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Peter MacNeill

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Peter MacNeill
MacNeill in 2011
Born
Other namesPeter MacNeil
Peter Macneill
Years active1973–present
AwardsGenie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
1997 The Hanging Garden

Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
2003 The Eleventh Hour

Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
2008 Victor

Peter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor and voice-over artist who has starred in numerous television series and films.[1]

His film credits have included The Hanging Garden (for which MacNeill won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1997),[2] Geraldine's Fortune, Crash, Dog Park, Open Range, A History of Violence, and Regression.

On television, he has had roles in Queer as Folk (as Carl Horvath), Katts and Dog (as Sgt. Callahan), Traders (as Frank Larkin), The Eleventh Hour (as Warren Donohue), PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (as Ray Donahue) Call Me Fitz (as Ken Fitzpatrick), and The Good Witch series (as George O'Hanrahan).[3] He is a two-time Gemini Award winner.

In January 2023, he was named the winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement in acting at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards.[4]

Selected filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1974 Why Rock the Boat? Peterson
1976 Strange Shadows in an Empty Room Llewelyn
1977 Cathy's Curse Christopher Gimble
1977 Rabid Cargo Loader
1977 Spinnolio Short film
1977 One Man Jack Williamson
1978 Blackout Carter
1981 Kings and Desperate Men George
1984 That's My Baby! Donut Bum
1986 A Judgement in Stone William
1989 Judge Denied Harry Wheaton
1989 Physical Evidence Graham Brannigan
1989 Renegades Denny Random
1990 Stella Bobby
1990 Whispers Frank
1991 Body Parts Drunk Man
1991 The Events Leading Up to My Death Dad
1995 Butterbox Babies William Young
1996 Crash Colin Seagrave
1997 The Hanging Garden Whiskey Mac Genie Award winning role
1998 Blind Faith Captain Roy McCully
1998 Simon Birch Mr. Birch
1998 Dog Park Neighbour
1999 Resurrection Captain Whippley
2000 Frequency Butch Foster
2000 Violet Rusty
2001 The Caveman's Valentine Cork
2001 Angel Eyes Lt. Dennis Sanderman
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Detective Tripp
2003 Open Range Mack
2003 Luck Dad
2004 Geraldine's Fortune Harry Liddle
2005 A History of Violence Sheriff Sam Carney
2005 Cinderella Man Electric Man
2006 The Marsh Philip Manville
2007 Talk to Me Warden Cecil Smithers
2007 Late Fragment Christian
2007 The Stone Angel Jason Currie
2007 The Secret Dr. Christopher Bray
2007 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl The Sheriff
2009 The Cry of the Owl Sam Rhodes
2009 Leslie, My Name Is Evil The Judge
2010 My Family's Secret Paul Darcile
2013 The Hunting Season Jack
2013 Tru Love Richard
2014 The Journey Home Albert Speck
2015 Let's Rap Victor Brady
2015 The Exorcism of Molly Hartley Chaplain Henry Davies
2015 Regression Police Chief Cleveland
2016 First Round Down Coach
2017 Away Home John McNeil Short film
2017 Cardinals Jim Walker
2018 An Audience of Chairs Ian
2019 She Never Died Detective Godfrey
2020 The Kid Detective Principal Erwin
2020 Life in a Year James Maxwell
2021 Nightmare Alley Judge Kimball

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1984–86 The Edison Twins Mr. Edison 30 episodes
1985 Star Wars: Droids Jord Dusat 10 episodes
1986 One Police Plaza David Ancorie Television film
1987–88 Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future Maj. Matthew "Hawk" Masterson 22 episodes
1988-89 Katts and Dog Sgt. Callahan 44 episodes
1989-1991 Babar Additional voices 65 episodes
1990-92 E.N.G. Richard/Fraser/Paul Richter/John Malik 4 episodes
1993 Road to Avonlea Emmett Grier 1 episode
1994 Lives of Girls and Women Tom Jordan Television film
1996-99 PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Ray Donahue 28 episodes
1998 The Long Island Incident Dennis McCarthy Television film
2001 Doc Gus Wanson 2 episodes
2002-04 The Eleventh Hour Warren Donahue 4 episodes
2002-05 Queer as Folk Detective Carl Horvath 24 episodes
2005 Trump Unauthorized Joseph Eichler Television film
2008 Victor Mel Davis Television film
2008 Mayerthorpe Superintendent Television film
2010-13 Call Me Fitz Ken Fitzpatrick Television film
2010-15 Rookie Blue Tommy McNally 6 episodes
2013 Defiance Garret Clancy 3 episodes
2015 Rogue General Howard 5 episodes
2015-16 This Life Gerald Lawson 20 episodes
2015-17 Good Witch George O'Hanrahan 18 episodes
2018 My Secret Valentine Truman Grange Hallmark Movie
2018 Private Eyes Murray Clavin 1Episode
2019 Titans Lionel Luthor 1 episode
2021- Moonshine Ken Finley-Cullen Series lead

Video games

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Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ^ "Peter MacNeill - Cast - This Life". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Peter MacNeill". Northernstars.ca. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Cast - Peter MacNeill - Good Witch". Hallmark Channel. Archived from the original on 4 September 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Ryan Reynolds, Simu Liu, Catherine O’Hara to Receive Honorary Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2023-01-18 at the Wayback Machine. The Hollywood Reporter, January 18, 2023.
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