Ron Canada

Ron Canada

1949-05-03 New York City, New York, USA 51 Credits

Biography

Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.

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This Will Never Work

This Will Never Work

2025

as Uncle Pete

10.0
Acting

THIS WILL NEVER WORK is about a Black family coming together to have an intervention for Amanda's drinking problem. They've hired a therapist named Tr...

The Empty Man

The Empty Man

2020

as Detective Villiers

6.2
Acting

Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominou...

Bully

Bully

2018

as 'Action' Jackson

5.7
Acting

A coming-of-age comedy about Jimmy, a quiet, heavy-set high school kid who is constantly tormented by the resident school bully Miles and his cronies....

Crown Heights

Crown Heights

2017

as Judge Marcy

6.6
Acting

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

The Discovery

The Discovery

2017

as Cooper

6.3
Acting

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless pe...

After Words

After Words

2015

as Nelson

5.5
Acting

Jane Taylor, a librarian, has lost her job. Depressed and suicidal, she decides to take a final wonderful trip to Costa Rica before swallowing a bottl...

Ted 2

Ted 2

2015

as Judge

6.3
Acting

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

Lake Effects

Lake Effects

2012

as Winchester

4.0
Acting

After the loss of their father, two estranged sisters reunite with their mother at their enchanting family lake house and find that the secret to over...

Noble Things

Noble Things

2009

as Moses

5.0
Acting

Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his impri...

Bob Funk

Bob Funk

2009

as Smiley

4.7
Acting

After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who...

Ocean of Pearls

Ocean of Pearls

2008

as Dr. Wiiliam Ballard

4.9
Acting

As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surg...

The Beneficiary

2008

as Detective Jensen

8.0
Acting
The Haunting of Molly Hartley

The Haunting of Molly Hartley

2008

as Mr. Bennett

4.4
Acting

When teenage Molly Hartley moves to a new town, she's haunted by terrifying visions that may have to do with dark secrets from her past. Something evi...

Snowglobe

Snowglobe

2007

as Antonio

6.0
Acting

A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does ...

Little Wings

Little Wings

2007

as John

Acting

The dramatic short, Little Wings, explores the trauma of child abuse through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy named Thomas. In this emotional tale, Thom...

Paved with Good Intentions

Paved with Good Intentions

2006

as Garrett Balden

Acting

No Plot Given.

Islander

Islander

2006

as T. Hardy

6.0
Acting

After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast b...

Just Like Heaven

Just Like Heaven

2005

as Dr. Walsh

7.0
Acting

Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts t...

Wedding Crashers

Wedding Crashers

2005

as Randolph

6.5
Acting

John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: cra...

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man

2005

as Joe Jeanette

7.6
Acting

The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.

National Treasure

National Treasure

2004

as Guard Woodruff

6.6
Acting

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas J...

The Human Stain

The Human Stain

2003

as Herb Keble

6.0
Acting

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about ...

The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

2003

as Elden

6.5
Acting

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfrien...

The Hunted

The Hunted

2003

as Harry Van Zandt

6.2
Acting

In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is appro...

Black River

Black River

2001

as Chief Salks

5.5
Acting

Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city and a...

Thank Heaven

Thank Heaven

2001

as Joseph Johnson

2.3
Acting

The life of Jack Lander (Matt Keeslar) a television news producer, was a disaster ... until the day when a misdirected golf ball changed everything. D...

The Apartment Complex

The Apartment Complex

1999

as Detective Culver

5.8
Acting

A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.

In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999

as Dr. Bratton

6.3
Acting

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold o...

Before He Wakes

Before He Wakes

1998

as Detective Cochran

3.8
Acting

Initially cleared of "accidentally" killing her husband, an idyllic wife and mother comes under suspicion when police learn that her first husband als...

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

1998

as Gabriel Jones

4.5
Acting

Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children ...

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle

1998

4.1
Acting

Wife of an upscale business executive becomes pregnant and at the same time discovers she has cancer in her uterus. Treatment means terminating the pr...

Othello

Othello

1997

as Iago

Acting

Spurred by the devious Iago and believing that his beloved Desdemona has betrayed him, Othello destroys his own happy world. Accomplished film, televi...

Clover

Clover

1997

as Gaten's brother-in-law

4.5
Acting

Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten dies. So Sara has to take care of Gaten's daughter, C...

Pinocchio's Revenge

Pinocchio's Revenge

1996

as Barry

4.3
Acting

Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a bir...

Lone Star

Lone Star

1996

as Otis

7.0
Acting

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

The American President

The American President

1995

as Reporter Lloyd

6.5
Acting

Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wa...

Man of the House

Man of the House

1995

as Bob Younger

5.3
Acting

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben trie...

Without Warning

Without Warning

1994

as Terrance Freeman

6.7
Acting

A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems nat...

Getting Even with Dad

Getting Even with Dad

1994

as Zinn

5.3
Acting

Con man Ray is going after one last heist – a stash of rare coins – when his estranged son Timmy unexpectedly shows up. Ray is too preoccupied with hi...

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992

as Cop in Times Square

6.8
Acting

Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems f...

Play Nice

Play Nice

1992

as Coroner

4.4
Acting

A serial killer is on the loose, and a cop must track him (or her) down.

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid

1992

as Marshall Brooks

5.3
Acting

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machin...

The Last of the Finest

The Last of the Finest

1990

as Cregan

5.9
Acting

An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of the...

Downtown

Downtown

1990

as Lowell Harris

5.7
Acting

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get ...

Unholy Matrimony

Unholy Matrimony

1988

as Lt. Jack Tolliver

8.7
Acting

He's after a man who married for money. Insurance money.

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

Arthur 2: On the Rocks

1988

as Bartender

5.5
Acting

Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way t...

Heart

Heart

1987

as Talk Show Guest

4.3
Acting

Eddie Brennan is a down-and out fighter with nowhere to go but up... and with just the right combination of guts and spirit to become a winner. Once a...

Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting

1987

as Greydon

6.9
Acting

When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a qui...

Good to Go

1986

5.0
Acting

After being misled by the police about a rape and murder near a popular Washington, D.C. Go-Go club, a jaded journalist begins digging into the establ...

D.C. Cab

D.C. Cab

1983

as Policeman #4

5.3
Acting

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company bu...

The Man Who Wasn't There

The Man Who Wasn't There

1983

as Barker

4.1
Acting

When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himsel...