Adam Reid

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Adam Reid
Born
Adam Greydon Reid

Occupations
  • Actor
  • producer
  • director
Years active1985–present
Spouse Kristin Lehman [1]
Children1
Website www.adamgreid.com http://www.holidayfilms.tv http://www.capguncollective.com

Adam Greydon Reid is a Canadian actor, writer, producer and director.

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Biography

Reid attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's film program and won the 'Norman Jewison Filmmaker's Award' for his graduating short, Token for your Thoughts, which also won a 'Gold Plaque Award' at Chicago's Intercom: The International Communications Film & Video Competition.[ citation needed ] While directing commercials, music videos and shorts, Reid toured with the Canadian comedy troupe The Komic Kazes; this led his first film role, in the 1996 Kids in the Hall's feature, Brain Candy . In 2000, a 90-second theatrical spot for Toyota in which he stars as a pretentious and insecure commercial director, won a 'Gold Lion' at the Cannes International Advertising Festival. [2]

Reid appeared in films, M.O.W.s and television series, including Disney's My Date with the President's Daughter (1998), Lifetime's This Time Around (2003), CBC's The Newsroom ,[ citation needed ] Ham & Cheese (2004), The Buck Calder Experience (2006), Fox's Killer Instinct (2006), and USA's Psych (2010). As a voice actor, he has appeared in cartoons like What It's Like Being Alone (2006), Total Drama (2007) and 6Teen (2004-2010).

From 2002 to 2006, along with developing and directing kids shows like HBO Family's Ghost Trackers (2005-1007) and YTV's The Adrenaline Project (2007-2009), Reid ran a film mentorship program at the Toronto youth shelter Eva's Phoenix. [3] The program produced two short films under Adam's direction, One Dollar One Day and Sheltered Life (2006).

In 2009, Reid completed his first documentary, Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames, which debuted in sold-out bookings at New York's Rubin Museum of Art and the Vancouver International Film Festival. [4] [5]

Reid returned to performance work in 2010, in the Hallmark Hall of Fame/CBS movie, "When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story", starring Winona Ryder as Lois Wilson, and Barry Pepper as Bill Wilson (Bill W.) Reid played Ebby Thacher, Bills best friend and drinking buddy, whose recovery from alcoholism inspired Bill to found Alcoholics Anonymous.

In 2019, Reid created the award-winning web series Hospital Show .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Back to the Future BoyUncredited
1996 Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy Scarred Teenager
2004 Ham & Cheese Casting Director
2007I Didn't Do AnythingCharles TaylorShort Film
2011 Recoil Deputy Hedge
2012 Underworld: Awakening Med Tech #1
2015The AdeptBenShort Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Turkey Television Boy
1985–1987 You Can't Do That on Television Himself22 episodes
1991 Heritage Minutes Joe ShusterEpisode: "Superman"
1998 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend Lizard Boy (voice)Episode: "Persephone and the Winter Seeds"
1998–1999 Birdz Tommy Turkey (voice)13 episodes
1998–2001 The Wonderful World of Disney Donald / Reid Bosshardt2 episodes
2000 The Famous Jett Jackson CrashEpisode: "Eye of the Beholder"
2000 The Pooch and the Pauper Bus BoyTV movie
2001 Leap Years FigEpisode: "Episode #1.7"
2002 Screech Owls KidnapperEpisode: "Kidnapped in Tamarack"
2002The 5th QuadrantWalter Ryder Jr. / Walter Ryder Sr.Episode: "A Clone... at Last/It's a Hollow World After All"
2002PattiSimon3 episodes
2002 Doc Dr. Larry SavanEpisode: "Complicated"
2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery ReporterEpisode: "Immune to Murder"
2003Hemingway: That Summer in ParisJimmy DanelonTV movie
2003 This Time Around Jeff BlueTV movie
2003 The Newsroom BradEpisode: "One of Us"
2003–2004 King Loopy (voice)26 episodes
2004 Bury the Lead DonnyEpisode: "The Revenge Specialist"
2004 Wild Card Ivan De SamossyEpisode: "Wham Bam, Thank You Dan"
2004 Snow JordanTV movie
2004–2010 6teen Wayne / Additional Voices (voice)78 episodes
2005 Degrassi: The Next Generation DaveEpisode: "West End Girls"
2005–2008 Delilah & Julius (voice)31 episodes
2006 Killer Instinct Boze2 episodes
2006The Buck Calder ExperienceJosh ZanderTV movie
2006Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'Brandon TartikoffTV movie
2006 What It's Like Being Alone Armie / Abraham Bickle / Dr. Dread (voice)13 episodes
2007–2008 Urban Vermin Zitzy12 episodes
2007–2011 Total Drama Justin (voice)37 episodes
2007-2021 Poppets Town Cap / CozyEpisode: "Ice Cream Dream/Under the Rainbow"
2009Dunce BucketTV movie
2010 When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story Ebby ThatcherTV movie
2010 Psych Toby ShoreEpisode: "Not Even Close... Encounters"
2010 Skatoony Justin (voice)Episode: "Hooray for Bollywood"
2011 Collision Earth Matthew KeyesTV movie
2011 Supernatural JudahEpisode: "Let It Bleed"
2011 Sanctuary Bruno Delacourt2 episodes
2012Finding Mrs. ClausDuncanTV movie
2012Ring of FireGlen Perkins2 episodes
2012–2014 Continuum Clayton / Coroner8 episodes
2013Goodnight for JusticeFat CatEpisode: "Queen of Hearts"
2013 Cult Louis Beale2 episodes
2013 Delete Colonel Poterson2 episodes
2014 Arctic Air Greg TurpinEpisode: "The Fugitive"
2014 Motive Graeme JenkinsEpisode: "Pitfall"
2014 The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Brandon TartikoffTV movie
2014Hot MomEpisode: "Gala"
2014 Gracepoint Raymond Connelly8 episodes
2015 Proof Dr. ClarkeEpisode: "Tsunami: Part One"
2016Dater's HandbookMichaelTV movie
2016Paranormal Solutions Inc.ChuckEpisode: "The Leprechaun of Mobile Alabama"
2017 When Calls the Heart Mr. Stoneman3 episodes
2018Lost in SpacePeter Beckert5 episodes
2018Max VoltageMikey Thompson (voice)
2018 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic FirelightEpisode: "The Parent Map"
2018 Take Two Paul DorseyEpisode: "It Takes a Thief"
2018–2019 iZombie Hobbs10 episodes
2019 Project Blue Book Donald KehoeEpisode: "The Lubbock Lights"
2019 Van Helsing DariusEpisode: "Together Forever"
2019 Hospital Show Will10 episodes

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