Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days, for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J.J. Abrams’s Star Trek movie reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor (for Elephant Song) and twice for Best Supporting Actor (for The Sweet Hereafter and Being Julia).

He is known for his roles as Nick Parsons in Double Jeopardy, Stuart Ramsey in Passenger 57, Bob Andrews in Father’s Day, Earl Cavanaugh in Here on Earth, National Security Advisor Bill Sokal in Rules of Engagement, JFK in Thirteen Days, Anthony ‘Tony’ Leighton in Swept Away, Cmdr. Robert Iverson in The Core; Lt. Bennie Macko in Hollywood Homicide, Lawrence Robertson in I, Robot, Lord Charles in Being Julia, Nolan Walsh in Racing Stripes, Jack Dunphy (Truman Capote’s lover) in Capote; Hugh Sullivan in The Mermaid Chair, Professor Davis McClaren in Eight Below, Jack McCready in Deja Vu, Keenan Jones / Garrett in I’m Not There, the President in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Christopher Pike in Star Trek and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, George McCray in A Dog Named Christmas, Lance Fender in Dinner for Schmucks, Stephen Meek in Meek’s Cutoff, Cooper in Super 8, Bill Kill Cullen in The Place Beyond the Pines, Charlie Anderson in Flight, Hugh Butterfield in Endless Love, Vince in The Captive, Andrew Heyward in Truth (2015), Dr. Jake Houseman in the TV movie version of Dirty Dancing (2017), Uncle Dean in Kodachrome, the US President in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Gerald in Gerald’s Game, Robert McNamara in The Post, and Dr. John Dalton in Doctor Sleep.

His best known TV roles are as Dr. Randolph Bell on The Resident, Gil Garcetti on American Crime Story, Emmet Cole on The River, Mitch Yost on John from Cincinnati, Dr. Nathan Bradford on Sleepwalkers, Thomas Veil on Nowhere Man, Jack Gage on Legmen, Pierce Lawton on Knot’s Landing, and Dr. Seth Griffin on St. Elsewhere.

He has voiced Bruce Wayne / Batman in the animated series Young Justice and in several Batman cartoon videos, and voiced Chiron in the animated series Class Titans.

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Bruce Greenwood Movies

Discover the best Bruce Greenwood movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Bruce Greenwood ranked by year and score.

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The Post (2017)

Drama History
Katharine Graham had never expected to run a newspaper. Then the Pentagon Papers landed on her desk. Steven Spielberg's 2017 drama follows the Washington Post's pivotal decision to publish classified...
Score 7.0
2

Fathers and Daughters (2015)

Drama
A celebrated novelist unravels after losing his wife, leaving his young daughter to navigate his descent into instability and emotional absence. Decades later, she carries the weight of their fractured...
Score 7.1
3

Flight (2012)

Drama
Whip Whitaker is, by any measure, a hero. When a catastrophic mechanical failure sends his commercial jet into freefall, he inverts the plane and somehow brings it down with most...
Score 6.9
4

Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

Animation Crime Mystery
A new figure has arrived in Gotham, and he is neither hero nor villain in any conventional sense. The Red Hood wages war on organized crime with ruthless precision, dismantling...
Score 7.8
5

Star Trek (2009)

Action Adventure Science Fiction
J.J. Abrams reboots the franchise by pitting two opposing personalities against each other. Kirk arrives at the academy a cocky troublemaker, while Spock carries the weight of his dual heritage...
Score 7.4
6

Déjà Vu (2006)

Action Science Fiction Thriller
When a bomb tears through a crowded New Orleans ferry, ATF agent Doug Carlin arrives at the wreckage with more questions than answers. Then a secretive government unit pulls him...
Score 6.9
7

The World’s Fastest Indian (2005)

Adventure Drama History
Burt Munro spent decades in his Invercargill shed coaxing a 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle toward speeds that defied both physics and common sense. By the time the elderly New Zealander...
Score 7.7
8

Capote (2005)

Crime Drama
Truman Capote was Manhattan's most celebrated raconteur, a society fixture known for wit and artifice. When assigned to cover a brutal Kansas murder case for The New Yorker, the fastidious...
Score 7.0
9

The Core (2003)

Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
When birds begin falling from the sky and pacemakers fail across the globe, geophysicist Josh Keyes traces the cause to something terrifying: the Earth's inner core has stopped spinning. Without...
Score 5.8
10

Below (2002)

Horror Mystery Thriller
World War II, the North Atlantic, and the USS Tiger Shark is already a vessel haunted by rumor and unease when it pulls three survivors from the water. As the...
Score 6.0

Bruce Greenwood TV Shows

Browse the ultimate list of Bruce Greenwood TV shows. Find top-rated television series, critically acclaimed dramas, and hit shows starring Bruce Greenwood.

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The Fall of the House of Usher (2023)

Drama Mystery
Roderick and Madeline Usher turned a pharmaceutical company into a dynasty, accumulating power by any means necessary. Now, one by one, their children are being killed, and the culprit appears...
Score 7.6

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Bruce Greenwood are The Post, Fathers and Daughters, and Flight.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 11 titles starring Bruce Greenwood, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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