Background:

Cainan Wiebe is a two time Young Artist Award winning Canadian actor, thanks to his performances on the short film “A Pickle” (2009) and the TV film “16 Wishes” (2010). He also received several Young Artist nominations for his works in the TV series “Sanctuary”, “Dinosaur Train” and “Supernatural” and the TV film “Beyond Sherwood Forest” (2009). Wiebe also appeared in the films “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” (2010), “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (2010) and “Sucker Punch” (2011).     

Currently, Wiebe resides in Langley, British Columbia. He has a Black Belt in Martial Arts. His other interests include triathlon, musical theatre, singing, guitar, harmonica, ice skating, hockey, competitive swimming, summer sports-baseball and soccer.


Canadian Native

Childhood and Family:

Cainan Wiebe was born on August 27, 1995, in British Columbia, Canada. His older sister, Hailey Morgan, is a local singer/songwriter in Langley, BC.


A Pickle

Career:

Cainan Wiebe kicked off his professional career in 2004 by having a guest spot in an episode of Showtime's comedy/drama series “Dead Like Me,” which starred Ellen Muth and Laura Harris. Two years later, he played the role of Duncan Germaine in the episodes “Gone: Part 1” and “Gone: Part 2” of the USA Network sci fi series “The 4400.” The same year, Wiebe made his feature film acting debut as Billy Lenz (5 & 12 years) in the slasher flick “Black Christmas,” which starred Katie Cassidy, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Crystal Lowe, Lacey Chabert, Michelle Trachtenberg, Oliver Hudson, Kristen Cloke, and Andrea Martin. Written for the screen and directed by Glen Morgan, the film was a moderate success at the box office, but received  generally negative reviews from critics. The actor also appeared as Mud-Bud Boy in “Air Buddies” (2006), the 6th film in the “Air Bud” series and the first in the direct to video spin off series “Air Buddies.”      

In 2007, Wiebe was cast as Alexei in the successful web series “Sanctuary.” He went on to reprise his part when the show was made into a TV series by the Syfy network in 2008. For his appearance in the show, the actor was nominated for Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor in 2008 and for Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor in 2009.

2007 also saw Wiebe guest star in television shows like “Bratz” (as Ashton), “Masters of Horror” (as Young Toot) and “Psych” (as Isaac), and play Kalm in the TV miniseries “Tin Man” (Sci Fi Channel), which starred Zooey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Alan Cumming, Raoul Trujillo, Kathleen Robertson and Richard Dreyfuss. Besides, he was cast as Ryan in the direct to video “The Sandlot: Heading Home,” the second sequel to the 1993 theatrical film “The Sandlot” and the first direct to video sequel “The Sandlot 2”, and had a small role in the horror film “Whisper”, starring Josh Holloway, Blake Woodruff, Joel Edgerton, Sarah Wayne Callies and Dulé Hill.

In 2008, Wiebe starred as Charlie in the Karen Nielsen directed short “A Pickle,” which was shown at the 2008 New York City Shorts Film Festival on September 20, the 2008 Edmonton International Film Festival on October 2, and the 2009 Newport Beach International Film Festival in April. Delivering a bravura performance, Wiebe was handed a 2009 Young Artist for Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor. The same year, he played the role of Pete in the direct to video “Snow Buddies,” opposite Dominic Scott Kay, Mike Dopud, John Kapelos, Charles C. Stevenson, Dylan Sprouse and Kris Kristofferson, and made a guest appearance in an episode of the Canadian comedy series “Robson Arms” called “Gila Monster.”     

Wiebe appeared as Barry Cook in an episode of “Supernatural” called “After School Special” (2009) and was nominated for a 2010 Young Artist in the category of Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 13 and Under for his performance. It was the actor's third appearance on the show after guest starring in the episodes “Wishful Thinking” (2008) and “Faith” (2006), where he appeared as Bully #1 and Boy Victim, respectively.

Wiebe appeared with George Lopez, Daniela Bobadilla, April Telek and Julia Anderson in the Nickelodeon TV movie “Mr. Troop Mom” (2009),  was cast as Gareth in the Canadian TV film “Beyond Sherwood Forest” (2009), from which he received a Young Artist nomination for     Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor, and guest starred as Joshua in an episode of “The Guard” (2009). He provided the voice of Derek Deinonychus in two episodes of the TV animated series “Dinosaur Train” in 2009 and then returned to the series to voice Tod Triceratops in the 2010 episode “Triassic Turtle/Tank's Baby Brother.” For his work on the show, Wiebe was nominated for a 2010 Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor/Actress.

In 2010, Wiebe appeared as a young vampire in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson andTaylor Lautner, was featured alongside stars Zachary Gordon and Devon Bostick in the comedy film “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” which was adapted from the Jeff Kinney book of the same name, and played the role of Rob in the Nickelodeon TV film “The Boy Who Cried Werewolf,” which starred Victoria Justice, Brooke Shields, Chase Ellison, Matt Winston, Brooke D'Orsay and Christie Laing. The actor portrayed Mike Jensen in the Disney Channel TV movie “16 Wishes”,  which starred Debby Ryan and Jean-Luc Bilodeau. The role brought Wiebe a 2011 Young Artist Award in the category of Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor.

In 2011, Wiebe had a small part as Tommy Soldier #2 in the action/fantasy film “Sucker Punch,” which was directed by Zack Snyder and co-written by him and Steve Shibuya. The film, starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung and Carla Gugino, gained mostly negative reviews from critics, but was an average box office success.

In 2012, Wiebe portrayed Marshall in two episodes of the TNT action/sci fi series “Falling Skies” and appeared as Dexter in an episode of “R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour” called “The Cast.” Additionally, he played the role of Shwarzstein in the made for TV film “A Mother's Nightmare”, which starred Annabeth Gish, Jessica Lowndes, Grant Gustin.     

Wiebe will play Nick in the upcoming family film “The Ferret Squad,”  which is set to be released in theaters in the US on March 22, 2013. His co-stars in the film include Julia Benson, Dylan Schmid and Gabrielle Rose.


Awards:

Young Artist : Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor, “16 Wishes,” 2011
Young Artist: Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor, “A Pickle,” 2009 Show Less