birth_place article_title birth_date
north vancouver , british columbia , canada bruce harwood
 29 april 1963
bruce harwood

bruce harwood -lrb- born april 29 , 1963 -rrb- is a canadian actor best known for his role of john fitzgerald byers , one of the lone gunmen on the television series `` the x-files '' .
in addition to `` the x-files '' , harwood portrayed byers in the spin-off series `` the lone gunmen '' , which aired thirteen episodes in 2001 .
he has also played other roles with a strong similarity to byers , such as willis , a technician from the phoenix foundation in `` macgyver '' , and government-scientist-turned-conspiracy-theorist dr. avery strong in `` the outer limits '' .
he was a founding member of the vancouver summer shakespeare festival , bard on the beach .
