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Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958 at Boston, Massachusetts) is an American
actor raised in Canada. Feore grew up in Windsor, Ontario. After graduating from
Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre
School in Montreal, Quebec. When not filming in exotic locations around the
world, Feore lives with his wife, choreographer Donna Feore, and their three
children, in Stratford, Ontario.
Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of the Stratford
Festival, North America?s largest classical repertory theatre, located in
Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He spent 14 seasons at Stratford where he rose from
bit parts to leading roles, including Romeo, Hamlet, Richard III, and Cyrano.
In Canada, Feore?s most famous role was as Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
in the critically-acclaimed television mini-series Trudeau.
Outside of Canada, Feore has appeared in numerous film and television roles,
usually as an interesting villain. The actor's classical theatre background
gives his screen personae added depth and motivation. Another bonus is Feore's
experience with stage sword fights. He was able to put this skill to good use in
the 1992 episode of Forever Knight, Bloody Money, where he and his good friend
and fellow Stratford colleague Geraint Wyn Davies took advantage of their skill
with a sword and added a terrific fight scene just for fun. More recently, from
an interview with columnist Richard Ouzounian, Toronto Star, to publicize The
Chronicles of Riddick, the actor told this anecdote: "They'd come to me during
Riddick and say, 'There's this big fight scene ahead and we've suddenly decided
it would be great if you could be in it' but we've only got five minutes to
rehearse." I'd say to them, " Give me the sword and point me toward the leading
man. I won't kill him."
Credit: colm-feore.biography.ms
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