Kristian Ayre

Kristian Ayre is a British actor, best known for his portrayal of the character Radu from the Nickelodeon children's science fiction show Space Cases.

Early life Kristian Ayre was born in England, and moved to Canada at a young age. He began acting in the early 1990s, and appeared in the 1994 movie Andre with Keith Carradine. After a couple of appearances in TV Movies, including Bye Bye Birdie (1995), He is trained in acrobatics and gymnastics.

Ayre has also lent his voice to a number of dubbed versions of Japanese anime series, including Elemental Gelade, as the main character of Coud Van Giruet and Shinichiro Isumi in Hikaru no Go, as well as Yuji Sakai in the first season of Shakugan no Shana. and with the Genus Theatre in Vancouver. Also in 2006, he performed in "War Lover for the Vancouver International Folk Festival," which he also produced through his "work with the Leaky Heaven Circus."

A Lieutenant Kristian Ayre appeared as a bridge officer on the Enterprise-E in Peter David's 1997 Star Trek: New Frontier debut novel, House of Cards.

In 1998, Ayre appeared as Tommy McPherson in the mock-documentary Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, which depicted a rural family as they were besieged by bizarre unexplained occurrences, before being abducted by extraterrestrials. The program caused a level of confusion and controversy upon its initial broadcast that echoed earlier reality-muddying incidents such as Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast. Debate over the hoax nature of the program occurred on Internet chat rooms and bulletin boards, where the program's status as fiction was established by virtue of the fact that Tommy McPherson was played by Ayre, an actor.

Partial filmography Year Movies/Television Shows Role/s Notes 1994 Andre Gerald 1994 Kishin Corps: Alien Defender Geo-Armor Taishi Takamura Anime, English dub 1995 Eye Level Zack Telefilm 1995 Bye Bye Birdie Harvey Johnson Telefilm 1996–1997 Space Cases Radu TV series 1997 The New Ghostwriter Mysteries Henry 'Strick' Strickland TV series 1998 Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County Tommy McPherson Mockumentary 1999 Running Home Matt 'Spider' Strilecki 1999–2000 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Tommy Aitkens TV series 2000 Bear With Me Daniel 2001 Voyage of the Unicorn SebastianHallmark Entertainment Productions 2001 Stargate SG-1 Loran TV series, Season 04 Ep. 18 "The Light 2002 Bang Bang You're Dead Kurt Telefilm 2003 Elf Foom Foom 2004–2005Shakugan no ShanaYūji SakaiAnime, English dub, season 1 2004 Inuyasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island Ryūra Anime, English dub 2005 Elemental Gelade Coud 'Cou' Van Giruet Anime, English dub 2008 Of Golf and God Daniel