Ron Canada

Ron Canada

出生 : 1949-05-03, New York City, New York, USA

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Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.

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The Empty Man
Detective Villiers
Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominous message on the bathroom mirror - "The Empty Man Made Me Do It." As he investigates this mysterious figure further, James begins to see and hear strange things, and is forced to come to terms with his past and what it means for his future.
Bully
'Action' Jackson
A coming-of-age comedy about Jimmy, a quiet, heavy-set high school kid who is constantly tormented by the resident school bully Miles and his cronies. After an altercation on his way home from school lands him a chance meeting with former professional boxer "Action" Jackson and trainer Manny, Jimmy decides to learn how to fight back.
Crown Heights
Judge Marcy
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
ザ・ディスカバリー
Cooper
死後の世界が科学的に証明された近未来を舞台にしたSFドラマ。科学者トーマス・ハーパー博士の世紀の発見により、死後の世界が実在することが判明した。現世に絶望した人々は死後の世界に希望を求めるようになり、数百万人もの自殺者が出る。この事態に責任を感じているハーパー博士の息子ウィルは、疎遠だった父に会うため故郷の島を訪れる。島へ向かう船内でアイラという美女と知り合ったウィルは、自殺を図ろうとする彼女を救って博士のもとへ連れて行くが……。
After Words
Nelson
Faced with a midlife crisis, a woman travels to Costa Rica and meets a younger man who shows her adventure and romance.
テッド2
Judge
アルバイト先で出会った恋人タミ・リンと愛を育み続け、ついに結婚を果たしたテッド。幼いころからの親友ジョンとの悪ふざけと新婚生活を楽しむ中、彼はタミ・リンとの子供を欲しいと思うように。だが、自分が縫いぐるみではなくて人間であることを証明しなければ子供を持てないと知った彼は、女性弁護士サマンサ(アマンダ・セイフライド)のもとへ相談に。そして、彼女とジョンの協力を得ながら、法廷に立って自分は人間だと証明しようとするテッドだった。
Noble Things
Moses
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
Bob Funk
Smiley
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
Ocean of Pearls
Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he's maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. Hiding this decision from his girlfriend and family in Toronto is only the start of a series of compromises Amrit finds himself making as he deals with hospital politics and health care injustices. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he'd turned his back on.
The Beneficiary
Detective Jensen
Snowglobe
Antonio
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.
Little Wings
John
The dramatic short, Little Wings, explores the trauma of child abuse through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy named Thomas. In this emotional tale, Thomas learns about the Legend of the Butterfly from his mother, Emily. The Legend states that if you whisper a wish to a butterfly and then set it free, the butterfly will carry the wish off to the heavens to be granted. Thomas loves butterflies and seeks the escape he needs in the pages of his favorite butterfly book. Butterflies are his only true happiness while growing up on a farm with his abusive father. After Thomas saves a butterfly from a spider's web, a stranger arrives at the farmhouse. As the tale continues, Thomas ultimately finds his freedom and steps into the unknown world of "Joy".
Paved with Good Intentions
Garrett Balden
No Plot Given.
Islander
T. Hardy
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Maine coast, Islander captures the grit and integrity of this hard working community and celebrates man's unerring need for redemption.
恋人はゴースト
Dr. Walsh
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
ウエディング・クラッシャーズ
Randolph
共に離婚仲裁人として働くジョンとジェレミーはビジネスパートナーであり、私生活でも無二の親友同士。そんな2人の趣味は“結婚式荒らし”。身分を偽り他人の結婚式に紛れ込んでは、言葉巧みに女性たちを口説き、“お持ち帰り”してしまうのだった。そんなある日、2人は財務長官の娘の結婚式に忍び込む。そして、それぞれクレアとグロリアという長官の娘たちに狙いを定めるが、今回ばかりは勝手が違ったのか、ジェレミーはグロリアから逆にしつこくつきまとわれるハメとなり、一方のジョンは、あろうことかクレアに本気になってしまい…。
シンデレラマン
Joe Jeanette
大恐慌時代に活躍した実在のボクサー、ジム・ブラドックの伝説を映画化した感動の物語。貧困のなか、家族を養うためだけに戦い、ヘヴィ級チャンピオンとなった小市民を、巨匠ロン・ハワード監督が情感たっぷりに描く。迫力満点のファイト・シーンの撮影も見事。
ナショナル・トレジャー
Guard Woodruff
歴史学者であり冒険家のベン・ゲイツは、テンプル騎士団の秘宝の秘密を受け継ぐ一族の末裔。祖父に、秘宝は当時のフリーメイソンらによってイギリスの手に渡らないようにアメリカ建国時に封印されたと聞かされて育ったベンは、大人になってから富豪の冒険家イアン・ハウからトレジャーハントの出資を受ける。ある時、ハントの過程で彼は海泡石のパイプを発見し、「アメリカ独立宣言書」にその秘密が隠されていることを突き止める。
白いカラス
Herb Keble
コールマン・シルクは、世界的に尊敬されている教授だが、無意識のうちに人種差別的な発言をしてしまい、職を失ってしまう。潔白を証明するために、シルクは友人である同僚のネイサン・ザッカーマンと共に事件についての本を書くが、その過程でザッカーマンはシルクが生涯隠し続けてきた暗い秘密を知ることになる。その間、シルクは若い女性ファウニア・ファーリーと関係を持つ。彼女の苦悩に満ちた過去は、シルクが作り上げた幾重もの欺瞞を解き明かそうとしている。
ハンテッド
Harry Van Zandt
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.
The United States of Leland
Elden
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Black River
Chief Salks
Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city and arrives in picturesque Black River in Northern California, seeking relaxation and artistic inspiration. In small, idyllic Black River, nearly everyone is happy, contented, and welcoming of strangers. But despite the beautiful setting, Bo begins to feel unsettled after several disturbing incidents. He discovers that all of his money has been transferred to a bank account in Black River, and a house has been purchased for him by someone on "his" instructions.
Thank Heaven
Joseph Johnson
The life of Jack Lander (Matt Keeslar) a television news producer, was a disaster ... until the day when a misdirected golf ball changed everything. During a round of golf with friends, Jack ball accidentally hits an old man and leaves him unconscious. Arnie (Gene Bicknell) and will call then wakes up with amnesia. Jack has to take responsibility for it. As the day progresses, Arnie performs small miracles wherever he go. But what is it about Arnie? How do you perform those miracles?
The Apartment Complex
Detective Culver
A graduate student named Stan becomes the manager of an apartment complex which is quite uncommon. The tenants are all quite eccentric and uncommon characters, and the place is quite run down in certain spots. The previous manager had disappeared in mysterious circumstances. When cleaning the mucky pool, Stan encounters a corpse. The odd detectives that come to investigate seem to blame him. Then more bizarre, potentially deadly occurrences happen. Soon, Stan's life is in danger, if not his sanity. However, the odd tenants all befriend him and may be his only hope
In Too Deep
Dr. Bratton
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Before He Wakes
Detective Cochran
Initially cleared of "accidentally" killing her husband, an idyllic wife and mother comes under suspicion when police learn that her first husband also perished under similar circumstances. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that she'll stop at nothing to protect her secrets.
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Gabriel Jones
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America.
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Wife of an upscale business executive becomes pregnant and at the same time discovers she has cancer in her uterus. Treatment means terminating the pregnancy. Keeping the baby means her ultimate death. The couple take a second honeymoon in Bermuda to make decision and while on a boat trip she is taken by what appear to be the forces of the Bermuda Triangle. The husband vows to find her, amid accusations of foul play and consults the help of a charter boat captain and a frustrated scientist.
Othello
Iago
Spurred by the devious Iago and believing that his beloved Desdemona has betrayed him, Othello destroys his own happy world. Accomplished film, television, and stage actor Patrick Stewart plays Othello joined by a Black cast, including Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia. This bold, new look at the play highlights one of its major themes of “otherness.”
Clover
Gaten's brother-in-law
Pinocchio's Revenge
Barry
Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those who cross Zoe. Zoe claims it's her Pinocchio doll but her therapist thinks otherwise. Pinocchio promises he'll behave if Zoe will cut his strings...
真実の囁き
Otis
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
アメリカン・プレジデント
Reporter Lloyd
アメリカ大統領が、環境問題に取り組む活動家の女性と恋に落ちる。対立候補は、このロマンスをネタに攻撃してくるが……。マイケル・ダグラス、アネット・ベニング共演のロマンティックなラヴ・ストーリー。
Man of the House
Bob Younger, Jack's Boss
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.
ホーム・アローン2
Cop in Times Square
クリスマス休暇を常夏のフロリダで過ごそうと空港にやってきたマカリスター一家。ところが、なぜかケビンだけが間違えてニューヨーク行きの飛行機に乗ってしまい、またまた彼はひとりぼっちに。偶然にもクレジット・カードや現金の入った両親のカバンを持っていたことから、ちゃっかり高級ホテルで悠々自適の暮らしを楽しむケビンだが、そこでなんと、かつて撃退した泥棒コンビに再会してしまった。
Play Nice
Coroner
A serial killer is on the loose, and a cop must track him (or her) down.
ジャイアント・ベビー
Marshall Brooks
父親の実験で小さくなってしまった子供たちの冒険を描いたコメディ「ミクロキッズ」の第2弾。控えめな天才、サリンスキー博士の新たな発明は、物体を拡大させる特殊光線銃だった。ところが、彼の2歳の息子が、誤ってその光線を浴びてしまう。巨大化した赤ん坊に、サリンスキー博士は縮小光線を照射しようとするが……
The Last of the Finest
Cregan
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
Downtown
Lowell Harris
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.
Unholy Matrimony
Lt. Jack Tolliver
He's after a man who married for money. Insurance money.
Adventures in Babysitting
Greydon
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
Good to Go
After being misled by the police about a rape and murder near a popular Washington, D.C. Go-Go club, a jaded journalist begins digging into the establishment's racist framework.
D.C. Cab
Policeman #4
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
The Man Who Wasn't There
Barker
A minor diplomatic functionary stumbles upon a formula for invisibility.