Bruce Ramsay

Bruce Ramsay

December 31, 1966 (59 years old) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Bruce Ramsay (born 31 December 1966, Montréal, Québec) is a Canadian film, television, and stage actor, writer, producer, and director, active since 1987. He was born and raised in Montréal and made his screen debut opposite fellow Montrealer Elias Koteas in Malarek (1988). In 2011 he made his directorial debut with a stage and screen adaptation of Hamlet, which he also wrote and starred in. He created, wrote, starred in, and produced the 2022 CBC/BET series The Porter, about the railway sleeping car porters who founded North America's first Black labour union. He released his first novel, Texting with a Gorilla, in 2026. His most notable screen roles include Carlitos Páez in Alive (1993) (Ethan Hawke, Vince Vaughn), Ricardo in Killing Zoe (1994) (Isabelle Adjani, Vincent Cassel), Brandt's Aide in Collateral Damage (2002) (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Carlucci in Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candelabra (2013) (Michael Douglas, Matt Damon), the Mayor in Brick Mansions (2014) (Paul Walker, David Oyelowo), Commander Gendron in 19-2 (2014–2017) (Tom Welling), and Turk Kaczynski in Unabomber (2026) (Russell Crowe, Jacob Tremblay).

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Supernatural Supernatural
Supernatural Supernatural
JAG JAG
Nash Bridges Nash Bridges
Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels

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