Brian Downey | |
|---|---|
 Downey sitting with fellow guests at the second annual Sci-Fi on the Rock convention on 20 April 2008 | |
| Born | 31 October 1944 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Brian Downey (born 31 October 1944 in St. John's, Newfoundland) [1] is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Stanley Tweedle in the science-fiction television series Lexx .
Downey is a character actor who has appeared in various films and guest starring roles on TV, including Up at Ours and a recurring role on Millennium . His first film role was in a 1986 Andy Jones film called The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood , which features the entire cast of CODCO. Downey has enjoyed a long professional relationship with Lexx creator Paul Donovan, dating back at least to 1988, when Donovan cast Downey in the time travel adventure film Norman's Awesome Experience . [2]
Downey would star on Lexx through four made-for-TV films and the subsequent three-season TV series. He also appeared as Cardinal Juan de Mella in Donovan's medieval TV thriller The Conclave . Downey has worked with Jessica Lange, JoBeth Williams, Sam Rockwell, and directors such as Joe Sargent. He won the only acting award at the 2010 Atlantic Film Festival for his role in Whirligig, directed by Chaz Thorne, with whom he has worked on two previous features. He played the evil gang leader "The Drake", [3] who runs the town in the feature film Hobo with a Shotgun , starring Rutger Hauer and directed by Jason Eisener. [4]
Downey is also a musician and writer. Before being recruited as an actor, he spent many years as a bass player, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. As of 2020, a Canadian talent management firm advertises him as a big band bandleader and drummer, playing swing music. [5] He has been a writer for many stage plays and has led many scriptwriting workshops. His first full-length stage play, Peter's Other War, was produced during the summer of 2009.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | Fred Bonia-Coombs | |
| 1986 | John and the Missus | Burgess | |
| 1989 | Norman's Awesome Experience | Dr. Nobbelmeyer | |
| 1989 | George's Island | Mr. Beane | |
| 1992 | Secret Nation | Charles Maddox | |
| 2002 | Little Dickie [6] | Bartender | Short Film |
| 2006 | The Conclave | Cardinal Juan De Mella | |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Frank Marchand | |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | Boxing Official | |
| 2007 | Just Buried | Pickles | |
| 2010 | Whirligig [7] [8] | Al | |
| 2011 | Hobo with a Shotgun | Drake | |
| 2012 | The Disappeared [9] [10] | Gerald | |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Preacher Taggart | |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | Norman the Magician | |
| 2016 | The Healer | Henry | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Up at Ours | Derek | TV mini series |
| 1982 | Joey | Captain Joe | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Beachcombers | Milo | |
| 1998 | Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House | Ben Harrison | TV movie |
| 1996-2002 | Lexx | Stanley H. Tweedle | Main cast |
| 1997-1998 | Millennium | Medical Examiner, Mr. Dean | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion | Capt. Horatio Brannen | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Candles on Bay Street | Cee Jay | TV movie |
| 2007 | Sybil | Willard | TV movie |
| 2009 | G-Spot | Priest | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Haven | Sal Fortuna | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Lizzie Borden Took an Ax | Jury Foreman | TV movie |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Jury Foreman | TV mini series |
| 2017 | Trailer Park Boys | Sonny | 2 episodes |
| 2017-2019 | Pure | Bishop Bergen | 7 episodes |
Nicholas Lea is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Alex Krycek on The X-Files and of Tom Foss on Kyle XY.
Aaron Douglas is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Galen Tyrol on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.
Kari Matchett is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles as Colleen Blessed on Power Play, Joan Campbell on Covert Affairs, Kate Filmore in the science fiction movie Cube 2: Hypercube, and U.S. president Michelle Travers on The Night Agent. She has also appeared in films such as Apartment Hunting (2000), Angel Eyes (2001), Men with Brooms (2002), Cypher (2002), Civic Duty (2006), The Tree of Life (2011), and Maudie (2016).
Lexx is a science fiction television series created by Lex Gigeroff and brothers Paul and Michael Donovan. It originally aired on April 18, 1997, on Canada's Citytv as four made-for-TV movies. Beginning with season two, the format changed to a traditional TV series with each episode running 45 minutes long. The series follows a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic spacecraft Lexx as they travel through two universes and encounter planets, including a parody of Earth. The narrative includes irony, parody, and sex comedy, and explores ideas of fatalism, reincarnation, the afterlife, and the paradigm of good and evil.
Ian Tracey is a Canadian actor. Over the years, Tracey has participated in more than 70 films and television series. Tracey has starred in series such as Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence. He is also known for his role as the title character in 1979's Huckleberry Finn and His Friends.
Sonja Bennett is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film Punch (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films Donovan's Echo, Cole, Control Alt Delete, Young People Fucking, and Fido as well as the television series Godiva's and Cold Squad. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with Preggoland in which she also starred.
Chad Faust is a Canadian actor, singer, film producer, film director, and screenwriter best known for his role as Kyle Baldwin in The 4400. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. He is well-known for his role in the 2007 film 'Descent'.
Brendan Fletcher is a Canadian actor. He first gained recognition as a child actor, being nominated for a Gemini Award for his acting debut in the made-for-television film Little Criminals and winning a Leo Award for his role in the TV series Caitlin's Way. He subsequently won the Genie Award for Best Leading Actor for John Greyson's The Law of Enclosures, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Turning Paige.
Tyler Hynes is a Canadian actor.
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor. He is known for being the second actor to play Nicholas Alamain on the NBC daytime soap Days of Our Lives from 1999 to 2000, and for his roles as the mutant Brennan Mulwray in Mutant X, Coop the cupid on Charmed and detective Carlos Fonnegra in Continuum.
Mark Taylor is a Canadian actor known mainly for his roles as Eugene Donovan in Seventeen Again, Romeo in Student Bodies, and Kwest in Instant Star.
Joanne M. Kelly is a Canadian actress, known for her appearances in films such as Going the Distance, and in the TV series Warehouse 13 as the character Myka Bering, a Secret Service agent.
Ellen Dubin is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her part in the television mini-series Lexx, playing the role of Giggerota.
Robert Christopher "Robb" Wells is a Canadian actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for portraying Ricky in Trailer Park Boys.
Paul Donovan is a Canadian television and film writer, director and producer best known as the creator of the science-fiction TV series LEXX. He co-founded Salter Street Films (SSF) with his brother Michael Donovan.
David Lewis is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles in Hope Island, Icarus, White Chicks, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and Child's Play.
Munro Skylear Chambers is a Canadian actor who is best known for his roles as Wilder on The Latest Buzz (2007–2010), Elijah "Eli" Goldsworthy on Degrassi (2010–2015), Frankie Chandler on Lockwood (2016–present) and Nate on Second Jen (2016).
Alexander Kier Gigeroff, , known professionally as Lex Gigeroff, was a Canadian television writer and actor best remembered as a co-creator of the science fiction series Lexx. He also appeared in the comedy series Liocracy and the short film Treevenge.
Molly Kathleen Dunsworth is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Canadian feature film Hobo with a Shotgun, in which she plays "Abby" alongside Rutger Hauer.
Lovell Adams-Gray is a Canadian actor.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
