Jordan, Derwin

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JORDAN, Derwin

PERSONAL

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Education: Studied theatre at York University.

Addresses: Contact—c/o OAZ & Associates, Inc., 438 Queen St. East, Toronto, Ontario M5A 1T4 Canada.

Career: Actor and writer. Toronto French School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, junior volleyball coach, 2000–02.

Awards, Honors: Canadian Comedy Award nomination (with others), film—pretty funny writing, 2004, for Expecting.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Emergency room doctor, Extreme Measures, Columbia, 1996.

Jeff, Moving Day (short), 1998.

Seamus, Turn It Up, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Waylander, Jason X, New Line Cinema, 2001.

Himself/Waylander, By Any Means Necessary: The Making of "Jason X" (documentary short), New Line Home Video, 2002.

Azaan, Expecting (also known as Party Surprise!), 2002.

Television Appearances; Series:

Rollie Jordan #2, Night Man (also known as Night-Man), syndicated, 1998–99.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Secretary, Visitors of the Night, NBC, 1995.

Officer Getz, Gridlock (also known as Gridlock—Die falle and Obstruction), NBC, 1996.

Ronnie, Shadow Zone: The Undead Express, Showtime, 1996.

Steve, Ms. Scrooge, USA Network, 1997.

Detective Andy Kendricks, Lethal Vows, CBS, 1999.

Remy, On Hostile Ground, TBS, 2000.

Federal agent, The Pretender 2001 (also known as The Pretender), TNT, 2001.

Dalton Roy, Passion and Prejudice, USA Network, 2001.

Director, Jett Jackson: The Movie, The Disney Channel, 2001.

Scout, They Call Me Sirr, Showtime, 2001.

Salesman number one, The Music Man, ABC, 2003.

I'll Be Seeing You (also known as Un jour tu verras and Mary Higgins Clark's "I'll Be Seeing You"), PAX and Global, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Meese, Dear America: Color Me Dark, HBO, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Officer Martin, Top Cops, CBS, 1994.

Marco, "Spec Ops," La Femme Nikita, USA Network, 1998.

Albert Cooper, "Infection," Earth: Final Conflict, syndicated, 1998.

Special Agent Jeffreys, "Windows," Falcone, CBS, 2000.

Zoran, "Fatal Error," Code Name: Eternity, syndicated, 2000.

Justin Kalen, "Take No Prisoners," Earth: Final Conflict, syndicated, 2000.

Director, "The Perfect Day," The Famous Jett Jackson, The Disney Channel, 2000.

Blair, Queer as Folk, Showtime, 2002.

Adderly, "Double Down," Tracker, syndicated, 2002.

Calvin Porter, "Blood Ties," Mutant X, syndicated, 2002.

Stage Appearances:

Sled, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997.

The Swanne: George II, The Death of Cupid, Studio Festival, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(Dialogue) Expecting (also known as Party Surprise!), 2002.

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