Pruner, Karl

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PRUNER, Karl


PERSONAL


married; wife's name Sharon JacksonPruner; children: Jordan, Cassidy. Education: Attended Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Addresses: Agent Edna Talent Management Ltd., 318 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5T 1G5, Canada.


Career: Actor. Member of National Arts Centre English Theatre Company, beginning 1977.


Awards, Honors: Gemini Award nomination, best performance by a supporting actor, 1990, for E.N.G.


CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Malcolm MacEwan, Road to Avonlea (also known as Avonlea and Tales from Avonlea ), Disney Channel and CBC, 1989.

Dan Watson, E.N.G., Lifetime and CTV, 1989c. 1994.

Stephen Bennett, a recurring role, Ready or Not, Showtime, 19961997.

Voice of Beta Ray Bill, The Silver Surfer (animated), Fox Kids, 1998.

Ian Farve, Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall: The Series ), Showtime, 1999.

Charles Marlow, Or, L, CBC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The voice, Thanks of a Grateful Nation (also known as The Gulf War ), Showtime, 1998.

Issaac Brock, War of 1812, 1999.

Clinton Hill, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (also known as Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Kennedy Women ), NBC, 2001.

Julian, I Was a Rat, BBC, 2001.

John Turner, Trudeau, CBC, 2002.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Bluffing It, ABC, 1987.

Alex, Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story, Lifetime, 1996.

John Gleeson, Gotti, HBO, 1996.

Marcus Hayworth, A Prayer in the Dark, USA, 1997.

When Husbands Cheat, Lifetime, 1998.

Todd Stanfford, This Matter of Marriage (also known as Harlequin's This Matter of Marriage ), TMC, 1998.

David Corliss, The Fixer, Showtime, 1998.

Paul Klondike, My Date with the President's Daughter, ABC, 1998.

First congressman, The Long Island Incident, NBC, 1998.

Jack Marko, In the Company of Spies, Showtime, 1999.

General Sullivan, The Crossing, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Dick Baker, Catch a Falling Star, CBS, 2000.

Mr. Ross, Finding Buck McHenry, Showtime, 2000.

Count Krelski, Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire, Disney Channel, 2000.

Phil Davis, One True Love, CBS, 2000.

Douglas Weiss, Sex, Lies & Obsession, Lifetime, 2001.

Crossed Over (also known as Destins croises ), CBS, 2002.

Detective Baker, The Interrogation of Michael Crowe, Court TV, 2002.

Quidd, Threshold, SciFi Channel, 2003.

Ed Zuterman, Burn: The Robert Wraight Story, CTV, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Ian Farve, Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams ), Showtime, 1998.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Sir Isaac Newton, Newton: A Tale of Two Isaacs, HBO, 1998.

John Knox, Empire of the Bay (documentary), PBS, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Steve, "Duddleman and the Diamond Ring," The Littlest Hobo, CTV and syndicated, 1980.

Martin Glazer, "There Was an Old Woman," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988.

Michael Abbott, "State of Mind," Street Legal, CBC, 1988.

Paul, "Dream Child," The Hidden Room, Lifetime, 1991.

Matthew, "Faithful Followers," Forever Knight, syndicated, 1994.

Anton Calvin, "Citizen Caine," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1995.

Artie Collins, Side Effects, CBC, 1996.

John Taylor, "One Good Man," Due South, CBS, CTV, 1996.

Julian Lambert, "Betrayal," TekWar, USA, 1996.

Percy Ardley, "Moonshine Struck," Wind at My Back, CBC, 1997.

David Vancha, "Kiss of the Tiger," Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1998.

Martin Halford, "Care & Control," The Associates, 2001.

"Busy Man," Doc, PAX, 2002.

Simon Fletcher, "One Step Closer," Mutant X, syndicated, 2003.

Film Appearances:

William, The Good Mother (also known as The Price of Passion ), Buena Vista, 1988.

Hal, Thick As Thieves, 1991.

Frank Jobs, Dick (also known as Dick, les coulisses de la presidence ), Columbia, 1999.

Keith Taylor, Fall (also known as Fall: The Price of Silence ), Annex Entertainment, 2000.

Jack, Expecting, Corus, 2002.

Dennis Slayne, The Recruit, Buena Vista, 2003.

Welcome to Mooseport, Twentieth CenturyFox, 2004.


Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Karl, Just a Job; Lucianus, Hamlet; Nugget and horseman, Equus; chief, Savages; commander, Don Juan; soldier and peasant, Mother Courage; constable of France, Henry V; Antony's servant, first citizen, and Claudius, Julius Caesar; guard, Mary Steward, Stratford; and Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, Royal Alexandra.


WRITINGS


Screenplays:

(Dialogue) Expecting, 2002.


OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

TV Zone, November, 1999, pp. 5459.

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