Tyrone Benskin has been a significant presence in theatre, film, television and music for over 30 years. As part of the Canadian and International cultural landscape Tyrone has amassed an impressive resume and acclaim for a significant and varied body of work;, from no-nonsense cop to caring and devoted father, from ancient warrior to the characters showing the darkness of human nature. His numerous theatre credits include appearances on many of the celebrated stages across Canada.
His over 100 film and television credits include co-starring with Tori Spelling in the TV movie “Mind over Murder”, the new Christmas classic “The Christmas Choir”, “The Wool Cap” and the civil rights drama “Deacons for Defense” opposite Forrest Whitaker and Mr. Ossie Davis. Mr. Benskin also appeared in the NBC mini-series 10.5: Apocalypse and starred as Karl Lubinsky in the cult science fiction series “Charlie Jade” which aired in Canada, the US and internationally including South Africa, France, England and Japan. Feature films include the blockbuster hit “300”, Bob Dylan bio-pic “I’m not There” and acclaimed independent films “Peepers” and “Adam’s Wall.”
For over 5 years, Mr. Benskin served as Artistic Director of Black Theatre Workshop, Canada’s oldest Black theatre company. He served President of the Board of Creations Etc., a youth arts and outreach organization as well as serving on the board several community based non-profit organizations. Mr. Benskin was twice elected to the post of National Vice President of ACTRA, Canada’s national film and television actors union.
On May 2nd, 2011 Mr. Benskin was elected to the 41st Parliament of Canada as the Member for the diverse riding of Jeanne-Le Ber. Mr. Benskin was subsequently appointed to the post of “Official Opposition Critic for Canadian Heritage” by the Honorable Jack Layton. Mr. Benskin also serves as Deputy Critic for Official Languages and served on the Sub-Committee for International Human Rights. Benskin served as a Member of Canada’s House of Commons for four and a half years returning to the big screen in 2016 in Bad Santa 2 and the small screen as recurring character Rev. Wardell Cobb in season 2 of The Art of More opposite Denis Quaid.
Tyrone Benskin Biography / Wiki
| Name | Tyrone Benskin |
| Also Know | Tyrone Benski, Tyrone DeCosta Benskin, Tyron Benskin, Tyrone Berskin, Tyrone Benskine |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Bristol, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1958-12-29 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 63 |
| Deathday |
Tyrone Benskin Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Bears | Narrator (voice) | 2004-12-03 | From polar bears in the arctic tundra to black bears in the Northern Rockies, you’ll see some of the most spectacular footage ever shot of these enter… |
| The Christmas Choir | Bob | 2008-12-06 | A chance encounter with a homeless man named inspires a workaholic accountant to start a choir at a homeless shelter, allowing him to find a purpose … |
| Jack Paradise (Les nuits de Montréal) | Winston White | 2004-02-20 | … |
| Adam’s Wall | 2008-10-17 | As another Middle East crisis explodes, Adam, a Jewish teenager and Yasmine a Lebanese girl fall in love in Montreal. But the crisis overseas effects … | |
| Sci-fighters | Dr. Gene Washington | 1996-12-30 | A renegade police officer tracks a rapist spreading a deadly virus around 2009 Boston…. |
| The Long Island Incident | Colin Ferguson | 1998-05-03 | On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Ca… |
| Manivald | Moose (voice) | 2018-06-16 | Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machin… |
| Deacons for Defense | Archie | 2003-01-01 | Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of… |
| Mind Over Murder | Julian Hasty | 2006-08-12 | Holly Winters (Tori Spelling) is an unhappy-in-love, prosecuting attorney. After suffering a serious head injury, she gains the psychic power to read … |
| Final Verdict | Detective Lewis | 2009-02-01 | The successful prosecution of a man accused of murdering his wife catapults a young attorneys career into the position of assistant D.A. for a major c… |
| Marked Man | Boyd | 1996-01-01 | A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards…. |
| Aftermath | Arnold Ross | 2002-02-03 | Special Agent Rachel Anderson is charged with protecting a key witness, Richard Harper. But Harper himself is a suspect in several bomb attacks, one o… |
| Spenser: A Savage Place | Stevenson | 1995-05-20 | Candy Sloane, a news reporter that Spenser used to date, hires him out as backup while she investigates a credit card fraud ring that might be operati… |
| Redeemer | 2002-01-31 | When a Black Panther raid on the house of a dope dealer goes awry, an innocent young man is killed and the leader of the raid team, a Panther named Ch… | |
| Island of the Dead | Dwight Truman | 2000-11-14 | Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies…. |
| Christie’s Revenge | Detective Hogue | 2007-06-24 | After years of plotting, Christie vows to get revenge on her uncle, whom she blames for her father’s demise…. |
| The Legend of Sarila | Itak (voice) | 2013-02-21 | Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation…. |
| Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | Ward | 1994-02-19 | A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network…. |
| Peepers | Helman | 2010-04-01 | A rag-tag group, led by the eagle-eyed Steve, take to Montreal’s chilly rooftops under cover of night. They’re on the prowl for the perfect peep despe… |
| Summer Villa | Dominic Barone | 2016-07-23 | Although a successful romance novelist, Terry Russell hasn’t had luck in her own love life. After a disastrous first date with cocky, hot-shot New Yor… |
| Johnny and Clyde | Hadley | 1995-01-01 | When a young boy dogsits Clyde, a criminal canine trying to go straight, he ends up facing down the school bully, catching a criminal, and learning va… |
| The Final Heist | Juan | 1991-10-24 | David King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes. He hasn’t counted, however, on a mysterious gang who d… |
| The Killing Yard | Haywood Burns | 2001-09-23 | Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971…. |
| Pieces of a Woman | Judge | 2020-12-30 | When a young mother’s home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones… |
| A Husband, a Wife and a Lover | Dr. Carpenter | 1996-03-16 | When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them…. |
| My Breast | Dr. Henry Balmer | 1994-05-15 | Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist’s real-life str… |
| Stranger in the House | Slovitz | 1997-01-01 | A botched diamond burglary and a dead publishing company executive set off a string of murders and betrayal…. |
| A Woman’s Rage | Officer Kingman | 2008-03-01 | Beautiful Allison, 30, has no trouble finding a man. It’s keeping them that’s the problem…… |
| The Amityville Curse | Video Technician | 1990-05-07 | Five people spend the night in an abandoned house, the Amityville haunted house, and soon find themselves terrorized by assorted ghosts, venomous inse… |
| Clouds | Doctor | 2020-10-09 | Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes … |
| Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling | Dr. Nasser | 1995-10-25 | Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with t… |
| Birthmarked | Dr. Metcalfe | 2018-03-30 | Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature…. |
| Deadly Surveillance | Pool side cop | 1991-09-06 | A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficki… |
| Chaos Walking | Hammer | 2021-02-24 | Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting… |
| The Kiss | Train Station Doctor | 1988-10-14 | After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother’s estranged sister arrives and begins to … |
| Scanners II: The New Order | Store Owner | 1991-06-28 | A scanner discovers a plot by renegade elements in the city government to take power with the help of evil scanners…. |
| Cyberbully | Principal Wasney | 2011-07-16 | A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying…. |
| The Christmas Checklist | George | … | |
| Small Crimes | Chaplin | 2017-04-28 | A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mes… |
| Tales from the Neverending Story: Badge of Courage | Cairon | 2003-06-05 | The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the bound… |
| Tales from the Neverending Story: Resurrection | Cairon | 2003-07-10 | The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the bound… |
| Tales from the Neverending Story: The Beginning | Cairon | 2001-10-06 | The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the bound… |
| Tales from the Neverending Story: The Gift | Cairon | 2001-10-13 | The Childlike Empress lies in limbo between life and death and the only hope for her kingdom lies in the ability of a young boy to transcend the bound… |
| Immortals | Hoplite Captain | 2011-11-10 | Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that… |
| I’m Not There | Mr. Arvin | 2007-10-01 | Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger… |
| Dead Like Me: Life After Death | Police Commissioner Cusek | 2009-02-17 | When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break … |
| Moonfall | Judge | 2022-02-03 | A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it…. |
| Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait | Moose (segment “Manivald”) (voice) | 2020-05-18 | On the cusp of adulthood, the world’s longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven… |
| The Glass Castle | Ronnie | 2017-08-11 | A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingen… |
| 300 | Persian Emissary | 2007-03-07 | Based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, “300” is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t… |
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