Biography
A striking, blue-eyed, dark-haired actor of stage and TV, Czerny came to the attention of American reviewers with a chilling but all-too-human portrayal of a tormented clergyman who molests and terrorizes a young orphan in his charge in "The Boys of St Vincent" (CBC, 1993). This profoundly disturbing movie was made for Canadian TV, shown theatrically in selected US theaters and aired on A&E in 1995. Though quite handsome and youthful, Czerny …
Career Milestones
| Acted regularly on Canadian TV | ||
| Appeared in various Stratford Festival productions including "The Cherry Orchard", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and "Romeo and Juliet" | ||
| Worked with the Toronto Free Theatre, Theatre Terra Nova, the National Arts Center, and the Canadian Stage Company | ||
1982 | Stage debut in the National Arts Center production of "Ce Stazzi" in Ottawa, Canada | |
1986 | American TV debut on CBS' "Night Heat" (filmed in Toronto) | |
1992 | Breakthrough Canadian TV role, playing Brother Peter Lavin in in John N. Smith's acclaimed "The Boys of St. Vincent" (A&E) | |
1992 | Canadian feature debut, "Buried on Sunday" | |
1992 | Primetime U.S. TV debut, the NBC crime drama miniseries "Deadly Matrimony/Shattered Vows" | |
1994 | U.S. feature debut, "Clear and Present Danger" opposite Harrison Ford | |
1997 | Played featured role in "The Ice Storm" | |
2000 | Co-starred with Kiefer Sutherland in the action drama "After Alice" | |
2001 | Featured alongside Natasha Richardson and Colm Feore in the historical TV movie "Haven" (CBS) | |
2005 | Cast as a doctor in the horror feature "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" | |
2006 | Cast opposite Steve Martin in a prequel to the 1964 Peter Sellers original film "The Pink Panther" | |
2006 | Played a down and out man who becomes a best-selling author of spiritual books in "Conversations with God" | |
2007 | Cast as the square-jawed head of Zomcon security in the Canadian zombie film "Fido" | |
2007 | Portrayed the Duke of Norfolk on "The Tudors" (Showtime) | |
2010 | Appeared in the feature adaptation of "The A-Team" with Liam Neeson and Bradley Cooper | |
2011 | Played Madeleine Stowe's husband on ABC's mystery drama "Revenge" | |