Beiser, Brendan 1970–

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Beiser, Brendan 1970-

PERSONAL

Born April 17, 1970, in Boston, MA; father a Canadian psychiatrist and university professor. Education: Attended Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; trained for the stage at William Davis Centre for Actor's Study, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Addresses:

Agent—Geddes Talent Agency, 8430 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor, director, and writer. Appeared in a commercial for Canadian Spring telephone service, 1996.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Actors' Equity Association, Union of British Columbia Performers.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Man on pay phone, Excess Baggage, Columbia, 1997.

Computer salesman, Dirty, Dirty Productions/Cable Production Fund, 1998.

Sploosh (short film), Needlestitcher Productions/United Nathan Productions, 1998.

Brian, The Vigil, Asylum, 1998.

Bellhop, The Fear: Resurrection (also known as The Fear: Halloween Night), A-Pix Entertainment, 1999.

Ellis, Head Over Heels, Universal, 2001.

Ken, The Last Wedding, ThinkFilm, 2001.

First race official, Kevin of the North (also known as Chilly Dogs and L'aventurier du grand nord), 2001, Screen Media Films, 2003.

Craig, Wake-up Call (short film), Icomm.Production, 2002.

Funeral director, See Grace Fly, Domino Film & Television International, 2003.

Himself, Er (short film), Landovision, 2003.

Peter Young, Savage Island (also known as Deadman's Island), Ardustry Home Entertainment, 2004.

Man marking territory, Heart of Whistler (short film), Voice of Treason Productions, 2006.

Umpire, The Sandlot 3, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Film Director:

Er (short film), Landovision, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Brendan, Aardvark (also known as MHTV's "Aardvark"), CTV, 1994-95.

Agent Pendrell, a recurring role, The X-Files, Fox, 1995-97.

Jimmy Carlson, Skullduggery, Comedy Network, 2000.

Quincy, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!, ABC, 2001.

Voice of Oscar for Kido senshi Gandamu (also known as Mobile Suit Gundam), Cartoon Network.

Television Appearances; Movies:

News reporter, Golf Punks (also known as National Lampoon's "Golf Punks"), Fox Family Channel, 1998.

Kowalski, Harvey, CBS, 1998.

Allan, Ice Angel (also known as L'ange de la glace), Fox Family Channel, 2000.

Voice of Mini Gadget, Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge, Nickelodeon, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Young Paxton Oaks, "The Getaway," Viper, syndicated, 1998.

Tricky Dick, "The People's Choice," Night Man, syndicated, 1998.

Snake oil salesman, "The Oath," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1999.

Ben Powell, "Zig Zag," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime and syndicated, 2000.

Lester Dash, "The Asylum," The Immortal, syndicated, 2001.

Fake Lester Dash, "The Good Squire," The Immortal, syndicated, 2001.

Blue-collar husband, "Proof of Purchase," Dark Angel (also known as James Cameron's "Dark Angel"), Fox, 2001.

Flux, "In Heaven Now Are Three," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's "Andromeda"), syndicated, 2002.

Tim O'Tool, "Hang Ups," The Sausage Factory (also known as MTV's Now What?, Much Ado About Whatever, and Special Ed), MTV, 2002.

Benton, "Deja Voodoo," The Dead Zone (also known as Stephen King's "Dead Zone"), USA Network, 2003.

First sports car driver, "Reaper Madness," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Tavius, "The Tower," Stargate: Atlantis (also known as La porte d'Atlantis), Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

Color commentator, "Spellingg Bee," Psych, NBC, 2006.

Weaver, "Memento Mori," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles), Sci-Fi Channel, 2006.

Television Appearances; Other:

Simons, G-Saviour (animated; also known as Gundam Savior), CTV, 2000.

Brendan the mismatched sock, The Adventures of Johnny the Argyle Sock, 2002.

Dr. Connolly, Something Beneath, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

!Aardvark!, Canadian Fringe Festival, 1997.

Appeared as Eugene, Biloxi Blues, Carousel Theatre; Josh, Carol's Christmas, Arts Club Theatre; Dave, Featuring Loretta, Belfry Theatre; Puck, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Carousel Theatre; Whitman, Reservations for Two, Chiarelli Productions; and Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew.

Stage Director:

Aardvark!, Canadian Fringe Festival, 1997.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Sean Pendrell, The X-Files Game (also known as The X-Files), Hyperbole Studios, 1998.

Voice, Homeworld: Cataclysm, Sierra Entertainment, 2000.

WRITINGS

Stage Plays:

(With Trevor White) !Aardvark!, Canadian Fringe Festival, 1997.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Dreamwatch, June, 1997, pp. 34-36.

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