Bruce Greenwood

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**Stuart Bruce Greenwood** (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in *Thirteen Days,* for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's *Star Trek* reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor (for *Elephant Song*) and twice for Best Supporting Actor (for *The Sweet Hereafter* and *Being Julia*). In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in *The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story*, and has appeared in *Mad Men*, *St. Elsewhere*, *Knots Landing*, and *John from Cincinnati*. He currently stars as Dr. Randolph Bell in the medical drama *The Resident*.

He has appeared in supporting roles in such films as *National Treasure: Book of Secrets*, *Kingsman: The Golden Circle*, *Hollywood Homicide*, *Double Jeopardy*, *Déjà Vu*, *I, Robot*, *Dinner for Schmucks*, *Capote*, *The Post* and as the motion-capture alien dubbed "Cooper" in *Super 8*. Greenwood is also a voice actor; his voice roles include Chiron in the Canadian animated series *Class of the Titans* and Bruce Wayne / Batman in *Batman: Under the Red Hood*, *Young Justice* and *Batman: Gotham by Gaslight*.

## Early life

Stuart Bruce Greenwood was born in Noranda, Quebec, the son of Mary Sylvia (née Ledingham), a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and professor who taught at Princeton University.

## Career

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Greenwood is known in the United States for his appearances in *Star Trek*; *I, Robot*; *Double Jeopardy*; *The Core*; *Thirteen Days*, (in which he played president John F. Kennedy); *Capote*, (in which he played Jack Dunphy, Truman Capote's lover); *Eight Below*, (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren); and *Firehouse Dog*. He is also known for his role in the video game *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3* as the voice of Overlord.

He had prominent roles in the award-winning Atom Egoyan films *Exotica*, *The Sweet Hereafter*, and *Ararat*. He appeared in the 1980s teen cult film *The Malibu Bikini Shop* and starred in *Mee-Shee: The Water Giant*. He played a role in *The World's Fastest Indian* and also featured in the Bob Dylan biographical film *I'm Not There*. He appeared in *Dinner for Schmucks* as the cruel executive who hosts a dinner for "idiots".

On television, Greenwood had roles on *St. Elsewhere* (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986–88), *Knots Landing* (Pierce Lawton, 1991–92), and a starring role in the UPN series *Nowhere Man* (Thomas Veil, 1995–96). He also guest starred on the popular Canadian show *Road to Avonlea* for one episode. He won a Gemini Award for this role as "Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor".

On June 10, 2007, HBO's *John from Cincinnati* premiered, starring Greenwood. Greenwood also appears as the President of the United States in *National Treasure: Book of Secrets*. He played the Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, in *Summer Dreams: Story of the Beach Boys*. In 2009, he worked with Australian director Bruce Beresford, playing the part of Ben Stevenson (artistic director of Houston Ballet), in the critically acclaimed film *Mao's Last Dancer*. Greenwood voiced Bruce Wayne / Batman in the animated film *Batman: Under the Red Hood* and in *Young Justice*.

Greenwood played the lead role in the horror thriller *Cell 213*. He is the lead for the Steven Spielberg produced 2012 ABC series *The River* and reprised his role as Admiral Christopher Pike for J. J. Abrams' *Star Trek Into Darkness*.
In 2015, Greenwood had a recurring role in the last season of *Mad Men* as Richard Burghoff, a romantic interest for Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks).

## Personal life

Greenwood is married to Susan Devlin and lives in Pacific Palisades, a suburb of Los Angeles, California.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bruce Greenwood profile". *filmreference.com*. http://www.filmreference.com/film/55/Bruce-Greenwood.html. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
2. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Kevin (2010-07-23). "Comic-Con 2010: Young Justice Goes Under Cover". UGO Networks. Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726145835/http://www.ugo.com/tv/comic-con-2010-young-justice. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
3. ↑ "Freestyle Releasing Locks Down 'Cell 213'". *bloody-disgusting.com*. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20184.
4. ↑ "Trailer Debut for IFC Midnight's 'Cell 211' -". *bloody-disgusting.com*. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20417.

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