Ian Tracey

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Ian Tracey
Born (1964-06-26) June 26, 1964 (age 59)
British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Actor
Years active 1976–present

Ian Tracey (born June 26, 1964) is a Canadian actor. Over the years, Tracey has participated in over seventy films and television series. Tracey has starred in series like Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence, both CBC television series produced by long-time colleague Chris Haddock. He is also known for his role as the title character in 1979's Huckleberry Finn and His Friends.

Life and career

Tracey was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He grew up in British Columbia's Port Coquitlam. A performer at a young age, Tracey started working at the age of 11, playing in the 1976 film The Keeper starring Christopher Lee.[1] He is also the father of actor Keenan Tracey (b. 1991).

Tracey's recent feature film credits include Prozac Nation, Owning Mahowny, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Costner's western Open Range and Christopher Nolan's 2001 thriller Insomnia. In 1999, Tracey won the Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for Rupert's Land.

Tracey has appeared in a number of movies-of-the-week, including starring in the title role of Milgaard, for which he won both the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series[2] and Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Picture[3] in 1999. Other television film include The Rookies, for which he received a 1991 Gemini nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his portrayal of the talented Homicide Detective Mick Leary in the Canadian TV series Da Vinci's Inquest. He also directed two episodes in that television series, as well as two in Intelligence.

Tracey was a series regular on Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat) and had a recurring lead on The Commish. He was also seen in Taken and has guest starred on Smallville, Dark Angel, The Sentinel, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Highlander: The Series, The Collector, 21 Jump Street, and Mom P.I.

In 2005, Tracey was in the TV miniseries Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story and Intelligence, a CBC television series about the interactions between organized crime and government intelligence services. In Intelligence, Tracey plays the head of a third-generation crime family that built its fortune on rum-running before turning to heroin and weed. He also appeared as Nova Group leader Daniel Armand in season three of the science fiction series The 4400 and guest-starred as Lincoln Cole in Smallville. In 2010 he began the recurring role of villain Adam Worth on Sanctuary. In spring 2007, he filmed the Chinese-Canadian historical miniseries Iron Road with Sam Neill and Peter O'Toole and narrated the making-of documentary for the DVD release of the series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1976 The Keeper The Kid
1978 In Praise of Older Women Andras Vajda Jr
1985 The Journey of Natty Gann Parker's Gang
1986 Fire with Fire Panther
1987 Stakeout Caylor Reese
1994 Trust in Me Eddie Kelly
1994 Timecop Soldier
1995 The War Between Us Jig Parnum
1995 Man with a Gun Roy Burchill
1996 Carpool Neil
1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue Kron
1998 Rupert's Land Dale McKay
1999 Touched Eric
2000 Dangerous Attraction Det. Ryan Bell
2001 Prozac Nation Rolling Stone Editor
2002 Insomnia Warfield Voice
2003 Do Not Disturb The Man Short
2003 Cellmates Sid
2003 Owning Mahowny Det. Ben Lock
2003 Open Range Tom
2003 Emile Tom
2004 Ice Men Trevor
2005 Elektra Pool Shark
2013 Man of Steel Ludlow
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1976 Dream Speaker Peter TV Movie
1979 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends Huckleberry Finn
1988 21 Jump Street
1991 Conspiracy of Silence Dwayne Johnston
1991 The Commish Officer Jon Hibbs
1991 Sweating Bullets Spider Garvin Main cast (season 3), 44 episodes
1991 Fly by Night Berry the Rat
1995 The X-Files Leonard 'Rappo' Trimble Episode: "The Walk"
1998 Da Vinci's Inquest Detective Mick Leary 13 episode
1999 Milgaard David Milgaard TV Movie
2002 Taken Bill Walker
2005 Da Vinci's City Hall Coroner Mick Leary
2006 The 4400 Daniel Armand
2006 Intelligence Jimmy Reardon 26 episodes
2009–12 Heartland Wade 5 episodes
2010–12 Sanctuary Adam Worth 8 episodes
2011 Hell on Wheels Bolan
2012 Supernatural Lee
2012 The Listener Pinto
2012–15 Continuum Jason Recurring cast, 13 episodes
2013 Rogue Lucas
2013–14 Bates Motel Remo Wallace 11 episodes
2014 Strange Empire Roy Arnold Episode: "The Whiskey Trader"
2015 Backstrom Julien Gaynor Episode: "I Like To Watch"
2015 The 100 Vincent 3 episodes
2015 Wayward Pines Franklin Dobbs 1 episode

References

  1. keeper
  2. Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television official website, last accessed October 22, 2007
  3. Leo Awards official website, last accessed October 22, 2007

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