Nigel Bennett
Nigel Bennett ( born November 19, 1949 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK ) is a British- Canadian actor in theater and film, and author.
Life and achievements
Nigel Bennett was educated at the University of Wales as an actor. He stepped forward and in Leicester and at the Crucible Theatre occur British theaters on, for example, in the West End in London, at the Phoenix Theatre and the Haymarket Theatre in Sheffield. After fifteen-year career he moved to Canada in 1986 for personal reasons and acted in over a hundred film and television projects and commercials with.
Bennett portrayed supporting roles in the action thriller Narrow Margin - 12 hours Angst ( 1990) with Gene Hackman, in the film drama Legends of the Fall (1994 ) with Brad Pitt and the action thriller Murder in the White House (1997) with Wesley Snipes. He played the role of dodgy OSIR in the Mystery series PSI Factor (1996-1999) Chefs Frank Elsinger.
Bennett won a 1996 Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor for the drama series Nick Knight - The Vampircop ( Forever Knight) for the following Curiouser and Curiouser. In this television series, in which he depicted the ancient vampire Lucien LaCroix, he directed her first. In 1993 he was nominated for this series at the Gemini Awards and 2002 for the dramatic television series Lexx, each as Best Supporting Actor.
As a two-time guest star in the dramatic television series Nikita with Peta Wilson he figured Colonel Egran Petrosian, who spins as a Russian secret agent a Machtintrige against his superiors. In both episodes Jon Cassar directed. He and Bennett had been in the series Nick Knight - collaborated The Vampircop. They founded together with John Kapelos the charity Motion Picture Industry Charitable Alliance ( MPICA ). In their annual event Lights, Camera, Auction ( LCA) auctioned filmmakers donated props 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. They also wrote the short story Wolf and Hound for the anthology Dracula in London.