Nigel Bennett(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Stunts
An accomplished theatre actor, Mr. Bennett appeared on the British
stage for fifteen years before moving to Canada in 1986. During this
time, he starred in "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" at the Wyndhams
Theatre in London's West End. He also performed in "Ghosts", "Private
Lives" and "Rookery Nook" at such theaters as the Haymarket Theatre in
Leicester, the Crucible Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic and the King's
Head Theatre Club, as well as many seasons on the stages of Canterbury,
Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield in
England. From 1992-1996, he starred as the powerful and seductive
"Lucien LaCroix" in the Gemini-nominated television series,
Forever Knight (1992). In
1995, he received the prestigious Gemini Award for his role in the
series, and it was on this show where he made his directorial debut.
His feature film work includes co-starring with Gene Hackman in Narrow Margin (1990), The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), a poignant drama that was voted Best New Film at both the Toronto Festival of Festivals and the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1988, Huyền Thoại Mùa Thu (1994) starring Brad Pitt, Án Mạng Tại Nhà Trắng (1997) starring Wesley Snipes, Top of the Food Chain (1999), a science fiction feature that premiered at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and Tổ chức Đầu Lâu (2000) starring Craig T. Nelson.
His feature film work includes co-starring with Gene Hackman in Narrow Margin (1990), The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), a poignant drama that was voted Best New Film at both the Toronto Festival of Festivals and the Vancouver International Film Festival in 1988, Huyền Thoại Mùa Thu (1994) starring Brad Pitt, Án Mạng Tại Nhà Trắng (1997) starring Wesley Snipes, Top of the Food Chain (1999), a science fiction feature that premiered at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and Tổ chức Đầu Lâu (2000) starring Craig T. Nelson.
