Ron Canada
Ron Canada may have started out as a local newscaster in Baltimore, but found acting to be his true calling; the veteran character actor and one-time 30 Rock tour guide has appeared in over 100 feature films and TV series. After realizing that newscasting was not his ideal job, Canada began performing in local community theater and, before long, landed a drama coach and steady work in numerous stage productions around Maryland. With a large, boisterous personality and wide dramatic range, Canada has portrayed tough but sympathetic authority figures in numerous TV series, including legal dramas like "Murder One" and "Boston Legal," and sitcoms like "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" and "Ellen." In 2003, he landed a recurring role as the hardened chief of police on the critically acclaimed series "The Shield," later appearing as a high-ranking State department member in ten episodes of the political drama "The West Wing." Canada also has the distinction of appearing as three separate characters on three separate "Star Trek" series: "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," and "The Next Generation." His numerous film roles are equally varied; Canada has appeared as a kindly doctor in the supernatural romantic comedy "Just Like Heaven," a helpful Good Samaritan in the '80s classic "Adventures in Babysitting," and a slowly radicalized college professor in the 2003 adaptation of the best-selling novel "The Human Stain."
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Ron Canada
Filmography
Movies
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Bully | Mr. 'Action' Jackson (Character) | - | 2018 |
48% |
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The Discovery | Cooper (Character) | - | 2017 |
44% |
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After Words | Nelson (Character) | - | 2015 |
45% |
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Ted 2 | Judge (Character) | $81.3M | 2015 |
100% |
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Life Tracker | Uriel Patterson (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Lake Effects | Winchester (Character) | - | 2012 |
17% |
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Bob Funk | Smiley (Character) | - | 2009 |
38% |
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Ocean of Pearls | Dr. Wiiliam Ballard (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Noble Things | Moses (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Snowglobe | Antonio Moreno (Character) | - | 2007 |
88% |
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Islander | T. Hardy (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paved With Good Intentions | Garrett Balden (Character) | - | 2006 |
54% |
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Just Like Heaven | Dr. Walsh (Character) | $48.3M | 2005 |
75% |
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Wedding Crashers | Randolph (Character) | $209.2M | 2005 |
80% |
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Cinderella Man | Joe Jeanette (Character) | $61.6M | 2005 |
46% |
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National Treasure | Guard Woodruff (Character) | $173.0M | 2004 |
34% |
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The United States of Leland | Elden (Character) | $343.8K | 2003 |
42% |
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The Human Stain | Herb Keble (Character) | $5.4M | 2003 |
30% |
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The Hunted | Harry Van Zandt (Character) | $34.2M | 2003 |
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Black River | Chief Salks (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thank Heaven | Joseph Johnson (Character) | - | 2001 |
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The Apartment Complex | Detective Culver (Character) | - | 1999 |
39% |
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In Too Deep | Dr. Bratton (Character) | $14.0M | 1999 |
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Lost in the Bermuda Triangle | Maxwell (Character) | - | 1999 |
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Gabriel Jones (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clover | Gaten's brother-in-law (Character) | - | 1997 |
91% |
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Lone Star | Otis Payne (Character) | $13.1M | 1996 |
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Pinocchio's Revenge | Barry (Character) | - | 1996 |
91% |
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The American President | Reporter Lloyd (Character) | $59.0M | 1995 |
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Above Suspicion | Captain (Character) | - | 1995 |
3% |
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Getting Even With Dad | Zinn (Character) | $18.1M | 1994 |
71% |
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Barbarians at the Gate | Vernon Jordan (Character) | - | 1993 |
38% |
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Marshall Brooks (Character) | $58.7M | 1992 |
35% |
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Cop in Times Square (Character) | $172.7M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Play Nice | Coroner (Character) | - | 1992 |
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Downtown | Lowell Harris (Character) | $2.2M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unholy Matrimony | Lt. Jack Tolliver (Character) | - | 1988 |
72% |
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Adventures in Babysitting | Graydon (Character) | - | 1987 |
TV
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88% | 86% | East New York | Maurice Haywood (Guest Star) | 2022 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Coleman Green (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Equalizer | Curtis Baker (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Bull | Judge Miles Skurnick (Guest Star) | 2018 |
75% | 89% | The Orville | Admiral Tucker (Guest Star) | 2017 |
95% | 65% | The Good Fight | Andrew Hart (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Madam Secretary | Cameroonian Ambassador Jean Aissatou (Guest Star) | 2016 |
89% | 90% | Grimm | Stan Kingston (Guest Star) | 2014 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Manny Rose (Guest Star) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Deputy Dir. Tom Mason (Guest Star) | 2013 |
83% | 84% | The Closer | Judge Gerald Blake (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 90% | The Mentalist | Philip Raimey (Guest Star) | 2009 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Judge Willard Reese (Guest Star) | 2006-2008 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
97% | 83% | Ugly Betty | Senator Slater (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Special Agent Sam Reilly (Guest Star) | 2007 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Brigadier General Hendrix (Guest Star) | 2006 |
70% | 80% | Weeds | Joseph (Guest Star) | 2006 |
81% | 95% | The West Wing | Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow (Guest Star) | 2003-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001-2004 |
90% | 95% | The Shield | Chief of Police Tom Bankston (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Gerry Barone (Guest Star) | 2002 |
95% | 95% | Frasier | Judge Anderson (Guest Star) | 2002 |
64% | No Score Yet | Philly | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001-2002 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Det. Franklin Potter (Guest Star) | 2001 |
20% | No Score Yet | City of Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
76% | 80% | Star Trek: Voyager | Fesek (Guest Star) | 1999 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Zeke Odell (Guest Star) | 1997 |
91% | 71% | Murder One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Ch'Pok (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Detective Sutterman (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Matters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister, Sister | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
67% | No Score Yet | The Preston Episodes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
44% | No Score Yet | Live Shot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hangin' With Mr. Cooper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994-1995 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Babylon 5 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Different World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Martin Benbeck (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anything but Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown (Character) | 1988 |