John Boylan (Canadian actor)

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John Boylan
NationalityCanadian
Education National Theatre School of Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, drama teacher
Years active1974-present

John Boylan is a Canadian film and television actor, recently best known for his supporting roles as Gary Strange in Being Erica , Deputy Police Chief Talbot in Blue Murder and Bishop Richard Cushing in The Kennedys .

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Early life

Boylan attended the National Theatre School of Canada. [1]

Career

He has also appeared in the television series The Hitchhiker , Road to Avonlea , Side Effects , North of 60 , Earth: Final Conflict , The City , Instant Star , The Newsroom and Queer as Folk , and the films Clearcut , Us Two , To Catch a Killer , Time to Say Goodbye? and The Path to 9/11 .

Other work

Boylan works primarily as an acting teacher at Toronto, Ontario's Centre for the Arts, [2] and has also taught acting at Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University), George Brown College, New York University, the University of Minnesota, the Yale School of Drama and York University.

He is the founder and Director of Toronto's Centre for the Arts. A graduate of Canada's National Theatre School, recent film and television credits include The Story of Luke, The Don Cherry Story, The Kennedys, and Servitude.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1974 Alien Thunder Cpl. Harold Bellringer
1977 Rabid Young Cop In Plaza
1978 Blood Relatives Policeman #3
Angela Sean
Two Solitudes Sailor
1979 Us Two Highway Patrol
1983 The Prodigal Alex Thornhill
1989 Jacknife Frank
Physical Education Teacher
1997 Time to Say Goodbye? Dr. Peters
2000 The Perfect Son Minister
2003 The Limit Detective Lavery
2004Harold & Kumar Get the MunchiesOfficer Brucks
2005 The Perfect Catch Myerson
2007The Rocket ManCarl
2009 Land of the Lost Enik
2010In the DominicanCarl Len
2011 Servitude Sam Stein
2012The Story of LukeMr. Harrison

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Spirit of Adventure: Night FlightCo-PilotTV movie
1989Deadly NightmaresMartinHootch
1995The Great DefenderJudge EmersonEpisode: "Naked Truth"
1998 Side Effects Robert MathiasEpisode: "Easy Breathing"
1997 North of 60 Staff Sgt. Ernie JeromeEpisode: "Walking with Ghosts"
2001 Leap Years Stacey Stewart Curtis
The Associates Jake Rothstein
2002-2003 Blue Murder Deputy Chief of Police Talbot
2007Love You to DeathCharlesEpisode: "Storage Unit Murder"
The Dresden Files Dr. OverlandEpisode: "The Other Dick"
2009 Before You Say 'I Do' Mr. JohnsonTV movie
2009-2011 Being Erica Gary Strange
2010 The Bridge MunsonEpisode: "The Unguarded Moment"
Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story CBC Executive #1Episode: "Part 2"
2011 The Kennedys Bishop Richard CushingEpisode: "Joe's Revenge"
2012 Witchslayer Gretl Lara's FatherTV movie
Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story IIEpisode: "Night 2"
Alphas Warden PhillipsEpisode: "Wake Up Call"
2017 Running With Violet Gary5 episodes

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References

  1. "John Boylan Bio". Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
  2. "Creating the art of economic adversity". Toronto Star , February 22, 2009.