Biography
Tom McCamus is a Canadian stage, film and television actor, best known for his work as the villainous Mason Eckhart on the science-fiction television series "Mutant X", for his award winning performances in the feature films "I Love a Man in Uniform" and "Waking Up Walter: The Walter Gretzky Story", and for his supporting role in the Academy Award nominated drama "Room". He holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Tempest
2019
as Stephano
In Shakespeare’s great drama of loss and reconciliation, a long-deposed ruler uses magical arts to bring within her power the enemies who robbed her o...
Coriolanus
2019
as Menenius Agrippa
Staged at the Stratford Festival and named on many 2018 year-end critics “best of” lists, the Stratford Festival’s “riveting” and “exhilarating” (The ...
The Emissary
2017
as The Steward
A mysterious interplanetary diplomat arrives at a post-apocalyptic planet earth in order to facilitate the adoption of a member of an ancient royal fa...
Room
2015
as Leo
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world ...
Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopratra
2015
as Enobarbus
Reason and judgement prove no match for the tsunami of mutual passion engulfing Mark Antony, one of the three joint rulers of the Roman republic, and ...
Stratford Festival: King John
2015
as King John
When the King of France demands that John relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, war is the inevitable result. Excommu...
The Samaritan
2012
as Deacon
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new sta...
Cairo Time
2009
as Mark
In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq ...
Booky's Crush
2009
as Sidney
The Thomsons - parents Thomas and Francie, and children Willa, Arthur, Beatrice (nicknamed Booky) and Jakey - are a loving working class family living...
Killshot
2008
as Paul Scallen / FBI Chief
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking...
Shake Hands with the Devil
2007
as Major Phil Lancaster
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for...
Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India
2006
as Narrator
WARRIOR EMPIRE: THE MUGHALS is a sweeping, in-depth portrait of India's most colorful, violent, and majestic era. From 1526 to 1858, this dynasty of n...
Heyday!
2006
as Joe Neal
During World War II, the usually sleepy town of Gander, Newfoundland is abuzz with activity as the stopover point for many flights between North Ameri...
Black Widow
2005
as Detective Pressman
A film noir-style musical telling the story of how a man met his end by getting sucked into a web of lies and deceit by a beautiful, dark-haired singe...
Siblings
2004
as Mr. Phillips
Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this ...
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
2004
as Wallace Rowlands
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigitte and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. B...
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
as Calum
When the always dramatic Lola and her family move from the center of everything in New York City to the center of a cultural wasteland in suburban New...
Trinity
2003
as Dr. Clerval
In a remote arctic research station, government agents Brach and Schiller discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval. A psychological chess...
The Nature of Nicholas
2002
as Father
The Nature of Nicholas is a surreal story of twelve-year-old Nicholas as he struggles with an attraction to his best friend.
Steal
2002
as Jerry
An entrepreneurial criminal, Slim (Dorff) is as smart as they come. Cocky and confident, he assembles a team of risk-taking rush-seekers to pull off a...
The Claim
2000
as Burn
A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who ...
Possible Worlds
2000
as George Barber
The same man lives out several parallel lives in different "worlds" and in different relationships at the same time.
Murder Most Likely
2000
In 1981, former RCMP Undercover Agent "Patrick Kelly" was accused of causing the mysterious death of his wife. Managing to elude the authorities, Kell...
Spreading Ground
2000
as Johnny Gault
Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead...
Don't Think Twice
1999
A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.
Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons
1999
as Rembrandt van Rijn
At the height of his success in 1630 Amsterdam, Rembrandt takes on a Jewish studio apprentice, Samuel.
The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
as Richard
Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.
Last Night
1998
as Radio D.J. (voice)
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Six Gestures
1997
as Bach
Inspired by Bach presents cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by J.S. Bach in collaboration with artists from different...
The Sweet Hereafter
1997
as Sam Burnell
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives...
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1996
as Edmund Tyrone
The remaining members of a once-great American family succumb to addictions, selfishness and disease.
First Degree
1995
as Amos Turzo
A homicide detective falls for a murder victim's wife, who is also the prime suspect.
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
1995
as Mr. Schlesinger
Nurse Margaret Sanger became a pioneering crusader for women's reproductive rights after she published a booklet on birth control techniques that flew...
I Know My Son Is Alive
1994
as Salvatore Falcone
A couple's life is torn apart by the disappearance of their new-born son.
I Love a Man in Uniform
1993
as Henry Adler
Henry Adler, an outwardly normal banker, yearns to make it in show business and still answers to his overbearing father. When Henry is hired to act in...
Guilty as Sin
1993
as Ray Schiff
Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Heart Songs
1992
as Snipe
A romantic and moody 35 mm cinema short shot in Canada with Tom McCamus, about a lone guy wandering in the backwoods, who meets and falls in love with...
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
as Leonard Thomas
When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of his wife and patients is radic...
Norman's Awesome Experience
1989
as Norman
Through the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her photographer are sent back in time to the Romans. They arrive i...
And Then You Die
1987
A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat