Adrian Holmes Last updated March 15, 2025 Early life Holmes was born to Bajan parents in Wrexham , Wales, [ 5] and moved with his family to Vancouver , Canada, when he was five. [ 1] He studied nursing at Langara College , in part to appease his mother, who felt he needed a backup plan if his acting career was unsuccessful. [ 6] He attended Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary in Surrey, BC.
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Holmes has had a long career, but is best known for his television roles, such as Basqat on Smallville , Marcus Mitchell on True Justice and Frank Pike on Arrow . [ 6] His most notable role is Nick Barron in the English Language version of 19-2 on Bravo , [ 5] [ 6] which garnered him a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 2017. [ 2] His film work includes Red Riding Hood , [ 1] Elysium [ 5] and The Cabin in the Woods . [ 5] In 2021 Adrian was cast as Uncle Phil in the show Bel-Air , a reboot turned series drama of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air . [ 4] Will Smith gave him the stamp of approval. He has recently been cast as the first live-action version of Robert April , the first captain of the USS Enterprise , in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . (April had previously appeared in animated form in "The Counter-Clock Incident ", the final episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series , where he was voiced by James Doohan .) [ 7]
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 2004 Leo Awards Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series The Collector Nominated [ 8] 2016 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role 19-2 Nominated [ 9] 2017 Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Won [ 2] Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Nominated [ 10]
References 1 2 3 "Cineplex.com | Cineplex News - Adrian Holmes is getting warmer with Red Riding Hood role" . www.cineplex.com . Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017 . 1 2 3 Furdyk, Brent. "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And the winners are…" . Global News . Retrieved March 13, 2017 . ↑ Johnson, Jeroslyn (February 4, 2022). "Actor Playing Uncle Phil in 'Fresh Prince' Reboot Aims to Pay 'Tribute' to James Avery" . Black Enterprise . Retrieved February 19, 2022 . 1 2 Weaver, Jackson (March 20, 2022). "How Canadian Adrian Holmes reinvented Fresh Prince's Uncle Phil in gritty reboot" . CBC News. Retrieved March 21, 2022 . 1 2 3 4 M, Adnan (February 5, 2014). "Chatting with Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso of Bravo's 19-2" . The Arts Guild . Retrieved March 13, 2017 . 1 2 3 Furminger, Sabrina. "Adrian Holmes only believes in 'falling forward' . Westender . Retrieved March 13, 2017 . ↑ " . ↑ "2004 nominees" (PDF) . leoawards.com . Retrieved March 13, 2017 . ↑ " . etalk.ca . Retrieved March 13, 2017 . ↑ "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017" . www.leoawards.com . Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. This page is based on this
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