Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nigel Bennett (born 19 November 1949) is an English actor/director/writer who has been based in Canada since 1986. He is best known for playing the vampire patriarch Lucien LaCroix in the TV series Forever Knight, for which he won the Canadian Gemini Award for best supporting actor in a dramatic series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nigel Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

All's Well That Ends Well
2023
as Reynaldo
When Helen cures the King of France of an ailment that has confounded every other doctor, he grants her lifetime wish: the marital hand of the aristoc...

The Family
2023
as Father
A young family, living in isolation and forced into hard labor out of fear of dishonoring their Father and Mother, fight to free themselves from their...

Christmas on 5th Avenue
2021
as Charlie McDean
Eve, A Christmas loving professional wish granter, takes on the task of decorating the high-end condo for a reclusive writer who is spending the holid...

The Righteous
2021
as Graham
A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.

Christmas in the Rockies
2020
as Grandpa Sam
Katie Jolly is a driven young woman with aspirations to leave her small town of Homewood and the family business behind for a career in New York City....

The Shape of Water
2017
as Mihalkov
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphi...

Prisoner X
2016
as President Charles Turner
A CIA operative interrogates a time-traveling terrorist.

Valentine Ever After
2016
as Judge Joe Emmett
Big city girls Julia and her best friend Sydney take a trip to a dude ranch in Wyoming for a fun weekend getaway, but after a brawl at the local bar, ...

Time of Death
2013
as Robert Loring
Following the death of CEO Robert Loring at precisely 10:44 pm, the FBI sends in Jordan Price, one of their best and brightest to solve the case. As o...

The Corridor
2012
as Lee Shephard
Friends on a weekend excursion take a path into a forest that leads to death and destruction.

Sea Wolf
2009
as Henderson
A young man is taken aboard a seal-hunting vessel helmed by the cruel captain Wolf Larsen.

Darwin's Darkest Hour
2009
as Sir Charles Lyell
In 1858 Charles Darwin struggles to publish one of the most controversial scientific theories ever conceived, while he and his wife Emma confront fami...

Passage
2008
as Sir James Graham
With a unique blend of dramatic action and behind-the-scenes documentary footage, filmmaker John Walker shares the multi-layered story of British expl...

Bridal Fever
2008
as Sam Panofsky
It’s a race to the altar when a steamy romance novelist with a long line of torrid romances – and ex-husbands – sets out to help a single woman ditch ...

Matters of Life & Dating
2007
as Errol Sager
Linda Dackman has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but this does not prevent her from seeing the positive side of life and continuing her quest for ...

Just Buried
2007
as Chief Knickle
A young man inherits a nearly bankrupt funeral home from his estranged father. He falls in love with the alluring young mortician, only to find out sh...

Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
as Harrison Pendleton
Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse...
A Bug and a Bag of Weed
2006
as Henry Tyler
Peter Jordan is 33 years old and stuck in a dead end retail job at Super Duper Computers. To make matters worse, he's managed to rack up over $35,000 ...

The Hunt For the BTK Killer
2005
as Detective Zilinski
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.

Phantom Force
2004
as Jack Bavaro
The Venture, an old trident nuclear submarine retrofitted for research, has picked up an ancient and powerful artifact off the ocean floor and brought...

Post Impact
2004
as Col. Preston Waters
Meteor Bay-Leder 7 struck earth on October 18th, 2012. Causing earthquakes, tidal waves, and a dust cloud that soon covered most of the Northern hemis...

Mrs. Ashboro's Cat
2003
as Ted Riker
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs....

Sex & the Single Mom
2003
as Nick Gradwell
Jess Gradwell and her teenage daughter boast a superclose relationship. When it comes to sex, however, Mom won't stand for anything less than premarit...

Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart
2003
as Rat Bastard
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is out...

Do or Die
2003
as Ethan Grant
A virus causes people to age rapidly. There is an antidote, but it has to be taken daily and is under control of a single company. A woman who is not ...

Heart of a Stranger
2002
as Stan
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-...

Interceptor Force 2
2002
as Jack Bavaro
In the not too distant future a new team of specially trained government soldiers called an Interception Team contend with the latest hostile alien en...

The Scream Team
2002
as Warner MacDonald
Eccentric Frank Carlyle ran a horror shop in small-town Steeple Falls, which takes pride in and profit from its Halloween traditions. Frank's widower ...

Cypher
2002
as Finster
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-...

Too Young to Be a Dad
2002
as Dr. Howell
When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant, her family decides to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the ...

The Pilot's Wife
2002
as Dick Somers
Kathryn is distraught at the news of her husband's death delivered by a stranger from the airline for whom he was a pilot. She starts however to uncov...

Phase IV
2002
as Sen. Richard Karnes
Journalism student Simon Tate thinks it's strange when four students at the university suddenly die in "unrelated" accidents. When his friend, Dr. Ben...

A Town Without Christmas
2001
as Literary Agent
In the small town of Seacliff, Wash., a child's letter to Santa Claus captures the nation's attention. When the little boy, Chris, writes that he wish...

The Skulls
2000
as Dr. Whitney
A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accepted into the secret society The Skulls. He hopes it ...

Catch a Falling Star
2000
as Carter Hale
Stranded in a small town, true love prepares a spoiled movie star for the role of a lifetime... herself.

Code Name: Phoenix
2000
as Head of Marshall Service
A Hong Kong martial artist joins forces with a U.S. marshal in 2020 to stop the release of a virus that halts the aging process.

The Crossing
2000
as Gates
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.

Top of the Food Chain
1999
as Michel O'Shea
An isolated Canadian town (populated by the weirdest group of people this side of Saturn) has seen its share of problems. First the nut factory closed...

Half a Dozen Babies
1999
as David McLaughlin
Told she was unlikely to conceive, a woman taking fertility drugs gives birth to sextuplets.

Different
1999
as Russell Talmadge
A young woman was left mentally disabled after a car crash twenty years previously, a condition which her mother has never come to accept. Thus she fa...

Naked City: A Killer Christmas
1998
as Joseph Soloff
An ambitious reporter gets in the way of two cops assigned to investigate a serial killer who becomes active around Christmas time..

One Tough Cop
1998
as Insp. Bassie
A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.

Strike!
1998
as Harvey Sawyer
In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a ...

Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
as Col. Sanitsky
An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998
as Kurt
Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust victims.

Sanctuary
1998
as Sen. Stephen Macguire
Luke Kovak is part of a covert group within the CIA that works on illegal black ops involving blackmail and assassinations. When his boss orders the m...

Flood: A River's Rampage
1997
as Harry
After heavy rain, the Mississippi is breaking it's banks flooding small towns. Richard Thomas and Kate Vernon realise their town is next on the hit li...

Any Mother's Son
1997
as Allan Schindler Sr.
A Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.

Murder at 1600
1997
as Burton Cash
A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Desp...

Lies He Told
1997
as Commanding Officer
A charming military man arranges his own disappearance and death in order to begin a new life with a woman who is completely deceived by his lies. Bor...

The Arrow
1997
as James (Jim) Floyd
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from ...

Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
1997
as James Floyd
Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

Newton : A Tale of Two Isaacs
1997
as Sir Robert Hooke
As Newton devotes himself to the difficult and solitary path of challenging the existing view of the universe and proving his own theories on celestia...

Her Desperate Choice
1996
as Raskin
Despite allegations of child sexual abuse against Jody's ex-husband Marcus, the court orders joint custody of their daughter Samantha. Jody faces a ch...

Gotti
1996
as Bruce Mouw
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the mo...

Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
1996
as Nico
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker...

Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice
1996
as Brother Anthony
Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in ...

Vampires: Thirst for the Truth
1996
as Self
A documentary that explores man's enduring fascination with the vampire legend by examining historical accounts, literary works, and as they are portr...

The Shamrock Conspiracy
1995
as Dennis Malloy
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.

Where's the Money, Noreen?
1995
as Briscoll
After a woman is released from prison, she is trailed by the police, who believe she knows the whereabouts of the $3 million she helped steal 12 years...

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling
1995
as Treasury Agent Whittlesy
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...

Harrison Bergeron
1995
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonneg...

Friends at Last
1995
as Teddy
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
1995
as John Farrow
Actress Mia Farrow's personal life takes a turn for the worse when she engages in a long relationship with Woody Allen.

Soft Deceit
1995
as Ed McCullough
An attractive cop is assigned the task of tracing millions of dollars of stolen church funds. The thief, is locked up in prison, and the plan is to br...

Between Love and Honor
1995
as Large Man
Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice b...

Legends of the Fall
1994
as Asgaard
In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unco...

Madonna - Innocence Lost
1994
as Bennett
Pop-singer and actress Madonna's rise to fame is chronicled in this made-for-television movie. Terumi Matthews stars as the dancer-turned-musician, wh...

Paint Cans
1994
as Bryson Vautour
A Canadian take on The Player.

Back in Action
1994
as Kasajian
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.

I Know My Son Is Alive
1994
as Derek Eisner
A couple's life is torn apart by the disappearance of their new-born son.

Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
1994
as Levi Coffin
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.

Model by Day
1993
as Nicholai
Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.

The Women of Windsor
1992
as Lawson
Sisters-in-law Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and Diana Spencer, the Duchess of Windsor, lead glamorous, often tumultuous lives under the watchf...

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
1992
as Kurt Meyer
A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperie...

Hitler's Daughter
1990
as Berger
Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out w...

Narrow Margin
1990
as Jack Wootton
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically ...

Passion and Paradise
1989
as Lt. Johnny Douglas
Sir Harry Oakes, a wealthy British aristocrat is murdered by his son-in-law, revealing international intrigue and deception in the Bahamas before Worl...

A Child's Christmas in Wales
1987
as Father (past)
It's Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing...

The Ninja Mission
1984
as Second helicopter pilot
CIA, KGB and the amazing ninja masters are all in the center of Russia where the Swedish nuclear professor Karl Markov have invented a new kind of nuc...

Housewarming
1982
as Gary
Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger - an actor appearing in a very viol...