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Callum Keith Rennie (born
September 14,
1960) is a Canadian television and film actor.
Biography
Early life
Rennie was born in
Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear, England. When he was four years old, his
Scottish parents relocated the family from England to
Canada. Rennie was raised in
Alberta, as the second of three boys. He began work in university radio, and discovered acting while in
Edmonton at the age of 25. For roughly a decade through his late teens and twenties, Rennie struggled with
alcoholism. However, in the summer of 1993, a dramatic event led him to change. While in a rough Vancouver bar, Rennie and a construction worker got into an altercation. He 'flipped the bird' to the construction worker, who punched his fist through a plate glass window, and drove a shard of glass into Rennie's left eye and retina.
Career
Rennie has had roles in a variety of Canadian television series, including
Twitch City,
Da Vinci's Inquest and
Due South. He has also been in a number of movies, including
Double Happiness (as the love interest of
Sandra Oh),
Curtis's Charm,
Hard Core Logo,
eXistenZ,
Memento,
The Five People You Meet in Heaven and
Flower & Garnet. He has a recurring role in the reimagined
Battlestar Galactica as the
Cylon known as
Leoben Conoy.
One of Rennie's most widely recognized roles is that of Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski on the Canadian television series
Due South. The show has been aired in over 150 countries, helping to broaden Rennie's fanbase.
Rennie has made guest appearances on several television shows. These include
Forever Knight,
Mutant X and, in which he played both a mortal in the Season 2 episode "An Eye For an Eye" and an immortal named Tyler King in the Season 4 episode "The Innocent". During Season 1 of
La Femme Nikita, Rennie guest-starred in the two-part episodes "Gray" and "Choice" as the only love interest Nikita had outside Section One during the entire run of the series. Rennie also appeared in
The X-Files, initially offered the role of
Alex Krycek. He turned down the role because he didn't want to commit to a television series at that time, but he later guest-starred on the show and was signed to be in the second X-Files movie (still in production as of December 2007). More recently, Rennie has made an appearance on
Smallville as an FOTW (Freak of the Week) in the Season 5 episode "Fragile".
Rennie resides in
Vancouver, also spending time in
Toronto and
Los Angeles.
In support of the
Babz Chula Lifeline for Artists Society
, which is raising money for his friend and fellow Canadian actor Chula's cancer treatment, Rennie is currently
auctioning off the opportunity to have dinner with him in Vancouver.
Awards
In 1997, Rennie won the
Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for
My Life as a Dog. In 1999, he won the
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for
Last Night. in 2003 for
Flower & Garnet and in 2007 for
Unnatural & Accidental. Rennie won the award of the
Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2003, also for
Flower & Garnet.
Filmography
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