sea wolf
- 2017: Shape of Water - The Whisper of Water (The Shape of Water)
- 2019: V Wars (TV series, episode 1x01)
Web links
- Nigel Bennett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website (English)
- Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance (MPICA )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bennett, Nigel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Canadian actor in theater and film and a writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , England , UK |