Duncan Regehr
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| Born | October 5, 1952 Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
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Duncan Regehr (b. October 5, 1952 in Lethbridge, Alberta) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. Regehr was also a figure skater, an Olympic boxing contender and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in Canada before he got into film. Regehr is also an artist of some note.
[edit] Background
After numerous appearances in Canadian theatre and television (e.g., in the child's TV show Matt and Jenny on the Wilderness Trail 1850), he and his wife, Catherine, moved to Los Angeles, California, where he was quickly discovered and hired to play the villain in the short-lived 1983 fantasy/comedy series Wizards and Warriors as Prince Dirk Blackpool. He went on to star in many more US television films, including the 1984 television mini-series Last Days of Pompeii, as Lydon, the gladiator; as Errol Flynn in the 1985 CBS film, My Wicked, Wicked Ways based on the autobiography of Flynn; and on the science fiction series V as the Visitor military leader Charles. He also starred in the 1982 mini-series The Blue and the Gray as Captain Randolph. In 1987, Regehr was cast in the role of Count Dracula in the film The Monster Squad, which has since become a sentimental cult favorite and will be released on DVD for the first time in America in 2008.
Regehr's best-known role to date was in New World Zorro as Don Diego de La Vega and his alter ego, the swashbuckling hero Zorro. Regehr portrayed him for 88 episodes on Christian Broadcasting Network's Family Channel from 1990 to 1993.
Other best known roles include numerous TV guest appearances. He was guest actor on Cybill, Murder, She Wrote, Hotel and the seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sub Rosa" as Ronin, a ghost who falls in love with Beverly Crusher. He also appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Bajoran First Minister Shakaar Edon, Kira Nerys' lover.
Regehr first put his artworks in exhibition in 1974 at the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada. Since then, numerous exhibitions in Canada, the USA, Britain and Europe have attracted the attention of museums, critics and the public. His work is found in important collections worldwide, including the Smithsonian Institution (USA), The Jilin Collection (China), The Kunsthallen (Copenhagen), Focus on the Masters Archives for the Getty Museum (USA), and the Syllavethy Collection of Scotland (GB).
In the year 2000, he was awarded the honourable lifetime appellation, Royal Canadian Artist, by the Queen’s Governor General and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, in recognition of his internationally renowned work and career. Regehr has also penned an art book, The Dragon’s Eye: An Artist’s View, which is a compendium of his paintings, poetry and insightful prose.
[edit] Partial filmography
- "The Strange Case of DJ Cosmic" (2008)
- "The Room At The End Of The Hall" (2007)
- "Presumed Dead" (2006)
- Secret Lives (2005)
- Flying Virus (2001)
- Krocodylus (2000)
- Air Bud: World Pup (2000) (V)
- Timemaster (1995)
- Zorro (1990-93)
- The Banker (1989)
- The Monster Squad (1987, Count Dracula)
