| Rob Stewart | |
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Stewart in a club on Ada Ciganlija, 7 June 2009 |
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| Born | July 23, 1961 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 1991–Present |
Rob Stewart (born July 23, 1961) is a Canadian actor born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada principally known for the lead role of Nick Slaughter in the 1991–93 television series Tropical Heat (known in the United States as Sweating Bullets). He has also guest starred in numerous television roles and was one of the leads in the television show Peter Benchley's Amazon. In 2007 he began playing the male lead in Painkiller Jane.
Growing up in Bramalea, neighbourhood in the city of Brampton, Rob loved to play hockey, dreaming of becoming a professional. At the age of 17, he sustained an injury that caused him to lose a kidney and subsequently turn down a number of athletic scholarships that had been offered to him.
He enrolled at the University of Waterloo where he majored in Latin and English. In order to put himself through university, he took up his guitar, set some poems to music and sang in local restaurants. In the summers, he did stunts and acrobatics at Canada's Wonderland amusement park.
Stewart met his bride in Mexico during the first season of Tropical Heat.[1] Since 2001, he lives in Canada.[2]
Stewart is currently playing a major recurring character as Roan in the CW hit action television series Nikita.[3]