Forbes March (born May 12, 1973)
is a British-born Canadian actor.
Career
March originally started acting in
Vancouver
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, where he landed his first series, ''
Northwood''. He soon started working as a
model
A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , .
Models can be divided in ...
and did print work for
Armani
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,
Tommy H. and Marlboro Clothing.
March's first big acting role was
Scott Chandler on the
ABC daytime
soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
''
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2 ...
'' in 1999. Paired with new character Becca Tyree (
Abigail Spencer), he was written off the series in 2000. March and Spencer soon worked together again on the 2001
independent film
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''Campfire Stories''. He next played Jesse Kilmartin on the Canadian
science fiction
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series ''
Mutant X'' from 2001 until the show's cancellation in 2004. In late July 2005, he returned to daytime television as
Nash Brennan on ABC's ''
One Life to Live
''One Life to Live'' (often abbreviated as ''OLTL'') is an American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as ...
'' from July 7, 2005 to July 16, 2008.
From July to November, 2009, March played Mason Jarvis on the daytime drama series ''
As the World Turns
''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other so ...
''.
He also appeared in ''
Degrassi Takes Manhattan
''Degrassi Takes Manhattan'', titled "The Rest of My Life" in syndication, is a 2010 Canadian television film based on the teen drama television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'', the fourth entry of the ''Degrassi'' television franchis ...
'', a film adaptation of the
Canadian television series which was released in 2010.
After leaving ''As the World Turns'', March quit acting and established a new business, the New York Firewood Company. The firm supplies wood for restaurants and private residences in New York City.
Personal life
March was arrested in March 2023 for siphoning used cooking oil from a storage container at a diner located in
Kingston, NY.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Canadian male soap opera actors
Canadian male television actors
English emigrants to Canada
Male actors from Bristol