Aaron Douglas (actor)

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Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas - San Diego Comic Con 2010.jpg
Douglas in 2010
Born (1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 52)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada [1]
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Debbie
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(died 2004)​
Children1

Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Galen Tyrol on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica . [2]

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He headlined on the CTV drama The Bridge , [3] which was also picked up by CBS for broadcast in the United States. [4] Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department. [5] CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009 [6] [7] but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired. [8] [9] Douglas starred alongside fellow Battlestar Galactica actor Paul Campbell in a Syfy original movie, Killer Mountain, [10] which premiered August 27, 2011. [11]

Early life

Aaron Douglas was born in New Westminster, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. His father, Michael Douglas, is a professor and his mother, Arlene Elliot, is a psychologist. He has a brother Chris, who is four years his junior. The family lived in Vancouver until Douglas was 10, at which time they moved to a town in the interior of the province of British Columbia, Creston, where he attended Prince Charles Secondary School as a teenager and acted in school productions, played in a rock band and participated in community theater. At age 26, he quit his job and moved back to Vancouver to pursue a career in acting. He studied at Canada's famed William Davis Centre for Actors Study at VanArts. [12] [13]

After completing the program at VanArts, Douglas performed with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company in Canada. [14] Many of his early acting jobs were the result of his work as a "reader" for auditions. His job was to read the other side of the dialogue for the person auditioning for a role. Often, after the audition was finished, the director would turn to him and say something like, "You know that cop role with three lines, do you want to do it?", he began building his resume off those small parts. [15]

Personal life

On November 1, 2004, Douglas' wife Debbie died from breast cancer. [15] He has a son, Taylor, from a previous relationship, born in 1996. [16]

Douglas has a love of hockey and has been on skates since he was two years old. He still plays hockey as an adult, usually as a goalie. He is a Vancouver Canucks fan and can usually be found at home games screaming at the referees along with friends and fellow Sci-Fi alums Daniel Bacon, Dan Payne, and Ryan Robbins. [17] He is also an avid fan of Wil Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation . Aaron has admitted to going "fangirl" on him when meeting him for the first time at a convention in 2008. [18] He is also a self-confessed fan of The Ricky Gervais Show .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Stealing Sinatra Patrolman #1
2003 Final Destination 2 Deputy Steve Adams
2003 X2 Stryker Soldier #1
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Paparazzi #2
2003 Paycheck Scientist #3Uncredited[ citation needed ]
2004 Saved! Paramedic
2004 Walking Tall Casino Stickman
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Young Meccan Soldier
2004 I, Robot USR Attorney #1
2004 Catwoman Detective #1
2005 White Noise Frank Black
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Assistant District Attorney #1
2006 Chaos Police OfficerUncredited[ citation needed ]
2006 Man About Town Agency Partner #1
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel Front Desk Officer (Police Station)
2007Blood: A Butcher's TaleSam the Butchersegment: "The Little Things"
2014 Death Do Us Part Harry SimpsonDirect-to-video film
2015 The Driftless Area Fireman
2016 The Monster Jesse [19]
2017 Little Pink House Governor
2017Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the EndGavinVoice role [20]
2018In PlainviewPenner
2019ThunderbirdOfficer Joe Fletcher
2023Double LifeSheldon Roberts

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000 Stargate SG-1 MoacEpisode: "Maternal Instinct"
2000Hollywood Off-RampN/AEpisode: "Judgement Day"[ citation needed ]
2000 Cold Squad Dean LoganEpisode: "Root Cause"
2000The Inspectors 2: A Shred of EvidenceWorkerTelevision film
2001Love and TreasonParamedicTelevision film
2002 Dark Angel Hotel ClerkEpisode: "Exposure"
2002 The Chris Isaak Show Fender Bender DriverEpisode: "Mysterious Hearts
2002 Smallville Deputy Michael BirtigoEpisode: "Obscura"
2002 Stargate SG-1 JaffaEpisode: "Redemption: Part 2"
2002 The Outer Limits Kevin LockwoodEpisode: "Free Spirit"
2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Detective Dean SantoniEpisode: "The Flower Jury"
2002Breaking NewsGreg JohnsonEpisode: "Dunne's Choice"
2002 American Dreams Line GuyEpisode: Pilot
2002 Taken CorporalTelevision miniseries; episode: "Jacob and Jesse"
2003Before We Ruled the EarthTsirEpisode: "Hunt or Be Hunted"
2003Just CauseFBI Agent SchroderEpisode: "Hide and Seek"
2003Black SashOfficer Danny BryantEpisode: "Snap Shots"
2003Out of OrderBostonEpisode: Pilot
2003 Jeremiah DavisEpisode: "Strange Attractors"
2003Before I Say GoodbyeDetective Jack SclafaniTelevision film
2003Stealing SinatraRoadblock PatrolmanTelevision film
2003The Stranger Beside MeDistrict Attorney BainesTelevision film
2003Lucky SevenStevenTelevision film
2004 The Chris Isaak Show ReaderEpisode: "Criminal Favors"
2004 The L Word Concerned CitizenEpisode: "Listen Up"
2004 Andromeda WezlowEpisode: "Time Out of Mind'
2004 The Dead Zone Rob CoulterEpisode: "Total Awareness"
2004 Earthquake 10.5 Tent City SoldierTelevision film
2004–2009 Battlestar Galactica Galen Tyrol Main role
2006 Whistler LanceEpisode: "Gathering Clouds"
2006 Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Galen Tyrol Web series; main role
2007 Bionic Woman SuperMax Prison GuardEpisode: Pilot [21]
2007 Reaper Demon Delivery ManEpisode: "What About Blob?"
2007 Smallville PierceEpisode: "Traveler"
2010 The Bridge Frank LeoMain role
2010 Hellcats Bill CurranRecurring role; 9 episodes
2010One Angry JurorFrank Riley (Prosecutor)Television film
2011 Eureka Ray DarltonEpisode: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
2011 Flashpoint Gil CollinsEpisode: "Day Game"
2011Killer MountainWard DonovanTelevision film
2012 The Firm Gerald SykesEpisode: "Chapter Twelve"
2012 True Justice FBI Agent Adrian SloanEpisodes: "Fired, "The Shot"
2012Ghost StormGreg GoropolisTelevision film
2013 Hemlock Grove Sheriff Tom SwornRecurring role (season 1); 11 episodes
2013 The Killing Evan HendersonRecurring role (season 3)
2014 Falling Skies Cooper MarshallEpisode: "Mind Wars"
2014 The Strain Roger LussEpisode: "For Services Rendered"
2014 Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse Agent WoodwardTelevision film
2014The MentorPaul AllenhamTelevision film
2015 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Doug FranklinEpisode: "F-you, Rob Frumpkis!"
2015 The Returned Tony DarrowRecurring role; 6 episodes
2015, 2017 iZombie Chuck BirdEpisodes: "Dead Air", "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoothier"
2016 The Flash Russell Glosson / The Turtle Episodes: "Potential Energy", "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
2016 The X-Files LindquistEpisode: "Founder's Mutation"
2016 Once Upon a Time Fendrake the HealerEpisode: "Devil's Due"
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Gordon RimmerMain role [22]
2016 Supernatural Pierce MoncrieffEpisode: "The Raid"
2017 Imposters Gary HellerRecurring role
2018 Salvation Joe RiggsEpisode: "Fall Out"
2018 Unspeakable Jim KrepkeRecurring role [23]
2019 The Twilight Zone MitchEpisode: "The Wunderkind"
2022 Motherland: Fort Salem Colonel JarrettRecurring role (season 3); 5 episodes
2024 Resident Alien General DevanneyEpisode: "Avian Flu"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Dead Rising 3 Adam Kane
2014 Watch Dogs Jordi ChinVoice
2014Ancient SpaceSgt. Major Powell
2017Watch Dogs 2Jordi ChinDLC
2022 Hardspace: Shipbreaker Weaver

Awards and nominations

At the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards Douglas was nominated for best TV series dramatic guest performance for his role in the TV series Flashpoint , episode: "Day Game". [24]

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References

  1. ↑ Aaron Douglas' bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. ↑ "I'm still not over... Chief and Boomer's tragic romance on 'Battlestar Galactica'" by Maricela Gonzalez at ew.com
  3. ↑ "Unique and quirky, just like his car" by Petrina Gentile at www.theglobeandmail.com
  4. ↑ "Bridge sells overseas" at playbackonline.ca
  5. ↑ "Aaron Douglas – Actor" by Mark Dillon at playbackonline.ca
  6. ↑ Adam Bryant (2009-02-19). "Fall TV: CBS Orders 13 Episodes of The Bridge". TV Guide . Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  7. ↑ "CTV's 'The Bridge' picked up by CBS". CTV . 2009-02-19. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  8. ↑ "CTV's 'The Bridge' cancelled by CBS". 2010-07-22. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  9. ↑ "CBS drops The Bridge" by Marise Strauss at playbackonline.ca
  10. ↑ Killer Mountain (2011) review by Foywonder at www.dreadcentral.com
  11. ↑ "Aaron Douglas and Paul Campbell to star in Syfy Original Movie". 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.
  12. ↑ Gilles Nuytens (2005). "The Scifi World Aaron Douglas Interview".
  13. ↑ "Aaron Douglas Bio".
  14. ↑ "SkyOne Cast Profiles".
  15. 1 2 "Aaron Douglas – Chief Galen Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica" by Michael Flett at geekchocolate.co.uk
  16. ↑ Jamie Ruby (May 7, 2008). "Exclusive Interview with Aaron Douglas". MediaBlvd Magazine. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Aaron Douglas Biography".
  18. ↑ "My fanboy moment: 'BSG's' Aaron Douglas". CNN. 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  19. ↑ "Film Review: ‘The Monster’" by Dennis Harvey at variety.com
  20. ↑ Aaron Douglas Voices at www.behindthevoiceactors.com
  21. ↑ TV TICKER: Bionic casting by Andrew Ryan at www.theglobeandmail.com
  22. ↑ "‘Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency’: TV Review" by Tim Goodman at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  23. ↑ "‘Unspeakable’: Levi Meaden, Brian Markinson, Aaron Douglas & David Lewis Round Out Cast Of CBC/Sundance Miniseries" by Denise Petski at deadline.com
  24. ↑ "Awards season finds some B.C. players away from home" by Glen Schaefer at edmontonjournal.com
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