Steve Bacic (/ˈbeɪsɪk/ BAY-sik;[1] Croatian: Bačić pronounced [ˈbatʃitɕ]) is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing the characters Gaheris and Telemachus Rhade[1] on the Sci-Fi series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda.[2] After guest starring in seasons 1-3 as both characters, he joined the cast early in season 4 as Telemachus.[1] In total, he was in 44 of the 110 Andromeda episodes. Beginning in 2013, he co-starred as Jason in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel Garage Sale Mysteries series of TV films.
Steve Bacic | |
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 Bacic in 2008 | |
| Born | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Biography
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Bacic was born in Lisičić, a village in Croatia, and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.[3]
In his mid-twenties, a road trip with friends led to settling into Vancouver, British Columbia, where, intrigued by all the television and film production going on there, he decided to stay and took acting classes. He read for a bit part in the 5th season of 21 Jump Street but instead landed the lead guest-starring role.[1]
His television roles have included appearances on Street Justice, The Outer Limits, Highlander, Stargate SG-1, Smallville, ER,[2] Republic of Doyle and The X-Files where he played a SWAT officer who douses himself with gasoline in a memorable episode. His film appearances include The 6th Day, Threshold, X2 and the Hallmark Channel film The Colt,[4] and Deck the Halls, Safe Harbor and She Made Them Do It on Lifetime.
Bacic also played Prince Barin in the 2007 Flash Gordon TV series. His TV series The Guard[5] premiered January 22, 2008 on Global Television Network in Canada.[2] He plays Miro Da Silva, one of the four leads.[6] The series is a drama series about the Canadian Coast Guard.[7] He was cast as "Dark Archer" in the ninth season of Smallville in episode 10 called "Disciple".[8][9] He played Goran on the HBO series Big Love,[10] season 4. He also plays the character Trevor Wilson (formerly Bobby) in season one of Julie and the Phantoms.
Filmography
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edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Frank | |
| 1995 | Deadly Sins | Eric | |
| 1997 | Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball | Carlos | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | The 6th Day | Johnny Phoenix | |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve | Richard Wade | Direct-to-video |
| 2001 | The Shipment | Jimmy | |
| 2002 | Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | FBI Agent Fleming | [11] |
| 2003 | X2 | Hank McCoy | Cameo[12][13] |
| 2003 | Firefight | Jonas | |
| 2006 | John Tucker Must Die | Skip #1 | |
| 2007 | Good Luck Chuck | Howard | |
| 2007 | Afghan Knights | Pepper | [14] |
| 2008 | Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists | Eurylochus | |
| 2008 | Stargate: Continuum | Camulus | |
| 2010 | The Final Storm | Tom Grady | [15] |
| 2011 | Tactical Force | Officer Blanco | |
| 2013 | A Haunting at Silver Falls | Kevin Sanders | |
| 2013 | 5 Souls | Sam | Direct-to-video |
| 2013 | Suddenly | Dan Carney | |
| 2015 | Go with Me | Fitzgerald | |
| 2017 | Cold Zone | Dr. Tim Hughes | |
| 2017 | Killing Gunther | Max | |
| 2017 | Wonder | Mr. Albans | |
| 2018 | Lemonade | Moji | [16] |
| 2020 | 2 Hearts | Jose Bolivar |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 21 Jump Street | Tommy Boylan Jr. | Episode: "Wasted" |
| 1991–1992 | Street Justice | "Loco" Louis Parades | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | Born to Run | Groom | Television film |
| 1994 | The Commish | Tito Muniz | Episode: "Father Eddie" |
| 1994 | M.A.N.T.I.S. | Aquino | Episode: "Tango Blue" |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Peter | Episode: "Little Odessa" |
| 1995 | She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal | Boomer | Television film |
| 1995–1996 | The X-Files | Officer #2 Agent Collins |
2 episodes |
| 1996 | In the Lake of the Woods | Lieutenant | Television film |
| 1996 | Viper | Dirk Minyard Parker |
2 episodes |
| 1996 | Highlander: The Series | Luke Sarsfield | Episode: "Little Tin God" |
| 1996–1997 | The Outer Limits | Roy Griffin "Griff" |
2 episodes |
| 1996–1997 | Profit | Seth | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Millennium | Deputy Kevin Reilly | Episode: "Covenant" |
| 1998 | The Sentinel | Joe Brock | Episode: "Finkelman's Folly" |
| 1998 | The X-Files | SWAT Commander | Episode: "Folie a Deux" |
| 1998 | Voyage of Terror | Alex Reid | Television film |
| 1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Police Constable #3 | Episode: "Little Sister: Part 2" |
| 1998 | The Net | Cam Waverly | Episode: "Harvest" |
| 1998 | First Wave | Paul | Episode: "Undesirables" |
| 1999 | Night Man | Raul Marquez | Episode: "NightWoman Returns" |
| 1999 | Heaven's Fire | Rudy | Television film |
| 1999 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Freddie | Episode: "Honey, Name That Tune" |
| 1999 | Cold Feet | Chipper Smith | Episode: "A Thong, a Potty and a Napoleon" |
| 2000 | Earth: Final Conflict | Scott Pierce | Episode: "Through Your Eyes" |
| 2000 | Stargate SG-1 | Major Michael Patrick Coburn | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Quarantine | Joe Blake | Television film |
| 2000 | Call of the Wild | Oscar Deville | Episode: "Molly Brown" |
| 2000–2001 | Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda | Gaheris Rhade Telemachus Rhade |
5 episodes |
| 2001 | Beastmaster | Kim | Episode: "Tao's Brother" |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | Soldier 2 | Episode: "Meow" |
| 2001 | Smallville | Garage Worker | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2001 | Los Luchadores | Rodney the Ranger | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Handyman | Episode: "My So-Called Life and Death"[17] |
| 2001–2002 | Just Deal | Coach | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | The Associates | Mark | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Mysterious Ways | Ralph | Episode: "Something Fishy" |
| 2002 | Jeremiah | Gregory | Episode: "Ring of Truth" |
| 2002 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Dirk Sidwell | Episode: "The Wealthy Widow, The Witness, The Accident, Bad Dreams & Mental" |
| 2002 | Body & Soul | Dr. Leslie Thomas | Episode: "Letting Go" |
| 2002 | Adventure Inc. | Stefan George | Episode: "Bride of the Sun" |
| 2002 | Just Cause | Al Sutherland | Episode: "Lama Hunt" |
| 2003 | Mutant X | Nick Maddox | Episode: "Within These Walls" |
| 2003 | The Twilight Zone | Ted Saicheck | Episode: "How Much Do You Love Your Kid?" |
| 2003 | Threshold | Frank Hansen | Television film |
| 2003 | Black Sash | Hector | Episode: "Jump Start" |
| 2003 | Out of Order | Phillip | 6 episodes |
| 2003 | Encrypt | Lapierre | Television film |
| 2003–2005 | Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda | Gaheris Rhade Telemachus Rhade |
40 episodes |
| 2004 | Deception | Max | Television film |
| 2004 | Stargate SG-1 | Camulus | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | The Colt | Sgt. Longacre | Television film |
| 2005 | Deck the Halls | Nickolas St. Clair | Television film |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | John Ralston | Episode: "Haeckel's Tale"[18] |
| 2006 | Safe Harbor | Sam Wyatt | Television film |
| 2006 | Romeo! | Mitch Sullivan | Episode: "Tee'd Off" |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Frederick | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Whistler | Adam Lawson | 3 episodes |
| 2006 | Psych | David Morrison Wilcroft | Episode: "Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets" |
| 2006 | Three Moons Over Milford | Chet | Episode: "Goodnight Moon" |
| 2006 | All She Wants for Christmas | James Emerson | Television film |
| 2007 | ER | Derek Marshak | Episode: "Photographs and Memories" |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Rod Vickers | Episode: "Rush" |
| 2007 | Supernatural File | Pastor Joe Robles | Television film |
| 2007 | Flash Gordon | Prince Barin | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Blood Ties | Paul "Dirty" Deeds | Episode: "D.O.A." |
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Colonel Jurgen Belzen | Television film |
| 2008–2009 | The Guard | Miro Da Silva | Lead role (22 episodes) |
| 2009 | Supernatural | Dr. Sexy | Episode: "Changing Channels" |
| 2009 | Cra$h & Burn | Pavel Korkov[19][20] | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | Smallville | Vordigan / Dark Archer | Episode: "Disciple" |
| 2010 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Ruman Marinov | Episode: "Burned" |
| 2010–2011 | Big Love | Goran | 6 episodes |
| 2011 | Ghost Storm | Carl | Television film |
| 2011 | Endgame | Steven MacDonald/Abramyk | Episode: "The Other Side of Summer" |
| 2011 | The Listener | Luke Cassel | Episode: "Reckoning" |
| 2011 | To the Mat | Scottie Durkan | Television film |
| 2012 | Arctic Air | Rafael Silva | Episode: "All In"[21] |
| 2012 | True Justice | Eli Cohen | Episode: "Vengeance is Mine" |
| 2012 | XIII: The Series | Andrej Kalishkanov | Episode: "Gauntlet" |
| 2012 | Flashpoint | Sergeant Robert Gray | Episode: "We Take Care of Our Own" |
| 2012 | The Selection | Mylan | Television film |
| 2013 | Cracked | Miller Branson | Episode: "How the Light Gets In" |
| 2013 | Nearlyweds | Mark | Television film |
| 2013 | She Made Them Do It | Sean | Television film |
| 2013 | Fatal Performance | Mark Thomas | Television film |
| 2013 | Profile for Murder | Sam | Television film |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | The Grendel | Episode: "Forget Me Not" |
| 2013 | Rita | Tom | Television film |
| 2013–2014 | Spooksville | George Freeman | 7 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Republic of Doyle | Inspector Craig Smallwood | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | When Calls the Heart | Charles Spurlock | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | My Gal Sunday | Claudus Jovanet | Television film |
| 2014 | The 100 | Caliban | Episode: "The Calm" |
| 2014 | The Haunting Hour: The Series | Dad | Episode: "Return of the Pumpkinheads" |
| 2014–2019 | Garage Sale Mystery | Jason Shannon | 15 episodes |
| 2015 | The Whispers | Reid | Episode: "Meltdown" |
| 2015 | Sugar Babies | Leo Granger | Television film |
| 2015 | Stolen Daughter | Jack Tripping | Television film |
| 2015 | The Bridge | Wade Callens | Television film |
| 2016 | Get Out Alive | James Raymond | Television film |
| 2016 | Second Chance | Bennet | 3 episodes |
| 2016 | The Bridge Part 2 | Wade Callens | Television film |
| 2016 | Aftermath | Jeff Cottrell | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | A Christmas to Remember | Brad | Television film |
| 2017 | Deadly Sorority | Professor Justin Miller | Television film |
| 2017 | Ring of Deception | Martin Hale | Television film |
| 2017 | All for Love | Colin Kelly | Television film[22] |
| 2017 | Hit the Road | Werner Skelter | Episode: "Gone, Daddy, Gone" |
| 2017 | A Joyous Christmas | Stuart Ryan | Television film |
| 2017–2018 | Arrow | Sean Sonus | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Taken | Augustin Vikhrov | Episode: "Render" |
| 2018 | Once Upon a Christmas Miracle | Jack | Television film |
| 2019 | Ransom | Alexei Smirnov | Episode: "Prima" |
| 2020 | Mystery 101 | Mac McKinnon | Episode: "An Education in Murder" |
| 2020 | Motherland: Fort Salem | General Voronin | Episode: "A Biddy's Life" |
| 2020 | The Order | Malachai | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Julie and the Phantoms | Trevor Wilson | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Supernatural | Pastor Joe | Episode: "Gimme Shelter" |
| 2020 | Christmas with the Darlings | Charles Darlington | Television film |
| 2020–present | Virgin River | Wesley Logan, Vince Logan (identical twins)[23] | 5 episodes |
| 2021 | Two Sentence Horror Stories | Sheriff Stone | Episode: "Manifest Destiny" |
| 2021 | Debris | Beck | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Nancy Drew | Daniel West | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Van Helsing | Emmett's Dad | 1 episode |
| 2021 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Doc | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Maid | Micah | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Love, Classified | Brian | Television film |
| 2022 | Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas | Carter | Television film |
| 2023 | Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New | Detective Cook | Television film |
| 2023 | Fourth Down and Love | Richard | Television film |
| 2023 | Wilderness | Elliot | 2 episodes |
Awards
edit| Year | Group | Award | Work | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | The Guard | Nominated | [24][25] |
| 2009 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | The Guard | Nominated | [26] |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Waiting for lift-off; U of W alumnus Steve Bacic hopes to revise role on Andromeda" by Ted Shaw, The Windsor Star (17 Jan, 2004) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 254530792
- ^ a b c "Steve Bacic is feeling at home; After working in Los Angeles, The Guard star is delighted to be working on a Canadian show" by Ted Shaw, Times Colonist (20 Jan, 2008) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 348218512
- ^ "Steve Bacic Biography". filmreference.com. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "A Colt Born on a Battlefield, When Men Were Gallant" by Anita Gates at www.nytimes.com
- ^ "Critic's Choice: The Guard" by Henrietta Walmark at www.theglobeandmail.com
- ^ "Water-logged role goes swimmingly for Zoie Palmer" by Bill Brioux at www.thestar.com
- ^ "Action-packed series borders on the hysterical" by John Doyle at www.theglobeandmail.com
- ^ "Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Greys', 'Glee', 'Fringe' 'Heroes', 'Smallville' and More!". Entertainment Weekly. October 7, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-10-10. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
- ^ "Smallville: Steve Bacic is the Archer to the Arrow". buddytv.com. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ "'Big Love's' season 5 reboots the series" by Verne Gay at newsday.com
- ^ "FILM REVIEW; Spies and Assassins Pack Plenty of Pow" by Elvis Mitchell at www.nytimes.com
- ^ "The First X-Men Movie Almost Featured Beast in Major Role" by Don Kaye at www.denofgeek.com
- ^ "The heroes and villains of X-Men: First Class" by James Hunt at www.denofgeek.com
- ^ Afghan Knights (2007) review by Jon Condit at www.dreadcentral.com
- ^ "The Uwe Boll Turkey Day Extravaganza!" by Foywonder at www.dreadcentral.com
- ^ "Movie review: Montreal-shot Lemonade explores perils of immigration system" by T'Cha Dunlevy at montrealgazette.com
- ^ "Romance is Dead: 14 Lovesick Horror Anthology TV Episodes to Watch This Valentine’s Day" by Paul Lê at bloody-disgusting.com
- ^ Masters of Horror: Haeckel’s Tale review by Debi Moore at www.dreadcentral.com
- ^ "Series premiere: Cra$h and Burn" by Denise Duguay at nationalpost.com
- ^ "Series premiere: Cra$h and Burn" by Denise Duguay at montrealgazette.com
- ^ "YVRShoots - CBC Dramas Arctic Air & Republic of Doyle Soar" by Susan Gittins at www.vancouverisawesome.com
- ^ "Saturday’s TV Highlights and weekend talk shows: ‘All for Love’ on Hallmark Channel" by Matt Cooper at www.latimes.com
- ^ "We finally know who shot Jack on Virgin River" by Maureen Lee Lenker at ew.com
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2008 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ "Normal, Brightlight lead pack at 10th Leos" by Alison Cunningham at playbackonline.ca
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2009 at www.leoawards.com
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steve Bacic.
- Steve Bacic's official site (copy archived February 16, 2020)
- Steve Bacic at IMDb