Bruce Greenwood
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Bruce Greenwood | |
Bruce Greenwood as Lawrence Robertson in I, Robot |
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Birth name | Stuart Bruce Greenwood |
Born | August 12, 1956 (age 50) Noranda, Quebec, Canada |
Other name(s) | Greendog (school nickname) |
Spouse(s) | Susan Devlin(1985) |
Official site | www.brucegreenwood.com |
Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian actor. The son of a Vancouver-born geo-physicist, he studied acting at the University of British Columbia.
Greenwood is best known in the U.S. for his appearances in I, Robot, The Core, Thirteen Days (in which he played President John F. Kennedy), Capote (in which he played Jack Dunphy, Truman Capote's lover), and more recently Eight Below (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren).
He has had prominent roles in the award-winning films Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter, both directed by Canadian director Atom Egoyan. He also appeared in the 1980's teen cult classic The Malibu Bikini Shop. He starred in Mee-Shee: The Water Giant.
On television, Greenwood has had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986-1988), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991-1992) and the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995-1996).
He met his wife, Susan, in Canada when they were both 15. They have been married since 1985.