Bruce Ramsay

Bruce Ramsay (born December 31, 1966) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor.

Career Ramsay's screen debut was opposite fellow Montrealer Elias Koteas in the film Malarek (1988). Ramsay and Koteas went on to appear in two other films together, Hit Me (1996), and Collateral Damage (2002). Ramsay's first lead in a major motion picture came when he was cast as Carlitos Páez in director Frank Marshall's film Alive (1993), the biographical survival drama based upon Piers Paul Read's 1974 book Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, which detailed the story of the Uruguayan rugby team that crashed into the Andes mountains.

In 2011 Ramsay made his directorial debut with Hamlet (2011). Ramsay also produced, wrote the adaptation, and starred as Hamlet. Hamlet premiered in competition at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2011.

Ramsay appeared as the jaded house boy Carlucci opposite Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Behind the Candelabra (2013), directed by Steven Soderbergh, about the last ten years in the life of pianist Liberace. Behind the Candelabra marked the second time that Ramsay had worked with Soderbergh. In 1995, Ramsay appeared in The Professional Man, part of The Showtime film noir series Fallen Angels, starring opposite Peter Coyote and Brendan Fraser.

He created, wrote, starred in and produced the 2022 CBC and BET series The Porter, about the railway sleeping car porters who created North America's first Black labour union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

In 2026, he released his first novel Texting with a Gorilla.

Selected filmography

First Offender (1987, TV Movie) Pin (1988) as Teenager Malarek (1988) as Fred Malarek Jacknife (1989) as Corridor Student Street Legal (1991, TV Series) as Frank Travers Urban Angel (1991, TV Series) as Paul-Lawyer The Reckoning (1991, TV Movie) as Young Waiter To Catch a Killer (1992, TV Mini-Series) as Bragg Alive (1993) as Carlitos Páez Killing Zoe (1993) as Ricardo Dead Beat (1994) as Kit The New Age (1994) as Misha Blah, Blah, Blah... (1995, Short) Fallen Angels (1995, TV Series) as Paul Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996) as Phillip L'Merchant / John Merchant / Dr. Paul Merchant Curdled (1996) as Eduardo Hit Me (1996) as Del Towbridge Starstruck (1998) as Manny C-16: FBI (1998, TV Series) as Joshua Reese / Timothy Mann Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999, TV Movie) as Joseph Bonanno (Ages 17–27) Island of the Dead (2000) as Tony Matos Exploding Oedipus (2001) as Hilbert Shot in the Face (2001) as Jerry Collateral Damage (2002) as Brandt's Aide Looking for Jimmy (2002) as Puma Holes (2003) as Prosecutor Jericho Mansions (2003) as Eugene O'Donnell Timeline (2003) as ITC Tech Mob Princess (2003, TV Movie) as Vladimir Da Vinci's Inquest (2003, TV Series) as Sgt. Shaw Baby for Sale (2004, TV Movie) as Gabor Szabo Break a Leg (2005) as Other Actor at Bar Amnesia: The James Brighton Enigma (2005) as Carl Honeycutt G-Spot (2005–2009, TV Series) as Pedro Davidd / Stalker One Dead Indian (2006, TV Movie) as Kenneth Deane Veiled Truth: What Comes Around (2006, TV Movie) as Jake Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis (2006, TV Mini-Series) as John Parisella Babylon 5: The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark (2007) as Simon Burke Si j'etais Toi (2007) as Daniel Harpin The Quality of Life (2008, TV Movie) as Earl Waverly Mothers & Daughters (2008) as Dinner Party Guest Bruce Supernatural (2010, TV Series) as Paul Riverworld (2010, TV Movie) as Francisco Pizarro Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido (2010) as Officer Ginoble Doomsday Prophecy (2011, TV Movie) as Garcia Hamlet (2011) as Hamlet Behind the Candelabra (2013) as Carlucci Brick Mansions (2014) as Mayor 19-2 (2014–2017, TV Series) as Commander Gendron Cardinal (2017, TV Series) as Ray Northwind The Porter (2022, TV Drama Series) as Dinger The G (2023) as Rivera