| Brendan Fletcher | |
| Birth Date: | 15 December 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor, screenwriter, producer, director |
| Yearsactive: | 1995–present |
Brendan Fletcher (born December 15, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He first gained recognition as a child actor, being nominated for a Gemini Award for his acting debut in the made-for-television film Little Criminals and winning a Leo Award for his role in the TV series Caitlin's Way. He subsequently won the Genie Award for Best Leading Actor for John Greyson's The Law of Enclosures, and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Turning Paige.
Fletcher is known for playing troubled, eccentric, or unhinged characters, and is considered a character actor. He has appeared in high-profile films like Tideland, Freddy vs. Jason, Citizen Gangster, The Revenant and Violent Night. He had the leading role in Uwe Boll's Rampage trilogy, playing mass murderer Bill Williamson. He has also appeared in television series such as Smallville, Supernatural, The Pacific, Rogue, Hell on Wheels, Siren, Arrow, and Superman & Lois.
Fletcher was born on December 15, 1981, in Comox Valley, British Columbia, Canada.[1]
His acting debut was in 1995 in the CBC television movie Little Criminals, earning him a Gemini Award nomination. His filmography includes Tideland,[2] [3] Freddy vs. Jason, , , The Five Senses, Air Bud, Rampage 1-3, Eighteen, and Law of Enclosures. He also played Stirling Patterson (nickname: Stink) in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, appeared as Eric Anderson in Caitlin's Way and as Max in the Supernatural episode "Nightmare" and he appeared in the season 8 episode "Injustice" of Smallville as Rudy Jones aka The Parasite. He portrayed PFC Bill Leyden in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, which received a number of prestigious accolades including a Peabody Award and eight Primetime Emmys.
Fletcher has made a number of collaborations with director Uwe Boll starting with his 2002 film Heart of America, and portraying mass murderer Bill Williamson in the director's controversial Rampage trilogy. He had a recurring guest role on the Western drama series Hell on Wheels, and appeared in a supporting role on the crime drama Cardinal.[4] He appeared in the critically lauded 2015 Western film The Revenant alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.
Fletcher has received numerous accolades for his work, having received a total of 4 Gemini Award nominations, 4 Leo Award nominations, and 2 Genie Award nominations. He has won 2 Geminis, 1 Leo, and 1 Genie.
In September 2018, Fletcher portrayed Stanley Dover in the seventh season of Arrow.[5]
In 2021, Fletcher portrayed Arlen Scarlett in the TV series Joe Pickett.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Air Bud | Larry Willingham | Nominated- Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film | |
| 1999 | Rupert | |||
| Jimmy Zip | Jimmy Zip | [7] | ||
| My Father's Angel | Vlada | |||
| Rollercoaster | Stick | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film Copper Wing for Best Ensemble (Phoenix Film Festival) | ||
| Summer's End | Hunter Baldwin | |||
| 2000 | Trixie | CD Thief | ||
| Henry | Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | |||
| 2001 | Troy Pasternak | |||
| De grot | Arthur Nussbaum | |||
| Turning Paige | Jeff Simms | Nominated- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | ||
| 2002 | Touch | Narrator / Victim | Short film | |
| Heart of America | Ricky Herman | |||
| 2003 | Russ | Short film | ||
| 21st Century Scott | Scott's Buddy | |||
| Freddy vs. Jason | Mark Davis | |||
| 2004 | Jeremy | |||
| Michael | ||||
| Finn | ||||
| Everyone | Dylan | Nominated- Leo Award for Best Male Supporting Performance - Feature Drama | ||
| Death Valley | Johnny | |||
| Deadly Friends | Andrew Leyshon-Hughes | |||
| Lucky Stars | Asaf | |||
| 2005 | Alone in the Dark | Cabbie | ||
| Paper Moon Affair | Hart Turner | Nominated- Leo Award for Best Male Performance - Feature Drama | ||
| Tideland | Dickens | |||
| Eighteen | Jason Anders | |||
| 2006 | RV | Howie | ||
| Black Eyed Dog | David | |||
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | Johnny D'Franco | ||
| Muller | ||||
| Dylan Hendrix | ||||
| 2008 | White Black Guy Tim | |||
| 2009 | Rampage | Bill Williamson | Also co-producer | |
| 2010 | Badass Thieves | Ethan | Short film | |
| 2011 | Blubberella | Nathaniel Gregor | ||
| American Animal | James | |||
| Citizen Gangster | Willie "The Clown" Jackson | |||
| 2013 | Suddenly | Deputy Anderson | ||
| 13 Eerie | Josh | |||
| 2014 | Bill Williamson | |||
| Altergeist | Jason | |||
| David | ||||
| 2015 | data-sort-value="Revenant, The" | The Revenant | Fryman | |
| 2016 | Bill Williamson | Also writer and executive producer | ||
| Lost Solace | Rob | |||
| 2017 | Mercs | Ratt | Short film | |
| 2018 | Braven | Weston | ||
| Open 24 Hours | Bobby | |||
| Distorted | Russell Curran | |||
| Night Hunter | Simon Stulls / Simon's Twin | |||
| F**k You All: The Uwe Boll Story | Himself | Documentary film | ||
| 2019 | data-sort-value="Road, The" | The Road | Matt | Short film |
| Brotherhood | Arthur Lambden | |||
| 2021 | Dangerous | Massey | ||
| 2022 | Violent Night | Krampus | ||
| TBA | Normal | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Little Criminals | Des | Television filmNominated- Gemini Award for Best Leading Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Program | |
| Lincoln 'Link' Fetter | Episode: "Gone Fishing" | |||
| 1996 | Dead Ahead | Doug Loch | Television film | |
| Goosebumps | Grady Tucker | 2 episodes | ||
| 1996-2000 | Sterling 'Stink' Patterson | Recurring role; Seasons 1-4 | ||
| 1997 | Keeping the Promise | Matthew Hallowell | Television film | |
| Contagious | Brian | |||
| High Stakes | Sean | |||
| Nothing Sacred | Mark | Episode: "Proofs for the Existence of God" | ||
| Trucks | Logan Porter | Television film | ||
| 1998 | Millennium | Alex Hanes | Episode: "Anamnesis" | |
| Floating Away | Brad | Television film | ||
| Welcome to Paradox | Rudy | Episode: "All Our Sins Forgotten" | ||
| Jesse Hickock | Episode: "Voices" | |||
| Da Vinci's Inquest | William Turner | Episode: "Gabriel" | ||
| 1999 | Summer's End | Hunter Baldwin | Television film | |
| Family Blessings | Joey Reston | |||
| Dead Man's Gun | Walter | Episode: "Bad Boys" | ||
| 2000 | Scorn | Derik | Television film | |
| 2000–01 | Caitlin's Way | Eric Anderson | Main role; Seasons 1-2Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Youth Program | |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Hate Crime | Aaron McKinney | Television film | |
| Cold Squad | Will Lutz | Episode: "My So Called Death" | ||
| Night Visions | Shane Watkins | Episode: "Bitter Harvest" | ||
| Dice | Alasdair MacCrae | Miniseries | ||
| Da Vinci's Inquest | Gary | Episode: "Be a Cruel Twist" | ||
| 2002 | Breaking News | Daryl Higgins | Episode: "Bad Water" | |
| 100 Days in the Jungle | Bean (Neil Barber) | Television filmNominated- Gemini Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program | ||
| 2003 | Andrew Leyshon-Hughes | Television filmGemini Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program | ||
| Tom Stone | Private Stevie Hasting | Episode: "It's All Fun and Games" | ||
| Jake 2.0 | MacP | Episode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Geeky" | ||
| Tru Calling | Derek De Luca | Episode: "Star Crossed" | ||
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Vince | Episode: "K" | |
| Pizza Delivery Guy / The Devil | Episode: "The Ice Skater" | |||
| 2005 | Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery | Paul Small | Television film | |
| Intelligence | Bobbie | |||
| 2006 | Supernatural | Max Miller | Episode: "Nightmare" | |
| Masters of Horror | Deputy Strauss | Episode: "The Damned Thing" | ||
| Saved | Steve Fembley | Episode: "Code Zero" | ||
| Rapid Fire | Billy | Television film | ||
| 2007 | Lionel Dell / Mitchell Douglas | Episode: "Monster in the Box" | ||
| 2008 | Ogre | Stephen Chandler | Television film | |
| Bobby | Miniseries | |||
| 2009 | Taz | Episode: "A Voice in the Dark" | ||
| Smallville | Parasite / Rudy Jones | Episode: "Injustice" | ||
| Owen | Episode: "Boom" | |||
| Defying Gravity | Russell Zachary | Episode: "Bacon" | ||
| Flashpoint | Kevin | Episode: "You Think You Know Someone" | ||
| Heartland | Liam | Episode: "The Starting Gate" | ||
| 2010 | PFC Bill Leyden | Miniseries | ||
| Shattered | Rick Baker | Episode: "Where's the Line?" | ||
| Smoke Screen | Pat Jr. | Television film | ||
| 2011 | Endgame | Merritt Singer | Episode: "Opening Moves" | |
| 2012 | Hannah's Law | Zechariah Stitch | Television film | |
| Ring of Fire | Samuel Janen | Miniseries | ||
| Alcatraz | Joe Limerick | 2 episodes | ||
| 2013 | Whisper of Fear | Tim | Television film | |
| King & Maxwell | Dax Walters | Episode: "Job Security" | ||
| data-sort-value="Killing, The" | The Killing | Goldie | Recurring; Season 3 | |
| 2014 | Rogue | Spud | Main role; Season 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Grim Sleeper, The" | The Grim Sleeper | Morales | Television film | |
| Hell on Wheels | Dultey | Recurring role; Season 4 | ||
| Bates Motel | Kyle | Episode: "Shadow of a Doubt" | ||
| data-sort-value="Haunting Hour: The Series, The" | Seamus | Episode: "Lotsa Luck" | ||
| Gracepoint | Lars Pierson | Miniseries | ||
| 2017 | Cardinal | Eric Fraser | Recurring role; Season 1 | |
| iZombie | Zombie Truther / Spence | Recurring role; Season 3; 3 episodes | ||
| 2018–19 | Arrow | Stanley Dover / Star City Slayer | Recurring role (Season 7);7 episodes | |
| 2019 | Siren | Rick Marzden | Recurring role; Season 2 | |
| 2021 | Superman & Lois | Thaddeus Killgrave | Episode: "Haywire" | |
| 2022 | Billy the Kid | George Coe | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | data-sort-value="Last of Us, The" | The Last of Us | Robert | Episode: "When You're Lost in the Darkness" |
| 2023 | Fargo | Gun Store Clerk | Episode: "The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions" |
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Refs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program | Little Criminals | [8] | ||||
| Acting | ||||||
| Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor | Air Bud | |||||
| Acting | [9] | |||||
| Wine Country Film Festival | Best Actor (Tied with Tony Nardi for My Father's Angel) | My Father's Angel | ||||
| Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Supporting Young Actor | Summer's End | |||||
| Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series | Caitlin's Way (episode "The Easy Way") | [10] | ||||
| Best Performance Youth or Children's Program or Series | Caitlin's Way (episode "Outlaws") | [11] | ||||
| Copper Wing Award - Best Ensemble (Shared With: Kett Turton, Crystal Buble, Brent Glenen, Sean Amsing, David Lovgren) | Rollercoaster | [12] | ||||
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award | [13] | |||||
| The Law of Enclosures | [14] [15] | |||||
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | 100 Days in the Jungle | [16] | ||||
| Turning Paige | [17] [18] | |||||
| 2004 | Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards | Outstanding Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role | Equus | [19] | ||
| Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini Series | The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton | [20] [21] | ||||
| Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Everyone | [22] | ||||
| Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Paper Moon Affair | [23] | ||||
| 2009 | Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | The Guard | [24] | |||
| 2015 | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Rogue | [25] | |||
| 2020 | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | The Road | [26] |