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Arthur Holden

b. 1959

Canadian actor, writer born in Montréal

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Born 1959. Arthur Holden is a Canadian voice actor, actor, screenwriter and television actor.

Arthur Holden (born August 28, 1959) is a Canadian actor and writer. Known for his roles such as Mr. Ratburn in Arthur, Baba-Miao in Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, Mayor Mallard in The Little Twins, and Mr. Larkin in later episodes of What's with Andy?, he has also had roles in film, television and theatre, and has written for stage, film and television. Ars Poetica is a play that Holden wrote.

Holden has also done voices for many video games such as Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas, Far Cry Instincts, Hype: The Time Quest, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Early life Holden's father was politician Richard Holden (1931–2005). His mother, Hélène Papachristidis Holden, is a Montreal novelist and recipient of the Order of Canada.

Career Holden appears in movies such as The Bone Collector, The Sum of All Fears, Million Dollar Babies, The Hound of the Baskervilles, When Justice Fails, The Greatest Game Ever Played and The Aviator. He voiced the characters of David Miller in the 2005 computer game Still Life and Sibrand in the 2007 game Assassin's Creed. He also appeared on Are You Afraid of the Dark? in its third-season episode, "The Tale of the Midnight Ride" as Ichabod Crane's Ghost. His other appearance in that series was Mr. Brooks the science teacher in fifth-season episode "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" and as the Court Jester in sixth-season episode "The Tale of the Wisdom Glass".

He also guest-starred in TV shows including Soldier of Fortune, Inc., The Hunger and The Business.

Personal life Holden currently lives in Montreal with his wife Claire Holden Rothman.

Filmography Film Remembering Mel (1984) – Wild Thing (1987) – Manager of Gat Bar The Treasure of Swamp Castle (1988) – Captain God Bless the Child (1988) – Day One (1989) – Scientist (uncredited) The Scorpo Factor (1989) – Hugo Fatman and Little Boy (1989) – Oakridge Doctor Money (1991) – 4th Broker La sarrasine (1992) – Le secrétaire The Postmistress (1992) – Interprete David Copperfield (1993) – Duke Wickfield Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) – Ward La vie d'un héros (1994) – Chauffeur d'Hanibal Hiroshima (1995) – Map Room Officer Hawk's Vengeance (1996) – Dr. Sattler How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996) – Train driver (voice, English dub) In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997) – David The Minion (1998) – Forensics Officer Twist of Fate (1998) – Attorney When Justice Fails (1999) – Coroner's Man Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore (1999) – Greffier The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999) – Sam Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) – Simon The Bone Collector (1999) – Bookstore Clerk Isn't She Great (2000) – Bookstore Clerk (uncredited) Where the Money Is (2000) – Bob Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) – Dr. Schechter (voice) Arthur and the Haunted Tree House (2017) – Nigel Ratburn (voice) Another Kind of Wedding (2017) – John D.W. and the Beastly Birthday (2017) – Nigel Ratburn (voice) Lemonade (2018) – Doctor On the Basis of Sex (2018) – Dr. Leadbetter Long Shot (2019) – Royal Crier Moment (2019) – Douglas My Salinger Year (2020) – Dean Within These Walls (2020) – Pest controller Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) – 2021: Klaus Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2023) – Mr. Suzuki (voice) Beau Is Afraid (2023) – Theatre Troupe Member Katak: The Brave Beluga (2023) – Cyrano Les As de la jungle 2: Opération tour du monde (2023) – Al

Television The Littl' Bits (1980) – Snagglebit (voice) Maya the Bee (1980) – Alexander Samurai Pizza Cats (1990) – Various characters (voice) The Little Flying Bears (1990) – Walt (voice) Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991) – Ridley (voice) A Bunch of Munsch (1992) – Additional voices The Adventures of Grady Greenspace (1992–1993) – Musical Rat #3 (voice) Sirens (1994) – Priest Mighty Machines (1994–2008) – Various characters (voice) Million Dollar Babies (1994) – Poppa Dionne Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994-1995; 1999) – Court Jester, Mr. Brooks, Ichabod Crane Les aventures de la courte échelle (1996) – Mr Smith Arthur (1996–2022) – Nigel Ratburn, Bionic Bunny (voices) Jungle Show (1997) – Ronny the Rhino, Kenny the Jaguar, Elvis the Elephant (voices) The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures (1997–1998) – Additional voices Carrot Top (1997) - Raoul The Hunger (1997–1999) – Robertson, Motel Bellman The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo (1998) – David Vandermeer Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1998) – Dr. Randolph Fredricks, Uniformed Inspector The Animal Train (1998) – Dad (voice) Bouscotte (1998) – Comptable Mona the Vampire (1999) – Murray Karpowitz (voice) Tommy and Oscar (1999) – Additional voices War of 1812 (1999) – Tiger Dunlop Misguided Angels (1999) – Sneezing Angel Rotten Ralph (1999–2001) – Additional voices A Miss Mallard Mystery (2000) – Additional voices Jim Knopf (2000–2001) – Additional voices Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001–2002) – Baba Wim Bao Miao, Baba Miao (voices) X-DuckX (2001–2005) – Additional voices Seriously Weird (2002) – Rajkowski The Last Chapter (2002) – Prosecutor Daft Planet (2002) – Frederick Stiles (voice) Mystery Ink (2003) – True Crimes Performer Kid Paddle (2003) – Mr. Paddle (voice) Ratz (2003–2004) – Benny (voice) Mental Block (2003–2004) – Mr. Haddock What's with Andy? (2003–2007) – Dad (voice) Fortier (2004) – Toutoune Rochon Postcards from Buster (2004) – Nigel Ratburn (voice) Fries with That (2004) – Head Office Guy Tripping the Rift (2004–2007) – Additional voices Air Emergency (2005) – Voice over commentary Mr. Meaty (2005–2009) – Additional voice The Business (2006) – Rabbi Diamond René Lévesque (2006) George Marler Rumours (2006) – Interviewer Martin Morning (2006) – Additional voice (English dub) Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006) – Alex Paterson Bethune (2006) – Andrei Ganit St. Urbain's Horseman (2007) – Critic Killer Wave (2007) – Reporter Brand Sophie (2008) – Official Being Human (2011) – Brinck O''' (2012) – Barman Gawayn (2012) – Additional voice A Stranger in My Home (2013) – Albert Hajny 14 Tagebücher des Ersten Weltkriegs (2014) – Pireaud The Lottery (2014) – Pharmacist Mohawk Girls (2014) – Sommelier Helix (2015) – Dr. Pozniak 19-2 (2015) – Electrocuted Ma Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015) – Corpse 2 The Fixer (2015) – McCann Natural Born Outlaws (2015) – Tommy Butler H2O: Mermaid Adventures (2015) – Rikki's Dad The Art of More (2015–2016) – Auctioneer Real Detective (2016) – Rusk Béliveau (2017) – Commentateur match anglais, Dr. Lévesque Fatal Vows (2017) – Mr. Quast The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (2017) – Dr. Ashcroft The Detectives (2018) – Robert Keppel Deadly Secrets (2019) – Ashley En tout cas (2019) – Homme hôpital My Worst Nightmare (2019) – Dark Ma Street Legal (2019) – Unfamiliar Lawyer District 31 (2019) – Dr. William Faber Transplant (2020) – Announcement voice

Video games Hype: The Time Quest (1999) – Additional voices Evolution Worlds (2002) – Eugene Leopold, Campa, Infantryman #3 Splinter Cell (2002) – President Bowers S2: Silent Storm (2003) – Additional voices Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow (2004) – Additional voices Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (2004) – Additional voices Memorick: The Apprentice Knight (2004) – Additional voices Still Life (2005) – David Miller, Mark Ackerman, The Crow Man Far Cry Instincts (2005) – Additional voices Rainbow Six: Vegas (2006) – Additional voices Naruto: Rise of a Ninja (2007) – Additional voices Assassin's Creed (2007) – Sibrand Assassin's Creed II (2009) – Emilio Barbarigo Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) – Octavien de Valois Deus Ex: Human Revolution (2011) – Hugh Darrow Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) – Byzantine Guards Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012) – Gilbert Antoine de Saint-Maxent, Spanish Guardsman Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut (2013) – Hugh Darrow Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (2016) – Safe Harbour Convention Attendee For Honor (2017) – Knight Warden Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017) – Phanos, Trireme Drummer Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019) – Dr. Gregory Ballard

Writer Father Land Out of Control Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings Potatoes and Dragons Sharky and George Bob in a Bottle Three Little Ghosts Lucky Luke The Book of Bob Ars Poetica Battered''

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Canadian actor, writer born in Montréal

When was Arthur Holden born?

Arthur Holden was born on 28 August 1959 in Montreal.

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Arthur Holden is a voice actor, actor, screenwriter and television actor.

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Arthur Holden is Canadian.

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