Peter Outerbridge (born June 30, 1966) is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Ari Tasarov in the CW action series Nikita, Dr. David Sandström in the TMN series ReGenesis, Henrik "Hank" Johanssen in Orphan Black, Bob Corbett in Bomb Girls, George Brown in the television film John A.: Birth of a Country and William Murdoch in The Murdoch Mysteries.
He played William Easton in Saw VI.
Early Life[]
Peter Outerbridge, together with two older sisters and two older brothers, grew up in Toronto, Ontario. While his father practiced law, his mother studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He comes from a family of artists, as his uncle was opera singer Jon Vickers and his cousin Billy is a regular at Stratford. In Outerbridge's own words, with his father being a trial lawyer, there were a lot of theatrics on his paternal side as well.
Career[]
Outerbridge began his acting career after high school, when he enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. After graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, he co-founded the theatre group Way Off Broadway and toured Canada with them for four years. In the early 90's, he started out in television and his early credits include shows such as 21 Jump Street or The Commish, while his first feature films include Paris, France and Cool Runnings.
His talent was recognized early on, when roles in Marine Life or Chasing Cain earned him award nominations such as Genie or Gemini Awards and more roles in TV shows, movies and features films followed. He has worked steadily ever since, on a large variety of projects. His most notable roles include young student Matt, who falls in love with a necrophiliac in the critically acclaimed movie Kissed. Also of note is his performance playing the transsexual Judy in Better Than Chocolate and his frightening portrayal of sexual assailant Theodore Gray in the thriller The Rendering.
Ever since the early 90's, Outerbridge has been a steady presence not only on the silver screen but also on TV. Among many others, he played three different characters on the science fiction show The Outer Limits, had a recurring role in the third seasons of Chris Carter's mystery spin-off Millennium, played the lead in three feature-length episodes of the 2004 version of The Murdoch Mysteries and scored his biggest lead role to date in the same year, when he was cast as headstrong scientist David Sandström in The Movie Network's ReGenesis. The science-themed show successfully aired for four years and has been broadcast internationally in over 20 countries. ReGenesis has been nominated for several Gemini awards over the years.
Later in his career, Outerbridge has portrayed one of Canada's political founding fathers, George Brown, in the TV period piece John A.: Birth of a Country, which earned him the 2013 Canadian Screen Award in the category 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series'. He's had a recurring role in The CW's modern spy reboot Nikita and starred as special guest star on Global TV's World War II period drama Bomb Girls. Besides this, he had occasional guest appearances on shows such as Suits, The Listener and Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds.
Personal Life[]
In 2000, Peter Outerbridge married Canadian actress Tammy Isbell, with whom he has co-starred on more than one occasion, among them The Murdoch Mysteries and ReGenesis. It is said the two of them met in 1994 while shooting an episode of The Outer Limits together, in which they fittingly played a young couple. In 2004, twins Thomas and Samuel were born. Outerbridge and his family live in Toronto.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Dylan Wiatt |
| 1992 | Diagnosis Murder | Barry Donovan |
| Hate Mail | Randal | |
| 1993 | Paris, France | Sloan |
| For the Moment | Johnny | |
| Cool Runnings | Josef Grool | |
| 1994 | Another Woman | Paul Temple |
| Replikator | John Cheever | |
| 1995 | Falling for You | Greg |
| The Android Affair | Thomas Benti | |
| The Michelle Apts. | Jules | |
| Fools Die Fast | Eddie | |
| 1996 | Closer and Closer | Adam |
| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | William Johnson | |
| Kissed | Matt | |
| Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance | Sergei | |
| Giant Mine | Jim O'Neil | |
| 1997 | Murder in My Mind | Jack Bolinas |
| 1999 | Better Than Chocolate | Judy |
| Escape from Mars | John Rank, Sagan Cocommander | |
| Killing Moon | ||
| The Time Shifters | Felder | |
| Escape Velocity | Lee Nash aka Carter | |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Sergei Kirov |
| Out of Sync | Roger Deacon | |
| Marine Life | Robert Kiely | |
| Double Frame | Special Agent Sean Donahue | |
| 2001 | The Pretender 2001 | Alex |
| Chasing Cain | Bob Kozlowski | |
| 2002 | The Rendering | Theodore Gray |
| Men with Brooms | James Lennox | |
| Trudeau | Jim Coutts | |
| The Bay of Love and Sorrows | Everette Hatch | |
| 100 Days in the Jungle | Gord Black | |
| Chasing Cain: Face | Detective Bob Kozlowski | |
| 2003 | The Risen | Nick Simms |
| Cold Creek Manor | Dave Miller | |
| June & Orlando | Orlando | |
| 2004 | Ill Fated | Earl |
| Chicks with Sticks | Curt Bonner | |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Styles |
| Murder in the Hamptons | Gordon Wintrop | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Dumbrowski |
| Population 436 | Deputy Christian Hecker | |
| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' | Al Burton | |
| Intimate Stranger | Denis Teague | |
| 2007 | In God's Country | Officer Wayne |
| My Name Is Sarah | Charlie Manning | |
| 2009 | Burning Mussolini | Detective Ryan Johnson |
| Deadliest Sea | Captain Jack Colvin | |
| Saw VI | William Easton | |
| 2010 | Reviving Ophelia | Walter |
| 2011 | John A.: Birth of a Country | George Brown |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation | Travis Grady |
| 2013 | Haunter | Bruce |
| 2014 | Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy | Bob Corbett |
| 2015 | Len and Company | Frank Coulter |
| Voracious | Jed | |
| 2016 | Poor Richard's Almanack | Eric |
| Shut In | Richard |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 21 Jump Street | Jeff Chandler |
| 1991-1993 | The Commish | Officer Jeff Hartley |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room | Rick |
| 1992 | Nightmare Cafe | Jesse |
| Secret Service | Talbot | |
| 1993 | Top Cops | Stephen Davis |
| 1994 | Forever Knight | Young Thomas Constantine |
| 1995-2001 | The Outer Limits | Zach Griffiths / Ned Bailey / Dr. Andy Groenig |
| 1995 | Road to Avonlea | Count Marek |
| Highlander | Paul Kinman | |
| 1996 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Ned |
| Dinner Along the Amazon | Rodney | |
| 1997-1998 | Michael Hayes | John Manning |
| 1997 | La Femme Nikita | Roger |
| 1998-1999 | Millennium | Special Agent Barry Baldwin |
| 2001 | Earth: Final Conflict | Joe |
| Paradise Falls | Tyrone Fox | |
| 2002 | Mentors | Dr. Milton Bradshaw |
| Monk | Trevor McDowell | |
| 2003 | 24 | Ronnie Stark |
| Miracles | Jason Herlock | |
| 2004-2005 | The Murdoch Mysteries | Detective William Murdoch |
| 2004-2008 | ReGenesis | David Sandström |
| 2004 | This Is Wonderland | Dale Robertson |
| The D.A. | Jerry Weicker | |
| Medical Investigation | Clark White | |
| 2005 | Tilt | Randy Cioffi |
| 2006 | Puppets Who Kill | Phil Goody |
| 10.5: Apocalypse | Alec Becker | |
| 2007 | Whistler | Peter Varland |
| 2008 | Fringe | Dr. Reyes |
| Sanctuary | Malcolm Dawkins | |
| Heartland | Brad Borden | |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | Walter Volcek |
| 2010-2013 | Nikita | Ari Tasarov |
| 2010 | Happy Town | Handsome Dan Farmer |
| 2011-2012 | The Listener | Magnus Elphrenson |
| 2012-2013 | Bomb Girls | Bob Corbett |
| 2012 | Suits | Keith Hoyt |
| Beauty and the Beast | Silverfox | |
| 2013 | Darknet | Henry |
| 2014 | Orphan Black | Henrik Johanssen |
| Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds | Aramas | |
| 2015-2016 | 12 Monkeys | Dr. Elliot Jones |
| The Art of More | Ashbel Whitman | |
| 2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Father Keegan |
| Blood and Water | Detective Al Gorski | |
| 2016-2017 | Designated Survivor | Charlie Langdon |
| 2016 | Zoo | General Davies |
| 2017 | Incorporated | Phill Brill |
| Pure | Eli Voss | |
| The Expanse | Captain Martens | |
| 2018 | No Easy Days | Paul Reynolds |
| Taken | James Casey |
Video Games[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Far Cry 4 | Additional Voices |
| 2018 | Far Cry 5 | Additional Voices |
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