Tyrone Benskin
Nascimento : 1958-12-29, Bristol, England, UK
História
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.
Rattled Businessman
Um homem paranoico embarca em uma odisseia épica para voltar para casa e encontrar sua mãe.
George
A grieving daughter discovers a red envelope from her mom that contains a final request: for her to complete a Christmas Checklist of twelve activities before Christmas, the last one being “Find Love”.
Judge
Poucas semanas antes do impacto e com a humanidade à beira da aniquilação, a ex-astronauta da NASA Jo Fowler está convencida de que tem a resposta para salvar o planeta, mas apenas um colega do passado, o astronauta Brian Harper, e o teorista K.C. Houseman, acreditam nela. Os improváveis heróis correm contra o tempo para montar uma missão ao espaço, mas lá descobrem que a Lua não é o que parece.
Hammer
Em um futuro não muito distante, em um mundo onde as mulheres desapareceram e os homens foram afetados pelo "ruído" – uma força que deixa seus pensamentos audíveis – Todd Hewitt encontra Viola, uma jovem misteriosa que aterrissou em seu planeta. Com Viola correndo perigo, Todd jura protegê-la e colocá-la fora de perigo. Para salvá-la, Todd terá que controlar seu "ruído", descobrir sua própria força e desvendar todos os segredos sombrios que seu planeta e sua comunidade guardam.
Judge
Uma mulher em luto embarca numa viagem emocional após a perda do seu bebê. Diante dessa perda, ela terá que lidar com as consequências que seu luto tem nas relações com o marido e a mãe, lutando para que seu mundo não desabe por completo.
Doctor
O jovem músico Zach Sobiech descobre que tem apenas alguns meses de vida devido a um câncer terminal. Com pouco tempo, corre atrás de seu sonho e grava um álbum, sem saber que logo será um fenômeno da Internet. Assim, a música dá um novo significado à vida de Zach e o ajuda a encontrar a maneira perfeita de se despedir... com uma música que será ouvida no mundo todo.
Moose (segment "Manivald") (voice)
On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"… Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson… Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin… Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan… Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and Kane Surry… Timothy Ryan Hickernell's "Foreign Lovers" co-starring Lucio Nieto… Layke Anderson's "Mankind" starring Ricky Nixon and Alexis Gregory… Christopher Manning's "Isha" starring Horia Săvescu and Dario Coates… Jay Russell's "ruok" starring Peter Mark Kendall, Zachary Booth, and Sydney James Harcourt… Chintis Lundgren's animated "Manivald"… and Zoe McIntosh's "The World In Your Window" starring Joe Folau and David Lolofakangalo Rounds.
Moose (voice)
Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine. A love triangle develops between the three of them. Things get out of hand and Manivald realizes that it is time to move out.
Dr. Metcalfe
Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
Ronnie
Uma família disfuncional viaja o tempo todo, sem se preocupar com o futuro. Quando o dinheiro dos pais acaba, Jeanette e o irmão têm que cuidar de si mesmos, até conseguirem ir embora.
Chaplin
A história de um ex-policial desonrado que acaba de cumprir uma pena de seis anos de prisão por uma tentativa de homicídio. Ao sair ele volta para casa em busca de resgate, mas acaba preso na confusão que deixou.
Dominic Barone
Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn't had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New York chef Matthew Everston, she retreats to her friend's French villa for the summer to finish her latest novel, with her reluctant teenage daughter in tow.
Itak (voice)
Esta é a história de uma viagem onde três Inuit jovens em busca de uma terra prometida, a fim de salvar seu clã de fome. É também a história de uma luta entre dois xamãs não obrigado, jovens e velhos Markussi Croolik que sente seu poder ameaçado.
Hoplite Captain
O impiedoso rei Hyperion busca o arco de Épiro para dominar o mundo e destruir os deuses. O único que pode detê-lo é Theseus, um corajoso jovem escolhido por Zeus. Com a ajuda da sacerdotisa Phaedra, ele comandará essa batalha épica.
Principal Wasney
Cyberbully conta a história de Taylor Hillridge (Emily Osment), uma adolescente que se torna vítima de bullying online. Quando sua mãe (Kelly Rowan) lhe dá um computador de aniversário, Taylor se anima pela perspectiva de liberdade e independência de se conectar sem a mãe sempre olhando. Mas Taylor logo se descobre vítima de bullying enquanto visita uma rede social, e, com medo de encarar seus colegas na escola, inclusive sua melhor amiga Samantha (Kay Panabaker), ela é forçada ao limite.
Helman
A rag-tag group, led by the eagle-eyed Steve, take to Montreal's chilly rooftops under cover of night. They're on the prowl for the perfect peep desperate to glimpse a "hottie hookup," a "panty party" or a "big booty buffet" through unshuttered windows. But their lives are about to change. Enter Annette, a brazen academic who turns the tables by setting her sights on the peepers themselves. Soon it's a battle royale for rooftop supremacy will these die-hard obsessives manage to defend their turf, or will peeping as they know it never be the same?
Police Commissioner Cusek
Quando um acidente repentino tira sua vida, George (Ellen Mutch) acha que todos os seus problemas acabaram, mas, ao chegar no além, ao invés do descanso eterno, ela ganha a árdua tarefa de recolher as almas das pessoas que morrem.
Detective Lewis
The successful prosecution of a man accused of murdering his wife catapults a young attorneys career into the position of assistant D.A. for a major city. Eight years later, alarming new evidence suggests that the jailed man may actually be innocent of the murder, and now hes gunning for the woman who put him away. Eight years ago, State’s Attorney Megan Washington (Erica Durance) made her career with the high profile conviction of restaurateur William McCauley for the murder of his wife. When nearly a decade later, new evidence emerges which raises doubts about the case, the conviction is overturned and William McCauley is once again a free man, awaiting a new trial and suing Megan and the District Attorney’s office for fifty million dollars. Now, as Megan re-opens the case, she quickly unearths a mystery long since buried and uncovers a secret which has her in danger of losing her career, her relationship and possibly…her life.
Bob
Peter Brockman, um contador reservado e viciado no trabalho, é abandonado por sua noiva poucos dias antes do Natal. Mas nesta mesma noite, é convidado a ir a um abrigo de mendigos. Comovido, ele decide criar um coral com as vozes dos homens de lá.
As another Middle East crisis explodes, Adam, a Jewish teenager and Yasmine a Lebanese girl fall in love in Montreal. But the crisis overseas effects their relationship in ways they never expected.
Officer Kingman
A bela ALLISON (Cynthia Preston), 30, não tem qualquer dificuldade em encontrar um homem. Mantê-los, esse é o problema. Allison tem tendência a ser muito ciumenta e obsessiva em suas relações, fazendo os homens manterem distância. Então conheceu BRIAN, 44, e jurou que as coisas seriam diferentes. Mas elas não foram. Brian, o homem dos sonhos de Allison, deixá-la-á em breve. Incapaz de assumir responsabilidade pelas suas ações, Allison culpa KATHRYN (Brandy Ledford), 41, de “roubar” Brian dela. Para punir Kathryn por destroçar o “amor da sua vida,” Allison pretende chegar até as últimas consequências para afastar de Kathryn seu filho de 17 anos SCOTT (Alex House), um rapaz que já teve alguns problemas com a lei.
Mr. Arvin
Bob Dylan (Christian Bale / Cate Blanchett / Heath Ledger / Marcus Carl Franklin / Richard Gere / Ben Whishaw), ícone musical, poeta e porta-voz de uma geração. Sempre viveu em constante mutação ao longo da vida, especialmente durante os anos 60. Musicalmente, fisicamente, psicologicamente, as alterações do seu personagem público dialogaram com acontecimentos sociais e ocasionaram múltiplas repercussões culturais. De jovem menestrel a profeta folk, de poeta moderno a roqueiro, de ícone da contracultura a cristão renascido, de caubói solitário a popstar.
Detective Hogue
Christie é uma jovem que, aos dezesseis anos, vive uma experiência traumática ao encontrar o corpo do pai logo após ele cometer suicídio, situação pela qual ela culpa o próprio tio, um médico que, em sua opinião, poderia ter evitado a tragédia. Sua grande oportunidade de vingança surge quando é convidada para passar uma temporada na casa do parente, que não faz ideias do ódio que a garota nutre por ele.
Persian Emissary
Em 480 a.C., Leônidas, o rei de Esparta, comanda seu pequeno batalhão de 300 soldados contra um exército de mais de 1 milhão na Batalha das Termópilas.
Julian Hasty
Holly Winters (Tori Spelling) is an unhappy-in-love, prosecuting attorney. After suffering a serious head injury, she gains the psychic power to read minds and decides to use this new-found power to catch a killer...
Narrator (voice)
From polar bears in the arctic tundra to black bears in the Northern Rockies, you'll see some of the most spectacular footage ever shot of these enterprising omnivores. Catch salmon with a group of hungry grizzlies on the McNeil River in Alaska. Crawl inside a den with a mother black bear and her cubs. Learn about the challenges facing each of these species as their habitat diminishes.
Winston White
Cairon
The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the boundaries of fantasy in this tale of myth and magic that is certain to capture the imagination. As young Bastian opens the pages of "The Neverending Story," he learns that the Childlike Princess is near death and Fantasia is in danger of falling prey to the Dark Princess Xayide. Soon falling through the written page and into a world beyond his wildest imagination, Bastian's alter ego Atreyu must enlist the help of his trusty sidekick Fly Girl and mischievous hucksters Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian if there is any hope of unlocking the mystery of the Southern Oracle and awakening the Childlike Empress to bring order back to Fantasia. Part 4 of 4 in DVD releases
Cairon
The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the boundaries of fantasy in this tale of myth and magic that is certain to capture the imagination. As young Bastian opens the pages of "The Neverending Story," he learns that the Childlike Princess is near death and Fantasia is in danger of falling prey to the Dark Princess Xayide. Soon falling through the written page and into a world beyond his wildest imagination, Bastian's alter ego Atreyu must enlist the help of his trusty sidekick Fly Girl and mischievous hucksters Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian if there is any hope of unlocking the mystery of the Southern Oracle and awakening the Childlike Empress to bring order back to Fantasia. Part 3 of 4 in DVD releases
Archie
Um dos capítulos mais importantes da história americana e do movimento dos direitos civis. Os afro-americanos de Bogalusa, na Louisiana, ainda são tratados como cidadãos de 3ª categoria, e seus direitos básicos são esmagados pela estrutura do poder branco. Como muitos homens negros da vizinhança, o veterano de guerra Marcus (Forest Whitaker) trabalha em uma fábrica local por um mísero salário e ainda tem que suportar a constante humilhação de seus supervisores brancos. Mas sua paciência passa dos limites quando é espancado pela polícia por defender a sua própria filha.
Arnold Ross
Special Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But Harper himself is a suspect in several bomb attacks, one of which killed Rachel's partner. Stars Sean Young and Tim Post.
When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Charles Henderson (Obba Babatunde), is sentenced to life in prison. Bestselling author Paul Freeman (Modine) offers a creative-writing class in Henderson's prison, initially looking for a story for his next book; but when Henderson becomes his student, Freeman starts to investigate Henderson's case and becomes convinced that, after 20 years, Henderson deserves to be released--but the next step is convincing the sister of the man whose death Henderson is responsible for.
Cairon
The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the boundaries of fantasy in this tale of myth and magic that is certain to capture the imagination. As young Bastian opens the pages of "The Neverending Story," he learns that the Childlike Princess is near death and Fantasia is in danger of falling prey to the Dark Princess Xayide. Soon falling through the written page and into a world beyond his wildest imagination, Bastian's alter ego Atreyu must enlist the help of his trusty sidekick Fly Girl and mischievous hucksters Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian if there is any hope of unlocking the mystery of the Southern Oracle and awakening the Childlike Empress to bring order back to Fantasia.
Cairon
The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the boundaries of fantasy in this tale of myth and magic that is certain to capture the imagination. As young Bastian opens the pages of "The Neverending Story," he learns that the Childlike Princess is near death and Fantasia is in danger of falling prey to the Dark Princess Xayide. Soon falling through the written page and into a world beyond his wildest imagination, Bastian's alter ego Atreyu must enlist the help of his trusty sidekick Fly Girl and mischievous hucksters Rip Rowdy and Wexlerian if there is any hope of unlocking the mystery of the Southern Oracle and awakening the Childlike Empress to bring order back to Fantasia.
Haywood Burns
Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
Dwight Truman
Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.
Colin Ferguson
On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
Slovitz
A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal.
Dr. Gene Washington
A renegade police officer tracks a rapist spreading a deadly virus around 2009 Boston.
Dr. Carpenter
When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.
Boyd
A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
Dr. Nasser
Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with the return of her sickly, aged father.
Stevenson
Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be operating out of a previously-bankrupt movie company
Hadley
When a young boy dogsits Clyde, a criminal canine trying to go straight, he ends up facing down the school bully, catching a criminal, and learning valuable lessons about life from his new best friend.
Dr. Henry Balmer
Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's forced to re-examine her life when she receives the troubling diagnosis.
Ward
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
Juan
David King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes. He hasn't counted, however, on a mysterious gang who don't believe he is ready for retirement and who kidnap his daughter Gillian. If he doesn't do one more heist for them Gillian will be murdered.
Pool side cop
A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficking.
Store Owner
David Kellum chega na cidade para estudar veterinária, mas logo descobre ser um scanner. Depois de usar seus poderes para explodir o telhado de uma loja de conveniência roubada, ele é recrutado pelo comandante de polícia Wayne Forrester que começa a usar os poderes de David para fazer o prefeito indicá-lo como Chefe de Polícia. Mas quando David descobre que o plano de Forrester é na verdade a criação de uma polícia estatal comandada por scanners, ele foge. Perseguido por Forrester, pela polícia e pelo seu scanner favorito, o louco Peter Drak, David parte em busca de seu passado. Ele conecta-se com sua irmã Alice e juntos tentam parar Forrester e o sinistro instituto neurológico onde ele está.
Video Technician
Marvin (David Stein) e Debbie (Dawna Wightman) compram a sinistra casa Amityville, onde assassinatos já ocorreram. Pretendendo melhorar a aparência da casa, o casal convoca seus amigos Frank (Kim Coates), Bill (Anthony Dean Rubes) e Abigail (Cassandra Gava) para ajudá-los na reforma. A noite que passam lá, porém, vai se tornando cada vez mais sinistra, com aparições de espíritos, insetos perigosos e demônios.
Jackson
Após conseguir uma absolvição em um julgamento por assassinato, o advogado de defesa Ben Chase tenta provar que o cliente, Martin Thiel, é um assassino em série. Quando acontecem novas mortes, Ben decide agir, dando início a uma batalha psicológica com Martin.
Train Station Doctor
Vinte e cinco anos depois de ter feito uma misteriosa viagem, Felice reaparece em Nova Iorque para visitar a sobrinha Amy. As mortes horríveis que ocorrem logo após a sua chegada fazem Amy pressentir que sua tia quer lhe deixar uma herança maldita.
