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Tom Scholte
Canadian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.[1] He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding, for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002[2] and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001,[3] and The Dick Knost Show, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.[4]
He has also appeared in the films Live Bait, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles, Moving Malcolm, See Grace Fly, Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway, and the television series The X-Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.
He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia,[5] is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia.[1]
Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics. In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC)[6] Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.[7]
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Contributions to cybernetics
Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics[8] and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.[9]
Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.[10]
Personal life
He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.[11]
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
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