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Father's Day (Forever Knight)
''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series created by Barney Cohen and James D. Parriott. The series aired on CBS from 5 May 1992 to 17 May 1996, broadcasting three seasons and a total of 70 episodes. There were no new episodes shown during the entire 1993–94 TV season. The show is an adaptation of a made-for-television film, '' Nick Knight'', which premiered on 20 August 1989. CBS initially declined to option the film for a television series. In the summer of 1992, the series was picked up with all but one of the actors being replaced and the storyline for the film acting as the first two episodes of the series. ''Forever Knight'' follows the life of Nick Knight (Geraint Wyn Davies), an 800-year-old vampire who works as a police detective in modern-day Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Knight
''Forever Knight'' is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern-day Toronto, Ontario. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992, and concluded with the third-season finale on May 17, 1996. Plot Nick Knight (Forever Knight), Nick Knight is a Toronto police detective who works the wikt:graveyard shift, graveyard shift with his partner. Unbeknownst to most of his colleagues, Nick is actually Nicholas, an 800-year-old vampire (his human surname was reference to his status as a literal knight in medieval France). Remorseful over centuries spent as a vampiric cold-hearted killer, Nicholas serves the public good as a police officer. He often uses his special abilities to bring criminals to justice. Whenever he works o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Preston
Cynthia Preston, sometimes credited as Cyndy Preston (born May 18, 1968), is a Canadian actress. Life and career Preston was born in Toronto, Ontario. She made her screen debut in the 1986 television film ''Miles to Go...'' playing Jill Clayburgh' daughter. She appeared in a number of Canadian television dramas the following years, include ''Night Heat'', ''Diamonds'', '' The Hitchhiker'', and '' Street Legal''. She played the female leading roles in horror films '' Pin'' (1988), '' The Brain'' (1988), and '' Prom Night III: The Last Kiss'' (1989). Preston starred in the 1994 award-winning comedy-drama film '' Whale Music'' opposite Maury Chaykin. In 1999, she starred in the Showtime science fiction series '' Total Recall 2070'' alongside Michael Easton. The series was canceled after single season of 22 episodes. She guest-starred on ''The X-Files'', '' Andromeda'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Bones'', '' Flashpoint'' and ''Hannibal''. From 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ''Through the Looking-Glass'' (1871). He was noted for his facility with word play, logic, and fantasy. His poems ''Jabberwocky'' (1871) and ''The Hunting of the Snark'' (1876) are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. Some of Alice's nonsensical wonderland logic reflects his published work on mathematical logic. Carroll came from a family of high-church Anglicanism, Anglicans, and pursued his clerical training at Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar, teacher and (necessarily for his academic fellowship at the time) Anglican deacon. Alice Liddell – a daughter of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, Dean of Christ Church – is wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwynyth Walsh
Gwynyth Walsh (born 1956) is a Canadian actress best known for her role of the ''Star Trek'' character B'Etor, one of the Duras sisters. She also played constable Nimira in the '' Star Trek: Voyager'' episode " Random Thoughts", and provided the voice for the character Grey Mother, in the video game The Long Dark. Walsh earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Alberta and started her career appearing on stage across Canada and in the United States in many classics. For Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...'s ''Much Ado About Nothing'' she won a Dramalogue Award - Best Actress for her portrayal of Beatrice. Her first appearance on screen was in a 1983 TV movie ''Pajama Tops''. Filmography Film Television References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Langlois
Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater. Life and career Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton. She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery '' Blood Relatives'' (1978) opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, ''Violette Nozière'' (1978). Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller ''Phobia'' (1980), directed by John Huston. She appeared in another 1980 film, '' Klondike Fever'', and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film '' Happy Birthday to Me'' (1981), the teen actioner ''Class of 1984'' (1982), and the killer rat sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Morgenstern
Stephanie Morgenstern (born December 10, 1965) is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been '' The Sweet Hereafter, Maelström, Julie and Me (Revoir Julie)'' and ''Forbidden Love''. Morgenstern is also widely recognized by anime fans as the voice of Sailor Venus in the DIC Entertainment English dub of ''Sailor Moon'' in the first few seasons as well as the movies. Additionally, she provided the voice of Regina in the '' Dino Crisis'' series, and Yin in ''Yin Yang Yo!''. Life and career Along with her writing partner and husband Mark Ellis, Morgenstern created '' Flashpoint'', a Canadian TV police drama which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended by creative choice in 2012. The show was awarded the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larissa Laskin
Larissa Laskin is a Canadian actress whose credits include the A&E original film, '' The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2000). Early life Born Larissa Lapchinski, Laskin appeared under that name in a number of stage productions in the 1980s at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. Career Laskin debuted in '' My Secret Identity'' in the early 1990s. In 2002-2003, she co-starred as Dr. Rachel Griffen in the medical drama ''Body and Soul'' on the PAX network. She also appeared as a doctor held hostage by a father (Denzel Washington) in an attempt to save his son in ''John Q''. She was nominated for a Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ... in 1995, 1998, and 2003. Personal life She was married to fellow Canadian actor Currie Graham. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie-Anne Moss
Carrie-Anne Moss (born August 21, 1967) is a Canadian actress. After early roles on television, she rose to international prominence for her role of Trinity in ''The Matrix'' series (1999–present). She has starred in '' Memento'' (2000), for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, '' Red Planet'' (2000), '' Chocolat'' (2000), '' Fido'' (2006), '' Snow Cake'' (2006), for which she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, '' Disturbia'' (2007), '' Unthinkable'' (2010), '' Silent Hill: Revelation'' (2012), and ''Pompeii'' (2014). She also portrayed Jeri Hogarth in several television series produced by Marvel Television for Netflix, most notably ''Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019). Early life Carrie-Anne Moss was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, the daughter of Barbara and Melvyn Moss. She has an older brother, Brooke. Moss's mother reportedly named her after the Hollies' 1967 hit song, "Carrie Anne", which had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Borris
Clay Borris (born March 31, 1950) is a Canadians, Canadian film and television director and screenwriter."Cabbagetown kid makes good". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 18, 1981. He is most noted for his 1981 film ''Alligator Shoes'', for which he was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982. Born in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Campbellton, New Brunswick and raised in the Cabbagetown, Toronto, Cabbagetown district of Toronto, Ontario, his first short film ''Parliament Street'' was released in 1968. He made a number of further short films, including ''Paper Boy'' and ''Rose's House'', before releasing ''Alligator Shoes'', his feature debut, in 1981;"On the lookout for a new chance to step out in Alligator Shoes". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 19, 1989. ''Rose's House'' was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best TV Drama at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Cassar
John Francis "Jon" Cassar (born 27 April 1958) is a Maltese-Canadian television director and producer, known for his work on the first seven seasons of '' 24''. In 2006, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work on the episode " Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.". In 2011, he produced and directed all episodes of the Canadian-American miniseries '' The Kennedys'', for which he won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Television Film and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries or Movie. Early life Jon Francis Cassar was born in Malta on 27 April 1958, and immigrated to Canada in 1963 with his mother, Elda (née Segona), and father, Frank Cassar. He has two younger siblings, Bernard Cassar and Kristine Palsis. Cassar is a graduate of Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario. Career After '' La Femme Nikita'' ended, for which he directed 14 episodes, Cassar began working as direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Marr
Leon Marr (May 26, 1948 – July 22, 2019) was a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter, who won a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for '' Dancing in the Dark''. He was also a nominee, but did not win, for Best Director. Early life Marr was born in 1948 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a Jewish Polish father and a Catholic mother. The family name, before emigration to Canada, had been Marijinsky. Before becoming a notable film director, Marr attended both the University of Toronto and the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute.Jay Scott, "Canadian film dances darkly into spotlight". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 16, 1986. Career Marr directed several short films, including ''Flowers In The Sand'', the theme music for which was composed and performed by Dan Hill. He wrote several unproduced screenplays and worked as an assistant to Norman Jewison on the 1982 film '' Best Friends''. The first longer film Marr worked on was known as ''Flya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Farmer
Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian First Nations ( Cayuga) actor and musician. He is best known for his Independent Spirit Award-nominated roles in '' Powwow Highway'' (1989), ''Dead Man'' (1995) and '' Smoke Signals'' (1998). He briefly reprised his role as Nobody from ''Dead Man'' in '' Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai'' (1999). He is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of First Nations media in Canada and is the founding director of an urban Indian radio network, Aboriginal Voices Radio Network. Early life and education Farmer was born in Ohsweken, Ontario into the Cayuga Nation and Wolf Clan of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy.Gary Farmer Biography yahoo.com; accessed December 28, 2015. He grew up in the American city of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
