Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic. [1] He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding , for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 [2] and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001, [3] and The Dick Knost Show , for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013. [4]
He has also appeared in the films Live Bait , Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure , No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles , Moving Malcolm , See Grace Fly , Fathers & Sons , Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway , and the television series The X-Files , Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad .
He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, [5] is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia. [1]
Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics. In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) [6] Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network. [7]
Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics [8] and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities. [9]
Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'. [10]
He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004. [11]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Live Bait | Trevor MacIntosh | |
1997 | Drive, She Said | Arnold The Gas Guy | |
1998 | Dirty | David | |
1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Reporter | |
2000 | No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Peter | |
2001 | Lunch with Charles | Tom | |
2001 | Last Wedding | Peter | |
2003 | The Core | Acker | |
2003 | Moving Malcolm | Mover | |
2003 | See Grace Fly | James | |
2004 | The Thing Below | Edward Lynch | |
2004 | Walking Tall | Merle Crowe | |
2004 | Lies Like Truth | Danny Fitterson | |
2004 | Everyone | Roger | |
2005 | The Hamster Cage | Paul | Also producer |
2008 | Crime | Brent | |
2008 | Mothers & Daughters | Dinner Party Guest Thomas | |
2010 | Repeaters | Sgt. Gerald Tibbs | |
2010 | Fathers & Sons | Tom | |
2011 | Exley | Poker Player #1 | |
2011 | Sisters & Brothers | Henry Adams | Also co-creator |
2012 | Crimes of Mike Recket | Peter | |
2013 | The Dick Knost Show | Dick Knost | Also producer |
2014 | Bad City | The Chief | |
2018 | Kingsway | Bar Buddy |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Dead Ahead | Deputy Hutchins | Television film |
1996 | Psi Factor | Howie Samek | Episode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation" |
1996, 1997 | The X-Files | Michael Sloan / Young Johansen | Episodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru" |
1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Deputy Harold Cooper | Episode: "Fortune Teller" |
1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Monte Marks | Episode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure" |
2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | David | Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" |
2002 | The Dead Zone | Sports Nut | Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt" |
2002 | The Twilight Zone | Writer #1 | Episode: "Gabe's Story" |
2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Chazen | Episode: "Prophecy" |
2003 | Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow | Len Birmbaum | Television film |
2005 | Cold Squad | Lee Styles | Episode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses" |
2021 | Trigger Me | Phillip | 2 episodes |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
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1999 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Dirty | Nominated | [12] |
2000 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Babette's Feet | Nominated | [13] |
2001 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | What Else Have You Got? | Nominated | [14] |
2002 | 17th Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" | Won | [15] |
22nd Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Last Wedding | Nominated | [16] | |
Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" | Nominated | [17] | |
Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Last Wedding | Won | |||
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 | Best Actor in Canadian Film | Last Wedding | Nominated | [3] | |
2004 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | See Grace Fly | Nominated | [18] |
Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Exposures | Won | |||
2011 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Fathers & Sons | Nominated | [19] |
2012 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Sisters & Brothers | Won | [20] |
2014 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | The Dick Knost Show | Nominated | [4] |
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