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Bruce Greenwood
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Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
- 1.3 Personal life
- 2 External links
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Biography
Early life
Greenwood was born in Noranda, Quebec to Mary Sylvia Ledingham, a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and teacher who taught at Princeton University. He has two sisters, Kelly Louis and Barbara Lynn. Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia and also attended the Magee School.
Career
Greenwood is known in the
U.S. for his appearances in
I, Robot,
The Core,
Thirteen Days (in which he played President
John F. Kennedy),
Capote (in which he played
Jack Dunphy,
Truman Capote's lover), and more recently
Eight Below (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren). He has had prominent roles in the award-winning films
Exotica and
The Sweet Hereafter, both directed by Canadian director
Atom Egoyan. He also appeared in the 1980's teen cult classic The Malibu Bikini Shop. He starred in
Mee-Shee: The Water Giant.
On television, Greenwood has had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986-1988), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991-1992) and the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995-1996).
Personal life
Greenwood met his wife, Susan, in Canada when they were both 15. They have been married since 1985.