Ron Canada

Personal Info

Birthday

May 3, 1949

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Ron Canada

Biography

Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

The Mentalist

The Office

Blue Bloods

Stargate SG-1

Filmography

2025
This Will Never Work
as Uncle Pete
2020
The Empty Man
as Detective Villiers
2018
Bully
as 'Action' Jackson
2017
Crown Heights
as Judge Marcy
The Discovery
as Cooper
2015
After Words
as Nelson
Ted 2
as Judge
2012
Lake Effects
as Winchester
2009
Noble Things
as Moses
Bob Funk
as Smiley
2008
Ocean of Pearls
as Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
The Beneficiary
as Detective Jensen
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
as Mr. Bennett
2007
Snowglobe
as Antonio
Little Wings
as John
2006
Paved with Good Intentions
as Garrett Balden
Islander
as T. Hardy
2005
Just Like Heaven
as Dr. Walsh
Wedding Crashers
as Randolph
Cinderella Man
as Joe Jeanette
2004
National Treasure
as Guard Woodruff
2003
The Human Stain
as Herb Keble
The United States of Leland
as Elden
The Hunted
as Harry Van Zandt
2001
Black River
as Chief Salks
Thank Heaven
as Joseph Johnson
1999
The Apartment Complex
as Detective Culver
In Too Deep
as Dr. Bratton
1998
Before He Wakes
as Detective Cochran
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Gabriel Jones
1997
Othello
as Iago
Clover
as Gaten's brother-in-law
1996
Pinocchio's Revenge
as Barry
Lone Star
as Otis Payne
1995
The American President
as Reporter Lloyd
Man of the House
as Bob Younger
1994
Without Warning
as Terrance Freeman
Getting Even with Dad
as Zinn
1993
Barbarians at the Gate
as Vernon Jordan
1992
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Cop in Times Square
Play Nice
as Coroner
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
as Marshall Brooks
1990
The Last of the Finest
as Cregan
Downtown
as Lowell Harris
1988
Unholy Matrimony
as Lt. Jack Tolliver
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
as Bartender
1987
Heart
as Talk Show Guest
Adventures in Babysitting
as Greydon
1983
D.C. Cab
as Policeman #4
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Barker