Brent Stait (born September 9, 1959[1]) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles as Rev Bem in the science fiction television series Andromeda[2] and Louis Ferretti in Stargate SG-1.[3]
Brent Stait | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1959 Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Biography
editStait was born in Snow Lake, Manitoba[1] and grew up in The Pas.[4][5] Though it is commonly said that Stait left Andromeda due to an allergic reaction to the prosthetics his character required, a 2011 interview revealed his departure was motivated by "physical exhaustion" from wearing the full Rev Bem costume.[6]
Stait substituted for the body of Michael Kenmore in his Wraith form in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Allies", though Connor Trinneer continued to provide the voice. Trinneer returned to the full role after this singular episode as shown in "The Kindred (Part 1)".[citation needed]
Stait played DC Comics superhero Doctor Fate in Absolute Justice,[7] a film that takes place inside the events of the ninth season of the Superman television series Smallville,[8] the first live action appearance of the character. In the movie, Fate is allied with fellow members of the Justice Society and comes into conflict (and later alignment) with the Justice League.[8] Brent Stait received very positive reviews for his portrayal.[citation needed]
He is also known for his portrayal of Nigel Ramsey in "The Wrath of Kali", a fourth season episode of Highlander: The Series.[citation needed]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Termini Station | Burt | |
| 1990 | Cadence | Psych. Ward M.P. #2 | |
| 1991 | Showdown at Williams Creek | Jim Blessing | |
| 1992 | North of Pittsburgh | Mechanic | |
| 1994 | Tokyo Cowboy | Vince | |
| 1995 | Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog | Sartech | |
| 1995 | Gunfighter's Moon | Walt Shannon | |
| 1999 | Mystery, Alaska | Kevin Holt | [5] |
| 2001 | Touched by a Killer | Roger Walker | |
| 2003 | On the Corner | Wade | [9] |
| 2004 | The Wild Guys | Donnie | |
| 2009 | Driven to Kill | Dino | |
| 2009 | Children of the Gods | Major Louis Ferretti | |
| 2010 | Hard Ride to Hell | Bob | |
| 2010 | The Tortured | U.S. Marshall | |
| 2010 | Hunt to Kill | Walt | |
| 2010 | Tron: Legacy | Purple Gaming Program | |
| 2011 | Final Destination 5 | Roy | |
| 2011 | Hamlet | Rosencrantz | |
| 2012 | Becoming Redwood | Border Guard | |
| 2013 | The Wedding Chapel | Major Mel Sommerville | |
| 2014 | Kid Cannabis | RCMP Officer | |
| 2014 | Sitting on the Edge of Marlene | Jack | |
| 2014 | Down Here | S.I. Steve Wiley | [10] |
| 2017 | Hollow in the Land | Lenny | [11] |
| 2018 | Rabbit | Father Day |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Twelfth Night | Curio | Television film |
| 1987 | Married... with Children | Neighborhood Watch Member | Episode: "But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy" |
| 1987, 1988 | Night Heat | Carl / Donald Young | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future | John | Episode: "The Eden Road" |
| 1988 | T. and T. | Dave | Episode: "Playing with Fire" |
| 1988, 1989 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jim Sweeney | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Knightwatch | Tim | Episode: "Lost Weekend" |
| 1989 | Booker | Woody Kincaid | Episode: "Booker" |
| 1989, 1990 | 21 Jump Street | Umpire / Tall Man | 2 episodes |
| 1989, 1991 | Bordertown | Halton Hench / Bob Drake | |
| 1990 | The Campbells | Jimmy Burke | Episode: "The Shiners" |
| 1990 | Broken Badges | Fast Eddie Faldo | Episode: "Strawberry" |
| 1990 | Wiseguy | Axel Whitman | Episode: "Dead Right" |
| 1991 | Monkey House | Corporal | Episode: "All the King's Horses" |
| 1991 | Omen IV: The Awakening | Mica | Television film |
| 1991 | I Still Dream of Jeannie | Eddie | |
| 1991 | Secrets of the Unknown | Reverend Fuller | Episode: "Reverend Fuller Story" |
| 1991 | Le peloton d'exécution | Cpl. Bloggs | Television film |
| 1992 | Blind Man's Bluff | Billy Tomans | |
| 1992 | The Man Upstairs | Mort | |
| 1992 | Call of the Wild | François | |
| 1992, 1993 | The Commish | B.B. Davenport / Frank McBride | 2 episodes |
| 1992, 1995 | Highlander: The Series | Colonel Ramsey / Eddie Doyle | |
| 1993 | Street Justice | Scott | Episode: "Hello... Again" |
| 1993 | Born to Run[12] | Raymond | Television film |
| 1993 | Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica | Scott | |
| 1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror | Peter Terriglio | |
| 1993, 1996 | The X-Files | Timothy Mayhew / Corporal Taylor | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Cobra | Bridges | Episode: "Death Dive" |
| 1994 | Green Dolphin Beat | Jackson | Television film |
| 1994 | A Christmas Romance | O.T. Betsill | |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | Ballenger | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Hawkeye | Johnson | Episode: "Hester" |
| 1995 | Broken Trust | Evan Soika | Television film |
| 1995 | The Marshal | Officer Harris / Fitch | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie | Larry Devore | Television film |
| 1996 | In the Lake of the Woods | Richard Thinbill | |
| 1996 | The Limbic Region | Sheriff | |
| 1996 | Titanic | Irish Bunkmate | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down | Gary Percy Rils | Television film[13][4] |
| 1996–1999 | The Sentinel | McBride / Miller | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | John Wesley Richter | Episode: "Finding Richter" |
| 1997 | Two | Jimmy | Episode: "Chain Gang" |
| 1997 | Hostile Force | Wendel Pone | Television film |
| 1997 | Intensity[4] | Jim Woltz | |
| 1997 | Five Desperate Hours[14] | Danbury | |
| 1997 | F/X: The Series | Brecht | Episode: "High Roller" |
| 1997 | Nights Below Station Street | Vye | Television film[15] |
| 1997, 1998 | Stargate SG-1 | Major Louis Ferretti | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Viper | Simon LeShane | Episode: "Hot Potato" |
| 1998 | Due South | Vic Hester | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Welcome to Paradox | Vincent Cloak | Episode: "Research Alpha" |
| 1999 | Roswell: The Aliens Attack | Capt. Phillips | Television film |
| 1999 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Ozone | Episode: "H-E Double Hockey Sticks" |
| 1999 | The Sheldon Kennedy Story | Mel Kennedy | Television film |
| 1999 | First Wave | Dan McGuire | Episode: "Prayer for the White Man" |
| 1999 | Seven Days | Edwin Brucks | Episode: "The Collector" |
| 1999, 2000 | The Outer Limits | Wayne / Vince Baxter | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | The Virginian | Griffin | Television film |
| 2000–2004 | Andromeda | Rev Bem | 36 episodes |
| 2002 | Mysterious Ways | Stan Amado | Episode: "Something Fishy" |
| 2002 | Taken | Sheriff Kerby | Episode: "Acid Tests" |
| 2003 | Cold Squad | John Watts | Episode: "Killing Time" |
| 2003 | A Crime of Passion | Alfred Barker | Television film |
| 2004 | Meltdown | FBI Commander Hall | |
| 2004 | Battlestar Galactica | Mason | Episode: "Bastille Day" |
| 2005 | The Collector | Kommodant Ziereis | Episode: "The Historian' |
| 2005 | Into the West | Royce | Episode: "Dreams and Schemes" |
| 2005 | The 4400 | Frank Venner | Episode: "Suffer the Children" |
| 2006 | Stargate Atlantis | Michael Kenmore | Episode: "Allies" |
| 2006 | A Job to Kill For | Roger Shapiro | Television film |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | Damek | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Masters of Horror | John Reddle | Episode: "The Damned Thing" |
| 2006–2020 | Supernatural | Pool Hall Player / Rick / Scotty | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | Fear Itself | Deputy / Guard Toomey | Episode: "Family Man" |
| 2008 | Sea Beast | Ben | Television film |
| 2008 | Trial by Fire | Crawford | |
| 2009 | The L Word | Bob | Episode: "Leaving Los Angeles" |
| 2009 | Polar Storm | Guard Captain | Television film |
| 2009 | Beyond Sherwood Forest | Guy of Gisbourne | |
| 2010 | Human Target | Potomac Electric Manager | Episode: "Baptiste" |
| 2010 | Smallville | Doctor Fate | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Stonehenge Apocalypse | Major Peatman | Television film |
| 2010 | Psych | Randy | Episode: "Viagra Falls" |
| 2010 | Shattered | SIU #2 | Episode: "The Sins of Fathers" |
| 2010 | The Cult | Luke | Television film |
| 2011 | Ghost Storm | Thomas | |
| 2011 | Fringe | Lieutenant Daniels | Episode: "Subject 9" |
| 2011 | The Pastor's Wife | Scott Bowden, OBP | Television film |
| 2011 | Sanctuary | Finn Noland | Episode: "Homecoming" |
| 2013 | Motive | Uncle Dave | Episode: "The One That Got Away" |
| 2014 | Arctic Air | Brent Hewson | Episode: "The Finish Line" |
| 2014 | When Calls the Heart | Pinkerton Richardson | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Killer Photo | Vincent Strurup | Television film |
| 2015 | Once Upon a Time | Peddler | Episode: "The Dark Swan" |
| 2016 | Who Killed My Husband? | Cpt. Sam Carter | Television film |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Jeb Stillwater | Episode: "The Magnificent Eight" |
| 2016 | Newlywed and Dead | Bob Sloan | Television film |
| 2016 | Unclaimed | Farmer | |
| 2018 | Hailey Dean Mysteries | Rob | Episode: "2 2 = Murder" |
| 2018 | Van Helsing | Dr. Karloff | Episode: "Super Unknown"[16] |
| 2018 | Memories of Christmas | Mr. Henderson | Television film |
| 2019 | Morning Show Mysteries | Jerry | Episode: "A Murder in Mind" |
| 2019 | Past Never Dies | Timothy Past | Television film |
| 2020 | A Ruby Herring Mystery | George Fontana | Episode: "Prediction Murder" |
| 2020 | Christmas Forgiveness | Gary Biros | Television film |
| 2020–2022 | Snowpiercer | Tunnelman Jakes Carter | 12 episodes |
| 2021 | Resident Alien | Roy the Cowboy | Episode: "Secrets" |
| 2021 | Love Stories in Sunflower Valley | Joe Francis | Television film |
| 2021 | Martha's Vineyard Mysteries | Sergeant Webber | Episode: "Poisoned in Paradise" |
| 2021 | Soccer Mom Madam | Big Pharma | Television film |
| 2021 | Chesapeake Shores | Bennet Sullivan | Episode: "Happy Trails" |
| 2021 | Under Wraps | Mr. Kubot | Television film |
| 2021 | A Christmas Treasure | Henry | |
| 2022 | Big Lies in a Small Town | Sheriff Lester | |
| 2022 | Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas | Slide Cunningham |
Awards and nominations
editFor his role of Gary Percy Rils in Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down, Stait was nominated in the 1998 Gemini Awards in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series.[17]
In 2003 Stait won a Leo Award in the category of Best Guest Performance by a Male: Dramatic Series for his role in Cold Squad episode "Killing Time".[18][19]
References
edit- ^ a b Brent Stait's bio at www.northernstars.ca
- ^ "Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda" by Ramin Zahed at variety.com
- ^ "`Stargate's' Wormholes Might Hook You" by Steve Parks, Newsday (27 July, 1997) Retrieved from ProQuest 279500176
- ^ a b c "Typecast as a bottom feeder: Actor's no goon, but he's got the look and the background" by Damian Inwood, The Province (15 Dec, 1996) [Final Edition]. Retrieved from ProQuest 267568230
- ^ a b "Actor skates on to silver screen" at www.cbc.ca
- ^ "INTERVIEW: Brent Stait". Republibot. July 25, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
- ^ "The 50 best episodes of Smallville" - "Absolute Justice" by Chancellor Agard, Sydney Bucksbaum & Christian Holub at ew.com
- ^ a b "Exclusive: Two of Smallville's Justice Society - TV News at IGN". IGN. October 19, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
- ^ "Nibbling at the junkie food chain" by Stephen Cole at www.theglobeandmail.com
- ^ "Steely Streets" by Sabrina Furminger at www.vancouverisawesome.com
- ^ "‘Hollow in the Land’: Film Review" by Frank Scheck at www.hollywoodreporter.com
- ^ Born to Run review by Tony Scott at variety.com
- ^ "Hunter and Hunted meet in Manitoba" by Mary Ellen Armstrong at playbackonline.ca
- ^ Five Desperate Hours review by Tony Scott at variety.com
- ^ "On the set of Nights Below Station Street" by Pam Swedko at playbackonline.ca
- ^ "Van Helsing Season 3 Episode 2 Review: Super Unknown" by Dave Vitagliano at www.denofgeek.com
- ^ "Special Report on the Geminis: And the nominees are…" at playbackonline.ca
- ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2003 at www.leoawards.com
- ^ "Bouquets for Vancouver director's film" by Katherine Monk, The Vancouver Sun (12 May, 2003) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 242420120
External links
edit- Brent Stait at IMDb