Colm Feore

Colm Joseph Feore (; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known in Canada for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau, 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).

Feore is known for his mainstream roles in film and on television. These include Dr. Malcolm Walsh in Face/Off (1997), Adm. Husband E. Kimmel in Pearl Harbor (2001), Martin Harrison in Chicago (2002), Olson in The Sum of All Fears (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), Donald Menken in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), 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.

Early life and education Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 22, 1958. His parents, Dr Dermot Feore and Elaine Taylor, were Irish, and the family moved back to Ireland shortly after Colm was born, before moving to Windsor, Ontario. After graduating from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. Hamlet, all performed at the Stratford Festival Theatre. He also has appeared on Broadway as Cassius in the production of Julius Caesar starring Denzel Washington as Brutus. Off-Broadway, for the Public Theater, he was Claudius in a Hamlet production that starred Liev Schreiber.

In Canada, Feore's most famous roles were as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the critically acclaimed television mini-series Trudeau, 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, In 2014, he portrayed Dr. Francis Dulmacher in Gotham.

Honours On June 8, 2002, Feore received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree (D.Hum.) from the University of Windsor in Windsor. 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.

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. 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."

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

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. 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.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1988 Iron Eagle II Lieutenant 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 Dr. Jordan The Red Violin Auctioneer Airborne Ron Simpson The Lesser Evil Derek The Herd Erling Porsild 1999 Striking Poses Linus 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 General Joel MacAteer The Caveman's Valentine David Leppenraub Pearl Harbor Admiral 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 Corporal 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 The NarratorShort film Interregnum King Ubu / Klaus 2011 Thor Laufey 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 ProdigyArthur 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 2025 The Girl Who Cried Pearls (La jeune fille qui pleurait des perles) The Narrator

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 Dig & Dug with Daisy The Narrator (voice) Canadian dub only 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 PshenishnyTelevision film 1998 The Escape Hickman Creature Admiral Aaron Richland Miniseries 1998–2000 La Femme Nikita Leon / Brutus (voices) 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 BrunoTelevision film Final Jeopardy Paul Battaglia The Day Reagan Was Shot Caspar Weinberger 2002 Benjamin Franklin The 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 The Narrator Miniseries Battlestar Galactica President Richard Adar Episode: "Epiphanies" 2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee General William Tecumseh Sherman Television film American Experience The Narrator Episode: "Alexander Hamilton" 2008 24: Redemption First Gentleman 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; 2024Murdoch Mysteries George Crabtree Sr. Episodes: "Prodigal Father" & "Train 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 The Winter's Tale (1986), Leontes Othello (1987), Iago The Cherry Orchard (1987), Yasha 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 Much Ado About Nothing (1991), Benedick Romeo and Juliet (1992), Mercutio 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