Dan Petronijevic

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Dan Petronijevic
Born
Daniel Petronijevic

(1981-03-28) March 28, 1981 (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active1994–present
Children4

Daniel Petronijevic (born March 28, 1981), known professionally as Dan Petronijevic, is a Canadian actor who has appeared in various feature films, including the American Pie franchise, and in TV shows such as 19-2 , Playmakers , Cardinal , and Letterkenny . He also has extensive experience doing voice acting for numerous animated series. His most recent acting role was playing Detective Marv Bozwick in the film Spiral .

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Early life

Petronijevic is of Serbian descent. [1] He was born on March 28, 1981, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, and moved with his family from Scarborough to Scugog Township as a youth. [2] He made his theatrical debut as a teenager in Port Perry, where he was spotted by a talent agent. [2]

Career

Petronijevic is best known for his role as the antagonistic Montreal Police Service Officer J.M. Brouillard in the English adaptation of the ensemble police drama 19-2 . For that role, he was nominated "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series" at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.

Petronijevic also won the role of Thad Guerwitcz in ESPN's 2003 sports drama Playmakers . He played a closeted professional football player who is outed by his boyfriend. [3]

Petronijevic's other roles include Brody in Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (TV series and film) and Ronald Stiviletto in Happy Town . He also worked on the shows PSI Factor , [4] [5] Earth: Final Conflict , [6] Republic of Doyle , [7] Saving Hope , [8] and Rookie Blue . [9] [2] Petronijevic played the role of Bull in the films American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and American Pie Presents: Beta House . Along with Malin Åkerman, he co-starred in Cottage Country . [10] [11] Other films he has appeared in include Angel Eyes with Jennifer Lopez and The Prince and Me with Julia Stiles respectively. [12] [2]

Petronijevic had the recurring role of McMurray in the Canadian sitcom Letterkenny , [13] a series which was created by his fellow 19-2 actor Jared Keeso. He also co-stars in the second season of the crime drama Cardinal as the drug enforcer Leon.

Petronijevic is also a prolific voice actor, having worked on numerous animated television series. He voiced and sang as the character Geoff in Total Drama Island , Total Drama Action , and Total Drama World Tour . He later reprised the role in the spin-off series Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race . He voiced Adam Spitz in the cartoon series Braceface . He has also played several characters on the show Bakugan including those of Spectra, Julio Santana, and more recently, Jake Vallory. Other characters include Tarantula Boy on Growing Up Creepie , Corey on 6teen , GT on Turbo Dogs and most recently Trent Trotter on Corn & Peg .

Petronijevic also plays the role of Erik in Di-Gata Defenders . He is a voice actor in Beyblade: Metal Fusion , performing the roles of Blader DJ, Dynamis and Dashan Wang. He provided the voice over narration in Beyblade: Shogun Steel and BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz .

From 2007 to 2023, he was the official announcer for the Teletoon network. He was replaced with an unknown female announcer since March 27, 2023, when the channel rebranded to Cartoon Network Canada.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001High ExplosiveTom Randall
2001 Angel Eyes Fighting Kid
2002The CircleBully #1
2004 The Prince & Me Rathskeller Bouncer
2006 Snapshots for Henry TimShort film
2006 American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile Bull
2007 American Pie Presents: Beta House Bull
2010Harm's WayLuke
2013 Cottage Country Salinger Chipowski
2015 He Never Died Steve
2017Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the EndBrody (voice)Animated film
2021 Spiral Detective Marv "Boz" Bozwick

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994To Save the ChildrenRay LarchTV movie
1995 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Scott1 episode
1995 Flash Forward Joey Rizzo1 episode
1996 Goosebumps Joey Ferris1 episode
1996 Night of the Twisters Tough GuyTV movie
1996 Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story TimTV movie
1996 Hidden in America KennyTV movie
1996 Ready or Not Trevor1 episode
1997In His Father's ShoesDennis BeckTV movie
1998 Blind Faith Jack HaganTV movie
1998Dream HouseMichael ThorntonTV movie
1999 Animorphs Gerald1 episode
1999 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Gerald Duvaney1 episode
1999Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman StoryMikeTV movie
2000 Power Play 1 episode
2000 Wind at My Back Shooter1 episode
2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie Tank WilsonTV movie
2001 My Horrible Year! Eugene "Mouse" DonovanTV movie
2001 Dangerous Child LukeTV movie
2002 Earth: Final Conflict Eric Delmonico1 episode
2002 Two Against Time TommyTV movie
2002 Witchblade 1 episode
2002 The Eleventh Hour AKA Bury the LeadDale1 episode
2003 Soldier's Girl Colin BakerTV movie
2003 Twelve Mile Road TonyTV movie
2003 Playmakers Thad Guerwitcz8 episodes
2003 Word of Honor Young KalahaneTV movie
2004 The Grid Shane BillupsTV Mini Series
2005 Kojak Denny1 episode
2005 Our Fathers Young SpagsTV movie
2005 Code Breakers CorelyTV movie
2006AbsolutionBen LloydTV movie
2007 'Til Death Do Us Part AKA Love You to DeathDennis Rafferty1 episode
2007 The Dresden Files D.W. Herrick1 episode
2007 The Company Young CIA OfficerTV Mini Series, 6 episodes
2008 Mayerthorpe Eric MedfordTV movie
2008M.V.P.Tony Rizelli1 episode
2008For the Love of GraceMurphTV movie
2008 The Border Corporal Zachariah Metski1 episode
2009 Carny LukeTV movie
2009The LineWayne2 episodes
2009Throwing StonesGlen BoshykTV movie
2010 Happy Town Ronald Stiviletto7 episodes
2010-2012 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil Brody21 episodes
2011 Murdoch Mysteries Mr. Skinner1 episode
2011 Falling Skies Billy1 episode
2011 Against the Wall Charlie Hughes1 episode
2012 Republic of Doyle Brodie1 episode
2012 Saving Hope Todd Fahey1 episode
2012 Rookie Blue Dale Curry1 episode
2013 Played Alex Lydon1 episode
2014 Bitten Samuel Boggs2 episodes
2014-2017 19-2 J.M. Brouillard35 episodes
2016-2023 Letterkenny McMurray37 episodes
2018 Cardinal Leon6 episodes
2020 Transplant Officer Brent1 episode: S01E09 "Under Pressure"
2021 Hudson & Rex Coach Peters1 episode
2024–present The Trades Backwoods

Animated Series

References

  1. "Dan Petronijevic (Creator)". TV Tropes. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Whitnall, Catherine (January 27, 2014). "Little Britain actor likes being the bad guy". mykawartha.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  3. Rowe, Michael (October 14, 2003). "The Incredible Hunk". The Advocate . Here Publishing. p. 74. ISSN   0001-8996.
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  6. ""Earth: Final Conflict" Atavus High (TV Episode 2002)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  7. ""Republic of Doyle" Con, Steal, Love (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  8. ""Saving Hope" The Fight (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  9. ""Rookie Blue" Cold Comforts (TV Episode 2012)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  10. "Casting Call: Malin Akerman and Tyler Labine in 'Cottage Country'; Johann Urb as Leon Kennedy in 'Resident Evil: Retribution'". Collider . September 29, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  11. "Cottage Country". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  12. "The Prince and Me (2004)". IMDb. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  13. "Season 2 of CraveTV original series Letterkenny to launch Christmas Day". TV-eh.com. November 28, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2018.