Ian Tracey

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Ian Tracey (born 26 June 1964) is a Canadian Leo- and Gemini Award-winning actor. Over the years, Tracey has participated in over seventy films and television series. Tracey recently starred in "Intelligence", a CBC television series produced by long-time colleague Chris Haddock.

Overview

Tracey was born on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. He grew up all around British Columbia's Lower Mainland. A performer at a young age, Tracey started working at 12, playing in the film "The Keeper" 1976 starring Christopher Lee. [ [http://iantraceyfansite.homestead.com/keeper.html keeper ] ]

Tracey's recent feature film credits include "Prozac Nation", "Owning Mahowny", with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Costner's western "Open Range" and Christopher Nolan's 2001 thriller "Insomnia". In 1999 Tracey won the Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for "Rupert's Land".

Tracey has appeared in a number of movies-of-the-week, including starring in the title role of "Milgaard", for which he won both the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series [ [http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=ian+tracey&winonly=1&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4 Academy of Camadian Cinema and Television official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007] and Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Picture [ [http://www.leoawards.com/1999_winners.html Leo Awards official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007] in 1999. Other television movies include "The Rookies", for which he received a 1991 Gemini nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his portrayal of the talented Homicide Detective Mick Leary in the Canadian TV series "Da Vinci's Inquest". He also directed two episodes in that television series, as well as one in "Intelligence".

Tracey was a series regular on "Sweating Bullets" (also known as "Tropical Heat") and had a recurring lead on "The Commish". He was also seen in "Taken" and has guest starred on "Smallville", "Dark Angel", "The Sentinel", "The X-Files", "The Outer Limits", "", "The Collector" and "Mom P.I."

In 2005-6 Tracey was in the TV mini-series "" and "Intelligence", a CBC Television series about the interactions between organized crime and government intelligence services. In "Intelligence" Tracey plays the head of a third-generation crime family that built its fortune on rum-running before turning to heroin and weed. He also appeared as Nova Group leader Daniel Armand in season three of the science fiction series "The 4400" and guest-starred as Lincoln Cole in "Smallville". In Spring 2007, he filmed the Chinese-Canadian historical miniseries "Iron Road" with Sam Neill and Peter O'Toole and narrated the making-of documentary for the DVD release of series "Huckleberry Finn and His Friends".

Filmography

*"Eureka" (1984)
*"The Journey of Natty Gann" (1985)
*"Fire With Fire" (1986)
*"Stakeout" (1987)
*"Trust in Me" (1994)
*"Timecop" (1994)
*"The War Between Us" (1995)
*"Man with a Gun" (1995)
*"Carpool" (1996)
*"Rupert's Land" (1998)
*"Milgaard"(1999) (TV)
*"Touched" (1999)
*"Dangerous Attraction" (2000)
*"Prozac Nation" (2001)
*"Insomnia" (2002)
*"Cellmates" (2003)
*"Owning Mahowny" (2003)
*"Open Range" (2003)
*"Emile" (2003)
*"Elektra" (2005)

Major television roles

*"Huckleberry Finn and His Friends" (1979) (Huckleberry Finn)
*"Conspiracy of Silence" (1991) (Dwayne Johnston)
*"The Commish" (1991) (Officer Jon Hibbs)
*"Sweating Bullets" (1991) (Spider Garvin)
*"Fly by Night" (1991) (Berry the Rat)
*"The X-Files: "The Walk" (TV) (1995)
*"Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998) (Detective Mick Leary)
*"Taken" (2002) (Bill Walker)
*"Da Vinci's City Hall" (2005) (Coroner Mick Leary)
*"Intelligence" (2006) (Jimmy Reardon)

References

External links

*imdb name|0870439|Ian Tracey
* [http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=958493805&channel=823435648 Tracey interview video]