# Tom Scholte

Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic. 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 and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001, 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.
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, 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.
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) Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.

## Contributions to cybernetics

Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.
Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.

## Personal life

He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Live Bait | Trevor MacIntosh | |
| 1997 | Drive, She Said | Arnold The Gas Guy | |
| 1998 | Dirty | David | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Reporter | |
| 2000 | No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Peter | |
| 2001 | Lunch with Charles | Tom | |
| 2001 | Last Wedding | Peter | |
| 2003 | The Core | Acker | |
| 2003 | Moving Malcolm | Mover | |
| 2003 | See Grace Fly | James | |
| 2004 | The Thing Below | Edward Lynch | |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Merle Crowe | |
| 2004 | Lies Like Truth | Danny Fitterson | |
| 2004 | Everyone | Roger | |
| 2005 | The Hamster Cage | Paul | Also producer |
| 2008 | Crime | Brent | |
| 2008 | Mothers & Daughters | Dinner Party Guest Thomas | |
| 2010 | Repeaters | Sgt. Gerald Tibbs | |
| 2010 | Fathers & Sons | Tom | |
| 2011 | Exley | Poker Player #1 | |
| 2011 | Sisters & Brothers | Henry Adams | Also co-creator |
| 2012 | Crimes of Mike Recket | Peter | |
| 2013 | The Dick Knost Show | Dick Knost | Also producer |
| 2014 | Bad City | The Chief | |
| 2018 | Kingsway | Bar Buddy | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | Dead Ahead | Deputy Hutchins | Television film |
| 1996 | Psi Factor | Howie Samek | Episode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation" |
| 1996, 1997 | The X-Files | Michael Sloan / Young Johansen | Episodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru" |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Deputy Harold Cooper | Episode: "Fortune Teller" |
| 1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Monte Marks | Episode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure" |
| 2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | David | Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Sports Nut | Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt" |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Writer #1 | Episode: "Gabe's Story" |
| 2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Chazen | Episode: "Prophecy" |
| 2003 | Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow | Len Birmbaum | Television film |
| 2005 | Cold Squad | Lee Styles | Episode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses" |
| 2021 | Trigger Me | Phillip | 2 episodes |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 1999 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Dirty | Nominated |
| 2000 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Babette's Feet | Nominated |
| 2001 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | What Else Have You Got? | Nominated |
| 2002 | 17th Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" | Won |
| 2002 | 22nd Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Last Wedding | Nominated |
| 2002 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" | Nominated |
| 2002 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Last Wedding | Won |
| 2002 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 | Best Actor in Canadian Film | Last Wedding | Nominated |
| 2004 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | See Grace Fly | Nominated |
| 2004 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Exposures | Won |
| 2011 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Fathers & Sons | Nominated |
| 2012 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Sisters & Brothers | Won |
| 2014 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | The Dick Knost Show | Nominated |