# Alex Carter (Canadian actor)

Alex Carter (born Apostolos Apostolopoulos; November 12, 1963) is a Canadian television and film actor.

## Early life

Carter was born Apostolos Apostolopoulos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute as well as Wexford Collegiate Institute and was quite involved with the Wexford C.I. football team. He attended Wexford Public School. After finishing high school, he left for Hollywood where he studied at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

## Career

Carter's television roles have included roles on roles in Family Passions, Black Harbour, Traders, Made in Canada, Taking the Falls, The Pretender, These Arms of Mine, Flashpoint, Wildfire, Castle, Life, Without a Trace, Nip/Tuck, The Mermaid Chair, The Practice, Shark, Due South, CSI: NY, Leverage, JAG, Veritas: The Quest and Jericho, as well as recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as LVPD Homicide Detective Lou Vartann (32 episodes), Revenge as Michael Davis, Point Pleasant (9 episodes), and Burn Notice as Agent Jason Bly (6 episodes). He had a role in a few of the final scenes of the series finale of 24. His film roles have included Out of Time and The Island.

## Personal life

He is divorced and the father of three children.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1997 | Time to Say Goodbye? | Craig Klooster |
| 2000 | Bring Him Home | Farrell |
| 2001 | It Is What It Is | Mitch Valentine |
| 2003 | Out of Time | Paul Cabot |
| 2005 | The Island | Censor |
| 2012 | 40 Days and Nights | John |
| 2017 | Don't Sleep | Vince Marino |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Betrayal of Silence | Michael | TV movie |
| 1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Police Officer | — "The Playhouse" |
| 1989–90 | War of the Worlds | Clark / Alien #2 / Record Company Guy #2 | 2 episodes — "Choirs of Angels" (1989) — "Video Messiah" (1990) |
| 1990–91 | My Secret Identity | Methey | 2 episodes — "Missing" (1990) — "Three Men and a Skull" (1991) |
| 1990–92 | Top Cops | Greg Smith / Bruno Pezzulich | 2 episodes — "Vincent Esposito / Greg Smith" (1990) — "Freddie Williams / Jim Gorry / Bruno Pezzulich" (1992) |
| 1991 | Street Legal | Dean James | — "Too Many Cooks" |
| 1991 | Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop | unknown role | also known as "Kats and Dogs" — "Big Man on Campus" |
| 1992 | Secret Service | Agent / Romano | 2 episodes — "The Stalker / Bomb Protective Mission" — "The Banker and the Belle / Car Wars" |
| 1993 | Counterstrike | Ron | — "Clearcut" |
| 1993 | Taking the Heat | Muff | TV movie |
| 1993 | Family Passions | Mickey Langer #2 | unknown episode |
| 1994 | Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes | Lundquist | TV movie |
| 1994 | E.N.G. | Gary Belson | — "The Play's the Thing" |
| 1994 | To Save the Children | FBI 1 | TV movie |
| 1994–95 | Side Effects | Richard Malichevski | recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 1994–96 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Parks | 2 episodes — "Only the Strong Survive" (1994) — "Requiem" (1996) |
| 1994–98 | Due South | Agent Ford | recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 1995 | The Man in the Attic | Gary | TV movie |
| 1995 | Net Worth | Gus Mortson | TV movie |
| 1996 | Moonshine Highway | Bill Rickman | TV movie |
| 1996 | Her Desperate Choice | Marcus Perry, Jody's ex-boyfriend | TV movie |
| 1996 | Talk to Me | Mark Holston | TV movie |
| 1996 | Trilogy of Terror II | Breslow | TV movie |
| 1996 | The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story | Deputy George Pettygrew | TV movie |
| 1996 | What Kind of Mother Are You? | Rob Hyler | TV movie |
| 1996 | Taking the Falls | Domenic DiFranco | — "The Marrying Man" |
| 1996–97 | Traders | Tommy "Ryke" Rykespoor | recurring role (8 episodes) |
| 1996–98 | Black Harbour | Paul Isler | series regular (30 episodes) |
| 1997 | F/X: The Series | Bobby | — "Requiem for a Cop" |
| 1998 | The Fixer | Howard Larkin | TV movie |
| 1998 | Recipe for Revenge | Jack Branningan | TV movie |
| 1998–2002 | Made in Canada | Michael Rushton / Damacles | recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 1999 | Martial Law | Vincent McKnight | — "Wild Life" |
| 1999 | Viper | Phil Dykstra / Dennis Pratt | — "People Like Us" |
| 1999 | The Sentinel | Alan Archer | — "Dead End on Blank Street" |
| 1999 | The Pretender | Craig Winston | — "Ties That Bind" |
| 1999 | Early Edition | Victor Crowley | — "Camera Shy" |
| 1999–2001 | These Arms of Mine | David Bishop | recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 1999–2003 | JAG | Commander Mark Joyner / Commander Thomas Risnicki | 2 episodes — "War Stories" (1999) — "Close Quarters" (2003) |
| 2000 | Felicity | Stephen's father | — "Party Lines" |
| 2000 | Task Force | Brian Hogan | TV movie |
| 2001 | Dark Angel | Sidney Croal – Synthedyne CEO | — "Shorties in Love" |
| 2001 | V.I.P. | Lagos | — "Aqua Valva" |
| 2001 | Hitched | Detective Cary Grant | TV movie |
| 2001 | Earth: Final Conflict | Keeler | — "Unearthed" |
| 2001 | The Day Reagan Was Shot | Dr. Allard | TV movie |
| 2001 | Blue Murder | Special Agent Wayne "Flip" Henderson | — "Remembrance Day" |
| 2002 | Guilt by Association | Russell | TV movie |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Cliff Mangegna | — "Cliff Mantegna" |
| 2003 | The Practice | John Doe / Russell Fosterling | — "Blessed Are They" |
| 2003–04 | Veritas: The Quest | Dr. Solomon Zond | series regular (13 episodes) |
| 2003–13 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Detective Vartann | recurring role (41 episodes) |
| 2005 | Night Stalker | Detective Granof | — "The Five People You Meet in Hell" |
| 2005 | Bones | Dr. Andrew Rigby | — "The Man in the Bear" |
| 2005–06 | Point Pleasant | Sheriff Logan Parker | recurring role (9 episodes) |
| 2006 | E-Ring | General Ian Maguire | — "The General" |
| 2006 | The Mermaid Chair | Brother "Whit" Thomas | TV movie |
| 2006 | Jericho | Fire Chief | — "Pilot" |
| 2007 | Without a Trace | Allen Crane | — "Deep Water" |
| 2007 | Wildfire | Tim | recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 2007 | The Dead Zone | Captain Steve Wilcox | —"Re-Entry" |
| 2007 | Shark | Alan Boyd | 2 episodes — "In the Crosshairs" — "Every Breath You Take" |
| 2007–08 | Lincoln Heights | Lieutenant Lindo | recurring role (10 episodes) |
| 2007–2012 | Burn Notice | Jason Bly | recurring role (6 episodes) |
| 2008 | Life | Alex Lauer | — "Badge Bunny" |
| 2008 | The Tower | District Attorney | TV movie |
| 2009 | Leverage | Sterling's Henchman | 2 episodes — "The First David Job" — "The Second David Job" |
| 2009 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Ko Samules | — "Ourselves Alone" |
| 2009 | Castle | Michael Goldman | — "Ghosts" |
| 2009 | Ghost Whisperer | Dale Harmon | — "Birthday Presence" |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | Robert cooper | — "The Good Citizen" |
| 2010 | 24 | Nantz | — "Day 8: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m." |
| 2011 | Haven | Mr. Campbell | — "Who, What, Where, Wendigo?" |
| 2011 | Look Again | Stafford Keach | TV movie |
| 2011 | The Whole Truth | Donal Byrne | — "Perfect Witness" |
| 2011–12 | Revenge | Michael Davis | 2 episodes — "Betrayal" — "Legacy" |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Ron Montgomery | — "Welcome to the Dollhouse" |
| 2012 | CSI: NY | Nathan Lewis | — "Misconceptions" |
| 2012 | Beauty and the Beast | Zachary Holt | — "Basic Instinct" |
| 2013 | House of Versace | Paul Beck | TV movie |
| 2013 | Missing at 17 | Kurt | TV movie |
| 2013 | Nikita | Matthew Graham | 2 episodes — "Wanted" — "Dead or Alive" |
| 2014 | The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom | The Duke | TV movie |
| 2014 | Perception | Dr. Carter Humphries | — "Eternity" |
| 2014 | Stalker | Kenneth Brown | — "Love Is a Battlefield" |
| 2014 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Frank Kouris | — "Leipei" |
| 2014 | Major Crimes | Ronald Glover | — "Down the Drain" |
| 2015 | Chasing Life | Chef Quincy | — "Cancer Friends with Benefits" |
| 2015 | Backstrom | Jim Klassen | — "Enemy of My Enemies" |
| 2015 | Battle Creek | NSA Agent | — "The Hand-Off" |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Detective Dan Leary | TV movie |
| 2016 | Saving Hope | Davey Law | — "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
| 2016 | Recovery Road | Dr. Marcus Granger | recurring role (3 episodes) |
| 2016 | Blue Bloods | Special Agent Alexander Clune | — "Down the Rabbit Hole" |
| 2016 | The Last Ship | General Bradley | — "Resistance" |
| 2017 | Ransom | Yannis Kalvos | — "The Return" |
| 2017 | NCIS | Knox Ellicott | — "Pandora's Box, Part I" |
| 2017 | Ghost Wars | Burke | — "The Curse of Copperhead Road" |
| 2017 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Colonel | 2 episodes — "If You're Lucky" — "The World Needs Its Hero" |
| 2018 | The X-Files | Chief Strong | — "Familiar" |
| 2018 | The Detail | Superintendent Andrew Currie | — "When One Door Closes" |
| 2018 | S.W.A.T. | Hawkins | — "Hunted" |
| 2018–19 | Burden of Truth | David Hanley | recurring role (11 episodes) |
| 2019 | Bull | James Weeks | — "Prior Bad Acts" |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Captain | — "Pilot" |
| 2020 | Stumptown | Freddie | — "At All Costs: The Conrad Costas Chronicles" |
| 2021 | Magnum P.I. | Henry Sellers | — "Bloodline" |
| 2023 | Quantum Leap | Captain Bill Drake | — "S.O.S." |