Tyrone Benskin
Tyrone Benskin has been a significant presence in theatre, film, television and music for over 30 years. As part of the Canadian and International cultural landscape Tyrone has amassed an impressive resume and acclaim for a significant and varied body of work;, from no-nonsense cop to caring and devoted father, from ancient warrior to the characters showing the darkness of human nature. His numerous theatre credits include appearances on many of the celebrated stages across Canada. His over 100 film and television credits include co-starring with Tori Spelling in the TV movie "Mind over Murder", the new Christmas classic "The Christmas Choir", "The Wool Cap" and the civil rights drama "Deacons for Defense" opposite Forrest Whitaker and Mr. Ossie Davis. Mr. Benskin also appeared in the NBC mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse and starred as Karl Lubinsky in the cult science fiction series "Charlie Jade" which aired in Canada, the US and internationally including South Africa, France, England and Japan. Feature films include the blockbuster hit "300", Bob Dylan bio-pic "I'm not There" and acclaimed independent films "Peepers" and "Adam's Wall." For over 5 years, Mr. Benskin served as Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop, Canada's oldest Black theatre company. He served President of the Board of Creations Etc., a youth arts and outreach organization as well as serving on the board several community based non-profit organizations. Mr. Benskin was twice elected to the post of National Vice President of ACTRA, Canada's national film and television actors union. On May 2nd, 2011 Mr. Benskin was elected to the 41st Parliament of Canada as the Member for the diverse riding of Jeanne-Le Ber. Mr. Benskin was subsequently appointed to the post of "Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage" by the Honorable Jack Layton. Mr. Benskin also serves as Deputy Critic for Official Languages and served on the Sub-Committee for International Human Rights. Benskin served as a Member of Canada's House of Commons for four and a half years returning to the big screen in 2016 in Bad Santa 2 and the small screen as recurring character Rev. Wardell Cobb in season 2 of The Art of More opposite Denis Quaid.
Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of...
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A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a...
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Immortals
as Hoplite CaptainTheseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who...
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Bad Santa 2
as AA Group LeaderFueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick,...
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Chaos Walking
as HammerTwo unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored...
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Beau Is Afraid
as Rattled BusinessmanFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his...
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Pieces of a Woman
as JudgeWhen a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of...
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The Fire Inside
as AJClaressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach,...
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Clouds
as DoctorYoung musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to...
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The Glass Castle
as RonnieA young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in...
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I'm Not There
as Mr. ArvinSix actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of...
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Cyberbully
as Principal WasneyA woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.
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Small Crimes
as ChaplinA disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home...
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Summer Villa
as Dominic BaroneAlthough a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life....
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Dead Like Me: Life After Death
as Police Commissioner CusekWhen George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and...
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Criminal Law
as JacksonBen Chase is an on-the-rise Boston attorney currently defending a wealthy client in a...
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The Amityville Curse
as Video TechnicianAfter purchasing a property in Amityville, New York, Debbie and her husband invite three of...
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The Legend of Sarila
as Itak (voice)Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
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Scanners II: The New Order
as Store OwnerA breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being...
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Birthmarked
as Dr. MetcalfeTwo scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the...
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Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
as Dr. NasserCagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a...
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Island of the Dead
as Dwight TrumanStranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of...
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The Christmas Checklist
as GeorgeA grieving daughter discovers a red envelope from her mom that contains a final request: for her...
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Tales from the Neverending Story: The Beginning
as CaironThe Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom...
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A Woman's Rage
as Officer KingmanBeautiful Allison, 30, has no trouble finding a man. It's keeping them that's the problem...
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The Kiss
as Train Station ConductorAfter the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences...
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Mind Over Murder
as Julian HastyHolly Winters (Tori Spelling) is an unhappy-in-love, prosecuting attorney. After suffering a...
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The Christmas Choir
as BobA chance encounter with a homeless man named Bob inspires a workaholic accountant to start a...
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Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
as Moose (segment "Manivald") (voice)On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting...
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The Long Island Incident
as Colin FergusonOn December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This...
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Sci-fighters
as Dr. Gene WashingtonA renegade police officer tracks a rapist spreading a deadly virus around 2009 Boston.
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Deacons for Defense
as ArchieInspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights...
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Stranger in the House
as SlovitzA botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders...
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Christie's Revenge
as Detective HogueAfter years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her...
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The Killing Yard
as Haywood BurnsLawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison...
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Deadly Surveillance
as Pool side copA detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a...
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Redeemer
as uncreditedWhen a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is...
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Tales from the Neverending Story: The Gift
as CaironThe Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom...
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Marked Man
as BoydA jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by...
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Naked City: Justice with a Bullet
as DonovanA pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money...
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Final Verdict
as Detective LewisThe successful prosecution of a man accused of murdering his wife catapults a young attorneys...
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Johnny and Clyde
as HadleyWhen a young boy dogsits Clyde, a criminal canine trying to go straight, he ends up facing down...
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Lotto 6/66
as LandlordIn LOTTO 6/66, a down on his luck Wretch is offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a...
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Tales from the Neverending Story: Resurrection
as CaironThe Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom...
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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
as WardA number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the...
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Tales from the Neverending Story: Badge of Courage
as CaironThe Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom...
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EVERGREEN$
as Morgan21 year-old Rémi leaves his small town in Quebec for the first time to go sell Christmas trees...
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A Husband, a Wife and a Lover
as Dr. CarpenterWhen her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.
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My Breast
as Dr. Henry BalmerMeredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption...
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Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
as Additional Voices (voice)Earth teenagers Alex 'Flash' Gordon and Dale Arden, and their reluctant friend Dr. Hans Zarkov,...
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Bears
as Narrator (voice)From polar bears in the arctic tundra to black bears in the Northern Rockies, you'll see some of...
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Adam's Wall
as uncreditedAs another Middle East crisis explodes, Adam, a Jewish teenager and Yasmine a Lebanese girl fall...
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Aftermath
as Arnold RossSpecial Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But...
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Manivald
as Moose (voice)Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young...
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The Final Heist
as JuanDavid King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes....
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Candy the Stripper
as uncreditedThe owner of a seedy, run-down strip club in New Orleans tries to save the building from being...
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Sunday Afternoon
as MontyIt is a Sunday afternoon in the universe. When a mysterious musical force causes scorching heat,...
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Peepers
as HelmanA rag-tag group, led by the eagle-eyed Steve, take to Montreal's chilly rooftops under cover of...
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40 Acres
as uncreditedIn a post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, the last descendants of a Black family of...
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Spenser: A Savage Place
as StevensonCandy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she...
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The Boys
as ElijahA group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes...
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Due South
as Mr. ShawlConstable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...
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Earth: Final Conflict
as Frank RiceYears ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
as uncreditedThis spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the...
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The Dead Zone
as uncreditedJohnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.
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Transplant
as Eddie JenningsDr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the...
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Debris
as George JonesTwo federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together...
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Alert: Missing Persons Unit
as Isaiah DanzomoWhen police officer Nikki Batista’s son goes missing, she joins the Philadelphia Police...
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Cagney & Lacey
as Dr. NasserMary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...
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Blood & Treasure
as MC Jesuit PriestAn antiquities expert teams up with an art thief to catch a terrorist who funds his attacks...
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FX: The Series
as JudgeRollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making...
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Forever Knight
as uncreditedForever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire...
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Jupiter's Legacy
as Willie SmallAs the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become...
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Big Wolf on Campus
as uncreditedTommy is bitten by a werewolf during a camping trip a week before the start of his senior year....
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Radio Active
as uncreditedRadio Active was a Canadian television program broadcast on YTV, based on the Quebec French...
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Faits divers
as US InvestigatorChief inspector Constance Forest and her team match wits with petty criminals of all kinds in...
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Charlie Jade
as Karl LubinskyCharlie Jade is a science fiction television program filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa....
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Real Detective
as uncreditedWith narrative driven exclusively by the detectives themselves, each episode ventures deep into...
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Sophie
as uncreditedSophie is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC from January 9, 2008 to March 23,...
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Wimzie's House
as Rousso (voice)Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996,...
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