''Connor Undercover'' is a
Canadian
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Teen
action comedy TV series
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Film
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airing on Canadian specialty channel
Family Channel. It stars
Max Morrow as the title character Connor Heath. It is co-produced by Heroic Films Company and Shaftesbury Films. In early 2010, Family Channel renewed the series for a second season.
Overview
Season one
Connor Heath is an ordinary 15-year-old. He extremely over imagines things and is always looking for adventure however he never finds any, that is until the Cordoban president's daughter is sent to live with him and his family. After numerous attempts on Gisela's life, Ed, a body-guard for the Cordoban secret service joins them. The main antagonist is former friend of Gisela, now double agent Zatari, whose mission is to capture Gisela.
Season two
Zatari, an ex-agent has re-appeared on a mission to capture
DNA from Gisela to use in illegal human cloning, causing Ed to place Gisela in a safe house, away from school and the outside world. After Connor fails his Camp X test in order to protect Gisela, he finds himself being trained by Ed to become a proper spy to be able to protect Gisela anywhere she goes.
Production
The
Family Channel Canada commissioned the series in 2008. Series one was filmed in early 2009 and first premiered on the Australian channel
ABC3
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Hist ...
on the 12 April 2010 and premiered on Family Channel on 17 September 2010. It was co-produced by Heroic Films Company and
Shaftesbury Films
Shaftesbury Films is a film, television and digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Background
Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television an ...
. The
Family Channel commissioned a second season of twenty-six episodes, which world premiered again on ABC3 on 11 October 2010.
Although the series is Canadian, the world premiere was given to the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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. The series was filmed on location in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada.
Cast
Main
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Max Morrow as Connor Heath
*
Lola Tash
Lola Bridgette Tash (born September 4, 1995) is a Canadian actress. She portrays Gisela Calicos on '' Connor Undercover''. She starred as Chideh in the movie ''The Wild Girl'', as Robin on ''Rookie Blue'', Vicky in ''Reviving Ophelia'' and also ...
as Gisela Calicos
*
Gavin Fox as Eduardo Garcia
* Jordan Francis as Dave "Whynot" Wynott
* Carleigh Beverly as Tanya Gilette
* Dylan Authors as Ty Heath
*
Ana Golja as Lily Bogdakovitch
Recurring
* Howard Hoover as Reuben Heath
* Jude Coffey as Julia Heath
* Randy Thomas as President Calicos
* Raquel Cadilha as Tanya
* Will Bowes as Renford
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Marline Yan
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Career
Yan started acting and singing at ten years of age ...
as Sophia
* Jacob Neayem as Hugo
*
Tattiawna Jones
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Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses from Ontario
Canadian television actres ...
as Zatari
* Kyle McDonald as Azul
* Marco Grazzini as The Messenger
* Pat Mastroianni as Diego
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Alex Karzis
Constantine Alexander Karzis (born June 8, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor, voiceover artist, singer, and musician. He was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.
Life
He played the roles of Bruce in the 1993 film '' I Love a Man ...
as The Magician
Episodes
International broadcasts
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial Facebook
{{Family Channel original series
2010s Canadian comedy television series
2010 Canadian television series debuts
2011 Canadian television series endings
Canadian children's comedy television series
2010s Canadian teen sitcoms
Television series by Shaftesbury Films
Family Channel (Canadian TV network) original programming
English-language television shows
Espionage television series
Television series about teenagers
Television shows filmed in Toronto
Television shows set in Toronto
Canadian action comedy television series