Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Keith Rennie ( born 14 September 1960 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom ) is a Canadian actor.
Biography
Callum Keith Rennie was born in England, the son of Scottish parents. He has an older 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 in the theater in Edmonton and soon took acting lessons at the Bruhanski Theatre Studio in Vancouver, where he established and first contacts with the film and television industry and where he still lives today.
Rennie is known in Europe mainly by supporting roles in popular television series such as Highlander, X-Files or Nikita, and in particular for his roles as Stanley Kowalski in A Mountie in Chicago as well as a Cylon Leoben Conoy in Battlestar Galactica. However, the breadth of his acting talent is reflected mainly in the diverse characters he represents in movies Canadian production. His most recognized role in Germany the figure was John Wakefield in the series Harper's Iceland.
Trivia
The Canadian rock band Billy Talent called himself after the character Billy Tallent, Callum Keith Rennie in the the film 'Hard Core Logo ' represented.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
TV series
Awards
- 2009: Genie Award winners (Normal)
- 2008: Leo Award nomination (Normal)
- 2007: Leo Award winners ( Unnatural & Accidental )
- 2004: Leo Award nomination ( Falling Angels )
- 2003: Vancouver Film Critics Circle award winners ( Flower & Garnet )
- 2003: Leo Award winners ( Flower & Garnet )
- 2001: Leo Award winners ( Suspicious River )
- 2000: Canadian Comedy Award nomination ( Last Night )
- 1999: Taormina BNL Film Festival, Sicily, winner ( Suspicious River )
- 1999: Gemini Award nomination ( Due South )
- 1999: Genie Award winners ( Last Night )
- 1998: Gemini Award nomination ( For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down)
- 1997: Gemini Award winners (My Life As A Dog )
- 1997: Gemini Award nomination ( Side Effects )
- 1994: Genie Award Nominations ( Double Happiness )