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'''Stuart Bruce Greenwood''' {{born|12|August|1956}}, better known simply as '''Bruce Greenwood''', is the Canadian actor who plays {{alt|Christopher Pike}} in the latest film {{film|11}}. He took over the role from the late [[Jeffrey Hunter]], who portrayed Pike in the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' pilot, {{e|The Cage}}. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ic62850cbeffe3295552071dc8692830d]
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'''Stuart Bruce Greenwood''' {{born|12|August|1956}}, better known simply as '''Bruce Greenwood''', is the Canadian actor who plays {{alt|Christopher Pike}} in the latest film, {{film|11}}. He took over the role from the late [[Jeffrey Hunter]], who portrayed Pike in the original ''[[Star Trek]]'' pilot, {{e|The Cage}}. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ic62850cbeffe3295552071dc8692830d]
   
 
Hailing from Noranda, Quebec, Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia. He is a close friend of actor [[Gregg Henry]], who appeared in {{film|9}}. Greenwood and Henry worked together on the [[NBC]] TV movie ''The Great Pretender'' (filmed in 1989, aired in 1991). Years later, Greenwood urged Henry to begin recording the songs he was writing. Greenwood has provided vocals on all of Henry's CDs. [http://www.greggleehenry.com/aboutGH.html]
  
Hailing from Noranda, Quebec, Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia. He is a close friend of actor [[Gregg Henry]], who appeared in {{film|9}}. Greenwood and Henry worked together on the [[NBC]] TV movie ''The Great Pretender'' (filmed in 1989, aired in 1991). Years later, Greenwood urged Henry to begin recording the songs he was writing. Greenwood has provided vocals on all of Henry's CDs. [http://www.greggleehenry.com/aboutGH.html]

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Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born 12 August 1956; age 67), better known simply as Bruce Greenwood, is the Canadian actor who plays Christopher Pike in the latest film, Star Trek. He took over the role from the late Jeffrey Hunter, who portrayed Pike in the original Star Trek pilot, "The Cage". [1]

Hailing from Noranda, Quebec, Greenwood studied philosophy and economics at the University of British Columbia. He is a close friend of actor Gregg Henry, who appeared in Star Trek: Insurrection. Greenwood and Henry worked together on the NBC TV movie The Great Pretender (filmed in 1989, aired in 1991). Years later, Greenwood urged Henry to begin recording the songs he was writing. Greenwood has provided vocals on all of Henry's CDs. [2]

Career

Television

Greenwood made his career breakthrough playing Dr. Seth Griffin on the popular series St. Elsewhere from 1986 through 1988. During his time on this series, he co-starred with fellow Star Trek alumni Ed Begley, Jr., Ronny Cox, Norman Lloyd, France Nuyen, Jennifer Savidge, and Alfre Woodard.

He was previously a regular on the short-lived CBC series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends. In 1984, he starred in the short-lived NBC series Legman and made two appearances on the ABC series Jessie, starring Kate Mulgrew.

In the 1989 TV movie Spy, Greenwood starred opposite Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home actress Catherine Hicks, who played his ex-wife. That same year, Greenwood also starred in the Holocaust-World War II TV movie Pursuit (also known as Twist of Fate), where he played a Nazi SS officer who, after plastic surgery, was portrayed by Ben Cross. Greenwood then assumed the role of the SS officer's son set twenty years later in the second half of the film. John Glover also starred in the film, playing a Holocaust victim turned Israeli intelligence officer.

His work in the 1990 TV movie The Little Kidnappers earned him a Gemini nomination as Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. In 1991, he appeared in two episodes of the Lifetime series Veronica Clare, on which Robert Beltran and Tony Plana were regulars. He followed this with a recurring role as Pierce Lawton on the CBS series Knots Landing.

He co-starred with Star Trek: Voyager actor Tim Russ and Voyager guest actress Virginia Madsen in the 1994 TV movie Bitter Vengeance. He won a Gemini Award for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor for his appearance in a 1994 episode of Road to Avonlea. During the 1995-96 TV season, Greenwood starred on the acclaimed, Emmy Award-nominated UPN series Nowhere Man, along with Megan Gallagher.

Greenwood has also been a regular on such shows as Fox's Hardball (with Mike Starr) and NBC's Sleepwalkers (with Harry Groener and Ray Wise). In addition, he made recurring appearances on The Larry Sanders Show (with Wallace Langham and Scott Thompson).

Greenwood had a role in the 2001 movie A Girl Thing, as did Scott Bakula and Brent Spiner. That same year, Greenwood starred in the drama Haven, for which he received a third Gemini Award nomination. In 2002, Greenwood co-starred with James Cromwell in the A&E TV movie The Magnificent Ambersons. Greenwood then starred with Leslie Hope in the 2004 TV movie Meltdown.

He more recently starred opposite Jim Beaver, Willie Garson and Matt Winston in the HBO series John from Cincinnati. He also recently completed filming the mini-series The Summit with Stephen McHattie and Christopher Plummer.

Film

On film, Greenwood is perhaps best known for starring as President John F. Kennedy in 2000's Thirteen Days. This film co-starred Star Trek: Enterprise actor Steven Culp as Robert F. Kennedy and also featured Len Cariou, Kevin Conway, Charles Esten, Tim Kelleher, Boris Lee Krutonog, Ed Lauter, Dakin Matthews, and Bill Smitrovich. Greenwood's performance as Kennedy won him a Golden Satellite Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama.

Greenwood made his film debut in the 1979 thriller Bear Island. He then appeared in the first Rambo film, 1982's First Blood. His first major film roles were in the cult comedy The Malibu Bikini Shop (with Jay Robinson, Jon Rashad Kamal and Charlie Brill) and in the biographical adventure The Climb, both released in 1986. He then played the lead role in the 1989 comedy Another Chance and in the 1991 horror thriller Servants of Twilight, the latter of which co-starred Patrick Massett and Carel Struycken.

He has worked with Egyptian director Atom Egoyan on three films: 1994's Exotica, 1997's The Sweet Hereafter, and 2002's Ararat. His work on The Sweet Hereafter earned him a nomination from the Genie Awards. One of his co-stars on Ararat was Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country's Christopher Plummer, whom he later worked with on the previously-mentioned The Summit.

Greenwood co-starred with Star Trek: The Next Generation's Denise Crosby and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Armin Shimerman in 1995 the direct-to-video thriller Dream Man. He also had supporting roles in movies such as Passenger 57 (with Robert Hooks), Fathers' Day (with Charles Rocket), and Disturbing Behavior (co-starring William Sadler).

For Paramount Pictures, he played Ashley Judd's character's diabolical husband in the 1999 thriller Double Jeopardy (for which he was nominated for a Blockbuster Entertainment Award) and portrayed the national security advisor in 2000's Rules of Engagement (with Gordon Clapp and David Graf). More recent film credits include Paramount's 2003 science fiction thriller The Core (with Glenn Morshower and the aforementioned Alfre Woodard), the science fiction/action epic I, Robot (co-starring the aforementioned James Cromwell), and the family-oriented Racing Stripes (featuring the voice of Whoopi Goldberg).

Greenwood was nominated by the Genie Awards for his performance in the 2004 comic drama Being Julia. He then had a major role in the Academy Award-nominated Capote, in which he played the title character's lover, Jack Dunphy. In this film, Greenwood co-starred with Clifton Collins, Jr., whom he again worked with on Star Trek. Greenwood, Collins, and the other principal cast members from Capote all shared a nomination from the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Greenwood also co-starred in the acclaimed 2006 movies Eight Below and Deja Vu and worked with Steven Culp for a second time in 2007's Firehouse Dog. Greenwood played a fictional character named Keenan Jones in the acclaimed semi-biographical drama I'm Not There, for which he, his cast members, and the film's casting directors won the Robert Altman Award from the Independent Spirit Awards. Greenwood more recently appeared in National Treasure: Book of Secrets (which also featured Alicia Coppola and Larry Cedar), in which he again played a US President.

Other Trek connections

Additional film and television projects in which Greenwood worked with other Star Trek alumni are:

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