Craig Olejnik

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Craig Olejnik
Craig Olejnik at the MCM Expo, London 2011 cropped.jpg
Olejnik at the MCM Expo London, 2011
OccupationActor
Years active1995–present
SpouseFaviola Pérez (m. 2018)

Craig Olejnik is a Canadian actor.

Early life

Olejnik graduated from West Kings District High School in Auburn, Nova Scotia. His father was in the military. [1] His grandparents immigrated to Canada from Poland. [1]

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Career

Olejnik is known for his lead role in the television series The Listener as Toby Logan, a paramedic with the power to read minds by hearing others' thoughts and seeing events that happened to them from their point of view. [2] His previous work includes Runaway , Thir13en Ghosts , Margaret's Museum and Wolf Lake . He is also the director, writer and producer of the film Interview with a Zombie. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Margaret's Museum Jimmy MacNeil
1999Teen SorceryMichael CharmingVideo
2001 Thirteen Ghosts Royce Clayton, The Torn Prince
2002 Flower & Garnet Carl
2005Interview with a ZombieInterviewerShort
2009 The Timekeeper (L'Heure de vérité)Martin Bishop
2016Wake UpMr. Bowman / Additional voicesShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 So Weird Zach Stewart"Mr. Magnetism"
2001 Wolf Lake Sean"Meat the Parents", "Soup to Nuts"
2006ObituaryLukeTV film
2006 Runaway Jake Bennett Recurring role
2007In God's CountryFrankTV film
2009–2014 The Listener Toby LoganMain role
2011 Murdoch Mysteries Nicholas Jenkins"Downstairs, Upstairs" [4] [5]
2013 Haven Aiden Driscoll"Crush"
2013 Republic of Doyle Grant Pritchard"Young Guns"
2015Christmas TruceJohn MyersTV film [6]
2017EyewitnessLouis AllenTV film
2017 Real Detective Det. Bob Creed"The Riverside Killer"
2017 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Sensei Rex"Run Toward What Scares You", "The Cat Is Always on the Roof", "Just Survive"

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