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Michael Eklund is a Canadian television and film actor who is known for playing the role of the
villain or
antihero.Sources:
- WEB,www.movievine.com/movies/balance-with-michael-eklund/, Balance with Michael Eklund, Ostergard, Jan, April 18, 2013, MovieVine.com, September 21, 2018, Michael Eklund is the reason people leave their porch light on. His brilliant yet creepy portrayal as Michael Foster in The Call has resonated so deeply with audiences that people now look over their shoulder in parking lots.,
- NEWS, Wheeler, Brad, November 17, 2017, Review: Stegman is Dead is an unconvincing, clunky caper film,www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/review-stegman-is-dead-is-an-unconvincing-clunky-caper-film/article37001249/, The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 21, 2018, On the other hand, Michael Eklund is likable as an anti-hero burglar with a nagging wife and an adorable little daughter.,
- NEWS, Duhatschek, Paula, October 14, 2015, Telling the story of Eadweard Muybridge,www.ubyssey.ca/culture/eadweard-muybridge-384/, The Ubyssey, University of British Columbia, September 21, 2018, Epstein and Rideout’s interpretation of Muybridge is of a tortured genius — an anti-hero who would fit in alongside Walter White or Don Draper. In Eadweard, he is played with cryptic power by actor Michael Eklund, who was recently seen skulking around on the TV show Bates Motel.,
- WEB,www.tribute.ca/people/michael-eklund/11399/61058/, Michael Eklund biography, tribute.ca, Tribute Entertainment Media Group, September 21, 2018, Many fans might recognize Michael Eklund as the creepy doorman from the Al Pacino movie 88 Minutes...Known for playing dark and edgy roles, Eklund is strongly and quickly becoming a household name in Canada., His characters are often described as being “creepy”.Sources:
- NEWS, Volmers, Eric, April 6, 2017, How character actor Michael Eklund became Calgary filmmaker Robert Cuffley’s go-to guy for creepy comic relief,calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/how-character-actor-michael-eklund-became-calgary-filmmaker-robert-cuffleys-go-to-guy-for-creepy-comic-relief, Calgary Herald, September 21, 2018, Since then [Eklund] has proven himself to be a versatile character, often cast as the heavy. That includes Michael Foster, a serial killer who terrorizes Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin in 2013’s The Call, chief demon BoBo Del Rey in the first season of the Calgary-shot sci-fi series Wynonna Earp and an uber-creepy store clerk in the 2015 end-of-the-world drama Into the Forest.,
- MAGAZINE, Travers, Peter, July 29, 2016, ‘Into the Forest’ Review: It’s the End of the World (and They Don’t Feel Fine),www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/into-the-forest-review-its-the-end-of-the-world-and-they-dont-feel-fine-102161/, Rolling Stone, September 21, 2018, Stan (Michael Eklund), the creepy store manager, has sold them their last supplies.,
- WEB,www.tribute.ca/people/michael-eklund/11399/61058/, Michael Eklund biography, tribute.ca, Tribute Entertainment Media Group, September 21, 2018, Many fans might recognize Michael Eklund as the creepy doorman from the Al Pacino movie 88 Minutes.,
- MAGAZINE, Moynihan, Rob, January 20, 2012, Exclusive Preview: Alcatraz’s Creepy Kidnapper,www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-preview-alcatraz-1042070/, TV Guide, September 21, 2018,
His roles include a
kidnapper who terrorizes characters played by
Halle Berry and
Abigail Breslin in the 2013
psychological thriller The Call,
serial killer Barton Mathis in the second season of the
superhero TV series
Arrow, drug trafficker Zane Morgan in the second season of the psychological horror drama series
Bates Motel (2014), Martin, the leader of a
hedonist group called “The Rowdy 3” on the sci-fi TV series
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2016–2017) and demon Bobo Del Rey on the sci-fi TV series
Wynonna Earp (2016–2021).
Early life
Born in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Eklund fell in love with the movies at five years of age when his mother took him to see his first movie.NEWS, Wilson, A.R., May 2, 2016, Wynonna Earp’s Michael Eklund on conjuring Bobo Del Rey,
www.digitaljournal.com/a-and-e/entertainment/wynonna-earp-s-michael-eklund-on-conjuring-bobo-del-rey/article/464422, Digital Journal, September 21, 2018, NEWS, Volmers, Eric, April 6, 2017, How character actor Michael Eklund became Calgary filmmaker Robert Cuffley’s go-to guy for creepy comic relief,
calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/how-character-actor-michael-eklund-became-calgary-filmmaker-robert-cuffleys-go-to-guy-for-creepy-comic-relief, Calgary Herald, September 21, 2018, He participated in school theatre then later decided to study painting at the
Alberta College of Art in
Calgary before dropping-out and moving to
Vancouver in order to pursue an acting career.WEB,
www.tribute.ca/people/michael-eklund/11399/61058/, Michael Eklund biography, tribute.ca, Tribute Entertainment Media Group, September 21, 2018,
Career
Television
As an actor living in Vancouver Eklund has appeared on several Canadian and American television series filmed in the area.His first television role was in 2000 as a police officer in an episode of the sci-fi series
Dark Angel. Eklund appeared on an episode of
Stargate SG-1 in 2002, and appeared in 2 episodes of
Battlestar Galactica the following year.{{IMDb name|1002664}} In 2005 he appeared on the Canadian series
Da Vinci’s Inquest and
Cold Squad. He also had a recurring role on the Canadian mini-series
Terminal City that same year.Eklund appeared in 2 episodes of
Smallville in different roles in 2001 and 2007. From 2005–2007 he played narcotics detective Rene Desjardins on the Canadian crime drama series
Intelligence. In 2007 Eklund also had a recurring role on the Canadian series
Blood Ties.In 2008 Eklund appeared on an episode of
Supernatural. In 2009 and 2010 he appeared on episodes of the Canadian series
Flashpoint . In 2010 he also appeared on episodes of the sci-fi series
Caprica and
Fringe. He also had a recurring role on the Canadian series
Shattered that same year. In 2012 Eklund appeared in 2 episodes of the sci-fi thriller series
Alcatraz. He also appeared in an episode of
Arrow in 2013.In 2014 Eklund played Zane Morgan, a recurring character in the second season of the psychological horror drama
Bates Motel.WEB,
www.aetv.com/shows/bates-motel/cast/michael-eklund, Bates Motel Cast: Zane Morgan Played by Michael Eklund, aetv.com,
A&E (TV channel), A&E, September 21, 2018, MAGAZINE, Abrams, Natalie, January 4, 2012, Exclusive: Eric Johnson, Michael Eklund Head to Alcatraz,
www.tvguide.com/news/alcatraz-eric-johnson-michael-eklund-fox-1041237/, TV Guide, September 21, 2018, In 2015 he also played recurring character Robert Zorin on the Canadian sci-fi series
Continuum.From 2016–2017 Eklund played Martin, the punk energy vampire on the series
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency In 2018 he also appeared in 3 episodes of the sci-fi series
Altered Carbon as Dimi 2, an illegal copy of character Dimitri Kadmin.In 2016 he also joined the cast of
Wynonna Earp, a series filmed in
Calgary, Alberta and surrounding rural areas. On the series Eklund plays Bobo Del Rey, a fur-coat wearing Revenant.
Film
In 2007 Eklund appeared in the
Al Pacino thriller film
88 Minutes. In 2009, he had a small role in
Terry Gilliam’s
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.He played Larry in the 2010 comedy-western film
Gunless with
Paul Gross That same year Eklund appeared in the British-Canadian comedy film
The Making of Plus One, a film that also played at
Cannes in 2009.In 2011 he starred alongside
Michael Biehn in the
Xavier Gens thriller
The Divide as the man in the dress ‘ He also played the character of Father in the apocalyptic siege warfare film The Day’’ with
Dominic Monaghan and
Shawn Ashmore that same year.In 2013 Eklund played Michael Foster, a serial killer who kidnaps
Abigail Breslin’s character and terrorizes
Halle Berry in the film
The Call.Eklund has also collaborated three times with
Calgary-based film director
Robert Cuffley: In 2007, he played a crime boss’s
enforcer in Cuffley’s
dark comedy Walk All Over Me. In 2012, he played a desperate bartender in the violent thriller
Ferocious and in 2016 he starred in
Chokeslam as Luke Petrie, a friend of the film’s protagonist.
Filmography
Film{| class“wikitable sortable”
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;” | Film
|
align=“center“! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes
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| 2000| The Other Side of Being| Rhys| |
|
| 2001| Blackwoods (film)>Blackwoods| Billy/Man | |
|
| 2002| (K-9: P.I.)| Billy Cochran| Direct-to-video |
|
| Stark Raving Mad (2002 film)>Stark Raving Mad| Sickly Thin Guy| |
|
| 2003| House of the Dead (film)>House of the Dead| Hugh| |
|
| 2006| Daingerfield| Mr. Shorts| Short film |
|
| Blowburn| Teacher| Short film
|
| The Entrance| Ryan James| |
|
| Klatsassin| Thief| Short film
|
| 2007 | Seed (2007 film)>Seed| Executioner| |
|
| When a Man Falls| Hardware Store Cashier|
|
| 88 Minutes| J.T. Rycker|
|
| (In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale)| Scout|
|
| Postal (film)>Postal| Disgruntled Man| |
|
| Walk All over Me| Aaron|
|
| (BloodRayne 2: Deliverance)| The Preacher| Direct-to-video
|
| 2008| Sarah in the Dark| Jason| Short film |
|
| Inconceivable (2008 film)>Inconceivable| Marlon Bell| |
|
| 2009 | Watchmen (film)>Watchmen| Man in Riot Crowd| |
|
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus| Tony’s assistant| |
|
| 2010| (Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball)| Navy Dude| Direct-to-video |
|
| The Making of Plus One| Dave Dallas| |
|
| The Final Storm| Co-op Man| |
|
| Gunless| Larry|
|
| 2010| Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido| Rocket Yella| |
|
| Hunt to Kill| Geary|
|
| Exposed| Man| Short film
|
| The Muse| The Painter| Short film |
|
| Messages Deleted| Adam Brickles|
|
| 2011| Pressed| Jimmy| |
|
| The Divide| Bobby| |
|
| Tactical Force| Kenny
|
| Sisters & Brothers| Director|
|
| The Day| Father| |
|
| The Planting| The Shooter| |
|
| 2012| Errors of the Human Body| Geoffrey Burton|
|
| 2013 | (The Marine 3: Homefront)| Eckert| |
|
| Ferocious| Eric|
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| The Call| Michael Foster| |
|
| Assault on Wall Street| McKay|
|
| Nurse 3D| Richie|
|
| 3 Days in Havana| Intense Man|
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| 2014 | Cruel and Unusual (2014 film)>Cruel & Unusual| Julien| |
|
| Primary| Harry|
|
| See No Evil 2| Holden|
|
| Poker Night (film)>Poker Night| The Man| |
|
| What an Idiot| Bradley|
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| 2015 | Eadweard (film)>Eadweard| Eadweard Muybridge| Producer |
|
| Lower Bay||
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| Vendetta (2015 film)>Vendetta| Warden Snyder| |
|
| Zoom (2015 film)>Zoom| Mustache Guy| |
|
| Into the Forest| Stan|
|
| Dark| Benoit|
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| Mr. Right (2015 film)>Mr. Right| Johnny Moon| |
|
| 2016| Dead Draw| Mack| |
|
| Chokeslam (film)>Chokeslam| Luke Petrie| |
|
| 2017| Mercs| Crisp| Short film |
|
| The Sound| Detective John Richards| |
|
| The Hitman Never Dies| Gus| Producer |
|
| 2018| West of Hell| Roland Bursley| |
|
| The Package| Gas Station Attendant| |
|
| 2019| Cold Pursuit| Speedo|
|
| 2020 | The Sinners| Detective Zankowski| |
|
| Bright Hill Road| Owen|
|
| Welcome to Sudden Death| Jobe| Direct-to-video
|
| 2021| Antlers (2021 film)>Antlers| Kenny Glass| |
|
| 2022| (Detective Knight: Rogue) | Winna | HTTPS://WWW.NEWDVDRELEASEDATES.COM/M7114/DETECTIVE-KNIGHT-ROGUE-DVD-RELEASE-DATE>TITLE=DETECTIVE KNIGHT: ROGUE | ACCESS-DATE=AUGUST 12, 2022, |
|
| (Detective Knight: Redemption)
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| 2023| (Detective Knight: Independence) |
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| Trap House| Cormac|
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| {{TBA}}| The Farm| Ekles| Announced |
Television{| class“wikitable sortable”
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;” | Television|
align=“center“! Year! Title! Role! class=“unsortable” | Notes
|
| 2000 | Dark Angel (American TV series)>Dark Angel| Officer Miller | Season 1 episode 4: “Flushed” |
|
| Level 9 (TV series)>Level 9| Chief Druid | Season 1 episode 2: “DefCon” |
|
| Hollywood Off-Ramp| Bob| Season 1 episode 26: “Lights, Camera, Reaction”
|
| 2001 | The Outer Limits| Jacob| Season 7 episode 3: “A New Life” |
|
| Sk8 (TV series)>Sk8| Skater| |
|
| The Lone Gunmen| Weiner Man/Clerk| 2 episodes |
|
| Special Unit 2| White Guy| Season 2 episode 7: “White Guy”
|
| 2001–2007| Smallville| Richter Maddox/Will | 2 episodes
|
| 2002 | Living with the Dead (film)>Living with the Dead| Ronnie Higgins| TV movie |
|
| Mysterious Ways (TV series)>Mysterious Ways| Max Arnette| Season 2 episode 21: “Listen” |
|
| Jeremiah (TV series)>Jeremiah| Vernon Diggs| Season 1 episode 12: “The Touch” |
|
| Stargate SG-1| Dark-haired Man | Season 6 episode 5: “Nightwalkers”
|
| Haunted (2002 TV series)>Haunted| Stan| Episode 1: “Pilot” |
|
| We’ll Meet Again (2002 film)>We’ll Meet Again| Tommy Barry| TV movie |
|
| Killer Bees!| Deputy Slim | TV movie
|
| Critical Assembly| Jefferson| TV movie
|
| 2003| Still Life| Dirt Bag Guy| Season 1 episode 2: “Evidence” |
|
| Dead Like Me| Male Protester| Season 1 episode 3: “Curious George”
|
| Romeo!| Sam| Season 1 episode 3: “Let’s Make a Deal”
|
| Battlestar Galactica (miniseries)>Battlestar Galactica| Prosna| Miniseries |
|
| 2004 | Touching Evil (American TV series)>Touching Evil| Carl Burgess| Episode 12: “No Mercy” |
|
| The 4400| Dean Keating| Season 1 episode 4: “Trial By Fire” |
|
| Deadly Visions| Steven| TV movie
|
| A Beachcombers Christmas| Mickey Buchanan| TV movie |
|
| 2005| Da Vinci’s Inquest| Horvath| 2 episodes |
|
| Cold Squad| Rick Barnes| Season 7 episode 10: “Borders”
|
| Godiva’s| Johnny G.| Season 1 episode 2: “The Hungry Ghost”
|
| Painkiller Jane (2005 film)>Painkiller Jane| Dude| TV movie |
|
| Terminal City (TV series)>Terminal City| Henry Lundquist| Main role 10 episode |
|
| Zixx: Level Two| Earl| 3 episodes
|
| 2005–2007| Intelligence (Canadian TV series)>Intelligence| Rene Desjardins | 13 episodes |
|
| 2006| Masters of Horror| Cashier | Pick Me Up (Masters of Horror)>Pick Me Up” |
|
| Eight Days to Live| Weaver| TV movie
|
| Saved (TV series)>Saved| Smelly Bill| Episode 4: “Fog” |
|
| Alice, I Think (TV series)>Alice, I Think| Marcus| 13 episodes |
|
| 2007| Termination Point| Liam| TV movie |
|
| Blood Ties (TV series)>Blood Ties| Norman Bridewell| 3 episodes |
|
| Traveler (American TV series)>Traveler| Jimmy| 2 episodes |
|
| Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)>Flash Gordon| Quin| Episode 7: “Alliances (Part 1)” |
|
| 2007–2014| Psych| Floor Manager/Ruben Leonard| 2 episodes
|
| 2008| Supernatural (American TV series)>Supernatural| Ed Brewer | Supernatural (season 4)>Season 4 episode 5: “Monster Movie” |
|
| 2009| Zixx: Level Three| Merle| Season 3 episode 7: “My Name Isn’t Earl” |
|
| The Gambler, the Girl and the Gunslinger| Red| TV movie |
|
| Revolution| Sgt. Yun| TV movie
|
| 2009–2010| Flashpoint (TV series)>Flashpoint| Bruce DeMaura/Bruce| 2 episodes |
|
| 2010| Caprica| Waylon| Episode 3: “Rebirth” |
|
| The Bridge| Dex| Episode 4: “The Unguarded Moment” |
|
| Fringe (TV series)>Fringe| Milo| Episode: “The Plateau” |
|
| Shattered (Canadian TV series)>Shattered| Nick Ducet| 7 episodes |
|
| 2011| True Justice| Miles Toole| 2 episodes |
|
| Endgame (TV series)>Endgame| Deacon| Episode 12: “Polar Opposites” |
|
| Kits| Jed| TV movie
|
| 2012| Alcatraz (TV series)>Alcatraz| Kit Nelson| 2 episodes |
|
| 2013| Tom Dick & Harriet| Reese Danzinger | TV movie |
|
| Arrow (TV series)>Arrow | Dollmaker (comics)>Barton Mathis/Dollmaker| 2 episodes |
|
| 2014 | Almost Human (TV series)>Almost Human| Eric Lathem| Episode 12: “Beholder” |
|
| Bates Motel (TV series)>Bates Motel| Zane Morgan| 8 episodes |
|
| 2015 | Gotham (TV series)>Gotham| Bob | Gotham (season 1)>Season 1 episode 13: “Welcome Back, Jim Gordon” |
|
| Continuum (TV series)>Continuum| Robert Zorin| 5 episodes |
|
| 2016–2019| Wynonna Earp (TV series)>Wynonna Earp| Bobo Del Rey/Robert Svane| 19 episodes |
|
| 2016–2017| Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series)>Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency| Martin| Main cast 8 episodes |
|
| 2018| Altered Carbon (TV series)>Altered Carbon| Dimi the Twin/The Patchwork Man| 3 episodes |
|
| 2018–2019| Van Helsing (TV series)>Van Helsing| Abraham Van Helsing / Jacob Van Helsing| 3 episodes |
|
| 2019| The Twilight Zone| Otto| Season 1 episode 8: “Point of Origin” |
|
| 2020| Legends of Tomorrow| Grigori Rasputin| Legends of Tomorrow (season 5)>Season 5 episode 2: “Meet the Legends” |
|
| 2021 | Debris (TV series)>Debris| Black Market Dealer| “Pilot” episode |
Awards and nominations
Eklund won the 2008 Leo Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his work on the 2007 Canadian crime drama and thriller film Walk All Over Me.In 2012 Eklund won the Best Actor award at Fantastic Fest for his role as Dr. Geoff Burton in the psychological thriller Errors of the Human Body.WEB,voices.yahoo.com/fantastic-fest-review-errors-human-body-11797842.html?cat=40, live, Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Errors of the Human Body’, Cangialosi, Jason, September 29, 2012
, Yahoo! Voices,
voices.yahoo.com/fantastic-fest-review-errors-human-body-11797842.html?cat=40," title="web.archive.org/web/20131109154106
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voices.yahoo.com/fantastic-fest-review-errors-human-body-11797842.html?cat=40, November 9, 2013, September 21, 2018, WEB,
fantasticfest.com/news/entry/the_fantastic_fest_2012_awards, The Fantastic Fest 2012 Awards! We’re all winners here at Fantastic Fest 2012. But these guys more than most., Borders, Meredith, September 25, 2012, FantasticFest.com, September 21, 2018, He also won the 2013
Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for the same role.NEWS, Leiren-Young, Mark, June 27, 2013, Hollywood North: Michael Eklund pioneers a new look for Vancouver-shot feature Eadweard,
vancouversun.com/Hollywood+North+Michael+Eklund+pioneers+look+Vancouver+shot+feature+Eadweard/8588225/story.html, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, September 21, 2018, NEWS, Gilbert, Rob, Actor Michael Eklund portrays photographer Eadweard Muybridge in Eadweard, which has received 15 Leo Award nominations.,
edmontonjournal.com/Actor+Michael+Eklund+portrays+photographer+Eadweard+Muybridge+Eadweard+which+received+Award+nominations/11052579/story.html, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 13, 2015, September 21, 2018,
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| 2006 | (Zixx>Zixx: Level Two) for episode “Welcome to the Funhouse“| Leo Awards| Best Performance in a Youth or Children’s Program or Series| {{nom}} | Past Nominees & Winners 2006 at www.leoawards.com |
