Tom Scholte

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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]

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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]

Contributions to cybernetics

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]

Personal life

He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
2004Lies Like TruthDanny Fitterson
2004 Everyone Roger
2005 The Hamster Cage PaulAlso producer
2008CrimeBrent
2008 Mothers & Daughters Dinner Party Guest Thomas
2010 Repeaters Sgt. Gerald Tibbs
2010 Fathers & Sons Tom
2011ExleyPoker Player #1
2011 Sisters & Brothers Henry AdamsAlso co-creator
2012 Crimes of Mike Recket Peter
2013 The Dick Knost Show Dick KnostAlso producer
2014Bad CityThe Chief
2018 Kingsway Bar Buddy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Dead AheadDeputy HutchinsTelevision film
1996 Psi Factor Howie SamekEpisode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation"
1996, 1997 The X-Files Michael Sloan / Young JohansenEpisodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru"
1997 Dead Man's Gun Deputy Harold CooperEpisode: "Fortune Teller"
1998 The Wonderful World of Disney Monte MarksEpisode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure"
2001 Da Vinci's Inquest DavidEpisode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2002 The Dead Zone Sports NutEpisode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2002 The Twilight Zone Writer #1Episode: "Gabe's Story"
2003 Stargate SG-1 ChazenEpisode: "Prophecy"
2003Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black WidowLen BirmbaumTelevision film
2005 Cold Squad Lee StylesEpisode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses"
2021Trigger MePhillip2 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRefs
1999 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Dirty Nominated [12]
2000Leo AwardsBest Performance by a Male in a Short DramaBabette's FeetNominated [13]
2001Leo AwardsBest Performance by a Male in a Short DramaWhat 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 AwardsBest 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]
2004Leo AwardsBest Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama See Grace Fly Nominated [18]
Best Performance by a Male in a Short DramaExposuresWon
2011Leo AwardsBest Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Fathers & Sons Nominated [19]
2012Leo AwardsBest 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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