Daniel Payne (born August 4, 1972) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series '' Alice, I Think''.

Career

In his early 20s, Payne was a professional volleyball player. After his retirement, he was convinced by his brother Josh to move to Australia, where Josh was already living. Dan began his acting career by creating short films with his brother. Payne then moved to the

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, where he supported himself playing, in his words, "the big, dumb American" in various British films and TV shows. He moved to

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in 2001. Payne had numerous roles on the 2002-2005 science fiction series ''

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'', and its 2004-2009 spin-off series '' Stargate Atlantis'', both shot in Vancouver; these included

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s and an Ashrak assassin on ''Stargate SG-1'', and the

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king in the ''Stargate Atlantis'' episode "Sateda". Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in the 2008 film '' Mulligans'', a role of which Payne stated in 2016, "It is still one of my proudest efforts". He also appeared as Dollar Bill in ''

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'' (2009). Payne starred as Cesar Divine in the web based television series ''Divine:The Series'' that stretched four episodes. Payne has starring roles in

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's 2016 movies ''All Yours'', with Nicollette Sheridan and ''A Time To Dance'', with Jennie Garth. Payne also landed a recurring role on '' Good Witch''.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Dan 1972 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Living people Male actors from Victoria, British Columbia Canadian emigrants to Australia