Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood ( born August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Quebec as Stuart Bruce Greenwood ) is a Canadian actor.

Life

Bruce Greenwood was an excellent skier in his youth and, therefore, spent part of his school years in boarding school in Zurich. At the age of 16, he suffered a serious knee injury that made ​​power sports impossible. At the request of his parents, he studied at the University of British Columbia. The study broke Greenwood but after three years in order to devote himself to acting. He was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and at the London Central School of Speech and Learning as an actor.

His first role was in 1979 in Greenwood The Bear Island in the hell of the Arctic. Three years later he was seen in Rambo with Sylvester Stallone. As there, Greenwood is usually occupied for supporting roles. Among his few leading roles include the presentation of Francis Brown in Exotica and the embodiment of Billy in The Sweet Hereafter, both directed by Atom Egoyan. He was also in the movie The Dream of the Beach Boys held the character role of Dennis Wilson. For Roger Donaldson he exhibited in Thirteen Days, President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis dar. Furthermore, Bruce Greenwood also worked as a television actor. He played lead roles in the series Nowhere Man - Without identity, St. Elsewhere and Knots Landing! .

In the eleventh and twelfth Star Trek movie each directed by JJ Abrams Greenwood played the role of Captain (later Admiral ) Christopher Pike, the mentor and predecessor of Captain Kirk as commander of the Enterprise. He took over in 2012, the main role of Emmet Cole in the short-lived ABC - thriller series The River.

Bruce Greenwood is synchronized in the German versions of his films by Oliver Stritzel.

Filmography (selection)

• 2002: Stormy Love - Swept Away ( Swept Away )
• 2003: The Core - The inner core (The Core)
• 2003: Hollywood Homicide ( Hollywood Homicide )
• 2004: I, Robot
• 2004: Being Julia
• 2004: The Riverman
• 2005: My friend Mee Shee
• 2005: Capote
• 2005: Racing Stripes is going on (Racing Stripes )
• 2005: With Heart and Hand ( The World's Fastest Indian )
• 2006: Déjà Vu - Race Against Time ( Déjà Vu )
• 2006: Antarctica - Trapped in the ice ( Eight Below )
• 2006: The Mystery of the Mermaid ( The Mermaid Chair )
• 2007: I'm Not There
• 2007: John from Cincinnati
• 2007: Firehouse Dog ( Firehouse Dog )
• 2007: The Legacy: Book of Secrets ( National Treasure: Book of Secrets )
• 2009: Star Trek
• 2008: Virus - Death knows no boundaries ( The Summit )
• 2010: Barney's Version
• 2010: Dinner for Schmucks ( Dinner for Schmucks )
• 2010: Meek 's Cutoff
• 2011: Super 8
• 2012: The River ( TV series)
• 2012: The Place Beyond the Pines
• 2012: Flight
• 2013: Star Trek Into Darkness
• 2013: Devil 's Knot
• 2014: Endless Love

Awards