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Da Vinci's City Hall
''Da Vinci's City Hall'' is a Canadian dramatic television series, which premiered on CBC Television on 25 October 2005 and ended on 28 February 2006. It is a spin-off of the long-running Canadian series ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. The creator, writer and executive producer of the series was Chris Haddock. Overview Nicholas Campbell reprises his role as Dominic Da Vinci, a former coroner entering municipal politics as the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia. Da Vinci is based on the real-life experiences of Larry Campbell, the former chief coroner of Vancouver who was elected that city's mayor in 2002. With the series regular Ian Tracey (playing Mick Leary) inheriting the coroner's job, the show toggles back and forth between crime scenes and politics. Haddock says: "My approach was to make all the political stuff criminal and all the criminal stuff political. When we're in city hall we're really about conspiracy and scheming, who's crooked and who's going to get caught." Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Haddock
Chris Haddock is a Canadian screenwriter, producer and director best known as the creator and showrunner of the CBC Television series ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', ''Intelligence'' and ''The Romeo Section''. He has won 14 Gemini Awards as a writer, producer and/or director and received another 15 nominations - most of them for ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. Career Haddock began as a street performer, but he later focused his creative energies into screenwriting for television. One of his earliest efforts in writing was for the popular series, ''MacGyver'', where he also served as the Story Editor and Executive Story Editor. He founded Haddock Entertainment in 1997. Haddock is most well known for his Vancouver-based television drama creations ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' (1998-2005), ''Da Vinci's City Hall'' (2005-2006) and ''Intelligence'' (2006-2007). Most recently Chris served as writer/co-executive producer on the Martin Scorsese HBO production ''Boardwalk Empire'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Keating (actor)
Fred Keating is a Canadian-American actor based in Greater Vancouver, Canada. History Fred Keating was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1949 and raised in Detroit, Michigan. In the 1970s, after touring a one-man show through England, Scotland and Ireland Keating relocated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he was a Special Guest Lecturer in the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta and Camrose Lutheran College (now The Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta) (1976-1978). Keating became one of the founding actors in Catalyst Theatre, an organization producing shows (televised and in schools/conferences) dealing with social issues. From 1978-1984, Keating worked as Senior Consultant for Performing Arts Education for several Alberta Ministers of Culture expanding and transforming the provincial government’s residential summer drama school into the ARTSTREK program with several feeder programs in different regions of the province. Keating co-produced and co-hosted 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Surjik
Stephen Surjik (born 1960) is a Canadian film and television director, and producer. He is known for his work on the film ''Wayne's World 2'', the Marvel TV series '' Daredevil'' and ''The Punisher'', the Netflix series ''The Umbrella Academy'' and ''The Witcher''. He was nominated three times for Gemini Awards for best direction, for '' Little Criminals'', ''Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery'' and ''Intelligence'', and received four Emmy Award nominations for '' Weapons of Mass Distraction''. Career Born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1960, he studied at the Concordia University in Montreal and received a Best Director award at the ''14th Canadian Student Film & Video Festival'' in 1982 for ''Second Story Man''. (Montreal World Film Festival) After working as producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Pleszczynski
Stefan Pleszczynski (born in Eastern Townships, Quebec) is a Polish-Canadian film and television director, film producer and screenwriter. Career Pleszczynski's television credits include ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', ''Intelligence'', ''The Worst Witch'', ''Weirdsister College'', ''Sophie'', ''18 to Life'', '' Flashpoint'' and the American-Canadian adaption of '' Being Human''. He has been recently credit with directing the 19th episode in the ninth season of the show ''Supernatural''. The episode was aired on 22 April 2014. The plot of this episode revolves around the supernatural entity - ''Vampires'', which also happen to be the main entities in Pleszczynski's show '' Being Human''. Pleszczynski has also directed the television films '' Live Once, Die Twice'' (2006) starring Kellie Martin, ''Circle of Friends'' (2006) starring Julie Benz and ''A Life Interrupted'' (2007) starring Lea Thompson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiro Kanagawa
is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including '' Smallville'', '' Caprica'', ''Godzilla'', ''The Man in the High Castle'', ''Altered Carbon'', '' iZombie'', ''Legends of Tomorrow'', '' Heroes Reborn'' and ''Kim's Convenience'' and was a writer on ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise and played Reed Richards in '' Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes''. Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play ''Indian Arm''. Early life and education Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan and Tokyo. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Diakun
Alex Diakun (born February 8, 1946) is a Canadian actor. Diakun was born in Rycroft, Alberta. He began his schooling in Chilliwack, British Columbia and finished with a BFA from the University of Alberta. Diakun has been acting for over four decades. He has appeared in over 200 stage plays, and many television guest appearances. Credits include a blue-faced alien (Chief Technical Director Hohne) in the series '' Andromeda'', '' The Outer Limits'', and the feature film '' Valentine''. Filmography Film *'' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971) – Townsperson #7 *''Firebird 2015 AD'' (1981) – Dolan *''Blood Link'' (1982) – Mr. Adams *''Hellogoodbye'' (1982) *''Utilities'' (1983) – Lavallee *'' Dead Wrong'' (1983) – The Stranger *''The Journey of Natty Gann'' (1985) – Station Master *''Rainbow War'' (1985) *''High Stakes'' (1986) – Valenta *''Malone'' (1987) – Madrid *'' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' (1989) – Deck Hand *''Run'' (1991) – Casino Maitr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Holden
Gina Holden (born March 17, 1975) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Coreen Fennel in '' Blood Ties'', Dale Arden in ''Flash Gordon'', and Shea Allen in ''Harper's Island''. Early life Holden was born in the small town of Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, and moved often while growing up. With every move, Holden would join whatever community group she could so she could follow her passion for acting. At age 15, she was signed to a modeling contract and moved to Japan. Holden studied the Japanese culture and quickly made it her second home. On returning to North America, she studied Japanese and took acting classes. Acting career She starred as Dale Arden in the ''Flash Gordon'' series, as Coreen Fennel in '' Blood Ties'', and as Shea Allen in the CBS thriller series ''Harper's Island''. She has also guest starred in shows including The CW series ''Life Unexpected''. Aside from appearing in ''Final Destination 3'' and '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Lipinski
Eugene Lipinski (born 5 November 1956) is a British-Canadian character actor and screenwriter. He was born in Wansford Camp, Soke of Peterborough, England, and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He began acting at the age of twelve in amateur theatre. After graduating from the University of Regina, he returned to the UK and attended the Royal Academy of Arts as well as the Drama Studio London. He is well-known for his appearances in TV series such as ''Animorphs'' as Visser Three, ''Fringe'' as December, as Abe Slaney in ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' episode ''The Dancing Men'' and ''Da Vinci's City Hall'' and ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' as Lloyd Manning. As a screenwriter, in 1991, he won the Genie Award for Best Screenplay for the film ''Perfectly Normal''. Filmography Film: * '' Hanover Street'' (1979) - 1st German Clerk * ''Yanks'' (1979) - Irish Barman * ''Bad Timing'' (1980) - Hospital Policeman * ''Superman II'' (1980) - Newsvendor * '' Outland'' (1981) - Cane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Martin Smith
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor, writer, and director of film and television, based in British Columbia. He is known for his roles in ''American Graffiti'' (1973), ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1978), '' Never Cry Wolf'' (1983), ''Starman'' (1984), ''The Untouchables'' (1987), ''Deep Cover'' (1992), ''And the Band Played On'' (1993), '' Speechless'' (1994) and '' Deep Impact'' (1998). As a director, he is further known for the films ''The Snow Walker'' (2003), '' Stone of Destiny'' (2008), ''Dolphin Tale'' (2011), ''Dolphin Tale 2'' (2014) and ''A Dog's Way Home'' (2019). His directorial work has earned him much acclaim, with numerous BAFTA, Genie, and Leo Award nominations. Biography Early life Smith was born in Van Nuys, California. His father, Frank Smith, was a film cartoonist and animator, while his uncle Paul J. Smith was an animator as well as a director for the Walter Lantz Studios. Smith spent three years of his youth in Paris, where hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrothgar Mathews
Hrothgar Mathews (born January 27, 1964) is a Canadian actor known for his performance as Gill St. George in the 1999 television film ''Milgaard.'' Career He has also played the recurring roles of Mark Fellows in '' Tom Stone'', Det. Charlie Klotchko in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', Ned Yost in ''When Calls the Heart'', and Edwin Collar in '' Motherland: Fort Salem'', and films including ''Johnny'' and '' Fathers & Sons''. For his performance in ''Milgaard'', Mathews won the Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries at the 14th Gemini Awards. Personal life He is married to actress Gabrielle Rose.Barbara Crook, "Bloom still on this Rose". ''Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...'', Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Kelly (actor)
Terence Kelly (born June 12, 1944) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor. Education Kelly is an early graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Career Kelly work worked artistic director of the White Rock Summer Theatre in White Rock, British Columbia. He also had recurring roles in ''The Beachcombers'', ''The Odyssey'', '' Higher Ground'', '' Tom Stone'', ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and ''Da Vinci's City Hall'', made guest appearances on ''The X-Files'', '' Bordertown'', ''Mom P.I.'', ''Neon Rider'', ''The Commish'' and ''21 Jump Street''. He also appeared in the films '' Beyond the Stars'', ''The Mermaid Chair'', ''Jane's House'', ''Chautauqua Girl'',''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' and '' Finding Father Christmas''. In 1987, for his roles as RCMP officer Sgt. Wilkes in ''Red Serge'', he was nominated for a Gemini Award in the Best Actor in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series category at the 2nd Gemini Awards."Red Serge star spared red face". ''Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Marshall
Dean Marshall is a Canadian film, television, and theater, actor, writer, and director. He is known for portraying Sgt. Bates on '' Syfy'' original series ''Stargate Atlantis'', and Carter on both ''Da Vinci's Inquest'', and ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. Early life Marshall began performing at a young age in a steel band. His family was originally from Trinidad and Tobago, but immigrated to Canada before he was born. He was born and raised in a Montreal suburb. Career Before acting he joined the Canadian Forces at age 18, and served for some 6 years. Since 1993, he acts, writes and directs in the television, film, and theater business. Marshall has taken on diverse roles ranging from Malcolm Bridges, the crazy fearless officer, in the action packed adventurer film '' Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers'', to the smart laid-back Detective Carter in ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. Since his career took off in 1993, Marshall resides in Vancouver. Filmography As of August 30, 2012, Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
