Nigel Bennett

This article is about the Canada-based English actor and director. For the English cricketer, see Nigel Harvie Bennett.

Nigel Bennett (born 19 November 1949)^[1] is an English-born Canadian actor, director and writer.^[1] He is best known for playing the vampire patriarch Lucien LaCroix in the television series Forever Knight, for which he won the Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor in a dramatic series.^[1]

Nigel Bennett
Bennett in Ontario, 2004
Born	(1949-11-19) 19 November 1949 (age 75) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Education	Tettenhall College
Alma mater	University of Wales
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976–present
Children	4

Early life and education

Bennett was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.^[1] Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of Shaw's Antony and Cleopatra. He graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time. He had fifteen years of stage experience in Britain prior to moving to Canada. He attended Tettenhall College in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.^[1]

Career

He has been in a number of major films such as Murder at 1600,^[2] and The Skulls,^[2] and many other television series. He had recurring roles in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues,^[2] and Lexx.^[2]

Teaming up with writer P.N. Elrod, Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed "James Bond with fangs" vampire adventure novels for Baen Books. The "Lord Richard, Vampire" trilogy includes Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, and Siege Perilous. He also contributed the short story "Wolf and Hound" to "Dracula's London," a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, he appeared in the Ken Finkleman miniseries At the Hotel,^[2] for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award.^[1]

Bennett keeps himself busy with additional film and television roles, stage work, convention and charity appearances. He was the artistic director of the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2006–07.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Nigel Bennett film credits

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1984	The Ninja Mission	Second helicopter pilot
1988	The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick	Derek Blackthorn	[3]
	The Jeweller's Shop	Choreographer	[4]
1990	Narrow Margin	Jack Wootton	[5]
	The Star Turn	Geoffrey
1992	Passage of the Heart	Alan Spencer
1994	Back in Action	Kasajian	[3]
	Paint Cans	Bryson Vautour	[3]
	Legends of the Fall	Asgaard	[6]
	Soft Deceit	Ed McCullough	[3]
1995	Memory Run D2V	Sladecker
1996	Darkman III: Die Darkman Die D2V	Nico	[6]
1997	Murder at 1600	Burton Cash	[4]
1998	Sanctuary	Sen. Stephen Macguire
	All I Wanna Do	Harvey Sawyer	[4]
	One Tough Cop	Insp. Bassie
1999	Free Fall	Donald Caldwell	[4]
	Top of the Food Chain	Michel O'Shea	[3]
2000	The Skulls	Dr. Whitney	[4]
	Rats and Rabbits (Beyond Mozambique)	Rocco	[3]
2002	Phase IV	Sen. Richard Karnes	[6]
	Cypher	Finster	[6]
2004	Post Impact	Col. Preston Waters	[6]
2006	A Bug and a Bag of Weed	Henry Tyler	[3]
2007	Just Buried	Chief Knickle	[6]
2008	Passage	Sir James Graham
2010	The Corridor	Lee Shephard	[3]
	Eternal Kiss	Dr. Polidori
2016	Prisoner X	President Charles Turner	[3]
2017	XXX: Return of Xander Cage	MI6 Control	[4]
	The Shape of Water	Mihalkov	[6]
2020	Christmas in the Rockies	Grandpa Sam	[6]
2021	The Righteous	Graham	[6]

Television

Nigel Bennett television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1977	Coronation Street	Colin Bailey	Episode #1.1749
1981–1982	BBC2 Playhouse	Mr. Ring / Gary	3 episodes
1983	Reilly, Ace of Spies	Port Official's Assistant	Episode: "Prelude to War"
1984	Eh Brian! It's a Whopper	Weigher-in	Episode: "The Shape of Things to Come"
1985	Gulag	Lubyanka Guard #1	Television film	[4]
1986	Adderly	Monsieur Duval	Episode: "Nina Who?"
1987	Night Heat	Kilpatrick	Episode: "Love You to Death"	[3]
	Bay Coven	Mr. Bob Holden #1	Television film	[4]
	A Child's Christmas in Wales	Father (past)	Television film	[4]
1988	The Twilight Zone	Jim Sinclair	Episode: "Memories"	[3]
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Griffin	Episode: "Survival of the Fittest"	[3]
1989	Passion and Paradise	Lt. Johnny Douglas	Television film	[4]
	Friday the 13th: The Series	Rausch / Karl Steiner	Episode: "The Butcher"	[3]
1989–1994	Street Legal	Ron Harris, Andrew Michaels, Lukash	4 episodes
1990	The Campbells	Edward Marchant	Episode: "Bird of Paradise"
	T. and T.	Big Steve	Episode: "Wild Willy and the Waves"
	Hitler's Daughter	Berger	Television film	[4]
	E.N.G.	Phil Norwin	Episode: "Duffy, Bok, & Flann"
1990–1991	Max Glick	Derek Blackthorn	3 episodes
1990	Counterstrike	Kirkoff	Episode: "Dealbreaker"
1991	Counterstrike	Stash Janic	Episode: "In the Blood"
1991	Heritage Minutes	James Floyd	Episode: "Avro Arrow"
	Tropical Heat	Hudson	Episode: "Big Brother Is Watching"
1992	The Valour and the Horror	Kurt Meyer	Episode: "In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944"
	Beyond Reality	Dr. Bill Brandt	Episode: "Sins of the Father"
	The Women of Windsor	Lawson	Television film	[3]
	Secret Service	Cross	Episode: "Tattoo Arms and the Man"
1992–1996	Forever Knight	Lacroix / Lucien LaCroix / Spirit Guide	69 episodes	[7]
1993	Counterstrike	Quinton Jones	Episode: "French Twist"
	The Hidden Room	Leon	Episode: "Transfigured Night"
	Matrix	Dr. Anders	Episode: "Lapses in Memory"
	Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story	N/A	Television film	[4]
	Dieppe	Baillie-Grohman	Television film	[3]
1993	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	John Mitchell	Episode: "Straitjacket" (S1.E16)
1994	Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad	Levi Coffin	Television film	[3]
	I Know My Son Is Alive	Atty. Derek Eisner	Television film	[3]
	Ultimate Betrayal	Steven Rodgers	Television film	[4]
	Model by Day	Nicholai	Television film	[3]
	RoboCop	Granger	Episode: "The Human Factor"
	Madonna: Innocence Lost	Bennett	Television film	[3]
1994–1995	X-Men: The Animated Series	Mastermind / Jason Wyngarde, Master Mold	Voice, 5 episodes	[8]
1994–1996	Hurricanes	Voices	7 episodes
1995	Between Love and Honor	Large Man	Television film	[6]
	Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story	John Farrow	Television film	[3]
	The Shamrock Conspiracy	Dennis Malloy	Television film	[3]
	Friends at Last	Teddy	Television film	[6]
	Road to Avonlea	Enoch Cain	3 episodes
	Harrison Bergeron	Dr. Eisenstock	Television film	[3]
	Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling	Treasury Agent Whittlesy	Television film	[6]
	Degree of Guilt	Victor Salinas	Television film	[4]
	The New Adventures of Madeline	Voices	13 episodes	[8]
	Lonesome Dove: The Series	Willis Logan	Episode: "The Alliance"
	Where's the Money, Noreen?	Briscoll	Television film	[3]
1995–1996	Action Man	Additional Voices	26 episodes	[8]
1995, 1997	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Capt. Jack Lasher	2 episodes: "Banker's Hours" (S3.E16) & "May I Talk with You" (S4.E22)	[3]
1996	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice	Brother Anthony	Television film	[6]
	In the Fold	Cyno Commander	Television film
	Gotti	Bruce Mouw	Television film	[3]
	Her Desperate Choice	Raskin, Private Investigator	Television film	[6]
	Taking the Falls	Samuel Wisotsky	Episode: "The Marrying Man"
1996–1999	Psi Factor	Frank Elsinger	39 episodes	[7]
1997	The Arrow	James Floyd	Miniseries
	F/X: The Series	Agent Cal Judson	Episode: "Quicksilver"
	Lies He Told	Commanding Officer	Television film	[6]
	Any Mother's Son	Allen Schindler Sr.	Television film	[3]
	Once a Thief	Nicholas Love	Episode: "Drive, She Said"
	Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs	Robert Hooke	Television film	[4]
1997–1998	La Femme Nikita	Col. Egran Petrosian	2 episodes
1998	Earth: Final Conflict	Major Raymond MacIntire	2 episodes	[7]
	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	U	Episode: "From Honey, with Love"
	Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples	Kurt (segment "Aart and Johtje Vos")	Television film	[3]
	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Col. Sanitsky	Television film	[4]
	Flood: A River's Rampage	Harry	Television film	[4]
	Super Dave	Doctor Leo Thompson	Episode dated, October 21, 1998
	Naked City: A Killer Christmas	Joseph Soloff	Television film	[3]
1999	Vanished Without a Trace	Davis	Television film	[3]
	Different	Russell Talmadge	Television film	[3]
	Half a Dozen Babies	David McLaughlin	Television film	[3]
	Total Recall 2070	Jake Esterhaus	Episode: "Eye Witness"	[3]
	War of 1812	Winfield Scott	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2000	The Crossing	Gen. Horatio Gates	Television film	[3]
	Code Name Phoenix	Head of Marshall Service	Television film
	Catch a Falling Star	Carter Hale	Television film	[6]
	Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story	Fergus Keegan	2 episodes	[4]
	Code Name: Eternity	Koom	Episode: "The Watery Grave"
	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne	Jacomb Hyde	Episode: "The Black Glove of Melchizedek"
	The Chippendales Murder	Frank Ballard	Television film	[4]
	Canada: A People's History	Guy Carleton / Additional Voices	2 episodes
	Relic Hunter	Professor Alaine Richarde	Episode: "Cross of Voodoo"	[3]
2000–2002	Lexx	Prince / Isambard Prince / White King	22 episodes	[7]
2001	Dark Realm	Patrick Lawless	Episode: "Emma's Boy"
	All Souls	Barney Wheelock	Episode: "One Step Closer to Roger"
	A Town Without Christmas	Literary Agent	Television film	[3]
2002	Mentors	Alan Pinkerton	Episode: "The Private Eyes"
	The Pilot's Wife	Dick Somers	Television film	[6]
	Too Young to Be a Dad	Dr. Howell	Television film	[6]
	Widows	Harry Rawlins	Miniseries; 4 episodes	[4]
	The Scream Team	Warner MacDonald	Television film	[6]
	Interceptor Force 2	Jack Bavaro	Television film	[3]
	Heart of a Stranger	Stan	Television film	[6]
2003	Liocracy	Jerry Wright	Episode: "Say Uncle"
	Do or Die	Ethan Grant	Television film	[3]
	Mutant X	John Warren	Episode: "Final Judgement"	[7]
	Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart	Rat Bastard	Television film	[4]
	Sex and the Single Mom	Nick Gradwell	Television film	[6]
	Andromeda	Paroo	Episode: "Answers Given to Questions Never Asked"	[7]
	Rush of Fear	Sheriff Lathrop	Television film	[6]
	Starhunter	Roan Gerick	Episode: "Painless"
	Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion	Captain From	2 episodes
2004	Reversible Errors	Talmadge Loman	Television film	[4]
2004	Phantom Force	Jack Bavaro	Television film	[3]
	Plain Truth	Jeremy Whitmore	Television film	[4]
2005	Beach Girls	Sam Emerson	5 episodes
	The Hunt for the BTK Killer	Detective Zilinski	Television film	[6]
	Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making	Brébeuf Professor	Television film
2006	At the Hotel	Jacob	6 episodes
	Fatal Trust	Samuel Ryder	Television film	[6]
	The State Within	Charles Macintyre	6 episodes
2007	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	Harrison Pendleton	Television film	[6]
	Matters of Life and Dating	Errol Sager	Television film	[3]
2008	Bridal Fever	Sam Panofsky	Television film	[6]
	The Summit	Ian Greene	2 episodes	[7]
	Burn Up	Jerry	Episode #1.1
2008–2010	The Border	Andrew Mannering	16 episodes
2009	G-Spot	Doctor	Episode: "Handicap Hummer"
	Nova	Charles Lyell	Episode: "Darwin's Darkest Hour"
	Sea Wolf	Henderson	Episode #1.1
2011	The Kennedys	Henderson	Episode: "Bobby's War"
2011–2021	Murdoch Mysteries	Inspector Giles/Chief Constable Giles	13 episodes
2013	Time of Death	Robert Loring	Television film	[6]
2014	Rookie Blue	Dr. Howard	2 episodes	[7]
2015	Saving Hope	Dr. Burt Goran	Episode: "Trading Places"
	Orphan Black	Kassov	Episode: "Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow"	[7]
2015–2016	The Strain	Dr. Draverhaven	2 episodes
2016	Valentine Ever After	Judge Joe Emmett	Television film
	Dark Matter	Larcan Tanner	2 episodes	[7]
2018	Designated Survivor	Alton Prast	Episode: "Original Sin"
	Frankie Drake Mysteries	Mr. Frost	Episode: "Now You See Her"
2019	Coroner	Bryan Da Silva	4 episodes
	Tin Star	Mr. Quiring	5 episodes	[3]
	V Wars	Emil Lansing	Episode: "Down with the Sickness"
2020	A Christmas Exchange	Garret / Bartender	Television film
2021	Jupiter's Legacy	Dr. Jack Hobbs	Episode: "What's the Use"

See also

• List of residents of Wolverhampton