Boyd Banks
Acting
Biography
Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Boyd Banks started his entertainment career at 17, when he won a contest for Best Stand Up Comedian in Edmonton, Alberta. After spending several years doing comedy in Vancouver, British Columbia, Banks moved to Toronto, where he began acting. Boyd's first roles were in various comedy series such as the cult favourite The Kids in the Hall (1988). His unique character looks and subtle performances on camera caught the eye of Toronto's top casting directors and Banks now works regularly in film and television from comedies to murder mysteries!
Born: April 16, 1964
Place of Birth: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Known For
This Is Wonderland
Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed to the seamier side of life, the backroom deals that make the system work accompanied by the usual eccentric characters.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The Expanse
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Dash and Lilly
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.
Corner Gas
Following the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner Gas focuses on the life (or lack thereof) of Brent LeRoy, proprietor of a gas station that is the only stop for miles around and a hub of action on the Prairies.
Goosebumps
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
11.22.63
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Lost Girl
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who takes up the fight for the underdog while searching for the truth about her own mysterious origins.
Wonderfalls
Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need.
Filmography
as Pastor
as Motel Clerk
as Security Guard
as Barfly
as Coroner
as Mr. Giroux
as Drunk
as TF Scientist
as Joe the Bartender
as Mr. Whinny
as Gord
as Server
as Geordie
as Priest
as Gas Station Attendant
as Maestro
as Sgt. Stevenson
as Groundskeeper
as Patient 66
as Frank
as Doug
as Jay (Osama)
as Apartment Guy
as Uncle Casper
as Man in Wheelchair
as Poole
as EMT
as Mike Evens
as Leon the Neighbor
as Michael Lymburner
as Russell
as Nikolai
as White Man
as Dominican Monk
as Morgue Attendant
as Prison Solitary Guard
as Worker #1
as Butcher
as Reporter
as Henry
as Weber
as Slim
as E.R. Patient
as Ticket Window Guy
as Hospital Orderly
as Tucker
as Janitor
as Barry's Boss
as Cecil
as Woody Gallagher
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Priest
as Patient
as Birdie
as Train Conductor
as Martin
as Fred Garfield
as Vic
as Paramedic
as Hotel Manager
as Bar Patron
as Fat Lou
as Yuks Comic
as Austin 'Dinky' Byne
as Elegante Announcer
as Handprint Clerk
as Zealot
as C&W Station Manager
as State Speech Judge
as Jester
as Luger
as Statue Man
as Weatherman
as Murphy
as Prison Guard
as Brooklyn Park Mayor
as Roger
as Statue Man
as Museum Guard (uncredited)
as Ge Groovy Lesh
as Creepy Harry
as Ethan
as Gun Salesman
as Talent Show MC
as Gas Station Guy
as Grip
as Clyde Spinoza
as Mr. Johnson
as Norm Betz
as Fiancee
as Henry