Biography
Blond and wiry, with an edgy, down-to-earth style and manner, Rennie proved a highly watchable and versatile performer with notable ease onscreen. While born in Sutherland, England, he was raised in Canada from a young age. The seeds of his career were sown in Alberta where he landed some voiceover work at the University of Alberta radio station and where he began acting on the Edmonton stage, which in turn led to work in television and …
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Career Milestones
| Began acting with radio voice work through a friend at the University of Alberta campus station | ||
| Did stage work in Edmonton | ||
1993 | At age 33, began to seriously pursue an acting career | |
1994 | Appeared in the sci-fi actioner "Timecop" | |
1994 | Guest starred on an episode of ABC's "The Commish" | |
1994 | Turned down the recurring role of Agent Alex Krycek on the FOX series "The X-Files"; guest-starred in the episode "Lazarus" | |
1995 | Acted in the ABC movie adventure "The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky" | |
1995 | Appeared in the USA Network TV-movie "When the Dark Man Calls" | |
1995 | Featured opposite Sandra Oh in Mina Shum's "Double Happiness" | |
1995 | Starred as Jim, a recovered heroin addict in "Curtis' Charm"; based on Jim Carroll's autobiographical short story (released in the USA in 1996) | |
1996 | Had a bit part as a drug dealer in the mystery thriller "Unforgettable" | |
1996 | Starred as former punk rocker Billy Tallent in Bruce McDonald's satirical "Hard Core Logo" (released in the USA in 1998) | |
1997 | Appeared in the Showtime original movie "Tricks" | |
1997 | Co-starred on the syndicated police series "Due South" | |
1997 | Had small roles in the children's adventure film "Masterminds" and the romantic comedy "Excess Baggage" | |
1997 | Played the permanently stoned Mamet in the bumbling adventure "Men With Guns" | |
1997 | Was a featured regular on the Canadian series "My Life as a Dog" (aired in the USA on Showtime) | |
1998 | Cast in Don McKellar's "Last Night" as a man who spends his last night on Earth bedding as many different types of people as he can (released in the USA in 1999) | |
1999 | Featured in David Cronenberg virtual reality thriller "eXistenZ" | |
2001 | Had small role in the thriller "Memento" | |
2004 | Appeared in "The Butterfly Effect" | |
2004 | Cast in "Blade: Trinity," which starred Wesley Snipes | |
2004 | Had a recurring role as the Cylon Leoben Conoy in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" on the Sci Fi Channel | |
2007 | Appeared opposite Cedric the Entertainer in the comedy "Code Name: The Cleaner" | |
2007 | Cast opposite Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver in "Snow Cake" | |
2008 | Portrayed record producer Lew Ashby in the second season of "Californication" (Showtime) | |
2009 | Played Jeff Slingerland aka Dr. Maurice Raynaud in the ABC series "FlashForward" | |
2010 | Appeared as Russian mobster Vladimir Laitanan in the eighth season of "24" (FOX) | |
2010 | Co-starred with Renée Zellweger in the thriller "Case 39" | |