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Unspeakable (TV Series)
''Unspeakable'' is an eight-episode Canadian television drama series created and written by Robert C. Cooper, which aired on CBC Television and SundanceTV in the 2018–19 television season. Based on the books ''Bad Blood'' by Vic Parsons and ''The Gift of Death'' by Andre Picard, the series chronicles the emergence of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in the Canadian Red Cross's blood banks in the early 1980s. Cast Sanders family: *Sarah Wayne Callies as Margaret Sanders *Michael Shanks as Will Sanders *Ricardo Ortiz as Ryan Sanders ** Spencer Drever as Ryan Sanders (teen) Landry family: *Shawn Doyle as Ben Landry *Camille Sullivan as Alice Landry *Levi Meaden as Peter Thomas Landry *Mackenzie Cardwell as Emma Landry ** Trinity Likins as Emma Landry (child) Krepke family: * Aaron Douglas as Jim Krepke *Karyn Mott as Lisa Krepke Hartley family: * David Lewis as Lawrence Hartley *Katelyn Peterson as Jessica Hartley Others *Brian Markinson as Roger Perrault * Randy Charach as Commons chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert C
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Douglas (actor)
Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Galen Tyrol on the Sci Fi Channel's television program ''Battlestar Galactica''. He headlined on the CTV drama ''The Bridge'', which was also picked up by CBS for broadcast in the United States. Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department. CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009 but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired. Douglas starred alongside fellow Battlestar Galactica actor Paul Campbell in a Syfy original movie, ''Killer Mountain'', which premiered August 27, 2011. Early life Aaron Douglas was born in New Westminster, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, Michael Douglas, is a professor and his mother, Arlene Elliot, is a psychologist. He has a brother Chris, who is four years his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows Set In Vancouver
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows Filmed In Vancouver
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s Canadian Drama Television Series
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit (measurement), unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest Positive number, positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the sequence (mathematics), infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Mikita
Andy Mikita is a Canadian television director and producer. He has worked in the TV and film industry for over 30 years. Mikita is best known for his work as a director and producer for ''Stargate SG-1'', and its sister shows ''Stargate Atlantis'' and ''Stargate Universe''. Career Andy Mikita began his television career on the 1987 series ''21 Jump Street'' where he worked as a second assistant director. He worked on many other television series from 1989 to 1996, until he joined ''Stargate SG-1s crew as a first assistant director in 1997 and in 1999 he made his directing debut on the episode "Foothold". Mikita made his acting debut as brief cameo on ''Stargate SG-1'' in the episode " Wormhole X-Treme!", he appeared again as a wedding guest in the episode "200". In early 2009, Mikita was slated to direct a direct-to-DVD ''Stargate Atlantis'' movie with the working title of '' Stargate: Extinction''. The production was shelved later in 2009. Selected filmography Director *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Binder
Carl Binder (born August 10, 1960) is a Canadian television writer and producer. He is most noted for his contributions to the ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis'' series as well as ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and ''Little Men''. Binder currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. Career Binder, who hails from Ontario, has worked extensively in television since the mid-1980s. He helped write the 1995 Disney animated movie, ''Pocahontas''. Binder was set to co-write the third ''Stargate SG-1'' movie with Brad Wright and served as an executive producer for the '' Stargate'' series ''Stargate Universe''. More recently, he worked on '' Transporter: The Series'', ''Houdini and Doyle ''Houdini & Doyle'' is a British television drama series loosely based on the real-world friendship of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A 10-episode first season was ordered by Fox in the United States, ITV in the United Kingdom, an ...'' and the miniseries ''Unspeakable''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregory Smith (actor)
Gregory Edward Smith is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. Smith has appeared in several Hollywood films, and is known for his roles as Alan Abernathy in ''Small Soldiers'', Ephram Brown on The WB television series ''Everwood'', and as Dov Epstein on the ABC/Global police drama series ''Rookie Blue''. Early life Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Terrea (''née'' Oster), a teacher from the United States, and Maurice Smith, a producer of low-budget films originally from the United Kingdom. Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the 1980s. Smith has two brothers, including fellow actor Douglas Smith, and a sister. Career Smith began acting when he was fourteen months old, and appeared in a Tide television commercial and in store catalogues. After a role in the 1994 children's film '' Andre'', he starred in the 1995 direct-to-video release ''Leapin' Leprechauns!'' and its 1996 sequel, ''Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprecha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diana Bang
Diana Bang (born 1981) is a Canadian actress and writer. She played Park Sook-yin in the 2014 film ''The Interview''. Bang has had regular roles on television in '' Away'' and ''The Astronauts'' (2020), '' Y: The Last Man'' (2021) and most recently in ''Resident Alien''. Life and career Bang attended Burnaby North Secondary School, in British Columbia, Canada. Bang's sister, Andrea, is also an actress and writer. Their parents were Korean immigrants to Canada, and initially found it "distressing" that their girls had chosen to pursue acting for their careers, but have since been fully supportive. Bang started her career in the Vancouver sketch comedy group Assaulted Fish before becoming an actress. In 2014, Bang played Sook-yin Park, a North Korean chief propagandist, in ''The Interview''. Bang starred as Dr. Allison Mann in the FX on Hulu FX Networks, LLC, is a company consisting of a network of cable channels plus a production company and a subsidiary of the Disney Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Kwiatkowski
Paloma Kwiatkowski (born May 29, 1994) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Thalia Grace in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (film), ''Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'' (2013) and Cody in Bates Motel (TV series), ''Bates Motel''. She also received two Leo Awards, Leo Award nominations and won once in 2018. Personal life Kwiatkowski was born in Vancouver. She lives in Burnaby, British Columbia. Her parents moved to Canada from Poland. As a high school student at Templeton Secondary School, Kwiatkowski took part in theatre, improv, and film-making. She was captain of the improv team which competed in the Canadian Improv Games and received a scholarship to an acting program. Having graduated from high school in 2012, she was accepted into Simon Fraser University's film program but decided to defer her enrollment. Career In April 2012, it was announced that Kwiatkowski had been cast as the demi-god List of characters in the Camp Half-Blood se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
