Bernie Coulson

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Bernie Coulson
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Coulson in 1998
Born
Bernard Coulson

1965 (age 5758)
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Bernard Coulson (born 1965) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as "The Thinker" on The X-Files , as "Michael Reardon" on Intelligence , and as "Pipefitter", the drummer of a reuniting punk band, in the Canadian mockumentary Hard Core Logo .

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Early life

Coulson was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1983.[ citation needed ] Coulson currently resides in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside where he suffers from a drug addiction, but is currently in rehab. [1]

Career

Coulson shared an apartment with Brad Pitt in Los Angeles when they were both starting their careers. [1] Coulson played Sid in the 1979 TV series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends and as Sal in Loverboy . He played Kenneth Joyce, the star witness in the courtroom drama The Accused . He played "Rick Diesel" in Eddie and The Cruisers II, Eddie Lives . On television he has made guest appearances on MacGyver and Murder She Wrote , among others. [2] He has most recently starred in the 2016 Canadian thriller film Dark Harvest as the character Frank Becker. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "From Hollywood to Hastings: Vancouver actor recounts struggle with addiction and recovery | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. Bernie Coulson at IMDb
  3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2939114/ [ user-generated source ]