Biography
David Ferry is a Canadian actor and Dora Award-winning theatre director. Ferry was nominated for a Genie Award, for best supporting actor in Hounds of Notre Dame. He was also star of the popular Canadian radio program "Midnight Cab". He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Danger Next Door
2021
as Guy
After a violent mugging, soon-to-be parents Robin and Ben flee the city for the idyllic countryside, a perfect place to raise their child. Unfortunate...

The Oak Room
2020
as Kenneth
During a raging snowstorm, a drifter returns home to the blue-collar bar located in the remote Canadian town where he was born. When he offers to sett...

Kidnap Capital
2016
as Politican
Imagine leaving everything you have, everyone you know, everyone you love, behind. Having to cross half a continent on foot, atop freight trains, insi...

Joy Ride 3
2014
as Barry the Trucker
Rusty Nail is back on the road again looking to punish injustice at every turn - and this time it's with a group of hotheaded street racers on their w...

The Backseat
2013
Executive Producer
Jakarta, Saturday night. Four guys go to some place to celebrate Edo's birthday. Edo's friends have already something in mind to surprise him, but Edo...

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
2009
as Detective Dolly
Skillfully framed by an unknown enemy for the murder of a priest, wanted vigilante MacManus brothers Murphy and Connor must come out of hiding on a sh...

Man of the Year
2006
as Senator Mills
The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he e...

Control Factor
2003
as Detective Jordan
An average everyman discovers he's the unwitting target of an ultra secret domestic black-op centering on mind control.

Another Day
2001
as Ray
Kate's boyfriend dies in a fire after a fight over the couple's unborn child. After Kate is involved in a near-drowning accident a few years later, sh...

Ruby's Bucket of Blood
2001
as Sheriff Robicheaux
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.

Deliberate Intent
2000
as Brandenburg
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how...

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

Resurrection
1999
as Mr. Breslauer
A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembe...

The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
as Interviewer
Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

The Boondock Saints
1999
as Detective Dolly
Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner and Murphy are inspired by their faith to cleanse their home...

Evidence of Blood
1998
as Norwood
When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.

Glory & Honor
1998
as John Verhoeff
The true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
1997
as Victor
The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off th...

What Kind of Mother Are You?
1996
as Judge Keiter
Kelly keeps getting into trouble with the police. Her mother agrees to her going into a juvenile detention center overnight. She is kept there for muc...

The Stupids
1996
as Late-night show host
An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

Night of the Twisters
1996
as Bob Iverson
A coming-of-age story, adapted from Irv Ruckman's 1984 novel, about a teenager who bonds with his stepfather while the Blainsworth, Nebraska farm fami...

Deadly Love
1995
as Sal Consentino
Rebecca Barnes is a successful photographer who has it all—including the curse of vampiric immortality. Longing for companionship, Barnes leaves a dis...

Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1995
as Eddie
Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech wea...

When the Dark Man Calls
1995
as Howard Albright
A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is ...

Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
1995
as Walsh
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
1993
as Detective Fell
The true story of a woman who is sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband's ex-wife.

Woman on the Ledge
1993
as Billy
Three longtime friends each struggle with a major life crisis threatening to destroy her.

Strange Horizons
1992
as Pascal
The story of a war between men and women in the 23rd century.

White Room
1990
as Record Executive
Norm, an aimless writer, witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty, as he did nothing to prevent it. At Madelaine’s funeral...

The Last Winter
1989
Tells the story of a young man's struggle to keep his world from changing. Placed in the rural setting of the mid 1950s.

Day One
1989
as Army Major
Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard leaves Europe, eventually arriving in the United States. With the help of Einstein, he persuades the government to bui...

Physical Evidence
1989
as 1st Cop
A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puz...

Sadie and Son
1987
as Captain Ruggles
It's a family affair when a 50-ish police officer is joined by her son on the force.
Covert Action
1987
as Sonny
An RCMP officer and a government representative uncover a KGB plot to assassinate the Premier of Quebec.
The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
1987
as Mr. Phelps
A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for langua...
Whodunit?
1986
as Jack Tanner
25 years ago a mother and father went missing and were presumed murdered on Wolfe Island and their bodies never found, and now a tabloid journalist an...

A Whale for the Killing
1981
as Johnny Goodenough
A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a t...

Hounds of Notre Dame
1980
as Ron Fryer
It's the winter of 1940. Father Athol Murray - "Pere" to most that know him - is an opinionated, chain-smoking, hard drinking parish priest at Notre D...
Powder Heads
1980
as Striker
Teenagers hit the slopes in this basically-plotless Canadian comedy.

High-Ballin'
1978
as Harvey
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the ...