Tupper, Reg 1947-

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Tupper, Reg 1947-

PERSONAL

Born December 20, 1947, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Education: Attended the University of British Columbia; trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career:

Actor and acting coach. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), radio news broadcaster in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and nationally; worked as a theatrical producer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Worked as an investment advisor in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and as a partner in a public affairs business in British Columbia; worked as a marketing and sales director for a fishing lodge in British Columbia, and then as a partner in a private fishing retreat.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

First blue soldier, Sole Survivor (also known as Dean Koontz's "Sole Survivor"), Fox, 2000.

Frank Carstens, Human Cargo (also known as Third World), CBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Copilot, Panic in the Skies!, Family Channel, 1996.

Ticket clerk, The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (also known as L'ange de Noel), Family Channel, 1996.

Funeral guest, Silver Fox, Fox Family Channel, 1998.

Mark's father, Outrage, ABC, 1998.

Doctor, A Cooler Climate, Showtime, 1999.

Detective, The Christmas Secret (also known as Flight of the Reindeer), CBS, 2000.

Master of ceremonies, Take Me Home: The John Denver Story, CBS, 2000.

Politician, Navigating the Heart, Lifetime, 2000.

Case supervisor, The Hostage Negotiator, USA Network, 2001.

Tom, An Unexpected Love (also known as This Much I Know), Lifetime, 2003.

Spelling Goldberg attorney, Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of "Charlie's Angels," NBC, 2004.

Roger Jenkins, Home for the Holidays, Lifetime, 2005.

Fletcher Mathews, The Perfect Suspect, Lifetime, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Second shopkeeper, "The Imposter," Dead Manȧs Gun, Showtime, 1997.

Doctor, "In the Line of Duty," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Sci-Fi Channel, Showtime, and syndicated, 1998.

Richard Zeto, "Blues in A-Minor," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 1999.

Senator Swanson, "Don't Try This at Home," Beggars and Choosers, Showtime, 1999.

Senator Swanson, "The Velvet Curtain," Beggars and Choosers, Showtime, 1999.

Council member Davis, "Court Appeal," Cold Squad, CTV (Canada), 2000.

(Uncredited) Council member Davis, "Slave to the Job," Cold Squad, CTV, 2000.

Mr. Tuchman, "The Ties That Bind," Mysterious Ways (also known as One Clear Moment, Anexegeta phainomena, Les chemins de l'etrange, Mysterious ways—les chemins de l'etrange, Rajatapaus, and Senderos misteriosos), NBC and PAX TV, 2000.

Walt Coghlan, "Something about Harry," The Outer Limits (also known as The New Outer Limits), Showtime, Sci-Fi Channel, and syndicated, 2000.

Doctor, "Hourglass," Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2001.

Dr. Fiscus, "Doctor in the House," Mysterious Ways (also known as One Clear Moment, Anexegeta phainomena, Les chemins de l'etrange, Mysterious ways—les chemins de l'etrange, Rajatapaus, and Senderos misteriosos), NBC and PAX TV, 2001.

Yuppie businessperson, "Life on the Wire," UC: Undercover, NBC, 2001.

Brock Carruthers, "For the Money," Tom Stone (also known as Stone Undercover), CBC, 2002.

Zoo official, "Family Ties," The Chris Isaak Show, Showtime, 2002.

Neil Ford, "Putting Out Fires," Tru Calling (also known as Heroine, Tru, and True Calling), Fox, 2003.

Wendell Hahn, "The Outsider," The Dead Zone (also known as Stephen King's "Dead Zone"), USA Network, 2003.

Avery Ellis, "Deadbeat," Cold Squad, CTV, 2004.

Jed, "Always," Dead Like Me (also known as Dead Girl, Mitt liv som doed, and Tan muertos como yo), Showtime, 2004.

Neils Bloorman, "Love and War," Intelligence, CBC, 2006.

Neils Bloorman, "Pressure Drop," Intelligence, CBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Ray, Dead Like Me (also known as Dead Girl, Mitt liv som doed, and Tan muertos como yo), Showtime, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Police officer, A Man, a Woman and a Bank, Avco-Embassy, 1979.

Al, Noroc, Versatile Pictures, 1999.

Beauty pageant master of ceremonies, Scary Movie (also known as Last Summer I Screamed Because Halloween Fell on Friday the 13th, Scream If You Know What I Did Last Halloween, Film da te kap, Film de peur, Horrorra akadva avagy—Tudom kit ettel tavaly nyarson, Scary Movie—Um susto de filme, Todo mundo em panico, and Una pelicula de miedo), Dimension Films, 2000.

Hartney, Devour, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

Gary Daingerfield (the father), Daingerfield (short film), Reflective Films, 2006.

James, Dysfunction (short film), Arc2 Intertainment/Kindred Films, 2006.

Stan Mellow, Unnatural & Accidental, Odeon Films, 2006.

Big executive, Numb, Insight Films, 2007.

Middle-aged man, Blonde and Blonder, 2007.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Noroc, Versatile Pictures, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Killing Caesar, 2004.

Appeared in The Dreamer Examines His Pillow and Four Dogs and a Bone, both Alchemist Theatre Collective, Havana Cafe; in Marking Time, Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Firehall Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; in Mental (musical), Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Performed in staged readings for Shakespeare Project, Savage God Theatre, at Christ Church Cathedral, including appearances as the role of Jacques, As You Like It; as a traveling merchant, The Comedie of Errors; as Benedicke, Much Ado about Nothing; as a lord, messenger, and Vincentio, The Taming of the Shrew; as Lepidus and guard, The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra; as Caska and Lucillius, The Tragedie of Julius Caesar; and as Lodovico, The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice.