Tom Scholte

Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic. He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding, for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002 and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001, and The Dick Knost Show, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.

He has also appeared in the films Live Bait, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles, Moving Malcolm, See Grace Fly, Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway, and the television series The X-Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.

He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia. Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.

Contributions to cybernetics Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.

Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.

Personal life He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Refs 1999 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Dirty 2000 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Babette's Feet 2001 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama What Else Have You Got? 2002 17th Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" 22nd Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Last Wedding Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Last Wedding Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 Best Actor in Canadian Film Last Wedding Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Exposures 2011 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Fathers & Sons 2012 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Sisters & Brothers 2014 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor in a Canadian Film The Dick Knost Show