Steve Bacic ( ;"Waiting for lift-off; U of W alumnus Steve Bacic hopes to revise role on Andromeda" by Ted Shaw, ''

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on the Sci-Fi series ''

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Retrieved from After guest starring in seasons 1-3 as both characters, he joined the cast early in season 4 as Telemachus. In total, he was in 44 of the 110 ''Andromeda'' episodes. Beginning in 2013, he co-starred as Jason in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel Garage Sale Mysteries series of TV films.

Biography

Bacic was born in Lisičić, a village in

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, and raised in

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, Canada. In his mid-twenties, a road trip with friends led to settling into

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, where, intrigued by all the television and film production going on there, he decided to stay and took acting classes. He read for a bit part in the 5th season of ''

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'' but instead landed the lead guest-starring role. His television roles have included appearances on ''

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'' where he played a SWAT officer who douses himself with gasoline in a memorable episode. His film appearances include ''

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'', ''Threshold'', '' X2'' and the

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film '' The Colt'', and ''

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'', ''Safe Harbor'' and '' She Made Them Do It'' on Lifetime. Bacic also played

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in the 2007 ''

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'' TV series. His TV series '' The Guard'' premiered January 22, 2008 on ''

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'' in Canada. He plays Miro Da Silva, one of the four leads. The series is a drama series about the

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. He was cast as "Dark Archer" in the ninth season of ''

'' in episode 10 called "Disciple". He played Goran on the

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'',"'Big Love's' season 5 reboots the series"
by Verne Gay at newsday.com season 4. He also plays the character Trevor Wilson (formerly Bobby) in season one of ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards

References

External links

Steve Bacic's official site
(copy archived February 16, 2020) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacic, Steve Canadian male film actors Canadian people of Croatian descent Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Croatian emigrants to Canada Living people Male actors from Vancouver Male actors from Windsor, Ontario People from Zadar County Year of birth missing (living people)