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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Cunningham
got sick and tired of tugging on the 'shirt sleeves' of Hollywood. And so, in
1993 he decided he'd had enough and shouted from a laundromat, "Enough! To hell
with this! I'm going to get out of this town, go to Vancouver, take a film
class, start up my own production company, make a movie and put me in it!"
And so, he loaded up his car, headed
north, took a film class, started up his own production company, made a movie
and put himself in it.
That movie was ZACHARIA FARTED. A
highly successful indie feature, which took a total of 3 AUDIENCE FAVORITE
AWARDS out of the 7 festivals it played throughout Canada, the U.S. and
Europe. 'ZACHARIA' was also nominated for 5 LEO AWARDS (B.C. Film Awards)
including, BEST PICTURE.
Today, Colin continues to be one of the
busiest and hardest working actor/filmmakers in the United States and Canada. He
recently won a LEO AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR in the tv
series DAVINCI'S INQUEST (for his role as dirty cop Brian Curtis). Colin
also just finished up writing, directing and starring in the film CENTIGRADE
(currently on the festival circuit). Centigrade has already taken a BEST
PICTURE and BEST ACTOR AWARD qualifying the film for an ACADEMY
AWARD next year.
In over 20 years of acting, Colin has
worn many 'faces'. From the rule-bound Major Paul Davis on STARGATE SG-1
to a sleazy tabloid editor in CSI-MIAMI. Colin only has to turn to his
closet where he becomes long haired druggy cop Brian Curtis, the Devil incarnate
(THE COLLECTOR) or the blonde, caring and ever present ex-husband 'Neil'
on THE CHRIS ISAAK SHOW.
Currently starring along side James
Cromwell and Natasha Hensdridge in the mini series IMPACT, Cunningham's
personal highlights to date are working with Arnold Schwarzennegger in THE
SIXTH DAY, Jennifer Garner in ELEKTRA and with Christopher Guest in
the Castle Rock Pictures 'moc-umentary' release BEST IN SHOW.
For
more information, please contact:
AGENT:
Dylan Collingwood (604 681 2338) Source: The Official Colin Cunningham Website |
