Callum Keith Rennie

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1997 "My Life as a Dog"
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awards = Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1998 "Last Night"
Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
2000 "Suspicious River"
Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
2002 "Flower & Garnet"
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian_Film
2002 "Flower & Garnet"
Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama
2006 "Unnatural & Accidental"

Callum Keith Rennie (born September 14, 1960) is a Canadian television and film actor.

Biography

Early life

Rennie was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. When he was four years old, his Scottish parents relocated the family from England to Canada. Rennie was raised in Alberta, as the second of three boys. He began work in university radio, and discovered acting while in Edmonton at the age of 25. For roughly a decade through his late teens and twenties, Rennie struggled with alcoholism. However, in the summer of 1993, a dramatic event led him to change. While in a rough Vancouver bar, Rennie and a construction worker got into an altercation. He 'flipped the bird' to the construction worker, who punched his fist through a plate glass window, and drove a shard of glass into Rennie's left eye and retina. [ [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/16/07/Ent/cover.html Now Toronto Interview] ]

Career

Rennie has had roles in a variety of Canadian television series, including "Twitch City", "Da Vinci's Inquest" and "Due South". He has also been in a number of movies, including "Double Happiness" (as the love interest of Sandra Oh), "Curtis's Charm", "Hard Core Logo", "eXistenZ", "Memento", "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" and "Flower & Garnet". He has a recurring role in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" as the Cylon known as Leoben Conoy.

One of Rennie's most widely recognized roles is that of Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski on the Canadian television series "Due South". The show has been aired in over 150 countries, helping to broaden Rennie's fanbase.

Rennie has made guest appearances on several television shows. These include "The Outer Limits", "Forever Knight", "Mutant X" and ', in which he played both a mortal in the Season 2 episode "An Eye For an Eye" and an immortal named Tyler King in the Season 4 episode "The Innocent". During Season 1 of "La Femme Nikita", Rennie guest-starred in the two-part episodes "Gray" and "Choice" as the only love interest Nikita had outside Section One during the entire run of the series. Rennie also appeared in "The X-Files", initially offered the role of Alex Krycek. He turned down the role because he did not want to commit to a television series at that time, but he later guest-starred on the show and was signed to be in ', which was released on August 1, 2008. Rennie has also made an appearance on "Smallville" as a Freak of the Week in the Season 5 episode "Fragile". Rennie has obtained a recurring role for the second season of "Californication" as rock star Lew Ashby.

Rennie resides in Vancouver, also spending time in Toronto and Los Angeles.

Awards

In 1997, Rennie won the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for "My Life as a Dog". [http://www.academy.ca/hist/history.cfm?nname=rennie&winonly=1&awards=0&rtype=1&curstep=4 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007.] In 1999, he won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for "Last Night". He won a Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama in 2001 for "Suspicious River", [ [http://www.leoawards.com/2001_winners.html Leo Awards official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007.] in 2003 for "Flower & Garnet" [ [http://www.leoawards.com/2003_winners.html Leo Awards official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007.] and in 2007 for "Unnatural & Accidental". [ [http://www.leoawards.com/winners_2007.html Leo Awards official website] , last accessed October 22, 2007.] Rennie won the award of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2003, also for "Flower & Garnet". [ [http://www.screensirenpictures.com/about/awards.html Screen Siren Pictures website] (Producer), last accessed October 22, 2007.]

Filmography

*"Purple Toast" (1993) - Tom Struck
*"Valentine's Day" (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Astronaut
*"Still" (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Boyfriend
*"The Raffle" (1994) - Floor Director
*"Paris or Somewhere" (1994) (TV) - Christy Mahon
*"Frank's Cock" (1994) (as Callum Renney)
*"Double Happiness" (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Mark
*"Timecop" (1994) - Stranger
*"The Omen" (1995) (TV) - Driver
*"Little Criminals" (1995) - Kostash
*"" (1995) (TV) - Pumper
*"When the Dark Man Calls" (1995) (TV) - Bob Levesh
*"The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky" (1995) (TV) - Big Hat
*"Curtis's Charm" (1995) - Jim
*"For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down" (1996) (TV) - Jerry Bines
*"Unforgettable" (1996) - Drug Dealer
*"Letters from Home" (1996) (as Callum Rennie)
*"My Life as a Dog" (1996) TV Series remake of "My Life as a Dog" - Johnny Johansson
*"Hard Core Logo" (1996) - Billy Tallent
*"Viper (TV series)" (1996) - William "Billy" Lennox - Episode Wheelman
*"Masterminds" (1997) - Ollie
*"Excess Baggage" (1997) (as Callum Rennie) - Motel Manager
*"Men with Guns" (1997/I) - Mamet
*"Due South" (1997) TV Series - Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski
*"Tricks" ( [1997) (TV) - Adam
*"Twitch City" (1998) TV Series - Newbie
*"Last Night" (1998/I) - Craig Zwiller
*"eXistenZ" (1999) - Hugo Carlaw
*"The Life Before This" (1999) - Martin Maclean
*"The Highwayman" (2000) - Telemarketer
*"The Last Stop" (2000) - Jake
*"Suspicious River" (2000) - Gary Jensen
*"Memento" (2000) - Dodd
*"Murder Seen" (2000) (TV) - Detective Keegan
*""Nature Boy"" (2000/II) (TV) - Eden Ahbez
*"Trapped" (2001) (TV) - Anthony Bellio
*"Picture Claire" (2001) - Laramie
*"Dice" (2001) (mini) TV Series - Egon Schwimmer
*"" (2002) (TV) - Inspector Wood
*"Bliss" (2002) TV Series - Mike
*"" (2002) (V) - Palmberg
*"Now and Forever" (2002) - Carl Mackie
*"Flower & Garnet" (2002) - Ed
*"Falling Angels" (2003) - Jim Field
*"Battlestar Galactica" (2003) (mini) - Leoben Conoy
*"Paycheck" (2003) - Jude, Guard
*"The Butterfly Effect" (2004) - Jason Treborn
*"Wilby Wonderful" (2004) - Duck MacDonald
*"H2O" (2004) (TV) - Don Pritchard/Lt. Daniel Holt
*"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" (2004) (TV) - Eddie's Father
*"" (2004) - Asher Talos
*"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) (TV) - Leoben Conoy
*"Shooting Gallery" (2005) (V) - Michael Mortensen
*"Whiskey Echo" (2005) (mini) TV Series - Dr. Rollie Saunders
*"Lucid (Film)" (2005) - Victor
*"Whole New Thing" (2005) - Denny
*"Snowcake" (2005) - John Neil
*"Supernatural (TV series)" (2005)
*"Unnatural & Accidental" (2006) - Norman
*"The Hunters" (2006) TV Series - Quin Hunter
*"Smallville" (2006) TV Series
*"The L Word" (2006) - Danny
*"The Invisible" (2007) - Detective Brian Larson
*"" (2007) - Shaw
*"Butterfly on a Wheel" (2007) - Detective McGrath
*"Silk" (2007) (completed) - Trader
*"Bionic Woman" (2007) TV Series - Victor
*"Tin Man" (2007) tv mini series - Zero
*"Normal" (2007) - Walt Braugher
*"Sleepwalking" (2008) - Will
*"" (2008)
*"Californication" (2008) TV Series - Lew Ashby
*"Of Murder and Memory" TV (post production) - Leonard
*"Case 39" (2009) (awaiting release) - Edward Sullivan

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0719678|name=Callum Keith Rennie
* [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/callum-keith-rennie-galactica.tv-interview.html Callum Keith Rennie interview]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/the_ckr_files The CKR Files: A Callum Keith Rennie archive]