Maxwell McCabe-Lokos

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Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (born 1978) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, director, and musician. [1]

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Career

McCabe-Lokos has appeared in Land of the Dead , Lars and the Real Girl , The Incredible Hulk , Chaos Walking , The Husband (also screenwriter), and Antibirth . [2] He has appeared in supporting or guest roles in the television series Happy Town , Being Erica , The Listener , Schitt's Creek , Copper , Lucky 7 , [3] and Station Eleven .

McCabe-Lokos directed the short films Ape Sodom and Midnight Confession and the feature film Stanleyville , co-written with Rob Benvie. [4]

He was previously a keyboardist for the garage rock band the Deadly Snakes, in which he was known by the stage name Age of Danger. [5] McCabe-Lokos told Damian Abraham on Abraham's 'Turned Out a Punk' podcast that GG Allin and the Murder Junkies was the first band he ever saw live. [6]

He currently resides in Tangier, Morocco and is neighbours with Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Twist Noah
2005 Land of the Dead Mouse
2005 Mouth to Mouth Mad Ax
2005 The Man Pinto Driver
2006 The Sentinel Store Clerk
2007 The Tracey Fragments Lance
2007 This Beautiful City Attendant
2007 Lars and the Real Girl Kurt
2008 The Incredible Hulk Cab Driver
2008 Toronto Stories Eddi
2008 Max Payne Doug
2013 The Husband Henry Andreas
2014 Wolves Morrow
2015 Pay the Ghost Mr. MoldanadoUncredited
2016 Antibirth Warren
2016 The Other Half Maitre D'Uncredited
2019 Disappearance at Clifton Hill Gerry
2020 Falling Eddie
2021 Chaos Walking Prentisstown Man #1
2022 The Switch (La Switch)Dick
2023 Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)Ludovic Chevalier

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Blue Murder Nicholas RichardsEpisode: "Speed Demons"
2003 Street Time The CookerEpisode: "Anger Management"
2003 Deathlands Jabez Pendragon CawdorTelevision film
2009 Being Erica BodyguardEpisode: "Erica the Vampire Slayer"
2009 Sea Wolf Smoke2 episodes
2010 Happy Town Lincoln Stiviletto7 episodes
2012 The Listener Charlie EnzoEpisode: "Poisoned Minds"
2012 Copper Tungus McClaughertyEpisode: "Husbands and Fathers"
2013 Lucky 7 Eddie2 episodes
2015 Killjoys Spider DrakosEpisode: "One Blood"
2015 Murdoch Mysteries Liam BertramEpisode: "The Local Option"
2016 The Girlfriend Experience ClientEpisode: "Separation"
2016 12 Monkeys Reginald2 episodes
2017 Schitt's Creek CalEpisode: "Opening Night"
2017–2019 Tin Star Danny Lyle Jr.5 episodes
2019 Wayne Eric2 episodes
2020 In the Dark CyrusEpisode: "The Truth Hurts"
2021 Y: The Last Man RafeEpisode: "The Day Before"
2021–2022 Station Eleven Vlad10 episodes

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References

  1. "Max Velocity" Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine . The Grid , September 4, 2013.
  2. "Antibirth Begins Rolling - Dread Central". 24 March 2015.
  3. "Bruce McDonald and Maxwell McCabe-Lokos struck the right balance with The Husband". National Post . March 17, 2014.
  4. John Hopewell, "Oscilloscope Picks Up Maxwell McCabe-Lokos’ Dark Comedy ‘Stanleyville’". Variety , August 2, 2021.
  5. "After tomorrow, they'll be on different planes". National Post , August 24, 2006.
  6. "Episode - Max McCabe-Lokos Actor/Director and former Deadly Snake". Turned Out a Punk (podcast), December 27, 2022