Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.[1] He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding, for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002[2] and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001,[3] and The Dick Knost Show, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.[4]

He has also appeared in the films Live Bait, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles, Moving Malcolm, See Grace Fly, Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway, and the television series The X-Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.

He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia,[5] is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia.[1]

Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics. In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC)[6] Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.[7]

Contributions to cybernetics

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Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics[8] and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.[9]

Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.[10]

Personal life

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He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Live Bait Trevor MacIntosh
1997 Drive, She Said Arnold The Gas Guy
1998 Dirty David
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Reporter
2000 No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed Peter
2001 Lunch with Charles Tom
2001 Last Wedding Peter
2003 The Core Acker
2003 Moving Malcolm Mover
2003 See Grace Fly James
2004 The Thing Below Edward Lynch
2004 Walking Tall Merle Crowe
2004 Lies Like Truth Danny Fitterson
2004 Everyone Roger
2005 The Hamster Cage Paul Also producer
2008 Crime Brent
2008 Mothers & Daughters Dinner Party Guest Thomas
2010 Repeaters Sgt. Gerald Tibbs
2010 Fathers & Sons Tom
2011 Exley Poker Player #1
2011 Sisters & Brothers Henry Adams Also co-creator
2012 Crimes of Mike Recket Peter
2013 The Dick Knost Show Dick Knost Also producer
2014 Bad City The Chief
2018 Kingsway Bar Buddy

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Dead Ahead Deputy Hutchins Television film
1996 Psi Factor Howie Samek Episode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation"
1996, 1997 The X-Files Michael Sloan / Young Johansen Episodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru"
1997 Dead Man's Gun Deputy Harold Cooper Episode: "Fortune Teller"
1998 The Wonderful World of Disney Monte Marks Episode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure"
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest David Episode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2002 The Dead Zone Sports Nut Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2002 The Twilight Zone Writer #1 Episode: "Gabe's Story"
2003 Stargate SG-1 Chazen Episode: "Prophecy"
2003 Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow Len Birmbaum Television film
2005 Cold Squad Lee Styles Episode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses"
2021 Trigger Me Phillip 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Refs
1999 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Dirty Nominated [12]
2000 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Babette's Feet Nominated [13]
2001 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama What Else Have You Got? Nominated [14]
2002 17th Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest
Episode: "Oppenheimer Park"
Won [15]
22nd Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Last Wedding Nominated [16]
Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest
Episode: "Oppenheimer Park"
Nominated [17]
Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Last Wedding Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 Best Actor in Canadian Film Last Wedding Nominated [3]
2004 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama See Grace Fly Nominated [18]
Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Exposures Won
2011 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Fathers & Sons Nominated [19]
2012 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Sisters & Brothers Won [20]
2014 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor in a Canadian Film The Dick Knost Show Nominated [4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lynn Mitges, "Students acting like they should; Program at UBC gives them the tools to take into the real world". The Province, January 10, 2008.
  2. ^ Michael Posner, "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001.
  3. ^ a b Katherine Monk, "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002.
  4. ^ a b "And the 2014 VFCC nominees are...". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Neworld Theatre". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, October 26, 2020.
  6. ^ "ASC Executive Board - American Society for Cybernetics".
  7. ^ "NBN Home".
  8. ^ Scholte, T. (2020). A proposal for the role of the arts in a new phase of second-order cybernetics. Kybernetes, 49(8), 2153-2170. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-03-2019-0172
  9. ^ Scholte, T., & Sweeting, B. (2022). Possibilities for a critical cybernetics. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2891
  10. ^ Scholte, T. (2020). You’re a cybernetician. Act like one! A commentary upon the 2019 conference of the American Society for Cybernetics. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 27(2), 9-15. https://www.chkjournal.com/node/360
  11. ^ Malcolm Parry, "Ode to the Travelall, the original SUV". Vancouver Sun, July 31, 2004.
  12. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 1999 at www.leoawards.com
  13. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2000 at www.leoawards.com
  14. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2001 at www.leoawards.com
  15. ^ "And the Gemini winners are…" at playbackonline.ca
  16. ^ "Who will take home the hardware?" at playbackonline.ca
  17. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2002 at www.leoawards.com
  18. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2004 at www.leoawards.com
  19. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2011 at www.leoawards.com
  20. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2012 at www.leoawards.com
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