Ron Canada
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Thank Heaven
2001
Just Like Heaven
2005
Wedding Crashers
2005
Man of the House
1995
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
Downtown
1990
Without Warning
1994
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
Clover
1997
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
1998
The Beneficiary
2008
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
Black River
2001
National Treasure
2004
Ted 2
2015
After Words
2015
Cinderella Man
2005
Good to Go
1986
Lone Star
1996
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008
The Discovery
2017
Crown Heights
2017
Before He Wakes
1998
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996
Play Nice
1992
The Human Stain
2003
Bob Funk
2009
Unholy Matrimony
1988
Ocean of Pearls
2008
Islander
2006
Snowglobe
2007
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998
The Empty Man
2020
Paved with Good Intentions
2006
The Hunted
2003
Noble Things
2009
Bully
2018
D.C. Cab
1983
The Apartment Complex
1999
The Last of the Finest
1990
In Too Deep
1999
The United States of Leland
2003
The American President
1995
Little Wings
2007
Othello
1997
Adventures in Babysitting
1987
Heart
1987
Lake Effects
2012
This Will Never Work
2025
Getting Even with Dad
1994
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
King Leopold's Ghost
2006
Reversible Errors
2004
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
Weeds
2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Babylon 5
1994
The X-Files
1993
Stargate SG-1
1997
Dallas
1978
Life Goes On
1989
Family Law
1999
Family Matters
1989
Stat
1991
Blue Bloods
2010
Elementary
2012
Seven Seconds
2018
The Mentalist
2008
Jack & Bobby
2004
Young MacGyver
2003
Frasier
1993
The Good Fight
2017
The West Wing
1999
A Different World
1987
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Shield
2002
Grimm
2011
TV 101
1988
Stat
1991
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
House of Cards
2013
The Equalizer
2021
Girls5eva
2021
East New York
2022
Due South
1994
Melrose Place
1992
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
L.A. Law
1986
Bones
2005
Felicity
1998
The Strain
2014
7th Heaven
1996
Law & Order
1990
The Orville
2017
Cheers
1982
The Office
2005
Ellen
1994
One on One
2001
Crossing Jordan
2001
The Closer
2005
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992
The Jake Effect
2006
The Irrational
2023
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Madam Secretary
2014
Sister, Sister
1994
Numb3rs
2005
Brothers and Sisters
2006
Boston Legal
2004
Ugly Betty
2006
The Affair
2014