Colm Feore | |
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.jpg) Feore at the 2013Canadian Film Centre annual gala and auction | |
| Born | Colm Joseph Feore (1958-08-22)August 22, 1958 (age 67) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Education | Ridley College |
| Alma mater | National Theatre School of Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 3 |
Colm Joseph FeoreOC (/ˈkɒləmˈfjɔːr/;[1] born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of theStratford Festival, he is known for hisGemini-winning turn as Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau in theCBC miniseriesTrudeau (2002), his portrayal ofGlenn Gould inThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward inBon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) and its sequelBon Cop, Bad Cop 2 (2017).
His other roles include Martin Harrison inChicago (2002), Lord Marshal Zhylaw inThe Chronicles of Riddick (2004),First GentlemanHenry Taylor on24 (2009),Cardinal Della Rovere onThe Borgias (2011–2013),Laufey inThor (2011), General Ted Brockhart onHouse of Cards (2016–2017), Declan Gallard on21 Thunder (2017),Wernher von Braun inFor All Mankind (2019), andSir Reginald Hargreeves onThe Umbrella Academy (2019–2024). Feore is also aPrix Iris andScreen Actors Guild Award winner and aGenie Award nominee.[2]
Feore was born on August 22, 1958, inBoston,Massachusetts.[3] His parents, Dr Dermot Feore and Elaine Taylor,[4] wereIrish, and the family moved back toIreland shortly after Colm was born,[5] remaining there for several years before emigrating to Canada, landing in Ottawa in 1961[6] before moving toWindsor, Ontario.[7] After graduating fromRidley College inSt. Catharines, Ontario, he attended theNational Theatre School of Canada inMontreal,Quebec.[8][9]
Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of theStratford Festival of Canada, North America's largest classical repertory theatre. He spent 17 seasons at Stratford where he rose from bit parts to leading roles, includingRomeo,[10]Hamlet,[10]Richard III,[10] andCyrano.[10] He returned in 2006 to star in four productions, includingDon Juan in both English and French and asFagin inOliver! In 2009 he played the main role ofMacbeth in the playMacbeth, the main role of Cyrano inCyrano de Bergerac, and Lear inKing Lear in 2014,[11] all performed at the Stratford Festival Theatre.[12] He also has appeared onBroadway asCassius in the production ofJulius Caesar starringDenzel Washington asBrutus.[13]Off-Broadway, for thePublic Theater, he wasClaudius in aHamlet production that starredLiev Schreiber.[14]
In Canada, Feore's most famous roles were as Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau in the critically acclaimed television mini-seriesTrudeau,[5] a role for which he won aGemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, as classical pianistGlenn Gould in the 1993 filmThirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,[5] and as by-the-bookEnglish Canadian detective Martin Ward in the box-office hitBon Cop, Bad Cop.[5] He also played a crazed marketing executive imposter in the second season of the Canadian TV series,Slings and Arrows,[10] a role that continued for several episodes. The show has run in the United States on theSundance Channel.
Outside Canada, Feore has appeared in numerous film, theatre and television roles. He is perhaps most famous in the United States for his supporting roles in suchHollywood films asChicago,City of Angels,Pearl Harbor,The Sum of All Fears,Paycheck,[5] andThe Chronicles of Riddick.[10] In 1999, he appeared inStephen King'sStorm of the Century as the powerful ancient wizard Andre Linoge. He was the crooked Los Angeles Police Chief James E. Davis in 2008'sChangeling.[11] In 2011, he appeared asLaufey, King of theFrost Giants, in the live-actionsuperhero filmThor.[15] In 2014, he portrayedDr. Francis Dulmacher inGotham.[10] He portrayed the First GentlemanHenry Taylor on the seventh season of24,[10] appeared as Tad Whitney inThe West Wing second-season episode titled "Galileo" and played the billionaire suspect Jordan Hayes in the 2011Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Flight". He played supernatural murderers in two episodes ofFriday the 13th: The Series.[16]
On June 8, 2002, Feore received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (D.Hum.) from theUniversity of Windsor in Windsor.[17][18] In October 2012, he was awarded an honoraryDoctor of Letters degree (D.Litt.) byWilfrid Laurier University inWaterloo, Ontario, in recognition of his contributions to Canadian theatre and film.[19][20]
Feore was honoured with Gascon-Thomas Award from theNational Theatre School of Canada in 2013, the award is given annually to an actor that makes an exceptional contribution to the growth of theatre.[9] In the same year, he was made anOfficer of the Order of Canada (OC) "for his contributions as an actor of the stage and screen, notably by bridging Anglophone and Francophone cultures as a fluently bilingual performer."[21]
In 2019, Feore received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in Film from theGovernor General's Performing Arts Awards.[22] He won theCanadian Screen Award forBest Supporting Actor at the9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for the filmSugar Daddy.[23]
Feore has been married toDonna Feore (née Starnes), a choreographer and theatre director associated with theNational Arts Centre and theStratford Festival, since 1994.[24] He was previously married to actress Sidonie Boll, whom he met at the National Theatre School, from 1983 to 1994. Feore has three children: son Jack with Boll, and son Thomas and daughter Anna with Donna Feore.[24]
Feore is fluent in French.[25]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Iron Eagle II | Yuri Lebanov | |
| 1990 | Beautiful Dreamers | Dr. Maurice Bucke | |
| Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Chester Rice | ||
| 1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Glenn Gould | |
| 1996 | The Boor | Gruzdev | Short film |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Elihu Harrison | |
| Face/Off | Dr. Malcolm Walsh | ||
| The Wrong Guy | The Killer | ||
| Critical Care | Richard Wilson | ||
| 1998 | City of Angels | Jordan | |
| The Red Violin | Auctioneer | ||
| Airborne | Ron Simpson | ||
| The Lesser Evil | Derek | ||
| The Herd | Erling Porsild | ||
| 1999 | Striking Poses | Linus | |
| Storm of the Century | Andre Linoge | ||
| The Insider | Richard Scruggs | ||
| Titus | Marcus Andronicus | ||
| 2000 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Toby the Tram Engine (voice) | |
| The Perfect Son | Ryan Taylor | ||
| 2001 | Ignition | Gen. Joel MacAteer | |
| The Caveman's Valentine | David Leppenraub | ||
| Pearl Harbor | Adm.Husband E. Kimmel | ||
| Century Hotel | Sebastian | ||
| Lola | Mike | ||
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Olson | |
| Point of Origin | Mike Matassa | ||
| The Baroness and the Pig | The Baron | ||
| Chicago | Martin Harrison | ||
| 2003 | Highwaymen | Fargo | |
| National Security | Detective Frank McDuff | ||
| Paycheck | John Wolfe | ||
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Lord Marshal Zhylaw | |
| 2005 | Lies My Mother Told Me | Lucas Mackenzie | |
| The Deal | Hank Weiss | ||
| Heidi | Mr. Sesseman (voice) | ||
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Karl Gunderson | ||
| 2006 | Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Detective Martin Ward | |
| 2007 | The Poet | Colonel Hass | |
| Intervention | Bill | ||
| Killing Zelda Sparks | Dr. Leningrad | ||
| 2008 | Waitresses Wanted | RCMP Cpl. Paradis | |
| The American Trap | Maurice Bishop | ||
| Changeling | ChiefJames E. Davis | ||
| Inconceivable | Dr. Jackson Charles Freeman | ||
| Six Reasons Why | The Preacher | ||
| WarGames: The Dead Code | T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua (voice) | ||
| 2009 | The Trotsky | Principal Berkhoff | |
| 2010 | Voodoo | Narrator | Short film |
| Interregnum | King Ubu / Klaus | ||
| 2011 | Thor | Laufey[26] | |
| French Immersion | Michael Pontifikator | ||
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Rob Behringer | |
| The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Donald Menken | ||
| Elephant Song | Lawrence | ||
| 2015 | King Lear | King Lear | |
| Reversion | Jack Clé | ||
| Painkillers | Dr. Troutman | ||
| 2016 | Mean Dreams | The Chief | |
| 2017 | Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 | Martin Ward | |
| The Curse of Buckout Road | Reverend Mike Reagan | ||
| 2018 | Greta | Chris McCullen | |
| Anon | Charles Gattis | ||
| Higher Power | Control | ||
| 2019 | The Prodigy | Arthur Jacobson | |
| Astronaut | Marcus | ||
| 2020 | My Salinger Year | Daniel | |
| Sugar Daddy | Gordon | ||
| 2021 | Trigger Point | Elias Kane | |
| My Soul to Take | Fred | Short film | |
| 2023 | My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère) | Neal | |
| 2025 | The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) | Narrator |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | The Running Man | Rick | Television film |
| 1982 | The Great Detective | Talbot | Episode: "Death Circuit" |
| 1987 | Blades of Courage | Bruce Gainor | Television film |
| A Nest of Singing Birds | Michael Jimson | ||
| 1989–1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Alex Dent / Anton Pascola | 2 episodes |
| War of the Worlds | Nikita / Leonid Argochev | ||
| 1991 | Heritage Minutes | Colonel John McCrae | Episode: "John McCrae" |
| 1992 | Street Legal | Kyle Thompson | Episode: "November" |
| 1992–1993 | Beyond Reality | Mason Driscoll / Sorcerer (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Romeo & Juliet | Mercutio | Television film |
| 1993 | Dig & Dug with Daisy | Narrator (voice) | Canadian dub only[27] |
| 1995 | Forever Knight | Walken | Episode: "Blood Money" |
| Friends at Last | Phillip Connelyn | Television film | |
| Truman | Charles Griffith Ross | ||
| Where's the Money, Noreen? | Kevin Hanover | ||
| 1995–1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Selinger | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Due South | Charles Carver | Episode: "The Duel" |
| The Outer Limits | Major Mackie | Episode: "The Heist" | |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Deacon Albert Fletcher | Television film |
| Liberty! The American Revolution | Alexander Hamilton | Miniseries | |
| Hostile Waters | Pshenishny | Television film | |
| 1998 | The Escape | Hickman | |
| Creature | Adm. Aaron Richland | Miniseries | |
| 1998–2000 | La Femme Nikita | Leon / Brutus (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Andre Linoge | Miniseries |
| 2000 | Trapped in a Purple Haze | Ed Hanson | Television film |
| The West Wing | Tad Whitney | Episode: "Galileo" | |
| Boston Public | George Guber | Episode: "Chapter Seven" | |
| Nuremberg | Rudolf Hoess | Television film | |
| 2001 | Foreign Objects | Tibor | 5 episodes |
| Haven | Bruno | Television film | |
| Final Jeopardy | Paul Battaglia | ||
| The Day Reagan Was Shot | Caspar Weinberger | ||
| 2002 | Benjamin Franklin | Narrator (voice) | Miniseries |
| Sins of the Father | Dalton Strong | Television film | |
| Trudeau | Pierre Trudeau | ||
| Widows | Stein | Miniseries | |
| Point of Origin | Mike Matassa | Television film | |
| 2003 | And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself | D.W. Griffith | Television film |
| 2004 | The Newsroom | David | Episode: "Reality Strikes" |
| The Eleventh Hour | Owen Sawyer | Episode: "Eden" | |
| 2005 | Lies My Mother Told Me | Lucas Mackenzie | Television film |
| Empire | Julius Caesar | 3 episodes | |
| Slings & Arrows | Sanjay | 5 episodes | |
| Burnt Toast | Dave | Television film | |
| 2006 | Secret Files of the Inquisition | Narrator | Miniseries |
| Battlestar Galactica | President Richard Adar | Episode: "Epiphanies" | |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | GeneralWilliam Tecumseh Sherman | Television film |
| American Experience | Narrator | Episode: "Alexander Hamilton" | |
| 2008 | 24: Redemption | Henry Taylor | Television film |
| Guns | Paul Duguid | Miniseries | |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | David Graham | Episode: "Eagle Two" |
| 24 | Henry Taylor | 12 episodes | |
| The Listener | Ray Mercer | 7 episodes | |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jordan Hayes | Episode: "Flight" |
| 2011–2013 | The Borgias | Giuliano della Rovere | 20 episodes |
| 2012 | Saving Hope | Mac | Episodes: "The Great Randall", "Bea, Again" |
| 2012–2013 | Revolution | Randall Flynn | 9 episodes |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | Brad Lund | Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team" |
| House of Versace | Santo Versace | Television film | |
| 2014 | Beauty & the Beast | Frank Darnell | Episode: "Recipe for Disaster" |
| 2014–2016 | Sensitive Skin | Roger | 7 episodes |
| 2015 | Pirate's Passage | Corporal Robin Hawkins (voice) | Television film |
| Gotham | Dr. Francis Dulmacher | 2 episodes | |
| 2016–2017 | House of Cards | Ted Brockhart | 12 episodes |
| 2017 | Lore | Dr. Walter Freeman | Episode: "Echoes" |
| 2018 | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Elijah Stern | 5 episodes |
| 2019–2024 | The Umbrella Academy | Sir Reginald Hargreeves/The Monocle | Main cast |
| 2019; 2024 | Murdoch Mysteries | George Crabtree Sr. | Episodes: "Prodigal Father" & "Train to Nowhere" |
| 2019 | For All Mankind | Wernher von Braun | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Project Blue Book | Admiral | Episode: "Operation Mainbrace" |
| 2024 | Landman | Nathan | Recurring cast |
