Bruce Greenwood
Biography
Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days, for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek movie reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor (for Elephant Song) and twice for Best Supporting Actor (for The Sweet Hereafter and Being Julia).
He is known for his roles as Nick Parsons in Double Jeopardy, Stuart Ramsey in Passenger 57, Bob Andrews in Father's Day, Earl Cavanaugh in Here on Earth, National Security Advisor Bill Sokal in Rules of Engagement, JFK in Thirteen Days, Anthony 'Tony' Leighton in Swept Away, Cmdr. Robert Iverson in The Core; Lt. Bennie Macko in Hollywood Homicide, Lawrence Robertson in I, Robot, Lord Charles in Being Julia, Nolan Walsh in Racing Stripes, Jack Dunphy (Truman Capote's lover) in Capote; Hugh Sullivan in The Mermaid Chair, Professor Davis McClaren in Eight Below, Jack McCready in Deja Vu, Keenan Jones / Garrett in I'm Not There, the President in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Christopher Pike in Star Trek and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, George McCray in A Dog Named Christmas, Lance Fender in Dinner for Schmucks, Stephen Meek in Meek's Cutoff, Cooper in Super 8, Bill Kill Cullen in The Place Beyond the Pines, Charlie Anderson in Flight, Hugh Butterfield in Endless Love, Vince in The Captive, Andrew Heyward in Truth (2015), Dr. Jake Houseman in the TV movie version of Dirty Dancing (2017), Uncle Dean in Kodachrome, the US President in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Gerald in Gerald's Game, Robert McNamara in The Post, and Dr. John Dalton in Doctor Sleep.
His best known TV roles are as Dr. Randolph Bell on The Resident, Gil Garcetti on American Crime Story, Emmet Cole on The River, Mitch Yost on John from Cincinnati, Dr. Nathan Bradford on Sleepwalkers, Thomas Veil on Nowhere Man, Jack Gage on Legmen, Pierce Lawton on Knot's Landing, and Dr. Seth Griffin on St. Elsewhere.
He has voiced Bruce Wayne / Batman in the animated series Young Justice and in several Batman cartoon videos, and voiced Chiron in the animated series Class Titans.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Bruce Greenwood
Full Throttle Heart: How ’The World’s Fastest Indian’ Still Outraces Time
What does it take to chase a dream when the world’s already written you off? The World’s Fastest Indian (2005), directed by Roger Donaldson, answers with a sun-bleached, grease-stained portrait of Bur... Read more
Time Loops and Heartbeats: Déjà Vu’s Pulse Still Races
What if you could rewind time to save a life, but every second you spent unraveling the past tightened the knot of fate? Tony Scott’s Déjà Vu (2006) hurls you into that question with a ferocity that f... Read more
Turbulence of the Soul: Denzel Washington Soars in Zemeckis’ Flight
Robert Zemeckis’ Flight (2012) is a cinematic plunge into the abyss of human fragility, anchored by Denzel Washington’s towering performance as Captain Whip Whitaker, a pilot whose heroism and hubris ... Read more
Shadows of Valor: The Moral Ambiguity of Star Trek Into Darkness
J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) is a cinematic paradox, a film that soars with visual audacity and emotional heft yet stumbles under the weight of its narrative ambitions. Abrams’ directio... Read more
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