Peter Blais
Encyclopedia
Peter Blais is a Canadian
actor, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
who has been in a number of made-for-TV movies and television series. He has won a Golden Sheaf Award for "Best Performance - Male" in The Wager
, and in 1999 he was nominated for a Gemini Award
for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for his work in PSI Factor.
Blais attended Carleton University
and joined the campus drama society, where he met Dan Aykroyd
. They performed together in several amateur productions during the 1960s.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who has been in a number of made-for-TV movies and television series. He has won a Golden Sheaf Award for "Best Performance - Male" in The Wager
The Wager (1998 film)
The Wager is a 1998 short film, running approximately 19 minutes. The film was directed by Aaron Woodley, and it starred Peter Blais, Barclay Hope, and Valerie Boyle. Denise Cronenberg was the film's executive producer.-Synopsis:...
, and in 1999 he was nominated for a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for his work in PSI Factor.
Blais attended Carleton University
Carleton University
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
and joined the campus drama society, where he met Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
. They performed together in several amateur productions during the 1960s.
Films
- Baby on BoardBaby On BoardBaby on Board is the message of a small sign intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to encourage safe driving. First marketed in September 1984 by Safety 1st Corporation, the sign became a ubiquitous fad, flourishing in 1985...
(1991) — Bald Man - The WagerThe Wager (1998 film)The Wager is a 1998 short film, running approximately 19 minutes. The film was directed by Aaron Woodley, and it starred Peter Blais, Barclay Hope, and Valerie Boyle. Denise Cronenberg was the film's executive producer.-Synopsis:...
(1998) — Victor - Snow AngelsSnow Angels (film)Snow Angels is a 2007 drama film starring Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale. It was directed by David Gordon Green, who also wrote the screenplay adapted from Stewart O'Nan's 1994 novel of the same title. The film premiered in the dramatic competition at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival...
(2007) — Mr. Eisenstat
Made For Television Films
- TrudeauTrudeau (film)Trudeau is a 2002 television miniseries dramatizing the life of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. It aired on CBC Television and was written by Wayne Grigsby and directed by Jerry Ciccoritti....
(2002) — McIlwraith - Plain TruthPlain TruthPlain Truth is a novel written by Jodi Picoult about a murder on an Amish farm, first published in 2001.-Plot summary:The book tells the story of how a dead infant found on an Amish farm shakes the entire community. As the police investigate the death, they discover that the baby was not stillborn,...
(2004) — Dr. Ziegler - Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (2005) — Professor Émilken Caron
Television
- Faerie Tale TheatreFaerie Tale TheatreFaerie Tale Theatre is a live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales. Shelley Duvall serves as narrator, host and executive producer of the program, and occasionally stars in episodes...
(1 episode) (1985) — Julius Caesar Rat - Star Wars: EwoksStar Wars: EwoksStar Wars: Ewoks is an American/Canadian animated television series featuring the Ewok characters introduced in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi....
(1985)— Additional Voices - The Ray Bradbury TheaterThe Ray Bradbury TheaterThe Ray Bradbury Theater is an anthology series that ran for two seasons on HBO, three episodes per season from 1985 to 1986, and four additional seasons on USA Network from 1988 to 1992. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel...
(Skeleton) (1988) — Munigant - War of the WorldsWar of the Worlds (TV series)War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...
(1 episode) (1989) — Ralph - Forever KnightForever KnightForever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...
(Crazy Love) (1995) — Barlow - PSI Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalPsi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000...
(21 episodes) (1996–1999) — Lennox "L.Q." Cooper - TekWarTekWarTekwar is a series of science fiction novels officially authored by William Shatner and co-written by uncredited science-fiction author Ron Goulart, published by Putnam...
(Redemption) (1996)— Jonas La Salle (1 episode, 1996) - Beach Girls (TV mini-series) (2005) — Judge
External links
- L.Q. Coopers page Psi Factor Fan site