| Jonathan Scarfe | |
| Birth Date: | 16 December 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | Suki Kaiser |
| Parents: | Alan Scarfe Sara Botsford |
| Relatives: | Barbara March (stepmother) |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
Jonathan Scarfe (born December 16, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor, director, and producer.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, to actors Alan Scarfe and Sara Botsford. He dropped out of high school at age 15, and at the age of 16 he spent a year working at the Stratford Festival, where he learned about acting.[1]
Scarfe's first major role was on the Canadian teen drama Madison. He appears in a recurring role as Chase Carter, the drug-abusing cousin of John Carter, on the medical-drama series ER. His television guest appearances include the police procedural series NYPD Blue, , Cold Case; and the drama series The L Word, as well as the supernatural drama series Grimm.
Scarfe portrays Sheldon Kennedy in the biographical drama television film The Sheldon Kennedy Story (1999), which follows the story of Kennedy a former professional ice-hockey player with the Calgary Flames who, after years of self-blame, self-guilt and secrecy, spoke out against his former coach and mentor Graham James and the sexual abuse Kennedy endured.[2] His other television films include the biographical drama television film Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (2003), portraying Jesus in the biographical drama television film Judas (2004)., costarring with Jennifer Finnigan in 2015 television film Angel of Christmas and Alison Sweeney in the Hallmark Channel movie "Love On The Air" 2015.
His most notable television roles are Charlie Sagansky in the legal drama series Raising the Bar (2008 - 2009),[3] Sydney Snow in the western period drama series Hell on Wheels,[4] Matt McLean on the family drama, Ties That Bind and Axel on the Syfy drama Van Helsing.
He appears as protagonist Nicholas Brady in the science-fiction film Radio Free Albemuth (2009),[5] directed by John Alan Simon and based on the novel of the same name (1985) by Philip K. Dick. Scarfe appears as Mormon prophet Joseph Smith in the historical-fiction drama film The Work and the Glory (2004). Scarfe also appears in 100 Days in the Jungle (2002), and White Lies (1998).[6]
He is married to actress Suki Kaiser.[7] At one point Scarfe took a break from acting and spent two and half years sailing around the world with his family.[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Dead Innocent | Jimmy | ||
| 1998 | Boogie Boy | Leland Bowles | ||
| 1998 | Young Derek Eastman | |||
| 1998 | Short for Nothing | Malcolm | ||
| 1999 | Crosswalk | Dave Hiatt | Short | |
| 2002 | Liberty Stands Still | Bill Tollman | ||
| 2002 | Skipper Day | Video | ||
| 2002 | Michael Skid | |||
| 2004 | Joseph Smith | |||
| 2005 | Joseph Smith | |||
| 2006 | Joseph Smith | |||
| 2007 | Oscar Koenig | |||
| 2010 | Radio Free Albemuth | Nick Brady | ||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Equalizer 2, The" | The Equalizer 2 | Resnik | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Family Passions | Rolf | TV series | ||
| 1994 | Kelly | "Courage" | |||
| 1994 | Hawkeye | Andrew | "The Warrior" | ||
| 1994–1995 | Madison | R.J. Winslow | Main role | ||
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Jamie Carlson | "Game, Set, Murder" | ||
| 1995 | Toby Finch | "Thicker Than Water" | |||
| 1996 | Luke Morrison | TV film | |||
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Ted Manos | "Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure" | ||
| 1996 | Charlie Walters | "Straight and Narrow" | |||
| 1997 | Keith | TV film | |||
| 1997 | Lucas | "Lives in the Balance" | |||
| 1997 | Daughters | Jimmy Romeo | TV film | ||
| 1997 | Total Security | Ted Hardy | "Who's Poppa?" | ||
| 1997–2001 | ER | Chase Carter | Recurring role | ||
| 1998 | White Lies | Ian McKee | TV film | ||
| 1999 | Steve Fisher | TV film | |||
| 1999 | Sheldon Kennedy | TV film | |||
| 1999 | Quinn Montgomery | "Murder at Midterm" | |||
| 2000 | Code Name Phoenix | Kenny Baker | TV film | ||
| 2000 | Vince | "Gettysburg" | |||
| 2000 | Blood Money | Peter Kafelnikoff | TV film | ||
| 2000 | Level 9 | Cypher | "Mob.com" | ||
| 2001 | Gideon's Crossing | Chester / Uncle / Joey | "The Others" | ||
| 2002 | Tom Stone | Wyman | "The Grand Alliance" | ||
| 2002 | Philly | Tommy Cabretti | "There's No Business Like No Business" | ||
| 2002 | Arnold Milbank | "Full Moon" | |||
| 2002 | 100 Days in the Jungle | Grunt | TV film | ||
| 2003 | Fred | "Betty" | |||
| 2003 | Burn: The Robert Wraight Story | Robert Wraight | TV film | ||
| 2003 | Mafia Doctor | Danny | TV film | ||
| 2003 | Peacemakers | Dean Wilder | "A Town Without Pity" | ||
| 2004 | Andrew MacDonald | TV film | |||
| 2004 | Judas | Jesus | TV film | ||
| 2004 | Matt | "Listen Up", "Liberally" | |||
| 2004 | Chase Shaw | "Legal" | |||
| 2005 | Dr. Vegas | Logan | "Babe in the Woods" | ||
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Hank | "Shake Your Groove Thing" | ||
| 2005 | Into the West | General George Armstrong Custer | TV miniseries | ||
| 2006 | Commander in Chief | Richard Laughlin | "State of the Unions" | ||
| 2006 | Proof of Lies | Sam Buckner | TV film | ||
| 2006 | Above and Beyond | Bill Jacobson | TV miniseries | ||
| 2007 | Carolina Moon | Dwight Collier | TV film | ||
| 2007 | Crossing Jordan | Ken Scott | "Hubris" | ||
| 2007 | Cold Case | Will Paige, 1938 | "World's End" | ||
| 2007 | Conspiracy | Cole Farris | "Pilot" | ||
| 2008 | Smallville | Robert Queen | "Veritas" | ||
| 2008 | Vipers | Cal Taylor | TV film | ||
| 2008–2009 | Raising the Bar | Charlie Sagansky | Main role | ||
| 2009 | Hidden Crimes | Kurt Warnecke | TV film | ||
| 2010 | Mark Ellison | "Booty" | |||
| 2010 | One Angry Juror | Curtis | TV film | ||
| 2010 | Matadors | Mitch Galloway | TV film | ||
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Frank McCormick | "Collateral Damage" | ||
| 2011 | Douglas Cantu | "Benedict Canyon" | |||
| 2011 | Desperate Housewives | Andrew | "And Lots of Security..." | ||
| 2011 | Spencer Pittman | "A Family Affair" | |||
| 2011 | Hallelujah | Caleb | TV film | ||
| 2012 | Drew Peterson: Untouchable | Jeff Aberdeen | TV film | ||
| 2012 | Private Practice | Mr. Murphy | "You Break My Heart" | ||
| 2012 | Perception | Roger Probert | Recurring role | ||
| 2012 | Grimm | Reverend Calvin | "The Good Shepherd" | ||
| 2014 | Hell on Wheels | Sydney Snow | Recurring role (season 4) | ||
| 2015 | Love on the Air | Nick Linden | TV film | ||
| 2015 | Ties That Bind | Matt McLean | Main role | ||
| 2015 | Angel of Christmas | Brady Howe | TV film | ||
| 2016 | Dater's Handbook | George | TV film | ||
| 2016 | Joe | "Homecoming" | |||
| 2016–2021 | Van Helsing | Axel Miller | Main role, director, producer | ||
| 2017 | Bosch | Andy Fink | "The Sea King" | ||
| 2017 | Doubt | Officer Dixon | "Finally" | ||
| 2017 | Christmas Solo | Nate | TV film, post-production | ||
| 2020 | Quentin Garvey | "Prophet" | |||
| 2020 | data-sort-value="100, The" | The 100 | Conductor Doucette | "Welcome to Bardo" "Etherea" "The Stranger" |