Biography
Blu Mankuma (born July 5, 1948) is an American actor. He has appeared in numerous Canadian and American productions filmed in Canada. Mankuma was born in Seattle, Washington. Among Mankuma's film credits are Tin Man, The Russia House, Another Stakeout, Harmony Gate, Bird on a Wire, Harmony Cats, Cadence, Look Who's Talking, Connor's War, Shoot to Kill, Blacktop, Eureka, 2012 and G-Saviour The Movie, the first attempt so far at a live action G-n-am Movie. Television credits include continuing ro...
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Complete Filmography

Broken Angel
2022
as Sam
Angel, a once vibrant beautiful Cree woman, becomes weary and spiritless after enduring viscous spiritual, physical, and emotional abuse from her part...

Volition
2019
as Mick
A man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder.

Bad City
2014
as L. Donald Bramante
Bad City is on the edge of falling into the hands of a madman, you dig? A strange and funky new party drug is killing kids left and right and that jiv...

Upside Down
2012
as Albert
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his que...

Smoke Screen
2010
as Detective Clark
Newswoman Britt Shelley shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay...

Fathers & Sons
2010
as Blu
Fathers & Sons is a comedic exploration of a group of men and their relationships with their fathers. A middle-aged Jewish man meets his father for th...

The Final Storm
2010
as Charles Booker
A stranger named Silas flees from a devastating storm and finds refuge with Tom and Gillian on their farm. While struggling with the Storm, Silas seem...

2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2010
as Self
This documentary features the 2012 film's cast and crew praising the work, vision, and style of the famed Disaster movie director (i.e. Roland Emmeric...

2012
2009
as Harry Helmsley
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns t...

At Jesus' Side
2008
as Ulysses (voice)
The last week of Jesus’ life through the Resurrection, as seen through the eyes of a pack of outcast animals. Jericho, a vagabond street dog, befriend...

Fierce People
2006
as Gates
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yan...

Connors' War
2006
as Brooks
They'll never see him coming... It's Personal. It's War. A blinded ex special agent is given his sight back by a special serum in order for him to sto...

Like Mike 2: Streetball
2006
as Coach Archie
Another young boy with 'hoop dreams' finds an old pair of Michael Jordan's sneakers and can suddenly play ball like the greatest player in the world.

Presumed Dead
2006
as Captain Dade
A famous crime novelist's protigie disappears before the release of author's first new book in years. Is the seeming crime an elaborate publicity stun...

Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia
2006
as Deep Bibble (voice)
In this animated follow-up to Fairytopia, Elina enlists the help of a mermaid, Nori, to save her friend Nalu, a merman prince who has been captured by...

Fugitives Run
2005
as Rusty
There's never a dull moment from the time Clint Northern meets Dan John Fighting Bear at his granddaughter's birthday party. The two take an instant d...

Murder at the Presidio
2005
as Assistant D.A.
Based on the true story of the only homicide committed on the famed San Francisco Military base. A military Criminal Investigations Officer goes beyon...

The Final Cut
2004
as Zoe Tech Representative
Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest as...

G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom
2004
as Heavy Duty (voice)
G.I. Joe, perennial icon of American boyhood, gets a 21st-century update in a new CGI-animated children's series of thrilling military adventure. In t...

Jack
2004
as Coach
Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living w...

Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
2004
as Police Chief
The story of Heidi Fleiss, known as "The Hollywood Madam", who was the daughter of a prominent Los Angeles doctor and eventually became a prostitute f...

Stellaluna
2004
as Great White Owl
Based on the beloved children's book, this fun-filled animated feature follows a spirited young fruit bat who finds friendship, love and acceptance in...

On Thin Ice
2003
Patsy McCartle is a widow with two sons trying to gather all the money she has to pay for her car, bills, and her son's medication, all of which she c...

G.I. Joe: Spy Troops
2003
as Heavy Duty (voice)
When a COBRA spy steals a powerful new technology, the GI JOE team fights back with spies of their own! Duke, Shipwreck, Wild Bill and the rest of the...

Hot Wheels: World Race
2003
as Hasis (voice)
Recruited by the mysterious Dr. Tezla, the greatest race car drivers in the world roar onto the track - and into a mind-bending array of alternate dim...

Jasper, Texas
2003
as James Byrd Sr.
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This ...

Imaginext: Fortress of the Dragon
2003
as Lord Dragonmont (voice)
Meet Marty, Dan and Katy--three ordinary kids who find themselves in the middle of an extraordinary adventure when they discover "The Books of Imagine...

Inspector Gadget's Last Case
2002
as Velvetmobile (voice)
Gadget is still a klutz and Dr. Claw has a vicious new plan that makes him a super-hero in disguise to try to ruin Gadget and to take over the world, ...

Groove Squad
2002
as Coach (voice)
The cheerleaders in this animated adventure do more than flips, call-outs and somersaults -- they also solve crimes! These three talented girls manage...

The Santa Clause 2
2002
as John Pierce
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscur...

Johnson County War
2002
as Hambone
The three Hammett brothers, Cain, Harry and Dale are caught in a conflict that escalates rapidly and the old farmers facing against new farmers who ha...

K-9: P.I.
2002
as Captain Thomas
Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to fi...

Roughing It
2002
as Johnston
A teenaged Mark Twain travels to the American West during the "Gold Rush" days in search of fortune and his destiny.

Joe
2002
as Joe Fortes (voice)
This animated short tells the story of Seraphim "Joe" Fortes, one of Vancouver's most beloved citizens. Born in the West Indies, Joe Fortes swam in En...

ReBoot - Daemon Rising
2001
as Killabyte / Gigabyte (voice)
Looks like Bob and his fellow computer Sprites may have finally met their match. Supervirus Daemon is spreading her infection throughout the entire Ne...

Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
2001
as Gort
The Cromwell clan lives in the real world, except for their grandmother who lives in Halloweentown, a place where monsters go to escape reality. But n...

The Christmas Secret
2000
as Haskins
In this magical story, a scientist sets out to prove that reindeer can fly and along the way discovers the true meaning of faith, family and Christmas...

Holiday Heart
2000
as Pastor Henry
After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds reli...

Blacktop
2000
as Buck
After a fight with her boyfriend, a woman unknowingly accepts a ride from a psychopath.

Middlemen
2000
as Dizzy
A small-time car stereo thief weasels his way into intercepting a high-stakes drug deal. The job seems simple and easy, but he soon encounters double-...

Convergence
2000
as John Fellons
A young journalist is assigned to work with a more experienced writer on a scandal paper. On an assignment to write about a mental-hospital patient wh...

Mermaid
2000
as Caretaker
Four year old Desi learns to accept the death of her father by sending him a letter on a balloon to which she receives a reply. Based on a true story.

Don't Look Behind You
1999
as George Reeder
Jeff Corrigan has to enter the witness protection program with his family when he gives up his former boss to the FBI after discovering that he is a d...

G-Saviour
1999
as Chief Councilor Graves
Universal Century 0223 - Humanity struggles to survive as wide spread famine spreads throughout the Earth and its orbiting space settlements known as ...

Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge
1999
as D.A. Stevens
In 1989, a group of well-known high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey were accused of the gang rape of a teen girl. When the town rallies to p...
The Color of Courage
1999
as Hollis Grey
Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose...

Every Mother's Worst Fear
1998
as Detective Maris
Faced with her parents' recent divorce, her mother working long hours and her high school boyfriend dumping her, 16-year-old Martha looks for solace i...

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
as Jim (voice)
Join Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn on a series of exciting adventures that lead to mischief and mayhem wherever they go. No matter how hard they try...

Bone Daddy
1998
as Trent
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, the madman gets caught, but in reality he is still u...

Final Descent
1997
as Jack Eberly
An airliner collides with a light plane just after takeoff, causing its elevators to jam in the full climb position. It will crash as soon as the fuel...

Dead Silence
1997
as Special Agent Henry Lebow
Three escaped convicts take a group of deaf students hostage.
A Call to Remember
1997
as Hank McTier
Paula Tobias, a Holocaust survivor who has suffered the ultimate personal tragedy of losing her spouse and children during the Nazi occupation of Worl...

Intensity
1997
as Ethan Trevaine
Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in ...

Bliss
1997
as Nick
On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, com...

That Old Feeling
1997
as Piano Player
A bride's divorced parents find their old feelings for each other during the wedding reception and over the course of the next few days upsetting the ...

Murder at My Door
1996
as Det. Mike Ferguson
In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.

A Child Is Missing
1995
as Police Chief
A hermit living in the Washington Mountains stumbles upon a boy who has been kidnapped. He does everything in his power to save the boy but he becomes...

Convict Cowboy
1995
as Warden Bill Ranner
New inmate Clay Treyton, doing time for fisticuffs, is sent to a Montana ranch where prisoners spend time working with horses. Encouraged by the warde...

Whale Music
1994
as Mookie Saunders
Shot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant adaptation of Paul Quarringaton's Governor General's Award-...

Love on the Run
1994
as Ray Valentine
A pilot to a prospective series involving a pair of mismatched newlyweds who are set up by her wealthy dad as partners in a travel business for thrill...

RoboCop: The Future of Law Enforcement
1994
as Sergeant Stanley Parks
While tracking a ruthless killer, RoboCop and Madigan uncover a conspiracy between insane genius Dr. Cray Mallardo and ruthless OCP executive Chip Cha...

For the Love of Aaron
1994
as Mark Perkins
Family Ties' Meredith Baxter Birney stars in this made-for-television movie about a woman threatened with losing her son to her ex-husband. Following ...

A Stranger in the Mirror
1993
as Kenyon's Butler
A naive young woman arrives in Hollywood to become a star, but after she gets drugged and raped during a shoot, she hardens quickly and catches the ey...

Another Stakeout
1993
as Seattle Det. Wills
A pair of immature detectives are joined by a pesky assistant district attorney in staking out a lakeside home where an important Mafia trial witness ...

Miracle on Interstate 880
1993
as Fireman Shafer
A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.

Mortal Sins
1992
as Det. Rollie
A thriller directed by Bradford May focusing on a catholic priest dealing with a serial killer's confession and a murder investigation.

Knight Moves
1992
as Steve Nolan
A chess grandmaster is in a big tournament, and when his lover is found painted up and the blood drained out of her body he becomes a chief suspect. A...

A Mother's Justice
1991
as Det. Roy Bogardus
A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening and is blindfolded and raped. Her mother, Lila, who is consumed with guilt is determin...

K2
1991
as Man on Wheelchair
They call it the savage mountain. 27 people have perished trying to reach the summit on K2, the world's second highest peak. A U.S. climbing team, fun...

Bingo
1991
as Motorcycle Cop
Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featurin...

The Russia House
1990
as Merv
Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investiga...

Cadence
1990
as Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of fa...

Bird on a Wire
1990
as Plainclothesman
An FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years. Now an old flame has recognised him, and the bad guys are back for revenge.

Immediate Family
1989
as Crib Mover
Linda and Michael, married for ten years, desperately want a baby and turn to an adoption agency which introduces them to Lucy, a teenage girl expecti...

Look Who's Talking
1989
as Director
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter w...

Cold Front
1989
as The Bartender
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
Changes
1989
This film explores the physical and emotional changes associated with puberty. Imaginative, animated sequences illustrate the amazing physical changes...

Watchers
1988
as Cliff
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being...
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
as Butler
In a well received addition to the Disney original, Johnny Cash and Tim Dunigan play Davy Crockett. Crockett and Andrew Jackson, now old men, share th...

The Red Spider
1988
as Bo Davis
A cop is found dead in a hotel, brutally murdered, a spider cut into his stomach. The police believes his death might be connected to the fact that he...

Shoot to Kill
1988
When a cunning murderer vanishes into the rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, pursuing FBI agent Warren Stantin must exchange familiar city str...

After the Promise
1987
as Jack
Elmer Jackson is a carpenter in a small Californian town in the 1930s. Struggling to bring up 4 young boys after the death of his wife, he is horrifie...

Stakeout
1987
Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her.

Malone
1987
as Rev. Danby
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wi...

The Stepfather
1987
as Lt. Jack Wall
Seemingly mild-mannered Henry Morrison — who has just murdered his entire family — quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new...

High Stakes
1986
as Reverand Willis
Hard boiled tales of tough molls and trigger happy gangsters, screwball chases, and wartime intrigue are spun together in this send-up of the 40's fil...

Firefighter
1986
as Firefighter / Paramedic Washington
Cindy Fralic (Nancy McKeon) plans to become a Los Angeles County firefighter. However, in the 60-year history of the department, no woman has ever pas...

Brotherly Love
1985
as Wineman
A businessman is stalked by his murderous twin brother, who has just been released from a mental hospital.

Rainbow War
1985
Three kingdoms, floating separately in space, can each see the other nearby kingdoms but have no means to communicate or visit. Each has developed a f...
Secrets of a Married Man
1984
as Cop #2
A man going through a mid-life crisis, starts patronizing prostitutes. Eventually, he meets a very expensive one and he thinks he has it all. That is ...

Finders Keepers
1984
as Wade Eichorn
On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldie...

Mr. Patman
1981
as Orderly
Women, patients and paranoia surround an Irish night-shift orderly in a Canadian mental ward.

The Plutonium Incident
1980
as Benny
A plutonium plant employee becomes the target of management, as well as union harassment, when she tries to blow the whistle on the company for neglig...

Letters from Frank
1979
as Mover #1
When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes...