Hugh Thompson (Canadian actor)

Hugh Thompson is a Canadian stage and screen actor known for Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111, Black Harbour and Forgive Me.

Hugh Thompson
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor

Career

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Thompson won the Gemini Award for Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111.[1] He was nominated for an ACTRA Award[2] and a Canadian Screen Award[3] for his work on Forgive Me. For his theatre work, Thompson was honored by the Robert Merritt Awards for his performances in Whale Riding Weather in 2013[4] for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 2012,[5] for Kingfisher Days in 2018,[6] and was nominated for his work in Jacob's Wake in 2004 and Some Blow Flutes in 2019.[7][8]

His other film credits have included Noise, Whole New Thing, Poor Boy's Game, Copperhead, Splinters and Stage Mother.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Maximum Risk Bohemia Doorman
2005 Whole New Thing Claude
2006 A Stone's Throw Jean Marc
2007 Snow Angels Inspector Burns
2007 Poor Boy's Game Chris Webb
2008 Growing Op Bowman
2013 Copperhead Hurley
2014 Lure Warden
2015 Across the Line Len Jacobsen
2017 Touched Gabriel
2018 Splinters Henry
2020 Stage Mother Jeb

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989 War of the Worlds Ray Episode: "The Raising of Lazarus"
1989 Looking for Miracles Mo Television film
1995 The Great Defender Jimmy McDonald Episode: "Pilot"
1995 Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story Sergeant Greenway Television film
1995 Net Worth Red Kelly
1996 A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story Richard Beres
1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice Det. Cotton Hawes
1996 Mistrial Sergeant A. Reeves
1996, 1999 Psi Factor Carl Brewster / John Gardner 2 episodes
1997 Due South Bradley Torrance Episode: "The Bounty Hunter"
1997–1999 Black Harbour Buddy Brigley 21 episodes
1998 Recipe for Revenge Elliot Saunders Television film
1999 Total Recall 2070 Meadows Episode: "Bones Beneath My Skin"
1999–2000 Traders Wayne Kettler 5 episodes
2000 Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 Everett Barkhouse Television film
2001 Stolen Miracle Phil Lewis
2002 Trudeau Ron Basford
2002 The Christmas Shoes Jack Andrews
2002 100 Days in the Jungle Colin Fraser
2002 Society's Child Sean Best
2003 Another Country Bruce Connelly
2005 The Eleventh Hour Sgt. Tom Huber Episode: "Das Bootcamp"
2005 Our Fathers Tom Blanchette Television film
2005 The Christmas Blessing Jack Andrews
2005 Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery Brian Pritzker
2006 October 1970 Donald McLeery 8 episodes
2006 Canada Russia '72 Gary Bergman 2 episodes
2008 MVP Joe 3 episodes
2008 The Memory Keeper's Daughter Al Television film
2009 Flashpoint Brian Baumann Episode: "Business as Usual"
2009 Sea Wolf Johanssen Episode #1.2
2010 Haven Captain Richards Episode: "Sketchy"
2011 Rookie Blue Ray Nixon Episode: "The One That Got Away"
2013–2018 Forgive Me Smith 11 episodes
2015 The Book of Negroes Constable Theodore Barnes Episode #1.5
2019 Murdoch Mysteries Dan Seavey Episode: "Pirates of the Great Lakes"
2019 Pure Sergeant Wolfitt 5 episodes
2019 Reel East Coast Gerard Episode #5.4
2019–2020 Diggstown Gregor Ross 4 episodes
2021 Chapelwaite Constable Dennison 10 episodes
2022 Reacher Officer Baker 8 episodes

References

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  1. ^ Posner, Michael (30 October 2001). "Da Vinci wins another Gemini". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. ^ Barnard, Elissa (14 January 2014). "Actor gets nod for ACTRA nomination". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards '15: Performance categories". Playback. Brunico Communications Ltd. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Robert Merritt Award Winners 2013" (PDF). Theatre Nova Scotia Official Website. Theatre Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Robert Merritt Award Winners 2012" (PDF). Theatre Nova Scotia Official Website. Theatre Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  6. ^ Arsenault, Tim (March 5, 2018). "Theatre Nova Scotia announces Merritt Awards nominees". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Robert Merritt Award Nominations 2004" (PDF). Theatre Nova Scotia Official Website. Theatre Nova Scotia. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Theatre Nova Scotia's Robert Merritt Award Nominations 2019" (PDF). Theatre Nova Scotia. 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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