Denis Forest

Denis Forest (September 5, 1960 – March 18, 2002) was a Canadian character actor.^[1] He was known for portraying henchmen in Academy Award-nominated blockbusters The Mask and Cliffhanger. He was the lead villain in the second season of the War of the Worlds television series.

Denis Forest
Born	(1960-09-05)September 5, 1960 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 18, 2002(2002-03-18) (aged 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–2002

Early life and education

A graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School, he was an early founding member of Richard Rose and Thom Sokoloski's Autumn Angel Repertory theatre company.^[2]

Career

In 1986 Forest and Bruce Verine premiered Projekt Putz, a satirical send-up of avant-garde performance art, at the Toronto Free Theatre.^[3] He also had occasional film and television roles in this era, including the television miniseries Race for the Bomb^[4] and Champagne Charlie.^[5]

After the 1989 film The Long Road Home, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue work in American film and television.

Award nominations

Forrest received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Original Play, General Theatre at the 1984 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the collective play Mein.^[6]

Death

Forest died suddenly following a massive stroke in Los Angeles on March 18, 2002, after having dinner in a Franklin Avenue restaurant in Hollywood with a few friends.^[7]

Filmography

Film

• The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) - Policeman
• Head Office (1985) - Rich
• The Climb (1986) - Hermann Kollensperger
• Tadpole and the Whale (1988) - Marcel
• Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier (1988) - Claude Vivier, age 26
• Destiny to Order (1989) - Chicout
• The Long Road Home (1989) - Michael Posen
• Wedlock (1991) - Puce
• Cliffhanger (1993) - Heldon
• The Mask (1994) - Sweet Eddy
• New Crime City (1994) - Wizard
• Where Truth Lies (1996) - Jonas Kellar
• Eraser (1996) - Technician
• Dead Men Can't Dance (1997) - Dennis Larson
• Hidden Agenda (1999) - Christoph
• Detonator (2003) - Steve Kerwin (final film role)

Television

Denis Forest television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Race for the Bomb	Klaus Fuchs	TV miniseries
1987-1990	Friday the 13th: The Series	(various)	4 episodes
1989	War of the Worlds	Martin Cole	1 episode
1989-1990	War of the Worlds	Malzor	Season 2. 20 episodes
1989	Champagne Charlie	Paul Lampin	TV miniseries
1990	Counterstrike	Carter	Episode: "A Little Purity"
1990-1991	Dracula: The Series	Nosferatu
1998	La Femme Nikita	Rene Dian
1999	Storm of the Century	Kirk Freeman
2002	The X-Files	Zeke Josepho	Episode: "Providence" (S9.E10)