Tom McCamus played the head of Genomex, Mason Eckhart. Pic from Gothic Phantom's Lair
Actor Updates: What Tom has been up to since Mutant X.
Links: Official Site with Update Blog
Festival Ontario. Gothic Phantom's Tom McCamus Image Gallery. Stratford Yahoo Group. Tom Da Man Yahoo Group. Tom McCamus. Tom McCamus Yahooo Group. "Trinity" Discussion Site and Tom's other films.
Articles Archive.
Interviews: The Ground Control collection, The Calgary Sun, Canoe Jam!TV, Canoe Jam! Movies, Canoe Slam!Sports, The Edmonton Sun, Eye Weekly, The Independent 1/07, The London Free Press 6/07 and 7/07, The Montreal Mirror, Peter Hinton, The Stratford Festival
Tom and his wife, fellow actor Chick Reid
Bio on Ground Control
Trivia
* John Thomas McCamus was born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1955. His father John was an accountant, and his mother Betty was a university professor. Tom grew up in Silver Heights until he was 10 years old, going to Bishop Townshend Public School. Then father acquired a head office job in London, so the family moved there, and Tom attended Oakridge secondary school, where he met Art Fidler. [source 1, 2 3 4]
* As a child, Tom wanted to become a science fiction writer. He remembers seeing Alan Bates perform Richard III while he was in grade 7 or 8, and decided to study acting after performing theater in high school. [source 1 2]
* After high school, Tom worked odd jobs in a bookstore, then a post office, then a restaurant dishwasher. [source]
* Tom graduated from the University of Windsor, where he studied drama. He was immediately hired by William Hutt's Young Company at the Grand, leading to a long-standing career at the annual Shaw and Stratford Festivals. [source]
* Tom's first musical role was as King Arthur in Stratford's Camelot. [source]
* Tom first met his wife, fellow thespian Chick Reid, in 1980, when both were cast in the play From Saigon to Sudbury. [source]
* In 1993, Tom won a Genie award for his portrayal of a disturbed actor in I Love a Man in Uniform, the film Tom credits with establishing his love for making movies. He was then nominated for a Genie after his roles in Long Days Journey into Night and The Sweet Hereafter. In 2006, Tom won a Gemini for playing Wayne Gretzky's father in Waking Up Wally: the Walter Gretzky Story. [source 1, 2]
* Tom and his wife Chick have lived on a 54 acre farm near Warkworth since they left Toronto in 2000. Both are members of the local community service club. Though Tom enjoys doing farmwork, the majority of the land is tended by their dairy farmer neighbor, Robert Glover. They have three duck tolling retrievers named Joey, Gracie, and Maggie. [source]
* Actors whom Tom admires include Martha Henry, Stephen Ouimette, Brent Carver, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, John Hurt, and Helen Mirren. He credits actor William Hutt with helping to inspire and shape his career. [source 1 2]
* Tom is a science-fiction fan. He loves Star Trek and Quantum Leap. One of his favorite authors is Isaac Asimov. Some of his favorite movies are Blade Runner, Star Wars, Outland, The Abyss, and ALIEN. [source]
Filmography from IMDb
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Northern Town TV Series (2006) .... Heinz
Getting Along Famously TV Episode "Sister Song" (2006)
Heyday! TV Movie (2006) .... Joe Neal
Puppets Who Kill TV Episode - "Joyride" (2006) .... Hitman
It's Me Gerald TV Series (2005) .... Tom
Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (2005) .... Walter Gretzky
Black Widow (2005) .... Detective Pressman
Queer as Folk TV Episode - "Episode #5.3" (2005) .... Mr. Gabriel
The Eleventh Hour 3 TV Episodes
- "Special Delivery" (2005) .... Linus Goslings
- "Nadir" (2004) .... Linus Goslings
- "Hall of Mirrors" (2003) .... Linus Goslings
Funpak TV Series (2005) .... The X of Evil (voice)
Siblings (2004) .... Mr. Phillips
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) .... Wallace Rowlands
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) .... Calum
Slings & Arrows TV Episode (2003) - "Madness in Great Ones"
Death and the Maiden TV Movie (2003) .... Death
Perfect Pie (2002) .... Don Rayford
The Nature of Nicholas (2002) .... Father
Steal (a.k.a. Riders) (2002) .... Jerry
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story TV Movie (2002) .... Crown Prosecutor Rigney
Mutant X .... Mason Eckhart (2001-2003)
Century Hotel (2001) .... Nicholas
Trinity (2001) .... Dr. Clerval
The Claim (2000) .... Burn
Possible Worlds (2000) .... George Barber
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne TV Episode - "The Black Glove of Melchizedek" (2000) .... Vargas
Twitch City TV Episode - "The Life of Reilly" (2000) .... Dean
The Spreading Ground (2000) .... Johnny Gault
Hindsight (2000) .... Warren
Murder Most Likely TV Movie (1999) .... Detective Sean Exley
Don't Think Twice (1999) .... Jake
Foolish Heart TV Episode - "The Trial" (1999) .... Priest
Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons (1999) (TV) .... Rembrandt van Rijn
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999) .... Richard
Last Night (1998/I) .... Radio D.J. (voice)
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) .... Reader (voice)
Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures (1997) .... J.S. Bach
The Sweet Hereafter (1997) .... Sam
Wind at My Back TV Episode - Something from Nothing (1997) .... Brambly Wilson
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1996) .... Edmund Tyrone
First Degree (V) (1996) .... Amos Turzo
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story TV Movie (1995) .... Mr. Schlesinger
TekWar TV Episode - "Alter Ego" (1995) .... Miles Connor
Side Effects 3 TV Episodes
- "Heart Choices" (1995) .... Paul Camilleri
- "Worth It" (1994) .... Paul Camilleri
- "Social Diseases" (1994) .... Paul Camilleri
Due South TV Episode - "Gift of the Wheelman" (1994) .... Jimmy Donnelly
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues TV Episode - "Sing Wah" (1994) .... David Gilberto
I Know My Son Is Alive (1994) (TV) .... Falcone
Mary Silliman's War (1994) (TV) .... Rev. Elliot
The Circle Game (1994) .... Frank
I Love a Man in Uniform (1993) .... Henry Adler
Guilty as Sin (1993) .... Ray Schiff
Street Legal 2 TV Episodes
- "Lefter Than Thou" (1992) .... Dr. Freshman
- "Presumed Toxic" (1991) .... Tony Pope
Beyond Reality TV Episode - "Woman of His Dreams" (1992) .... Dr. Richard DeVries
Heart Songs (1992) .... Snipe
Beautiful Dreamers (1990) .... Leonard Thomas
Friday the 13th 2 TV Episodes
- "Eye of Death" (1989) .... Atticus Rock
- "The Baron's Bride" (1988) .... Frank Edwards
Norman's Awesome Experience (1988) .... Norman
The Cuckoo Bird TV Movie (1985) .... Peter
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