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Patrick Gilmore (actor)
Patrick Gilmore (born June 1, 1976) is a Canadian actor known for playing the role of Dale Volker (Stargate), Dale Volker in the science fiction series ''Stargate Universe''. He has also had recurring or starring roles in ''Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), Battlestar Galactica'', ''Eureka (U.S. TV series), Eureka'' and ''Travelers (TV series), Travelers''. , Gilmore has a recurring role in the series ''You Me Her''. Personal life Gilmore was born Patrick Watson Gilmore in Edmonton, Alberta, to Collette and professional hockey player Tom Gilmore (ice hockey), Tom Gilmore, who was playing for the World Hockey Association version of the Edmonton Oilers. His brother is Scott Gilmore, executive director and one of the founders of Peace Dividend Trust, now called Building Markets. He is also the brother-in-law of Catherine McKenna, the former Canadian Minister of Infrastructure and Communities. Gilmore is a graduate of the University of Alberta with a degree in English Literature. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the " Calgary–Edmonton Corridor". As of 2021, Edmonton had a city population of 1,010,899 and a metropolitan population of 1,418,118, making it the fifth-largest city and sixth-largest metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost large city and metropolitan area comprising over one million people each. A resident of Edmonton is known as an ''Edmontonian''. Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities ( Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) hus Edmonton is said to be a combination of two cities, two towns and two villages./ref> in addition to a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stargate
''Stargate'' (often stylized in all caps) is a military science fiction media franchise based on the Stargate (film), film directed by Roland Emmerich, which he co-wrote with producer Dean Devlin. The franchise is based on the idea of an alien Einstein–Rosen bridge device (the Stargate (device), Stargate) that enables nearly teleportation, instantaneous travel across the cosmos. The franchise began with the film ''Stargate (film), Stargate'', released on October 28, 1994, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco, which grossed United States dollar, US$197million worldwide. In 1997, Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner created a television series titled ''Stargate SG-1'' as a sequel to the film. This show was joined by ''Stargate Atlantis'' in 2004, ''Stargate Universe'' in 2009, and a prequel web series, ''Stargate Origins'', in 2018. Also consistent with the same story are a variety of List of Stargate literature, books, video games and List of Stargate comics, comic books, as well as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneath (2007 Film)
''Beneath'' is a straight-to-DVD thriller-horror film co-produced in a first time partnership between Paramount Classics (a Viacom subsidiary) and MTV Films. The film is directed by the newcomer Dagen Merrill, who co-wrote the script with Kevin Burke, and the list of producers include Sean Covel and Chris Wyatt, as well as Troy Craig Poon. In Paramount Classics's first horror movie, which marks the company's expansion from acquisitions into the production arena, the cast includes Nora Zehetner and Matthew Settle. Shooting started 2005 in Vancouver, the film was released on DVD August 7, 2007. It was the first direct-to-video title produced by MTV Films. Plot On the way home from visiting her parents' grave, Christy crashes her car into a rock. The impact throws Christy to safety, but her older sister, Vanessa, is trapped inside when the car explodes. Vanessa initially survives, though disfigured and completely burnt. Christy is sent to Pine Bluff Psychiatric Care Center for trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In The Dark (2007 Film)
''Lost in the Dark'' is a television film made for Lifetime TV that aired in July 2007. The screenplay was written by Devon Lehr and Laura Schultz. The executive producer was Joel Rothman. The original title was ''Enemy Within'', and was aired with this title in 2008 on Sky Movies in the United Kingdom. Synopsis A young girl, Amy Tolliver (Mae Whitman), is visiting her grandmother's cabin in a forested mountain area of Maine. Amy has developed a degenerative eye disease that has made her completely blind, and she is trying to cope with her recent handicap. When her boyfriend, David (Matthew Smalley), leaves for supplies, she is left alone. A heavy storm develops and two escaped convicts, Roy (Jason Gray-Stanford) and Jared (Teach Grant) come to the isolated cabin. Amy must try to outwit the two convicts in order to survive. After Amy drops several clues over phone calls to both her boyfriend and the police, a police officer arrives at the cabin, just as Amy discovers her grandmot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Mimzy
{{Infobox film , name = The Last Mimzy , image = The Last Mimzy.jpg , caption = US Promotional poster , director = Robert Shaye , producer = Michael Phillips , based_on = {{Based on, " Mimsy Were the Borogoves", Henry Kuttner C.L. Moore , screenplay = {{plainlist, * Bruce Joel Rubin * Toby Emmerich * James V. Hart * Carol Skilken , starring = {{plainlist, * Joely Richardson * Timothy Hutton * Michael Clarke Duncan * Rainn Wilson * Kathryn Hahn * Chris O'Neil * Rhiannon Leigh Wryn , music = {{plainlist, * Howard Shore * Roger Waters , cinematography = J. Michael Muro , editing = Alan Heim , distributor = New Line Cinema , released = {{Film date, 2007, 3, 23 , runtime = 96 minutes , country = United States , language = English , budget = $35.5 million{{cite web , url=https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1601439,00.html , gross = $2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Days Of Planet Earth
''Final Days of Planet Earth'' is a 2006 science fiction miniseries directed by Robert Lieberman and written by Roger Soffer. Starring Campbell Scott, Gil Bellows, and Daryl Hannah, the movie was produced by RHI Entertainment for the Hallmark Channel. Plot Three years ago, a team of astronaut miners completed a daring space expedition. They embarked on their journey home, but by the time the craft returned to Earth, their commander had gone mad—taking a terrible secret with him to a heavily guarded state asylum for the insane. Today, archeologist Lloyd Walker and entomologist Marianne Winters are among a select group of people who are questioning a possible link between the tragic space mission, the mystery of the commander’s madness, and a series of bizarre disappearances and strange accidents in San Francisco. The answer arrives when they stumble upon an underground colony of insect-like creatures harvesting human bodies for survival. Liz Quinlan, now an employee of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligence (Canadian TV Series)
''Intelligence'' is a Vancouver-based crime drama television series created and written by Chris Haddock starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott that aired on the CBC. With its pilot first airing on November 28, 2005, the series began regular broadcasting on October 10, 2006. CBC reaired the pilot on June 7, 2007 and began broadcasting reruns of season one on Fridays starting on June 8, 2007. A second season then aired from October 2007, concluding in December that same year. The series was produced by Haddock Entertainment, which also produced ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and ''Da Vinci's City Hall''. ''Intelligence'' centres on Jimmy Reardon (Tracey), one of Vancouver's top organized crime bosses, and Mary Spalding (Scott), the director of the Vancouver Organized Crime Unit (OCU), who has offered Reardon immunity from prosecution in exchange for his role as a police informant. The show also stars Matt Frewer as Ted Altman, the scheming assistant director of the OCU who seeks to replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devour (film)
''Devour'' is a 2005 American horror film directed by David Winkler. Plot The story follows Jake Gray (Jensen Ackles), a young man who's been having bizarre visions of murder and self-mutilation, and his experience with a live roleplay-like online game called "The Pathway" (a similar roleplaying as seen in '' The Game''). Following the deaths of his friends Conrad (Teach Grant) and Dakota (Dominique Swain), who introduced him to the game, Jake soon learns that "The Pathway" is actually being run by a man named Aiden Kater (Martin Cummins) and his band of Devil-worshippers. They've been using it to look for a specific person, even as they manipulate others into killing. As their final acts, the victims of "The Pathway" commit suicide in various gruesome ways. With help from Marisol (Shannyn Sossamon), a new friend who dabbles in the mystic occult, Jake learns from a man called Ivan Reisz ( William Sadler) that his wife, Anne Kilton, and their unborn child were taken by Kater an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showrunner
A showrunner (or colloquially a helmer) is the top-level executive producer of a television series production who has creative and management authority through combining the responsibilities of employer and, in comedy or dramas, typically also the head writer, script and story editor. They consult with network and studio bosses and lead the artistic vision of the show, including the writers room, editing department, as well as select the set design, staff, cast members, and each actor's wardrobe and hairstyle. In many instances, the showrunner also created the show, and subsequent seasons could feature different showrunners. While the director has creative control over a film's production, and the executive producer's role is limited to investing, in television shows, the showrunner outranks the episodic directors. History In a January 1990 submission to the United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Jones (actor)
Gary Jones (born 4 January 1958) is a British-born Canadian actor, who has worked on television and on stage both in his native United Kingdom and Canada. He is known for his recurring role as CM Sgt. Walter Harriman in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''. He has also made guest appearances on such shows as ''Sliders'', ''Cold Squad'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' Andromeda'' and ''Dead Like Me''. Gary Jones was a member of the improv group "Mission Improvable", which had a CBC comedy special, before his role on ''Stargate SG-1''. He joined Toronto's Second City Improv Company in the mid-1980s. In 1986, with Second City he went to Vancouver for Expo 86, where they performed for six months at the Expo's Flying Club. After the Expo was finished, Jones stayed in Vancouver, and started his acting career with guest appearances in TV shows such as ''Wiseguy'', ''Airwolf'' and ''Dangerbay''. He was also a player of thVancouver TheatreSports League Gary Jones is known not only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ona Grauer
Ona Grauer is a Canadian-Mexican actress best known for her portrayal of the Ancient Ayiana and later Emily Young in the science fiction television series ''Stargate Universe'', part of the ''Stargate'' franchise. In the FX show ''Archer Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...'', she voices recurring character Katya Kazanova, and a woman impersonating film star Veronica Deane. Grauer has one son and one daughter. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grauer, Ona Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Naturalized citizens of Canada People from Nelson, British Columbia 1975 births People of Mexican descent People of Hungarian descent People of Norwegian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hewlett
David Ian Hewlett (born 18 April 1968) is a British-born Canadian actor, writer, and director known for his role as Dr. Rodney McKay in the '' Stargate'' science-fiction franchise. He first gained fame for his roles as Grant Jansky in the Canadian TV series '' Traders'' (1996—2000) and as David Worth in the Canadian psychological horror film ''Cube'' (1997). He had earlier appeared in the horror film ''Pin'' (1988) and the science-fiction film '' Scanners II: The New Order'' (1991). More recently, Hewlett had a prominent supporting role in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), portraying bad-tempered airplane pilot Douglas Hunsiker opposite John Lithgow and Andy Serkis. Hewlett played the character Fleming in the multi-Academy Award winning film ''The Shape of Water'' (2017). Early life Hewlett was born in Redhill, England, and moved with his family to Canada at the age of four. Hewlett received his first computer in his mid-teens and became a self-described "comput ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
