Robert Wisden

Robert Charles Wisden^[1] (born in Brighton, Sussex, England) is an English actor who has an extensive career in Canadian and American television.^[2] He is best known for his role as President Richard Nixon in Zack Snyder's Watchmen, Chief Coroner James Flynn in Da Vinci's Inquest and Ken Browning in Final Destination. In 2000 he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999).^[3]

Career

Wisden moved with his family from Britain to Canada when he was 15. He started his career in 1985 starring as Terry Dunne in Atom Egoyan's In This Corner. He has since acted in many shows, including Da Vinci's Inquest, Smallville, The X-Files and Jeremiah. In 2006 Wisden graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Education degree.^[2] He currently is employed at St.George's School for Boys in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada directing middle school shows and as a drama teacher.

Filmography

Film

• Watchmen (2009)
• "Driven to Kill" (2009)
• Final Destination (2000)
• Floating Away (1998)
• Excess Baggage (1997)
• The War Between Us (1996)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
• Impolite (1992)
• Firebird 2015 AD (1981)

Television

• Supervolcano (2005)
• Battlestar Galactica (2005)
• Jeremiah (2002–2005)
• Smallville (2001–2005) as Gabriel Sullivan
• Stargate SG-1 (1997–2005) (4 episodes)
• Elizabeth Smart Story (2004)
• Secret Cutting (2000)
• Da Vinci's Inquest (1998–2005)
• Cold Squad (1998)
• Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997)
• Madison (1997)
• The X-Files (1996–1998)
• Welcome to Paradox (1998)
• The Odyssey (TV series) (1993–1994)
• Highlander: The Series "The Return of Amanda" (1993) & "The Messenger" (1996)
• 9B (1989)

References

External links

• Robert Wisden at the Internet Movie Database