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Born and raised in Los Angeles,
Cunningham got sick and tired of tugging on the 'shirt sleeves' of
Hollywood. And so, in 1993 he decided he'd had enough and shouted from a
laundromat, "Enough! To hell with this! I'm going to get out of this town,
go to Vancouver, take a film class, start up my own production company, make
a movie and put me in it!"
And so, he loaded up his car, headed
north, took a film class, started up his own production company, made a
movie and put himself in it.
That movie was ZACHARIA FARTED.
A highly successful indie feature, which took a total of 3 AUDIENCE
FAVORITE AWARDS out of the 7 festivals it played throughout Canada, the
U.S. and Europe. 'ZACHARIA' was also nominated for 5 LEO AWARDS (B.C.
Film Awards) including, BEST PICTURE.
Today, Colin continues to be one of
the busiest and hardest working actor/filmmakers in the United States and
Canada. He recently won a LEO AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
in the tv series DAVINCI'S INQUEST (for his role as dirty cop Brian
Curtis). Colin also just finished up writing, directing and starring in the
film CENTIGRADE (currently on the festival circuit). Centigrade has
already taken a BEST PICTURE and BEST ACTOR AWARD qualifying
the film for an ACADEMY AWARD next year.
In over 20 years of acting, Colin has
worn many 'faces'. From the rule-bound Major Paul Davis on STARGATE SG-1
to a sleazy tabloid editor in CSI-MIAMI. Colin only has to turn to
his closet where he becomes long haired druggy cop Brian Curtis, the Devil
incarnate (THE COLLECTOR) or the blonde, caring and ever present
ex-husband 'Neil' on THE CHRIS ISAAK SHOW.
Currently starring along side James
Cromwell and Natasha Hensdridge in the mini series IMPACT,
Cunningham's personal highlights to date are working with Arnold
Schwarzennegger in THE SIXTH DAY, Jennifer Garner in ELEKTRA
and with Christopher Guest in the Castle Rock Pictures 'moc-umentary'
release BEST IN SHOW.
For
more information, please contact:
AGENT:
Dylan Collingwood (604 681 2338) Source: The Official Colin Cunningham Website |