Nicholas Lea
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Lea in 2013
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| Born | Nicholas Christopher Herbert June 22, 1962 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1989-Present |
| Known for | The X-Files, Kyle XY |
Nicholas Lea (born Nicholas Christopher Herbert, June 22, 1962) is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of Alex Krycek on The X-Files and of Tom Foss on Kyle XY.
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Biography
Lea was born in New Westminster, British Columbia. He attended Prince of Wales Secondary School (Grad of 1980).
Lea's first major role was on the TV series The Commish where he played Officer Enrico Caruso from 1991 to 1994. It was during this time that he had a minor guest role in a first-season episode of The X-Files called "Gender Bender". The producers were impressed by his performance and when, in the second season, he auditioned for the role of turncoat FBI agent Alex Krycek, he was successful. Lea guest starred in eleven episodes from 1994 to 1996 and became a popular character amongst the fans. Because of his character's willingness to switch sides, he was known as the 'ratboy'. In the season three episode "Apocrypha," Krycek was left to die in an abandoned missile silo with an alien ship. This allowed Lea to take a starring role in the series Once a Thief — which followed on from the 1996 John Woo film — alongside Ivan Sergei. The series was cancelled after one season. Lea continued to play Krycek, who became a nemesis not just of Mulder and Scully but particularly of A.D. Skinner (Mitch Pileggi).
Lea co-starred with Lau Ching-Wan, Theresa Lee and Bif Naked in the Hong Kong-Canadian film Lunch with Charles in 2001.[1]
In 2006, Lea had a role on ABC Family's Kyle XY (26 episodes) playing Tom Foss, Kyle's tutor, and was one of the lead actors (playing Ethan McKaye) on the Canadian TV series Whistler. He was also that series' associate producer. He did not return to Whistler for its second season in 2007.
He has guest starred in shows such as NYPD Blue (3 episodes), Andromeda, Burn Notice, Sliders, Highlander: The Series, Judging Amy, CSI (4 episodes) (as Catherine Willows' boyfriend) and Men in Trees (10 episodes) (as Eric, the minister). Nicholas has also guest starred in the ABC remake of the sci-fi series V. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver.
Lea appeared in the film Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido, starring, produced, and directed by Silvio Pollio, including Lea, John Cassini, Terry Chen, and Michael Eklund. The film screened at the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2][3][4]
In 2012 he portrayed Eliot Ness who formed the law enforcement group The Untouchables in the Supernatural episode "Time after Time".
Lea had a minor role on Arrow as Mark Francis, who was Moira Queen's campaign manager. He appeared in three episodes.[5]
Filmography
Film
- Before I Fall (2016)
- Excited (2009) as Skidder
- Dancing Trees (2009)
- Crime (2008) as Varsity Coach
- Vice (2008) as Jenkins
- Hastings Street (2007) (voice) as Charlie
- American Venus (2007) as Dougie
- Butterfly on a Wheel (2007) as Jerry Crane
- Chaos (2005/II) as Det. Vincent Durano
- Threshold (2003 film), as Dr. Jerome 'Geronimo' Horne
- Moving Malcolm (2003) as Herbert
- The Impossible Elephant (2001) as Steven Harris
- A Shot in the Face (2001) as The Robber
- Lunch with Charles (2001) as Matthew
- Ignition (2001) as Peter Scanlon
- Vertical Limit (2000) as Tom McLaren
- Bad Company (1995) as Jake
- The Raffle (1994) as David Lake
- From Pig to Oblivion (1993)
- Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1990) as Baines
- American Boyfriends (1989) as Ron
- Deadly Isolation as Jeff
Video games
- Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido (2010) (post-production) as Mr. Other Guy
- The X-Files: Resist or Serve (2004) (voice and likeness) as Alex Krycek
Soundtrack
- Men in Trees in the 2008 episode Get a Life he performed:
- Several Thousand (uncredited) &
- I See in You (uncredited))
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Lunch with Charles at IMDb
- ↑ http://www.bclocalnews.com/greater_vancouver/burnabynewsleader/news/104306418.html
- ↑ http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2010/filmguide/Title/GG
- ↑ http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2010/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=2578
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