Adrian Holmes (born March 31, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work on the
Bravo television series
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''
19-2'', for which he won a
Canadian Screen Award
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in 2017.
He is also known for playing the role of Uncle Phil in the ''
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
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'' reboot ''
Bel-Air''.
Early life
Holmes was born to
Bajan
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Geography and culture
Barbados
* Barbadians, known by the colloquialism Bajan(s) (pronounced 'bay-jun')
* Barbadian English language
* Bajan Creole, a Creole language
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* Something or someone from Baja ...
parents in
Wrexham
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,
North Wales
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,
and moved with his family to
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, when he was five.
He studied nursing at
Langara College, in part to appease his mother, who felt he needed a backup plan if his acting career was unsuccessful.
Career
Holmes has had a long career, but is best known for his television roles, such as Basqat on ''
Smallville'', Marcus Mitchell on ''
True Justice
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'' and Frank Pike on ''
Arrow''.
His most notable role is Nick Barron in the English Language version of ''
19-2'' on
Bravo,
which garnered him a
in 2017.
His film work includes ''
Red Riding Hood
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'',
''
Elysium''
and ''
The Cabin in the Woods
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''.
In 2021 Adrian was cast as Uncle Phil in the show Bel air, a reboot turned series drama of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Will Smith gave him the stamp of approval. He has recently been cast as the first live-action version of
Robert April, the first captain of the USS ''
Enterprise
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'', in ''
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''. (April had previously appeared in animated form in "
The Counter-Clock Incident
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", the final episode of ''
Star Trek: The Animated Series'', where he was voiced by
James Doohan
James Montgomery Doohan (; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, author and soldier, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series '' Star Trek''. Doohan's characterization of the Scottis ...
.)
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
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Living people
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male voice actors
20th-century Canadian male actors
21st-century Canadian male actors
Male actors from Vancouver
Place of birth missing (living people)
1974 births
Black Canadian male actors
Black British actors
Welsh emigrants to Canada
Best Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners
Canadian people of Barbadian descent
Welsh people of Barbadian descent
Langara College people