# Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series Nikita, Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ReGenesis, Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in Orphan Black, Bob Corbett in Bomb Girls, William Easton in Saw VI, George Brown in the television film John A.: Birth of a Country, and Black Mask in Batwoman. He also played the lead role of Detective William Murdoch in a three-episode mini-series, The Murdoch Mysteries, in its initial run on Canadian television, with two episodes shown in 2004 and a third in 2005.

## Early life

Outerbridge was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, the son of a lawyer and youngest of five siblings.

## Career

After high school Outerbridge enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. Afterwards he toured Canada for four years with the theatre group Way Off Broadway. In 1997 and 2002 he was nominated in the Canadian Genie Awards as the best actor in the films Kissed and Marine Life, respectively. He was also nominated in the Gemini Awards for his achievements. Outerbridge won a 2013 Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series for his role in John A.: Birth of a Country.
Outerbridge had a recurring role in the second season of Orphan Black, portraying the character Henrik "Hank" Johanssen, a Prolethean religious leader who is against the scientific processes that created the clones.
In 2021, Outerbridge recurred in the second season of Batwoman as Black Mask.

## Personal life

In May 2000, he married actress Tammy Isbell. Together they have twins, Samuel and Thomas (born 2004).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | Hate Mail | Randal | Short |
| 1993 | Paris, France | Sloan | |
| 1993 | For the Moment | Johnny | |
| 1993 | Cool Runnings | Josef Grool | |
| 1994 | Replikator | John Cheever | |
| 1995 | The Michelle Apts. | Jules | |
| 1995 | Fools Die Fast | Eddie | |
| 1996 | Kissed | Matt | |
| 1999 | Better Than Chocolate | Judy | |
| 1999 | Escape Velocity | Lee Nash AKA Carter | |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Sergei Kirov | |
| 2000 | Marine Life | Robert Kiely | |
| 2000 | Double Frame | Special Agent Sean Donahue | |
| 2001 | Chasing Cain | Bob Kozlowski | |
| 2002 | Men with Brooms | James Lennox | |
| 2002 | The Bay of Love and Sorrows | Everette Hatch | |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor | Dave Miller | |
| 2003 | June & Orlando | Orlando | Short |
| 2004 | Ill Fated | Earl | |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Styles | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Dumbrowski | |
| 2006 | Population 436 | Deputy Christian Hecker | Video |
| 2009 | Burning Mussolini | Det. Ryan Johnson | |
| 2009 | Saw VI | William Easton | |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation | Travis Grady | |
| 2013 | Haunter | Bruce Johnson | |
| 2015 | Len and Company | Frank Coulter | |
| 2015 | Voracious | Jed | |
| 2016 | Shut In | Richard Portman | |
| 2018 | Level 16 | Dr. Miro | |
| 2018 | Honey Bee | Christian | |
| 2019 | Viaticum | Frank | Short film |
| 2019 | Code 8 | Cumbo | |
| 2020 | The Oak Room | Paul | |
| 2023 | Close to You | Jim | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | 21 Jump Street | Jeff Chandler | "Just Say No! High" |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room | Rick | "Wasting Away" |
| 1991 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Dylan Wiatt | TV film |
| 1991–1993 | The Commish | Jeff Hartley | Recurring role |
| 1992 | Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder | Barry Donovan | TV film |
| 1992 | Nightmare Café | Jesse | "Fay & Ivy" |
| 1992 | Secret Service | Talbot | "Programmer/Child's Play" |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Stephen Davis | "Mike Sheehan and Stephen Davis" |
| 1994 | Another Woman | Paul Temple | TV film |
| 1994 | Forever Knight | Young Thomas Constantine | "Father's Day" |
| 1995 | Road to Avonlea | Count Marek | "What a Tangled Web We Weave" |
| 1995 | Falling for You | Greg | TV films |
| 1995 | The Android Affair | Thomas Benti | TV films |
| 1995 | Highlander: The Series | Paul Kinman | "Reluctant Heroes" |
| 1995, 1999 & 2001 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Andy Groenig/Ned Bailey/Zach Griffiths | "The New Breed", "What Will the Neighbors Think?" & "Replica" |
| 1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Ned | "Betrayal" |
| 1996 | Closer and Closer | Adam | TV films |
| 1996 | Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | William Johnson | TV films |
| 1996 | Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Sergei | TV films |
| 1996 | Giant Mine | Jim O'Neil | TV films |
| 1996 | Dinner Along the Amazon | Rodney | TV films |
| 1997 | Murder in My Mind | Jack Bolinas | TV films |
| 1997 | La Femme Nikita | Roger | "Treason" |
| 1997–1998 | Michael Hayes | John Manning | Main role |
| 1998–1999 | Millennium | Special Agent Barry Baldwin | Recurring role |
| 1999 | Escape from Mars | John Rank | TV films |
| 1999 | Thrill Seekers | Felder | TV films |
| 2000 | Out of Sync | Roger Deacon | TV films |
| 2001 | The Pretender 2001 | Alex | TV films |
| 2001 | Earth: Final Conflict | Joe | "Subterra" |
| 2001 | Paradise Falls | Tyrone Fox | "Fatal Attraction", "Jessica Fights Back" & "Goodbye Tyrone" |
| 2002 | The Rendering | Theodore Gray | TV films |
| 2002 | Trudeau | Jim Coutts | TV films |
| 2002 | Mentors | Dr. Milton Bradshaw | "Secrets and Lies", "A Matter of Time: Part 1" & "A Matter of Time: Part 2" |
| 2002 | Monk | Trevor McDowell | "Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man" |
| 2002 | 100 Days in the Jungle | Gord Black | TV films |
| 2002 | Chasing Cain: Face | Det. Bob Kozlowski | TV films |
| 2003 | The Risen | Nick Simms | TV films |
| 2003 | 24 | Ronnie Stark | "Day 2: 2:00 a.m. - 3:00 a.m." & "Day 2: 3:00 a.m. - 4:00 a.m." |
| 2003 | Miracles | Jason Herlock | "Paul Is Dead" |
| 2004 | This Is Wonderland | Dale Robertson | "1.7" |
| 2004 | The D.A. | Jerry Weicker | Recurring role |
| 2004 | Medical Investigation | Clark White | "Progeny" |
| 2004 | Chicks with Sticks | Curt Bonner | TV film |
| 2004–2005 | The Murdoch Mysteries | Det. William Murdoch | "Except the Dying", "Poor Tom Is Cold" & "Under the Dragon's Tail" |
| 2004–2008 | ReGenesis | David Sandstrom | Main role |
| 2005 | Tilt | Randy Cioffi | "Gentleman Jim" & "Shuffle Up and Deal" |
| 2005 | Million Dollar Murder | Gordon Wintrob | TV film |
| 2006 | Puppets Who Kill | Phil Goody | "The Rival House" |
| 2006 | 10.5: Apocalypse | Alec Becker | Miniseries |
| 2006 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Diff'rent Strokes | Al Burton | TV films |
| 2006 | Intimate Stranger | Denis Teague | TV films |
| 2007 | In God's Country | Officer Wayne | TV films |
| 2007 | My Name Is Sarah | Charlie Manning | TV films |
| 2007 | Whistler | Peter Varland | Recurring role |
| 2008 | Fringe | Dr. Reyes | "Pilot" |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Malcolm Dawkins | "Folding Man" |
| 2008 | Heartland | Brad Borden | "Summer's End" |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | Walter Volcek | "Clean Hands" |
| 2009 | Deadliest Sea | Capt. Jack Colvin | TV film |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Dan Farmer | Main role |
| 2010 | Reviving Ophelia | Walter Jones | TV film |
| 2010–2013 | Nikita | Ari Tasarov | Recurring role |
| 2011 | John A.: Birth of a Country | George Brown | TV film |
| 2011–2012 | The Listener | Magnus Elphrenson | "The Magician" & "Now You See Him" |
| 2012 | Suits | Keith Hoyt | "All In" |
| 2012 | Beauty and the Beast | Silverfox | "Pilot", "All In" & "Basic Instinct" |
| 2012–2013 | Bomb Girls | Bob Corbett | Main role |
| 2013 | Darknet | Henry | "Darknet 6" |
| 2014 | Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy | Bob Corbett | TV film |
| 2014 | Orphan Black | Henrik Johanssen | Recurring roles |
| 2014 | Dark Rising: Warrior of the Worlds | Aramas | Recurring roles |
| 2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Father Keegan | "Shipwreck" |
| 2015 | Blood and Water | Det. Al Gorski | Main role |
| 2015–2016 | 12 Monkeys | Dr. Elliot Jones | "Arms of Mine", "Hyena" & "Legacy" |
| 2015–2016 | The Art of More | Ashbel Whitman | Recurring role |
| 2016 | Poor Richard's Almanack | Eric | TV film |
| 2016 | Houdini & Doyle | Thomas Edison | "Necromanteion" |
| 2016 | Zoo | General Andrew Davies | Recurring roles |
| 2016–2017 | Designated Survivor | Charlie Langdon | Recurring roles |
| 2017 | Incorporated | Phill Brill | "Executables", "Burning Platform" & "Golden Parachute" |
| 2017 | Pure | Eli Voss | Main role |
| 2017 | No Easy Days | Paul Reynolds | Recurring roles |
| 2017 | The Expanse | Captain Martens | Recurring roles |
| 2019 | The Umbrella Academy | The Conductor | Recurring roles |
| 2019 | V-Wars | Calix Niklos | Recurring roles |
| 2020 | Hudson & Rex | | "Old Dog, New Tricks" |
| 2021 | Batwoman | Roman Sionis / Black Mask | Recurring role |
| 2022 | In the Dark | Jimmy McKay | "No Cane Do", "The Deep End", "Going Up", & "Please Shine Down on Me" |
| 2023 | Sullivan's Crossing | Walter | |
| 2025-present | It – Welcome to Derry | TBA | Recurring role |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2014 | Far Cry 4 | Additional Voices |
| 2018 | Far Cry 5 | Additional Voices |
| 2019 | Far Cry New Dawn | Additional Voices |

### Voice work

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Frontline | Translation voice | "Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo" |
| 2007 | The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2008 | Afghanada | Master Corporal Matt Crowder | CBC Radio drama series |
| 2010 | Beast Legends | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2011 | Zombies: A Living History | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2012 | Trust, Inc. | Councillor James Yearwood | CBC Radio drama series |