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Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor. He is generally known for his roles as the President of the United States in Thirteen Days and National Treasure: Book of Secrets and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 Star Trek film.

Personal life

Greenwood was born Stuart Bruce Greenwood in Noranda, Quebec,^[1] the son of Mary Sylvia (née Ledingham), a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and teacher who taught at Princeton University.^[2] He has two sisters, Kelly Louise and Barbara Lynn. Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia.

He met his future wife, Susan Devlin, when they were both 15 years old. They have been married since 1985. They have one child, Breana Chloe Greenwood.

Career

Greenwood is known in the United States for his appearances in Star Trek, I, Robot, Double Jeopardy, The Core, Thirteen Days (in which he played president John F. Kennedy), Capote (in which he played Jack Dunphy, Truman Capote's lover), Eight Below (in which he played Professor Davis McClaren) and Firehouse Dog.

He had prominent roles in the award winning Atom Egoyan films Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Ararat. He appeared in the 1980s teen cult film The Malibu Bikini Shop and starred in Mee-Shee: The Water Giant. He played a role in The World's Fastest Indian and also featured in the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There. He recently appeared in Dinner for Schmucks as a cruel finance executive who hosts a dinner for "idiots".

On television, Greenwood had roles on St. Elsewhere (Dr. Seth Griffin, 1986–1988), Knots Landing (Pierce Lawton, 1991–1992) and the UPN series Nowhere Man (Thomas Veil, 1995–1996). He also guest starred on the popular Canadian show Road to Avonlea for one episode. He won a Gemini Award for this role as "Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor".

On June 10, 2007, HBO's John from Cincinnati premiered, starring Greenwood. Greenwood also appears as the President of the United States in National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He played the Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, in Summer Dreams: Story of the Beach Boys

Greenwood played Batman in the animated film, Batman: Under the Red Hood. He will also play the character in the Young Justice animated series.^[3]

He has also been rumoured to be voicing the role of Two-Face in the Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel.^[4] Greenwood played the lead role in the horror thriller Cell 213.^[5]

Filmography

References

External links

• Bruce Greenwood at the Internet Movie Database
• Bruce Greenwood at Allmovie
• [{{fullurl:MemoryAlpha:Template:Safesubst:}} Bruce Greenwood] at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)