Michael Riley
Michael Riley | |
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Riley in June 2012 | |
Born | (1962-02-04) February 4, 1962 (age 62) London, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1985–present |
Spouse | Laura Riley (1994-present) |
Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962) is a Canadian actor.[1] From 1998 to 2000, he portrayed Brett Parker in Power Play. He has acted in over 40 films and television series, including This Is Wonderland, for which he received a Gemini Award, and the Emmy-nominated BBC / Discovery Channel co-production Supervolcano. He also portrays, Dr. Tom, a leading character in the 2009 CBC Television series Being Erica.
Riley was born in London, Ontario, and graduated from the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec in 1984. Riley's first screen appearance was in the film No Man's Land[1] (1987).
As a stage actor, he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for his performance as Arkady in George F. Walker's Nothing Sacred in 1988.
He has voiced the animated title character of Ace Lightning.[1]
Filmography
- No Man's Land (1987) - Horton
- The Private Capital (1989) -
- Diplomatic Immunity (1991) - Les Oberfell
- Perfectly Normal (1991) - Renzo Parachi
- To Catch a Killer (1992) - Lieutenant Joseph 'Joe/Polock' Kozenczak
- Because Why (1993) - Alex
- Lifeline to Victory (1993) - Paul Devereaux
- Mustard Bath (1993) - Matthew Linden
- The Making of '...And God Spoke (1993) - Clive Walton
- Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) - Boss
- Butterbox Babies (1995) - Russell Cameron
- French Kiss (1995) - M. Campbell
- Strauss: The King of 3/4 Time (1995) - Johann Strauss Jr.
- The Possession of Michael D. (1995) - Dr. Nick Galler
- Heck's Way Home (1996) - Rick Neufeld
- The Grace of God (1996) - Chip
- The Prince (1996) - Roy Timmons
- Voice from the Grave (1996) - Adam Schuster
- Amistad (1997) - British Officer
- Every 9 Seconds (1997) - Ray
- Pale Saints (1997) - Dody
- Heart of the Sun (1998) - Father Ed
- Ice (1998) - Greg
- Dogmatic (1999) - Dennis Winslow
- Win, Again! (1999) - John Morrissey
- Mile Zero (2001) - Derek
- 100 Days in the Jungle (2002) - Rod Dunbar
- Black Swan (2002) - Carl
- Punch (2002) - Sam
- The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (2002) - Stephen Crowe
- America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003) - Douglas Conte
- Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003) - Peter
- Cube Zero (2004) - Jax
- Her Perfect Spouse (2004) - Ty Kellington
- Saving Emily (2004) - Kurt
- Sugar (2004) - The Man
- Supervolcano (2005) - Richard 'Rick' Lieberman
- Normal (2007) - Carl
- Race to Mars (2007) - Captain Richard Erwin
- What You're Ready For (2007) - Dr. Edgar O. Laird
- The Tenth Circle (2008) - Mike Bartholomy
- Mr. Nobody (2009) - Harry
- Like a House on Fire (2021) - Jack
Television
- The Edison Twins (1985) as Winston / Gregory (2 episodes)
- Chasing Rainbows (1988) as Christopher Blaine
- Street Legal (1993) as Adam Ruskin (2 episodes)
- Due South (1995) as Walter Sparks (1 episode)
- Power Play (1998–2000) as Brett Parker (26 episodes)
- The Outer Limits (1999–2000) as Gerard / Jon Tarkman (2 episodes)
- The Way We Live Now (2001) as Hamilton K. Fisker (3 episodes)
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2003) Lady Heather's Box (1 episode)
- This Is Wonderland (2004–2006) as Elliot Sacks (39 episodes)
- Flashpoint (2009) as Pat Cosgrove (1 episode)
- Being Erica (2009–2011) as Dr. Tom (Main Role)
- Willed to Kill (2012 TV Movie) as Dr. Aaron Kade
References
- ^ a b c "Michael Riley". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-10.
External links
- Michael Riley at IMDb
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1986–2021
- Robert Clothier (1986)
- Eric Peterson and Winston Rekert (1987)
- Pat Mastroianni (1988)
- Eric Peterson (1989)
- Art Hindle (1990)
- Eric Peterson (1991)
- Cedric Smith (1992)
- James Purcell (1993)
- Paul Gross (1994)
- Paul Gross (1995)
- David Cubitt (1996)
- Bruce Gray (1997)
- Patrick McKenna (1998)
- Michael Riley (1999)
- Michael Riley (2000)
- Nicholas Campbell (2001)
- Donnelly Rhodes (2002)
- Jeff Seymour (2003)
- Paul Gross (2004)
- Michael Riley (2005)
- Mark McKinney (2006)
- Paul Gross (2007)
- Louis Ferreira (2008)
- Enrico Colantoni (2009)
- Robert Carlyle (2010)
- Callum Keith Rennie (2011)
- Enrico Colantoni (2012)
- Hugh Dillon (2013)
- Jared Keeso (2014)
- Ari Millen (2015)
- Adrian Holmes (2016)
- Alexander Ludwig (2017)
- Kim Coates (2018)
- Billy Campbell (2019)
- Hamza Haq (2020)
- Hamza Haq (2021)
1986–2021
- Marnie McPhail (1986)
- Dixie Seatle (1987)
- Sonja Smits (1988)
- Stacie Mistysyn (1989)
- Jackie Burroughs (1990)
- Jackie Burroughs (1991)
- Sara Botsford (1992)
- Jackie Burroughs (1993)
- Lally Cadeau (1994)
- Joely Collins (1995)
- Tina Keeper (1996)
- Patricia Harras (1997)
- Sheila McCarthy (1998)
- Arsinée Khanjian (1999)
- Torri Higginson (2000)
- Babz Chula (2001)
- Julie Stewart (2002)
- Marina Orsini (2003)
- Catherine Disher (2004)
- Cara Pifko (2005)
- Martha Burns (2006)
- Martha Burns (2007)
- Hélène Joy (2008)
- Erin Karpluk (2009)
- Caroline Cave (2010)
- Michelle Thrush (2011)
- Meg Tilly (2012)
- Tatiana Maslany (2013)
- Tatiana Maslany (2014)
- Tatiana Maslany (2015)
- Tatiana Maslany (2016)
- Tatiana Maslany (2017)
- Amybeth McNulty (2018)
- Karine Vanasse (2019)
- Crystle Lightning (2020)
- Laurence Leboeuf (2021)
2022–present
- Hamza Haq (2022)
- Darla Contois (2023)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.