Biography
Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. He's a graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Like a House on Fire
2021
as Jack
Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman ...

Willed to Kill
2013
as Dr. Aaron Kade
A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.

My Mother's Secret
2012
as Garrett Fowler
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological famil...

The Tenth Circle
2008
as Mike Bartholomy
A family's well-kept secrets are exposed when the daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape.

St. Urbain's Horseman
2007
as Harry Stein
Based on the novel by Mordechai Richler - Winner of the 1971 Governor General's Award - this is the story of Jake, a film director of modest success a...

Normal
2007
as Carl
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

Supervolcano
2005
as Rick Lieberman
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for...

Saving Emily
2004
as Kurt
After learning that their young daughter, Emily, is suffering from leukemia, Cheryl and Greg have no choice but to seek out Cheryl's violent ex-husban...

Cube Zero
2004
as Jax
A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.

Sugar
2004
as The Man
Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This ...

The Perfect Husband
2004
as Ty Kellington
A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.

Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny
2004
as General John Reynolds
This is the epic story of the Battle of Gettysburg presented by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee and filmed at the massive 140th Gettysburg Battle...

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
as Peter
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after ...

100 Days In The Jungle
2002
as Rod Dunbar
100 Days in the Jungle tells the amazing true story of Canadian oil workers who were kidnapped by Colombian rebels and marched through the Ecuadorian ...

The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
2002
as Stephen Crowe
When 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe is brutally murdered at her home in her small home town, the authorities foolishly jump to conclusions that her 14-ye...

Punch
2002
as Sam
Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where s...
Black Swan
2002
as Carl
Set against the majestic landscape of Canada’s Bay of Fundy and the highest tides in the world, Black Swan is a dark comedy that weaves the innocent w...

Dogmatic
1999
as Dennis Winslow
This spirited comedy poses the age old question: if dogs are man's best friends, what happens when a man trades places with one, and literally lives "...
Heart of the Sun
1998
as Father Ed
Depression era drama set in Alberta finds a farmer's wife who swears that her inability to have a child is a punishment from God. In fact, it is slowl...

Ice
1998
as Greg
After the whole North of the Equator freezes below zero, a group of people in Los Angeles risk their lives while trying to "escape" from the city's ho...

Amistad
1997
as British Officer
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are th...

Every 9 Seconds
1997
as Ray
Domestic violence drama, with Gail O'Grady as a distraught young mother, finding herself stalked by her newly paroled ex and armed with a loaded gun, ...
Pale Saints
1997
as Dody
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mo...
The Prince
1996
African-American drama about a toymaker

Voice from the Grave
1996
as Adam Schuster
A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she's possessed by a murdered co-work...

Heck's Way Home
1996
as Rick Neufeld
After getting lost the day his family travels 2,000 miles in preparation for a move to Australia, this clever, loyal, 'map reading' dog begins an amaz...

French Kiss
1995
as M. Campbell
After her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get her lover back and marry him by traveling to Paris ...

The Possession of Michael D.
1995
as Dr. Nick Galler
When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a d...
Butterbox Babies
1995
as Russell Cameron
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

The Making of '...And God Spoke'
1994
as Clive Walton
A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could poss...

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

Because Why
1993
as Alex
After five years of travelling abroad, Alex arrives back in Montreal. All he has with him are a back-pack and a slip of paper with an ex-girlfriend's ...
Lifeline to Victory
1993
as Paul Devereaux
Paul Devereaux is a second officer with lots of experience with merchant ships. But this is World War II and the Royal Canadian Navy desperately needs...

Mustard Bath
1993
as Matthew
Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on receiving a letter from his mother three months after h...

To Catch a Killer
1992
as Joe 'Polock' Kozenczak
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful bu...

Diplomatic Immunity
1992
as Les
A female Canadian diplomat goes on a mission to El Salvador to try smooth relations between their government and the people of a small town who risk t...
Perfectly Normal
1991
as Renzo Parachi
A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.

No Man's Land
1987
as Horton
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy t...