Nigel Bennett

This article is about the Canada-based English actor and director. For the English cricketer, see Nigel Harvie Bennett.

Nigel Bennett
275px Bennett in Ontario, 2004
Born	(1949-11-19) 19 November 1949 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	married 2 times
Children	Matthew, Michael, Sam Bennett, Hannah
Website	nigelbennett.com

Nigel Bennett (born 19 November 1949) is an English-Canadian actor/director/writer who has been based in Canada since 1986. He is best known for playing the vampire patriarch Lucien LaCroix in the TV series Forever Knight, for which he won the Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor in a dramatic series.

Life and career

Bennett has also been in a number of major films such as Murder at 1600 and The Skulls, and many, many other TV series. He had recurring roles in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Lexx. He also starred in a series of Oatmeal Crisp cereal commercials in the 1990s.

Teaming up with writer P.N. Elrod, Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed "James Bond with fangs" vampire adventure novels for Baen Books. The "Lord Richard, Vampire" trilogy includes Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, and Siege Perilous. He also contributed the short story "Wolf and Hound" to "Dracula's London," a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.

In 2006, he appeared in the Ken Finkleman miniseries At The Hotel, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award.

Bennett keeps himself busy with additional film and TV roles, stage work, convention and charity appearances. He was the artistic director of the world-renowned Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, from 2006–2007.

Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of Shaw's Antony and Cleopatra. He graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time. He had fifteen years of stage experience in England prior to moving to Canada. He attended Tettenhall College in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

Filmography

• The Strain (TV series) (2015), Dreverhaven – TV, 1 episode
• Saving Hope (2015), Dr. Burt Goran – TV, 1 episode
• The Corridor (2010 film) as Lee Shephard
• The Summit (TV mini-series) (2008), Ian Greene
• Burn Up (TV mini-series) (2008), Jerry
• The Border (2008), Andrew Mannering – 4 episodes
• Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Chief Constable Giles / Inspector Giles (2011–2012)
• The State Within (2006), Charles Macintyre – 7 episodes
• Reversible Errors (2004), Talmadge
• Too Young to Be a Dad (2002), Dr. Howell
• Andromeda (TV) Paroo
• Interceptor Force 2, Jack Bavaro
• Cypher (2002), Finster
• Lexx (TV) (Series Regular) (2000–2002), Prince
• Canada: A People's History (TV) (Guest Appearance) (2000–2001), Sir Guy Carleton
• The Crossing (2000), Gen. Horatio Gates – TV
• The Skulls (2000), Dr. Rupert Whitney
• Top of the Food Chain (1999), Michel O'Shea
• Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–1999), Frank Elsinger – TV, 29 episodes
• War of 1812 (TV mini-series) (1999). Winfield Scott
• One Tough Cop (1998), Inspector Bassie
• Earth: Final Conflict (TV) (Series Regular) Season 1 episode 10 "Live Free or Die" 5 January 1998 Raymond MacIntyre
• Strike! (1998), Harvey Sawyer
• La Femme Nikita (1997), Egran Petrosian
• Murder at 1600 (1997), Burton Cash
• Gotti (1996), Bruce Mouw
• Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996), Nico (Rooker's No. 1 henchman)
• The Arrow (1996), Aeronautical Engineer Jim Floyd, Mini-series (CBC)
• Harrison Bergeron (1995), Dr. Eisenstock – TV
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993), John Mitchell – TV
• Forever Knight (1992–1996), Lacroix – TV series regular
• Narrow Margin (1990), Jack Wootton
• A Child's Christmas in Wales (1987), Father (past) – TV
• BBC2 Playhouse (1981–1982), Mr. Ring – TV, 3 episodes
• Coronation Street (1977), Colin Bailey – TV, 1 episode
• Play for Today (The Happy Hunting Ground) (1976) – TV

See also

• List of residents of Wolverhampton

External links

• Nigel Bennett at the Internet Movie Database