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Complete Filmography
Close to the Bone: The Film
2023
The film accompanying the album "Closer to the Bone" by Ian Foster.

Under the Weather
2020
as Phil
There is no ‘best thing’ about having terminal cancer, but for forty-year-old Joe, being welcomed back into his childhood home, feeling the warmth and...

Little Orphans
2020
as Uncle Billy
The wedding of their youngest sister, Janet, brings Gwen and Kay home to St. John’s, Newfoundland. While Janet struggles to hide her family’s dysfunct...

Hunting Pignut
2017
as Larry
Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steal...

Riverhead
2016
as Burt
A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.

Keystone
2016
as Jack
When Jack begins to forget, he visits Keystone, an organization with an unlikely mandate: making your most important memories truly unforgettable.
The Tour
2015
as Married Man
Alice, a bus tour guide in St. John's Newfoundland with a broken heart unexpectedly tells her tales of love and loss to a group of life-weary tourists...
Clipper Gold
2014
as Man
It's a fine, frail line between fantasy and reality when the doleful, downtrodden state of a couple's relationship unfurls against the backdrop of a f...

Cast No Shadow
2014
as Ricky's Father
One wild and tumultuous summer in the life of young Jude Traynor as he attempts to navigate his way through a life of delinquency and petty crime.
Sadie
2014
as Mr. Snow
In 1940s outport Newfoundland, young Sadie struggles to cope with the tragic death of both her parents.

Hold Fast
2013
as Granddad (Jack)
Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.

Still Rowdy After All These Years
2011
A documentary retrospective on the prolific career of acclaimed Canadian actor, writer and director Gordon Pinsent.

Snarbuckled
2010
as Father O'Higgins
An itinerant cook survives a shipwreck, paddles himself to an island in a stock pot, and finds himself on a surreal journey through his past to discov...

Four Sisters
2010
as Nish Feehan
An old flame dredges up family secrets. Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and misconceptions to rest?
Mum's the Word
2009
as Carl
A group of youngsters discover that Mr. Templeton has 40 grand hidden in his home. They figure they can get their hands on the cash by masking themsel...
Down to the Wood
2009
as Delph
An unusual request forces Delph the barber to come to terms with possible loss.

Love & Savagery
2009
Writer, Book
In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.

Down to the Dirt
2008
as Officer Bowden
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection...
Spoiled
2008
as Dad
A young girl named Pearl tries to help her father navigate the world of online dating.

To Dublin with Love
2007
as Self
Inspired by the late poet Al Pittman's 'March Hare' late winter music and literary celebrations, director Barbara Doran-along with a clutch of her clo...

Random Passage
2002
as Captain Brennan
This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-t...

Random Passage
2002
Writer
This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-t...

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
1998
as Himself
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refug...

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog
1998
Poem
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refug...

The Boys of St. Vincent
1994
Writer
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later
1992
Writer, Story
Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now fi...

When Women Are Crazy
1991
Music
Rosemary House's first film, shot in her backyard, addresses "sex, death and crazy women" in 11 minutes.

Welcome to Canada
1989
Music Consultant
Newfoundlanders share their food, culture, and homes with a group of Tamil refugees found off the coast.

Finding Mary March
1988
This film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Indigenous Beothuk people, set in the Red Indian...