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Da Vinci's Inquest
''Da Vinci's Inquest'' is a Canadian crime drama television series which originally aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, the critically acclaimed show did attract a loyal following, and ultimately seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, starred Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also included Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary. Episodes Cast Main *Nicholas Campbell as Coroner (Mayor in season 8) Dominic Da Vinci * Suleka Mathew as Dr. Sunita "Sunny" Ramen (credited as "Sue Mathew" in the first season) (seasons 1–5 & beginning of season 6) *Donnelly Rhodes as Detective Leo Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Fraser (actor)
Duncan Fraser is a British-born Canadian actor.Barbara Crook, "The many faces of Duncan Fraser: Former mercenary keeps stage life in perspective". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 5, 1993. He is most noted for his performance in the 1985 film '' Overnight'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986,Sid Adilman, "Genie movies something to celebrate". ''Toronto Star'', March 16, 1986. and his regular role as Staff Sgt. Regan in '' Da Vinci's Inquest'', for which he was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 15th Gemini Awards in 2000."Here are the nominees for the 15th annual Gemini Awards". Canadian Press, September 19, 2000. Early life and education Born in Manchester, England, Fraser planned to study aeronautical engineering at the University of London, but switched to psychology after finding engineering too technical and mathematical. Career Following university, Fraser travelled around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Coghill
Joy Dorothy Coghill-Thorne, CM, (May 13, 1926 – January 20, 2017) was a Canadian actress, director, and writer. Her obituary in ''The Vancouver Sun'' described her as having had "a seven-decade run at the top of the Vancouver theatre world." Early life and education Coghill was born in Findlater, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 13, 1926, the daughter of J.G. Coghill and Dorothy Pollard Coghill. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. She was educated at King's Park Secondary School King's Park Secondary School, on Fetlar Drive, in the King's Park, Glasgow, King's Park area (or specifically in the Simshill area) of south Glasgow, is a Scottish non-denominational State school#Scotland, state school. It was established in 1962 ... and Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow, Scotland. After returning to Canada, she attended Kitsilano Secondary School and began performing in school theatre productions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clothier
Robert Allan Clothier, DFC (October 21, 1921 – February 10, 1999) was a Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role as Relic on the CBC television series, ''The Beachcombers''. Biography Like many of his contemporaries, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at an early age. He learned to fly at No. 1 Elementary Flying School in Malton and No. 4 Service Flying Training School in Saskatoon, and flew two tours operationally with 408 Squadron RCAF. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on December 5, 1944, the citation reading, This officer has completed numerous sorties in the role of pilot, involving attacks on most of the enemy's heavily defended targets. On all occasions he has pressed home his attacks with great determination and by his personal example of courage, coolness and confidence has set an example which has inspired all with whom he has flown. On December 23, 1944, while serving as an instructor with No. 5 Operational Training Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Perkins
Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian actress, known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series ''Hiccups'', young Beverly Marsh in '' Stephen King's It'', and Brigitte Fitzgerald in '' Ginger Snaps''. Since the late 1980s, she has appeared in various films and television series. Early life Perkins was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her father is Sicilian and her mother is of Scottish and English ancestry. Career As a child actress, she appeared in three made-for-television films: '' Small Sacrifices'', ''Anything to Survive'', and Stephen King's '' It''. In 1998, Perkins took a supporting role in the Canadian TV crime-drama series ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' as Carmen in the episode "The Most Dangerous Time". She returned to the series in 2001 to take a recurring, supporting role as the prostitute Sue Lewis for a further 34 episodes, a role which earned her a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance in 2003. In 2000, Perkins starred in the film '' Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Ratner
Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his performances in the films ''Last Wedding'' and ''Looking for Leonard''. Career Immanuel has appeared in the films '' Moving Malcolm'', ''Ignition'', '' Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity'', '' Amazon Falls'', '' Fathers & Sons'' and ''Sisters & Brothers'', and regular supporting roles as Sam Berger in the television series '' Da Vinci's City Hall'' and Ivon Teslia in '' Travelers''. He was also the director of ''Moving Malcolm''."Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 17, 2003. For his role in ''Last Wedding,'' he won a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2001. He won the VFCC's Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film award in 2002 for ''Looking for Leonard''. He was also director of the film '' Down River'', which won the VFCC's award for Best Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylène Dinh-Robic
Mylène Dinh-Robic (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian actress. Biography A Francophone from Montreal, Quebec, Dinh-Robic is of Québécois paternal and Vietnamese maternal heritage. She has worked on stage, on camera, and in video games. She first performed opposite actor Nicholas Campbell as Rita Mah, one of the main characters in CBC's '' Da Vinci's City Hall''. She later worked in Toronto on three seasons of CTV's '' The Listener'' as Dr. Olivia Fawcett and went on to portray officer Beatrice ‘Bear’ Hamelin for four years in Bravo's 19-2. Her notable work in French includes Montreal-shot productions ''Plan B'', ''Discussion avec mes parents'' and ''Double Faute'', and she presently portrays Vera Rosenbaum in TVA's ''Les Bracelets Rouges''. Her voice and motion capture work in video games began with the role of ''Liza Snow'' in ''Far Cry 3'' (2012), and she more recently portrayed Star-Lord’s mother Meredith Quill in '' Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2021). D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Markinson
Brian Markinson (born ) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of films and television shows. Some of Markinson's best known roles include a U.S. Attorney General in ''Shooter'', an unscrupulous industrialist in ''Godzilla'', and a supporting role in ''Angels in America''. Personal life Markinson was born into a Jewish family in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Markinson trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and subsequently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1983. He married Canadian Nancy Kerr, and their sons Isaac and Evan were both born in Los Angeles in the late 1990s. In 1999 the family moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where they have resided since. Career Throughout his career, Markinson has appeared in many American and Canadian film and television projects. He frequently plays either an authority figure or a calculating or menacing villain. One of his most prominent roles was as Police Chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Strange
Sarah Strange (born September 6, 1974) is a Canadian actress. She has worked in a variety of American and Canadian television and film projects, including Helen in the Canadian drama ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and as the voice actress for the male half of Ranma Saotome in the first 64 episodes of '' Ranma 1/2'' (as well as the movies and the OVAs) before she was replaced by Richard Ian Cox for the rest of the series. Life and career Strange was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the daughter of screenwriters Susan and Marc Strange (creators of ''The Beachcombers''). She grew up in Canada's entertainment industry, and has appeared in comedic, dramatic, and science fiction projects on both big and small screens since graduating from high school. In 1988, David Fincher directed her in the USA version of the music video for '' Shattered Dreams'' by Johnny Hates Jazz. She played the uncredited lead female in the black and white video. Strange has since garnered multiple Gemini Award no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Diakun
Alex Diakun is a Canadian actor. Career Diakun's credits include a blue-faced alien (Chief Technical Director Hohne) in the series '' Andromeda'', ''The Outer Limits'', and the feature film '' Valentine''. Filmography Film *'' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971) – Townsperson #7 *'' Firebird 2015 AD'' (1981) – Dolan *''Blood Link'' (1982) – Mr. Adams *''Hellogoodbye'' (1982) *''Utilities'' (1983) – Lavallee *'' Dead Wrong'' (1983) – The Stranger *''The Journey of Natty Gann'' (1985) – Station Master *'' Rainbow War'' (1985) *''High Stakes'' (1986) – Valenta *'' Malone'' (1987) – Madrid *'' Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'' (1989) – Deck Hand *''Run'' (1991) – Casino Maitre D' *'' The Hitman'' (1991) – Armone *'' Knight Moves'' (1992) – Grandmaster Lutz *''The Portrait'' (1992) – Fraser *'' Harmony Cats'' (1993) – Art Kale *''Double, Double, Toil and Trouble'' (1993) – Doorman *''Ernest Rides Again'' (1993) – Librarian *''Crackerjack'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hawthorne
Kimberly Hawthorne is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Broadway and daytime soap operas, before landing supporting roles on the prime time dramas. From 2000 to 2005, Hawthorne was regular cast member in the CBC Television police drama, ''Da Vinci's Inquest''. From 2016 to 2020, she starred as Kerissa Greenleaf in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, '' Greenleaf''. Early life Hawthorne was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. Attended School of Performing Arts (Arts High School) in Newark, NJ. She received her Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre from Birmingham–Southern College in Alabama. After graduating, she began working on stage, making her professional theatre debut at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. In the mid-1990s, She moved to New York City, where she began appearing. Career Hawthorne made her first screen appearance in an episode of NBC drama series, ''I'll Fly Away''. While living in Atlanta, she also appeared in three episodes of '' I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
