Eugene Lipinski (born 5 November 1956) is a British-Canadian

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and

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. He was born in Wansford Camp,

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, England, and raised in

Regina, Saskatchewan Regina ( ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 Canadian census, ...

, Canada. He began acting at the age of twelve in amateur theatre. After graduating from the

University of Regina The University of Regina is a public university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a j ...

, he returned to the UK and attended the

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

as well as the

Drama Studio London Drama Studio London (often abbreviated as DSL) is a British drama school in London. It is accredited by the Federation of Drama Schools. The principal is Emma Lucia Hands. The Drama Studio London was started in 1966 by Peter Layton. It focus ...

. He is well-known for his appearances in TV series such as ''

Animorphs ''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all si ...

'' as Visser Three, ''

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'' as

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, as Abe Slaney in ''

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' is a collection of short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which h ...

'' episode ''The Dancing Men'' and '' Da Vinci's City Hall'' and ''

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 se ...

'' as Lloyd Manning. As a screenwriter, in 1991, he won the

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for the film ''

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''.

Filmography

Film: * '' Hanover Street'' (1979) - 1st German Clerk * ''

Yanks ''Yanks'' is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein. It stars Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick ...

'' (1979) - Irish Barman * '' Bad Timing'' (1980) - Hospital Policeman * ''

Superman II ''Superman II'' is a 1980 superhero film directed by Richard Lester and written by Mario Puzo and David Newman (screenwriter), David and Leslie Newman from a story by Puzo based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the second installment i ...

'' (1980) - Newsvendor * '' Outland'' (1981) - Cane * ''

Shock Treatment ''Shock Treatment'' is a 1981 American musical comedy film directed by Jim Sharman, and co-written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien. It is a follow-up to the 1975 film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. While not an outright sequel, the film does ...

'' (1981) - Kirk * ''

Moonlighting Moonlighting may refer to: * Side job, a job taken in addition to one's primary employment Entertainment * ''Moonlighting'' (film), a 1982 drama film by Jerzy Skolimowski * ''Moonlighting'' (TV series), 1985–1989 American television series, s ...

'' (1982) - Banaszak * ''

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'' (1982) - KGB Agent #1 * '' Sophie's Choice'' (1982) - Polish Professor * ''

Octopussy ''Octopussy'' is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sixth to star Roger Moore as the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent James Bond filmography, J ...

'' (1983) - Head VOPO (uncredited) * ''

Gulag The Gulag was a system of Labor camp, forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. The word ''Gulag'' originally referred only to the division of the Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies, Soviet secret police that was in charge of runnin ...

'' (1985) - Yuri * ''

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'' (1986) - Ace * '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (1987) - Cosmonaut Space Walker * ''

Leviathan Leviathan ( ; ; ) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch. Leviathan is of ...

'' (1989) - Russian Ship Captain * ''

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeffrey Boam, based on a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jone ...

'' (1989) - G-Man * ''

'' (1991, also screenplay) - Hopeless * ''Boozecan'' (1994) - Braston * ''Strange and Rich'' (1994) * ''

Never Talk to Strangers ''Never Talk to Strangers'' is a 1995 psychological erotic thriller film directed by Peter Hall and starring Antonio Banderas and Rebecca De Mornay. Plot Psychologist Dr. Sarah Taylor is a guarded, aloof criminal psychologist who interviews a cl ...

'' (1995) - Dudakoff * '' Harriet the Spy'' (1996) - George Waldenstein * '' Affliction'' (1997) - Atty. J. Battle Hand * ''

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'' (1998) - Glenn Boychuk * ''Water Damage'' (1999) - David King * '' Bless the Child'' (2000) - Stuart * ''Borderline Normal'' (2001) - Mr. Dickens * ''Solitude'' (2001) - Father Gregory * '' Century Hotel'' (2001) - George * '' Who Is Cletis Tout?'' (2001) - Falco * ''Maximum Capacity'' (2001) - Eli * '' Rollerball'' (2002) - Yuri Kotlev * '' The Recruit'' (2003) - Husky Man * ''Irish Eyes'' (2004) - Angelo Zagliardi * ''The Lost Angel'' (2005) - Detective Zilinski * '' Bailey's Billion$'' (2005) - Leo * '' Year of the Carnivore'' (2009) - Lloyd Zaslavsky * ''

'' (2009-2013) - December * ''Monbella and the Curse of 1809'' (2009) - Alexader Anderson * '' The Art of the Steal'' (2013) - Bartkowiak * ''

Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of six core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...

'' (2016) - Finden * ''The Unseen'' (2016) - Milton * ''

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'' - Polozin * '' The Informer'' - Klimek Television: * ''

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' is a 1974 spy novel by the author and former spy John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of the taciturn, ageing spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. Th ...

'' (1979, TV miniseries) - Czech Guard * ''

Screen Two ''Screen Two'' is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing ''Screen 2'' between April 1977 and March 1978 ...

'' (1987-91) - Juliusz Janowski / Maj. Bannerman * '' Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and JoAnn Thatcher'' (1989) - Garry Anderson * ''The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994, TV movie) - Joe * '' Highlander: The Series'' (1995) - Brother Paul * ''

Goosebumps ''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror novels written by American author R. L. Stine. The protagonists in these stories are teens or pre-teens who find themselves in frightening circumstances, often involving the supernatural, the p ...

'' (1995-97) - Rocky (voice) / Mr. Mortman * ''

'' (1998-99) - Visser Three / Victor Trent * '' A Glimpse of Hell'' (2001, TV movie) - Skelley * '' Da Vinci's City Hall'' (2005-06) - Lloyd Manning * '' Canada Russia '72'' (2006, TV movie) - Anatoly Tarasov * ''

Intelligence Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. It can be described as t ...

'' (2006-07) - Martin Kiniski * '' The Quality of Life'' (2008, TV movie) * ''

Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

'' (2008, miniseries) - Doctors Dee and Dum * '' The Kennedys'' (2011, miniseries) -

Nikita Khrushchev Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Chai ...

* ''

Arrow An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...

'' (2012-13) - Alexei Leonov * ''

The Romeo Section ''The Romeo Section'' is a Canadian Spy fiction, spy Thriller (genre), thriller television series created and written by Chris Haddock which debuted on October 14, 2015, on CBC Television. CBC renewed the series for a second season which began air ...

'' (2015-16, TV series) - Al Crenshaw

References

External links

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Eugene Lipinski - Fringepedia FRINGE Wiki

Eugene Lipinski - Da Vinci Online
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