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Colm Feore

Acting

Born August 22, 1958 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also known as Com Feore · Κολμ Φιόρε · קולם פאור

Biography

Colm Joseph Feore OC (/ˈkɒləm ˈfjɔːr/; born August 22, 1958) is a Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he is known for his Gemini-winning turn as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward in Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) and its sequel Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 (2017). His other roles include Martin Harrison in Chicago (2002), Lord Marshal Zhylaw in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), First Gentleman Henry Taylor on 24 (2009), Cardinal Della Rovere on The Borgias (2011–2013), Laufey in Thor (2011), General Ted Brockhart on House of Cards (2016–2017), Declan Gallard on 21 Thunder (2017), Wernher von Braun in For All Mankind (2019), and Sir Reginald Hargreeves on The Umbrella Academy (2019–present). Feore is also a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and a Genie Award nominee.

Awards & recognition

  • Governor General's Performing Arts Award · 2019
  • Earle Grey Award · 2014
  • Officer of the Order of Canada

Filmography50+ titles

Six Days to Die

2023as The Man in Black

The Umbrella Academy

2019as Sir Reginald Hargreeves

King Lear

2015as King Lear

The West Wing

1999as Tad Whitney

Battlestar Galactica

2004as President Richard Adar

Landman

2024as Nathan

House of Cards

2013as Ted Brockhart

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Jordan Hayes

24

2001as Henry Taylor

For All Mankind

2019as Wernher von Braun

The Outer Limits

1995as Major Mackie

Gotham

2014as Dr. Francis Dulmacher

The Borgias

2011as Giuliano Della Rovere

The Good Wife

2009as Brad Lund

Changeling

2008as Chief James E. Davis

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

2018as Elijah Stern

The Insider

1999as Richard Scruggs

Flashpoint

2008

Slings and Arrows

2003as Sanjay

The Red Violin

1998as Auctioneer (Montréal)

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987as Alex Dent / Billy Frazer

Chicago

2002as Harrison

Face/Off

1997as Dr. Malcolm Walsh

Elephant Song

2014as Dr. James Lawrence

Storm of the Century

1999as Andre Linoge

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

1993as Glenn Gould

SuperClaus

2024as Frank Fafnir (voice)

Lore

2017as Dr. Walter Freeman

The Listener

2009as Ray Mercer

Pearl Harbor

2001as Admiral Kimmel

Forever Knight

1992

Thor

2011as King Laufey

Haven

2001as Bruno

City of Angels

1998as Jordan

The Trotsky

2009as Principal Berkhoff

And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself

2003as D. W. Griffith

Greta

2018as Chris McCullen

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

2005as Karl Gunderson

The Chronicles of Riddick

2004as Lord Marshal

American Experience

1988as Narrator (voice)

The Curse of Buckout Road

2017as Reverend Mike

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014as Donald Menken

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007as General Sherman

Bon Cop Bad Cop

2006as Martin Ward

Sugar Daddy

2021as Gordon

Bon Cop Bad Cop 2

2017as Martin Ward

Mean Dreams

2016as The Chief

Revolution

2012as Randall Flynn

The Sum of All Fears

2002as Olson

My Salinger Year

2020as Daniel