Bruce Ramsay
Bruce Ramsay (born 31 December 1966, Montréal, Québec) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor, writer, producer, and director, active since 1987. He was born and raised in Montréal and made his screen debut opposite fellow Montrealer Elias Koteas in Malarek (1988). In 2011 he made his directorial debut with a stage and screen adaptation of Hamlet, which he also wrote and starred in. He created, wrote, starred in, and produced the 2022 CBC/BET series The Porter, about the railway sleeping car porters who founded North America's first Black labour union. He released his first novel, Texting with a Gorilla, in 2026. His most notable screen roles include Carlitos Páez in Alive (1993) (Ethan Hawke, Vince Vaughn), Ricardo in Killing Zoe (1994) (Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel), Brandt's Aide in Collateral Damage (2002) (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Carlucci in Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra (2013) (Michael Douglas, Matt Damon), the Mayor in Brick Mansions (2014) (Paul Walker, David Oyelowo), Commander Gendron in 19-2 (2014–2017) (Tom Welling), and Turk Kaczynski in Unabomber (2026) (Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay).
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Films (40)
UNABOMBER
2026 · Turk Kaczynski
The G
2024 · Rivera
Akilla's Escape
2021 · Jimmy
Medic
2016 · Dennis
Le visage de mon passé
2015 · Levon Villenueve
Assaut extrême
2014 · Mayor
Ma vie avec Liberace
2013 · Carlucci
Hamlet
2012 · Hamlet, Director, Producer, Adaptation
2012 : Le jugement dernier
2011 · Garcia
Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido
2010 · Officer Ginoble
Riverworld, le fleuve de l'éternité
2010 · Francisco Pizarro
Mothers & Daughters
2008 · Bruce
Paparazzi Princess: The Paris Hilton Story
2008 · Aaron
Si j'étais toi
2007 · Daniel Harpin
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark
2007 · Simon Burke
Nightmare
2007 · Silas
Rattrapée par son passé
2006 · Jake
Break a Leg
2005 · Other Actor at Bar
Mon enfant à tout prix
2004 · Gabor Szabo
Prisonniers du temps
2003 · ITC Tech
Mob Princess
2003 · Vladimir
Shot in the Face
2003 · Jerry
Jericho Mansions
2003 · Eugene O'Donnell
La Morsure du lézard
2003 · Prosecutor
Dommage collatéral
2002 · Brandt's Aide
Island of the Dead
2000 · Tony Matos
Bonanno L'histoire d'un parrain
1999 · Young Joseph Bonanno
Starstruck
1998 · Manny
Hit Me
1996 · Del Towbridge
Sang-froid
1996 · Eduardo
Hellraiser : L'apogée
1996 · Phillip L'Merchant / John Merchant / Dr. Paul Merchant
The New Age
1994 · Misha
Dead Beat
1994 · Kit
Killing Zoe
1993 · Ricardo
Les Survivants
1993 · Carlitos Páez
Disparitions sanglantes
1992 · Bragg
Jacknife
1989 · Corridor Student
Malarek
1988 · Fred Malarek
Pin
1988 · Teenager
First Offender
1987
Séries (19)
The Porter
2022 · Co-Executive Producer, Creator
Dr. Bash
2020 · Dr. Thibeault, Rusty Thibeault
21 Thunder : l'équipe du Tonnerre
2017 · John Mangano Jr.
Cardinal
2017 · Ray
Rançon
2017 · Carson James
19-2
2014 · Marcel Gendron
Played
2013 · Colin
Continuum
2012 · Detective Rosicki
Hell on Wheels : L'enfer de l'Ouest
2011 · Journalist
Human Target : La Cible
2010 · Colonel Vasquez
Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis
2006 · John Parisella
Surnaturel
2005 · Dylan, Paul
Breaking News
2002
Coroner Da Vinci
1998
Les Prédateurs
1997 · Jamie
Nash Bridges
1996 · Jason Stott
JAG: Justicia Militar
1995 · Steven Wilson / Matthew Devine
Crímenes perfectos
1993 · Paul
The Hitchhiker
1983 · Manuel