Colm Feore

Colm Feore OC
Feore at the 2013 Canadian Film Centre annual gala and auction
Born	Colm Joseph Feore (1958-08-22) August 22, 1958 (age 66) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Citizenship	Canada United States
Education	Ridley College
Alma mater	National Theatre School of Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present
Spouses	Sidonie Boll ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1994)​ Donna Starnes ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	3

Colm Joseph Feore OC (/ˈkɒləm ˈfjɔːr/;^[1] born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward in Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) and its sequel Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 (2017).

His other roles include Martin Harrison in Chicago (2002), Lord Marshal Zhylaw in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), First Gentleman Henry Taylor on 24 (2009), Cardinal Della Rovere on The Borgias (2011–2013), Laufey in Thor (2011), General Ted Brockhart on House of Cards (2016–2017), Declan Gallard on 21 Thunder (2017), Wernher von Braun in For All Mankind (2019), and Sir Reginald Hargreeves on The Umbrella Academy (2019–2024). Feore is also a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and a Genie Award nominee.^[2]

Early life and education

Feore was born on August 22, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3] His parents were Irish immigrants, and the family moved back to Ireland shortly after Colm was born,^[4] remaining there for several years before emigrating to Windsor, Ontario.^[5] After graduating from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec.^[6][7]

Career

Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of the Stratford Festival of Canada, North America's largest classical repertory theatre. He spent 17 seasons at Stratford where he rose from bit parts to leading roles, including Romeo,^[8] Hamlet,^[8] Richard III,^[8] and Cyrano.^[8] He returned in 2006 to star in four productions, including Don Juan in both English and French and as Fagin in Oliver! In 2009 he played the main role of Macbeth in the play Macbeth, the main role of Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, and Lear in King Lear in 2014,^[9] all performed at the Stratford Festival Theatre.^[10] He also has appeared on Broadway as Cassius in the production of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington as Brutus.^[11] Off-Broadway, for the Public Theater, he was Claudius in a Hamlet production that starred Liev Schreiber.^[12]

In Canada, Feore's most famous roles were as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the critically acclaimed television mini-series Trudeau,^[4] a role for which he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, as classical pianist Glenn Gould in the 1993 film Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould,^[4] and as by-the-book English Canadian detective Martin Ward in the box-office hit Bon Cop, Bad Cop.^[4] He also played a crazed marketing executive imposter in the second season of the Canadian TV series, Slings and Arrows,^[8] a role that continued for several episodes. The show has run in the United States on the Sundance Channel.

Outside Canada, Feore has appeared in numerous film, theatre and television roles. He is perhaps most famous in the United States for his supporting roles in such Hollywood films as Chicago, City of Angels, Pearl Harbor, The Sum of All Fears, Paycheck,^[4] and The Chronicles of Riddick.^[8] In 1999, he appeared in Stephen King's Storm of the Century as the powerful ancient wizard Andre Linoge. He was the crooked Los Angeles Police Chief James E. Davis in 2008's Changeling.^[9] In 2011, he appeared as Laufey, King of the Frost Giants, in the live-action superhero film Thor.^[13] In 2014, he portrayed Dr. Francis Dulmacher in Gotham.^[8] He portrayed the First Gentleman Henry Taylor on the seventh season of 24,^[8] appeared as Tad Whitney in The West Wing second-season episode titled "Galileo" and played the billionaire suspect Jordan Hayes in the 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Flight". He played supernatural murderers in two episodes of Friday the 13th: The Series.^[14]

Honours

On June 8, 2002, Feore received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (D.Hum.) from the University of Windsor in Windsor.^[15][16] In October 2012, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree (D.Litt.) by Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, in recognition of his contributions to Canadian theatre and film.^[17][18]

Feore was honoured with Gascon-Thomas Award from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2013, the award is given annually to an actor that makes an exceptional contribution to the growth of theatre.^[7] In the same year, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC) "for his contributions as an actor of the stage and screen, notably by bridging Anglophone and Francophone cultures as a fluently bilingual performer."^[19]

In 2019, Feore received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award in Film from the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.^[20] He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021, for the film Sugar Daddy.^[21]

Colm and Donna Feore at TIFF 2007

Personal life

Feore has been married to Donna Feore (née Starnes), a choreographer and theatre director associated with the National Arts Centre and the Stratford Festival, since 1994.^[22] He was previously married to actress Sidonie Boll, whom he met at the National Theatre School, from 1983 to 1994. Feore has three children: son Jack with Boll, and son Thomas and daughter Anna with Donna Feore.^[22]

Feore is fluent in French.^[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Iron Eagle II	Yuri Lebanov
1990	Beautiful Dreamers	Dr. Maurice Bucke
	Bethune: The Making of a Hero	Chester Rice
1993	Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould	Glenn Gould
1996	The Boor	Gruzdev	Short film
1997	Night Falls on Manhattan	Elihu Harrison
	Face/Off	Dr. Malcolm Walsh
	The Wrong Guy	The Killer
	Critical Care	Richard Wilson
1998	City of Angels	Jordan
	The Red Violin	Auctioneer
	Airborne	Ron Simpson
	The Lesser Evil	Derek
	The Herd	Erling Porsild
1999	Striking Poses	Linus
	Storm of the Century	Andre Linoge
	The Insider	Richard Scruggs
	Titus	Marcus Andronicus
2000	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	Toby the Tram Engine (voice)
	The Perfect Son	Ryan Taylor
2001	Ignition	Gen. Joel MacAteer
	The Caveman's Valentine	David Leppenraub
	Pearl Harbor	Adm. Husband E. Kimmel
	Century Hotel	Sebastian
	Lola	Mike
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Olson
	Point of Origin	Mike Matassa
	The Baroness and the Pig	The Baron
	Chicago	Martin Harrison
2003	Highwaymen	Fargo
	National Security	Detective Frank McDuff
	Paycheck	John Wolfe
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick	Lord Marshal Zhylaw
2005	Lies My Mother Told Me	Lucas Mackenzie
	The Deal	Hank Weiss
	Heidi	Mr. Sesseman (voice)
	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	Karl Gunderson
2006	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	Detective Martin Ward
2007	The Poet	Colonel Hass
	Intervention	Bill
	Killing Zelda Sparks	Dr. Leningrad
2008	Waitresses Wanted	RCMP Cpl. Paradis
	The American Trap	Maurice Bishop
	Changeling	Chief James E. Davis
	Inconceivable	Dr. Jackson Charles Freeman
	Six Reasons Why	The Preacher
	WarGames: The Dead Code	T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua (voice)
2009	The Trotsky	Principal Berkhoff
2010	Voodoo	Narrator	Short film
	Interregnum	King Ubu / Klaus
2011	Thor	Laufey[24]
	French Immersion	Michael Pontifikator
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Rob Behringer
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Donald Menken
	Elephant Song	Lawrence
2015	King Lear	King Lear
	Reversion	Jack Clé
	Painkillers	Dr. Troutman
2016	Mean Dreams	The Chief
2017	Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2	Martin Ward
	The Curse of Buckout Road	Reverend Mike Reagan
2018	Greta	Chris McCullen
	Anon	Charles Gattis
	Higher Power	Control
2019	The Prodigy	Arthur Jacobson
	Astronaut	Marcus
2020	My Salinger Year	Daniel
	Sugar Daddy	Gordon
2021	Trigger Point	Elias Kane
	My Soul to Take	Fred	Short film
2023	My Mother's Men (Les Hommes de ma mère)	Neal

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The Running Man	Rick	Television film
1982	The Great Detective	Talbot	Episode: "Death Circuit"
1987	Blades of Courage	Bruce Gainor	Television film
	A Nest of Singing Birds	Michael Jimson
1989–1990	Friday the 13th: The Series	Alex Dent / Anton Pascola	2 episodes
	War of the Worlds	Nikita / Leonid Argochev
1991	Heritage Minutes	Colonel John McCrae	Episode: "John McCrae"
1992	Street Legal	Kyle Thompson	Episode: "November"
1992–1993	Beyond Reality	Mason Driscoll / Sorcerer (voice)	2 episodes
1993	Romeo & Juliet	Mercutio	Television film
1993	Dig & Dug with Daisy	Narrator (voice)	Canadian dub only[25]
1995	Forever Knight	Walken	Episode: "Blood Money"
	Friends at Last	Phillip Connelyn	Television film
	Truman	Charles Griffith Ross
	Where's the Money, Noreen?	Kevin Hanover
1995–1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Selinger	2 episodes
1996	Due South	Charles Carver	Episode: "The Duel"
	The Outer Limits	Major Mackie	Episode: "The Heist"
1997	Night Sins	Deacon Albert Fletcher	Television film
	Liberty! The American Revolution	Alexander Hamilton	Miniseries
	Hostile Waters	Pshenishny	Television film
1998	The Escape	Hickman
	Creature	Adm. Aaron Richland	Miniseries
1998–2000	La Femme Nikita	Leon / Brutus (voice)	2 episodes
1999	Storm of the Century	Andre Linoge	Miniseries
2000	Trapped in a Purple Haze	Ed Hanson	Television film
	The West Wing	Tad Whitney	Episode: "Galileo"
	Boston Public	George Guber	Episode: "Chapter Seven"
	Nuremberg	Rudolf Hoess	Television film
2001	Foreign Objects	Tibor	5 episodes
	Haven	Bruno	Television film
	Final Jeopardy	Paul Battaglia
	The Day Reagan Was Shot	Caspar Weinberger
2002	Benjamin Franklin	Narrator (voice)	Miniseries
	Sins of the Father	Dalton Strong	Television film
	Trudeau	Pierre Trudeau
	Widows	Stein	Miniseries
	Point of Origin	Mike Matassa	Television film
2003	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	D.W. Griffith	Television film
2004	The Newsroom	David	Episode: "Reality Strikes"
	The Eleventh Hour	Owen Sawyer	Episode: "Eden"
2005	Lies My Mother Told Me	Lucas Mackenzie	Television film
	Empire	Julius Caesar	3 episodes
	Slings & Arrows	Sanjay	5 episodes
	Burnt Toast	Dave	Television film
2006	Secret Files of the Inquisition	Narrator	Miniseries
	Battlestar Galactica	President Richard Adar	Episode: "Epiphanies"
2007	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee	General William Tecumseh Sherman	Television film
	American Experience	Narrator	Episode: "Alexander Hamilton"
2008	24: Redemption	Henry Taylor	Television film
	Guns	Paul Duguid	Miniseries
2009	Flashpoint	David Graham	Episode: "Eagle Two"
	24	Henry Taylor	12 episodes
	The Listener	Ray Mercer	7 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jordan Hayes	Episode: "Flight"
2011–2013	The Borgias	Giuliano della Rovere	20 episodes
2012	Saving Hope	Mac	Episodes: "The Great Randall", "Bea, Again"
2012–2013	Revolution	Randall Flynn	9 episodes
2013	The Good Wife	Brad Lund	Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team"
	House of Versace	Santo Versace	Television film
2014	Beauty & the Beast	Frank Darnell	Episode: "Recipe for Disaster"
2014–2016	Sensitive Skin	Roger	7 episodes
2015	Pirate's Passage	Corporal Robin Hawkins (voice)	Television film
	Gotham	Dr. Francis Dulmacher	2 episodes
2016–2017	House of Cards	Ted Brockhart	12 episodes
2017	Lore	Dr. Walter Freeman	Episode: "Echoes"
2018	The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair	Elijah Stern	5 episodes
2019–2024	The Umbrella Academy	Sir Reginald Hargreeves/The Monocle	Main cast
2019; 2024	Murdoch Mysteries	George Crabtree Sr.	Episodes: "Prodigal Father" & "Trian to Nowhere"
2019	For All Mankind	Wernher von Braun	3 episodes
2020	Project Blue Book	Admiral	Episode: "Operation Mainbrace"
2024	Landman	Nathan	Recurring cast

Stratford Festival Theatre credits

• Romeo and Juliet (1984), Romeo
• The Boys from Syracuse (1986), Antipholus
• Cymbeline (1986), Iachimo
• Othello (1987), Iago
• Richard III (1988), King Richard III
• The Taming of the Shrew (1988), Petruchio
• The Three Musketeers (1988), Athos
• Julius Caesar (1990), Cassius
• The Merry Wives of Windsor (1990), Frank Ford
• Hamlet (1991), Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet (1992), Mercutio^[26]
• Measure for Measure (1992), Angelo
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1993), Oberon
• The Pirates of Penzance (1994), Pirate King
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1994), Cyrano
• My Fair Lady (2002), Henry Higgins
• Don Juan (2006), Don Juan
• Oliver! (2006), Fagin
• Coriolanus (2006), Coriolanus
• Intervention (2007)
• Macbeth (2009), Macbeth
• Cyrano de Bergerac (2009), Cyrano
• King Lear (2014), King Lear
• The Beaux' Stratagem (2014), Archer
• Richard III (2022), Richard III
• The Miser (2022), Harper

References

1. "My Shakespeare: Actor Colm Feore". Maclean's. May 17, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
2. Encyclopedia, Canadian Theatre. "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Feore, Colm". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
3. "Colm Feore". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
4. "'Hey, Are You Someone Famous?'". The Huffington Post. July 28, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
5. Colm Feore - Northern Stars Archived June 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
6. "Ridley College | Feore, Colm OR'77". www.ridleycollege.com. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
7. "Colm Feore to be honoured by National Theatre School of Canada". Global News. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
8. "Stratford Festival pays tribute to Colm Feore". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
9. "Colm Feore is more than the sum of his parts". Montreal Gazette. October 20, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
10. "Colm Feore acting credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
11. "Colm Feore and Jessica Hecht to Inhabit Denzel's Rome in Julius Caesar | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
12. Onofri, Adrienne. "BWW Interview: Colm Feore, Coming to a Movie Theater Near You as King Lear". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
13. George 'El Guapo' Roush (September 22, 2009). "Thor, Iron Man And The Fighter Are Facebook Friends With David Fincher". Latino Review. Retrieved September 23, 2009.
14. "Before They Were Stars: Colm Feore in "Friday the 13th: The Series"". The Back Row. May 10, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
15. Honorary degree for actor Colm Feore - website of The Globe and Mail
16. Honorary Degrees Conferred (Chronological) - website of the University of Windsor
17. University, Wilfrid Laurier. "134-2012 : Laurier honours actor Colm Feore and pollster Darrell Bricker at fall convocation". ourontario.ca. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
18. Honorary Degrees and Order of Wilfrid Laurier University: PAST_RECIPIENTS - website of the Wilfrid Laurier University
19. "Governor General Announces 90 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". December 30, 2013.
20. "Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)". ggpaa.ca. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
21. Zach Harper, "'Schitt's Creek' and 'Kim's Convenience' win big at 2021 Canadian Screen Awards". Hello! Canada, May 21, 2021.
22. "Colm and Donna Feore: A most contemporary couple". NUVO, Spring 2006.
23. Meet the 2019 Governor-General Performing Arts Awards recipients, CBC, February 28, 2019
24. Weintraub, Steve (December 10, 2010). "Colm Feore On Set Interview THOR; The King of the Frost Giants Reveals All!". Collider. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
25. "Dig & Dug with Daisy Canadian dub". YouTube.
26. Stratford Festival

External links

• Canadian Film Encyclopedia. A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group
• Colm Feore at IMDb
• Colm Feore at the Internet Broadway Database
• Colm Feore at the Internet Off-Broadway Database