Dead Man on Campus

Background:

Canadian import who is easily recognized with his talents in comedy and drama Lochlyn Munro did not start acting until his desire of becoming a professional hockey player was cut short by a serious leg injury. A gold medal winning water-skier, he did various stage work in his native of British Columbia before breaking into television in a 1987 episode of “21 Jump Street” and later the big screen with a bit part in Martin Sheen's “Cadence” (1990). Since then, he has established a good reputation in the aforementioned genres thanks largely to jumpy comic turns in such films as “Dead Man on Campus” (1998, as the sociopath frat guy Cliff), the megahit “Scary Movie” (2000, as Greg Phillippe), “A Guy Thing” (2003, as the insane ex-lover) and “Freddy vs. Jason” (2003, as Deputy Scott Stubbs). His more recent and upcoming credits include “White Chicks” (2004), “Dirty Love” (2005), Dennis Dugan's “The Benchwarmers” (2006), Fred Savage's “Daddy Day Camp” (2007), “Loaded” (2008), “This Is Not a Test” (2008), “In Like Flynn” (2008) and “Penthouse” (2008). Munro has also collected countless TV film credits, played recurring roles in such series as CBS's “Wiseguy” (1990) and “JAG” (1999) and The WB's “Charmed” (1999-2000), as well as had regular gigs in the Canadian hit series “Northwood” (1990-1993), the syndicated series “Hawkeye” (1994) and the short-lived “Two” (1996).

The blonde performer has been married to wife Sharon since 1997. He has two children.

Gold Medalist

Childhood and Family:

Richard Laughlain Munro, who would later be popular as Lochlyn Munro, was born on February 12, 1966, in Lac La Hache, British Columbia, Canada. He discovered a love for hockey since he was a child and dreamed of becoming a professional player. At age 15, he left home to play semi-professional hockey with WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds, but a leg injury later became an obstacle. Also a water-skiing buff, Lochlyn won a gold medal at the B.C Summer Games.

Lochlyn was married to Sharon on June 14, 1997. They have two children together. Currently, Lochlyn and his family reside in Los Angeles.

A Guy Thing

Career:

A semi-professional hockey player with WHL's Seattle Thunderbirds, Lochlyn Munro was forced to abandon his ambition of entering a pro career after a sincere sports injury. He switched his attention to the performing arts and decided to become an actor after watching his older brother in a play at the University of British Columbia. He said, “I watched it and I thought, wow, that's a really cool form of entertainment and it looks like it could be kind of a cool job.”

A gifted musician, the British Columbia native took drama and improvisational comedy studies with various big names like the late Susan Strasberg while playing music in local clubs. It was while doing improve theater in Vancouver that Munro was discovered by an agent and shortly thereafter got a guest role in a 1987 episode of American series “21 Jump Street.” He was invited back to the series to play three more different characters during 1989-1990.

A series of guest spots followed after Munro's TV debut in the Johnny Depp series, including a two-part role in the CBS crime/drama series “ Wiseguy.” He also appeared in a Canadian film called “Sylvan Lake Summer” (1990) and in the Martin Sheen-directed “Cadense,” which debuted at the 1990 Deauville Film Festival before receiving theatrical release in the U.S. in the following year. In 1991, he made his debut as a series regular when he landed the role of Jason on the Canadian teen drama “Northwood” and stayed with the show until its demise in 1993.

Munro went on to appear as a college fraternity brother in the action/thriller film “Run” (1991), starring Patrick Dempsey and Kelly Preston, as well as in the Clint Eastwood Oscar-winning Western “Unforgiven” (1992), Rob Turner's “Digger” (1993), the movie version of Stephen King's “Needful Things” (1993, with Ed Harris), John Candy's unsuccessful vehicle “Wagons East!” (1994) and the sequel “Trancers 4: Jack of Swords” (1994). A productive TV-movie actor, Munro could be seen acting in a number of TV films during that same period, including Family Channel's “The Girl From Mars” (1991), CBS's “Posing: Inspired By Three Real Stories” (1991), Lifetime's “Shame” (1992), HBO's “Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster” (1992), ABC's “A Stranger in the Mirror” (1993, starred Perry King and Lori Loughlin) and NBC's “Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges” (1994, with Linda Gray). He returned to series TV playing the regular role of McKinney on the syndicated adventure series “Hawkeye” (1994) and costarred with Keith Coogan in the following year's little seen comedy film directed by David Michell, “Ski Hard/ Downhill Willie.”

Often cast as a boorish athlete type with teen boosters and young cop in TV-films, the cranky voice actor e costarred with Peggy Lipton and Danica McKellar in the NBC movie of the week “Justice for Annie: A Moment of Truth Movie” (1996), supported Lynda Carter, Katie Wright and Marley Shelton for NBC's drama “A Secret Between Friends: A Moment of Truth Movie” (1996) and added several other NBC TV films to his resume, including “Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?” (starred Tori Spelling), “Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie” and “Stand Against Fear: A Moment of Truth Movie” (all 1996). 1996 also saw Munro star as Agent Andrew Forbes on the short-lived series “Two,” along side Andrew Johnston and Allison Hossack.

After costarring in the thriller film “High Voltage” (1997, HBO), Munro appeared in many 1998 TV movies such as NBC's “A Champion's Fight: A Moment of Truth Movie” and “Silencing Mary,” and ABC's “ I Know What You Did” and “One Hot Summer Night: A Crimes of Passion Movie.” It was also in 1998 that the 5' 11” performer enjoyed his big screen breakthrough with his portrayal of Clifford 'Cliff' O'Malley, an insane, death-withstanding college student, on Alan Cohn's comedy, “Dead Man on Campus.” Playing opposite popular actors like Tom Everett Scott, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Poppy Montgomery, he could hold his own and successfully transported an impressive frantic energy to his characterization. He followed it up with a feature role as Craig, a high magnitude physical trainer, on “A Night at the Roxbury” (1998), based on the NBC popular sketch comedy series “SNL,” and closed out the decade with performances in the TV films “A Murder of Crows” (Cinemax) and “Our Guys: Outrage in Glen Ridge” (ABC) as well as recurring roles on CBS's “JAG,” as Lt. 'X-Man' Buxton, and The WB's “Charmed,” playing Jack Sheridan.

With a new found fame, Munro found himself working in a legion of films in 2000. He supported Gwyneth Paltrow and Scott Speedman in the karaoke themed Bruce Paltrow movie “Duets” and Maxine Bahns and Sarah Chalke for Scott Marshall's “Spin Cycle,” as well as appeared as Officer Richardsen in “Screwed,” a comedy starring Norm MacDonald and David Chappelle, and as Eddie in “Wes Craven's 'Dracula 2000',” which cast Gerard Butler in the title character. In addition, he had high-profile roles in the highly successful horror film spoof “Scary Movie” (2000), playing Greg Phillippe, and the James Keach-helmed black comedy “Camouflage” (2001), in which he starred as an actor-turned-private investigator named Marty Mackenzie. The latter film, which also starred Leslie Nielsen as a veteran detective, marked Munro's first starring vehicle.

Munro's follow-up credits during 2001-2002 include starring in the indie-drama “Knight Club” and the action/thriller “Pressure” and playing supporting roles in the romance-thriller “Kill Me Later,” opposite Selma Blair, and the sport-themed “Kevin of the North, ” with Skeet Ulrich. In 2003, he offered fine turns as the psychotic former boyfriend of Julia Stiles on the the comedy/romance “A Guy Thing” and Deputy Scott Stubbs on the horror film “Freddy Vs. Jason.” 2003 also saw him as a convict in the thriller “Net Games” and a reporter in Uwe Boll's “Heart of America.”

From 2004 to 2006, Munro had roles in the movies “Behind the Smile,” “The Wild Guys,” “The Keeper,” “White Chicks” (with Shawn and Marlon Wayans), John Mallory Asher's “Dirty Love,” “Chasing Ghosts,” “Final Move,” “The Benchwarmers,” Dave Barry's “Complete Guide to Guys” and “Little Man.” The busy actor kept his presence on the small screen by making several TV movies and gusted in such series as “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Monk,” “Andromeda,” “CSI: Miami,” “Without a Trace,” “Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service,” “CSI: NY” and “Smallville.”

In 2007, Munro found himself appearing with Susan Ward and Corey Large in Alan Pao's drama/thriller “Toxic,” having an uncredited part as Sheriff Radley in director/writer Matt Flynn's “Hack!,” costarring with Oscar winner Cuba Gooding, Jr. in “Daddy Day Camp,” a comedy/family by Fred Savage, and starring as Paul Jacobs in the made-for-TV film “The Perfect Child.” He recently had roles in the Science Fiction “Riddle of the Sphinx” and the action “Loaded” (both 2008).

As for his forthcoming projects, Munro has seven motion pictures under his belts, two of which in post-production (Chris Angel's “This Is Not a Test” and “Let the Game Begin”). He is currently filming “Space Buddies” (2008), a family film by Robert Vince and also starring Diedrich Bader, and will star in the post-production films “In Like Flynn” (2008), opposite Luke Flynn, and “Chad Chucker” (2008), a comedy written and directed by Shelly Hatton, and as Barry in the comedy/horror “Penthouse” (2008). He is set to rejoin director Alan Pao on the comedy “Reload” (2008).

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