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Robert A. Silverman (born February 24, 1938) is a Canadian actor cast five times by writer/director David Cronenberg. He is sometimes credited as Bob Silverman or Robert Silverman. He has also acted in the Friday the 13th: The Series episodes "Hate On Your Dial" and "Faith Healer" (directed by Cronenberg), and acted with him in Jason X.
Silverman was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for The Brood,[1] and was nominated in 2003 for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series in The Eleventh Hour.
Silverman has been cast by Cronenberg in the following films:
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1964 | Sweet Substitute | Al | |
1965 | Winter Kept Us Warm | Unknown | |
1974 | 125 Rooms of Comfort | Oscar Kidd | |
1975 | Performance | Yuli Daniel | Episode "The Trial of Sinyavsky and Daniel" |
1976 | It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | The Lawyer | |
1976 | Partners | Hayes | |
1977 | Rabid | Man In Hospital | |
1977 | Maria | Unknown | TV movie |
1978 | One Night Stand | Nick | TV movie |
1979 | The Brood | Jan Hartog | |
1980 | Prom Night | Mr. Sanford Sykes | |
1980 | Head On | The Analyst | |
1981 | Scanners | Benjamin Pierce | |
1988-1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Archie Pierce / Jerry Scott | 2 episodes |
1991 | Naked Lunch | Hans | |
1995 | Waterworld | Hydroholic | |
1996 | Pacific Blue | Unknown | Episode: "The Enemy Within" |
1999 | eXistenZ | D'Arcy Nader | |
2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Homeless Man / Hungry Diner | 2 episodes |
2001 | Jason X | Dieter Perez | |
2001 | Blue Murder | Stuart Patton | Episode: "Asylum" |
2002 | The Eleventh Hour | David Cygnorat | Episode: "A Low Dishonest Decade" |
2004 | The Ruining | Henry Behrens | (final film role) |
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