Robert Wisden

Robert Charles Wisden^[1] is an English actor who has an extensive career in Canadian and American television.^[2] He is best known for his role as United States President Richard Nixon in Zack Snyder's film adaptation of the DC graphic novel 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, where he is Head of the Drama department.

Filmography

Film

• Watchmen (2009)
• Driven to Kill (2009)
• Snow Queen (2002)
• Final Destination (2000)
• In the Name of the People (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)
• The 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 Outer Limits (TV series) (1995)
• The Odyssey (TV series) (1993–1994)
• Highlander: The Series "The Return of Amanda" (1993) & "The Messenger" (1996)
• 9B (1989)
• Glory Enough for All (2-part TV series) as Charles Herbert Best

References

External links

• Robert Wisden at the Internet Movie Database