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name: "Callum Keith Rennie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/callum-keith-rennie"
fi1m_id: "callum-keith-rennie"
imdb_id: "nm0719678"
tmdb_id: 540
wikidata_id: "Q551558"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 September 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.371925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Callum Keith Rennie

## Identity

Callum Keith Rennie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/callum-keith-rennie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** callum-keith-rennie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0719678
- **TMDB ID:** 540
- **Wikidata ID:** Q551558
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callum_Keith_Rennie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/540

Actor. Born 14 September 1960 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 September 1960, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2016
- **Also known as:** Callum Rennie, Callum Renney, 卡倫·基斯·雷尼, کلوم کیث رنی
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 64 (1), 2000s 78 (3), 2010s 51 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 62 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 3, Action 2, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,172m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callum_Keith_Rennie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551558, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/540

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Memento*](https://film.one/film/memento.md) (88)
- **Paramount+:** [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)
- **Apple TV:** [*Warcraft*](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md) (43)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Callum Keith Rennie

> Callum Keith Rennie makes uneasy company worth watching, bringing a worn, disaffected edge to supporting roles. We rate him most when the tough exterior has something behind it, as it does with Leoben in *Battlestar Galactica*.

Callum Keith Rennie's characters often seem tired of other people, and liable to make that somebody else's problem. The philosophical Cylon Leoben in *Battlestar Galactica* (2004) is a good use of that unease: the character's beliefs matter as much as his capacity to trouble us. We rate Rennie in parts like this, where being difficult does not exhaust what there is to play. The series earns its seriousness through tense storytelling, though its persistent gloom can become wearing.

His breakthrough parts offered different settings for that edge: punk rocker Billy Tallent in *Hard Core Logo* (1996), then Detective Stanley Kowalski opposite Paul Gross in *Due South* (1997–99). Don McKellar's apocalyptic *Last Night* (1998) also made room for his understated supporting work. Wider international recognition did not mean abandoning Canadian independent films. He has continued to mix those with genre television and international supporting parts, rather than settling into one sort of production.

*Memento* (2000) puts Rennie's Dodd among the supporting characters surrounding Guy Pearce's vulnerable Leonard. We were frightened by Christopher Nolan's backwards storytelling because it made Leonard's memory loss a difficulty we had to share. Rennie's disaffected edge fits that uncertainty, and the dark humour keeps the film from becoming a solemn demonstration of clever plotting. Some supporting characters do exist chiefly to keep us guessing, though. The film is an excellent introduction to him, provided we remember that Pearce carries it.

The reservation is the casting habit: tough, edgy outsiders can become familiar before a scene has properly started. His preference for minimal dialogue and image-based acting makes sense, but the writing still has to supply something beyond a difficult manner. We would rather see him given more parts with Leoben's ambiguity than another opportunity to look like trouble. We would start with *Memento*, then make time for *Battlestar Galactica* when we feel equal to a persistently bleak series.

## Biography

Callum Keith Rennie is a British-born Canadian actor. He was born on 14 September 1960 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He began acting in his mid-twenties after voice work at the University of Alberta and stage roles in Edmonton.

His breakthrough came with the role of punk rocker Billy Tallent in the mockumentary *Hard Core Logo* (1996). He followed this with a starring role as Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski in the third and fourth seasons of the television series *Due South* (1997–99). He appeared as Dodd in Christopher Nolan's *Memento* (2000) and has had recurring roles in series including *Battlestar Galactica* (2003–09), *Californication* (2008–13) and *Star Trek: Discovery* (2024).

Rennie has won two Genie Awards, for *Last Night* (1998) and *Normal* (2007), a Gemini Award for *Shattered*, and four Leo Awards. Other film credits include *The Butterfly Effect* (2004), *Warcraft* (2016) and *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Warcraft* (2016), Fi1m 43, as Moroes — [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), Fi1m 49, as Ray — [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, as Rick Felder — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, as Lew Ashby — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, as Leoben Conoy, Leoben — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Memento* (2000), Fi1m 88, as Dodd — [page](https://film.one/film/memento.md)
- *Timecop* (1994), Fi1m 64, as Stranger — [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)

## Complete filmography (130)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Umbrella Academy* (2019), series, as Lester Pocket
- *Impulse* (2018), series, as Nikolai
- *Little Pink House* (2018), as Tim Leblanc
- *Fifty Shades Freed* (2018), as Ray
- *Jigsaw* (2017), as Detective Halloran
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, as Rayner
- *Mobile Homes* (2017), as Robert
- *Goon: Last of the Enforcers* (2017), as Hyrum Cain
- *Wait Till Helen Comes* (2016), as Dave
- *Into the Forest* (2016), as Robert
- *Warcraft* (2016), as Moroes — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/warcraft.md)
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Captain John Valor
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, as Dr. Karl Malus
- *Born to Be Blue* (2015), as Dick
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), as Ray — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, as Gary Connell
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, as McQuaid
- *Ride* (2014), as Tim
- *Sitting on the Edge of Marlene* (2014), Actor
- *October Gale* (2014), as James
- *The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet* (2013), as Father
- *Motive* (2013), series, as Stuart Fletcher
- *Transporter: The Series* (2013), series, as Schramm
- *Hell in a Handbag* (2013), as Silver · Executive Producer
- *Longmire* (2012), series, as Walker Browning — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/longmire.md)
- *The Firm* (2012), series, as Ray McDeere
- *Faith, Fraud, & Minimum Wage* (2011), as Donald McCullen
- *Alphas* (2011), series, as Don Wilson
- *The Killing* (2011), series, as Rick Felder — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Trigger* (2010), as Billy · Executive Producer
- *Shattered* (2010), series, as Det. Ben Sullivan
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, as Jamie Brennan
- *Gunless* (2010), as Ben Cutler
- *Battlestar Galactica: The Plan* (2009), as Leoben Conoy
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, as Jeff Slingerland
- *Case 39* (2009), as Edward Sullivan
- *Harper's Island* (2009), series, as John Wakefield
- *Harper's Globe* (2009), series, as John Wakefield
- *Murder on Her Mind* (2008), as Leonard
- *The X-Files: I Want to Believe* (2008), as Janke Dacyshyn
- *Sleepwalking* (2008), as Will
- *Tin Man* (2007), series, as Zero
- *Bionic Woman* (2007), series, as Victor Booth
- *Silk* (2007), as Schuyler
- *Normal* (2007), as Walt
- *Californication* (2007), series, as Lew Ashby — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Butterfly on a Wheel* (2007), as Det. McGill
- *The Invisible* (2007), as Detective Brian Larson
- *Code Name: The Cleaner* (2007), as Shaw
- *Men in Trees* (2006), series, as Jeff
- *Snow Cake* (2006), as John Neil
- *Unnatural & Accidental* (2006), as Norman
- *Shooting Gallery* (2005), as Michael Mortensen
- *Painkiller Jane* (2005), as Mitchell
- *Whole New Thing* (2005), as Denny
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Roy — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Lucid* (2005), as Victor
- *Whiskey Echo* (2005), series, as Rollie Saunders
- *Blade: Trinity* (2004), as Asher Talos
- *The Five People You Meet In Heaven* (2004), as Eddie’s Father
- *H2O* (2004), as Don Pritchard / Lt. Daniel Holt
- *H2O* (2004), series, as Don Pritchard / Lt. Daniel Holt
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, as Leoben Conoy, Leoben — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Wilby Wonderful* (2004), as Duck MacDonald
- *Touching Evil* (2004), series, as Mike Espy
- *Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital* (2004), series, as Earl Candleton
- *The L Word* (2004), series, as Danny Wilson
- *The Butterfly Effect* (2004), as Jason Treborn
- *Paycheck* (2003), as Jude
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2003), series, as Leoben Conoy
- *Falling Angels* (2003), as Jim Field
- *Tru Calling* (2003), series, as Elliot Winters
- *The Eleventh Hour* (2002), series, as Mark Mitchum
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Jack Toller
- *Flower & Garnet* (2002), as Ed
- *Now & Forever* (2002), as Carl Mackie
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), series, as Max Cassidy
- *Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice* (2002), as Palmberg
- *Bliss* (2002), series, as Mike
- *Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story* (2002), as Inspector Wood
- *Dice* (2001), series, as Egon Schwimmer
- *24* (2001), series, as Vladimir Laitanan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Tyler McKnight — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *Mutant X* (2001), series, as Zack Lockhart
- *Picture Claire* (2001), as Laramie
- *Suspicious River* (2001), as Gary Jensen
- *Trapped* (2001), as Anthony Bellio
- *Murder Scene* (2000), as Detective Keegan
- *Memento* (2000), as Dodd — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/memento.md)
- *Dark Angel* (2000), series, as Sheriff Lamar
- *The Last Stop* (2000), as Jake
- *The Highwayman* (2000), as Telemarketer (uncredited)
- *The Life Before This* (1999), as Martin Maclean
- *eXistenZ* (1999), as Hugo Carlaw
- *Strange World* (1999), series, as Vince
- *Last Night* (1998), as Craig Zwiller
- *Da Vinci's Inquest* (1998), series, as Det. Bob Marlowe
- *Men with Guns* (1998), as Mamet
- *Twitch City* (1998), series, as Newbie
- *The Show: Stories Within a Film* (1998), as The Lead Actor
- *Tricks* (1997), as Adam
- *Excess Baggage* (1997), as Motel Manager
- *Masterminds* (1997), as Ollie
- *My Life as a Dog* (1997), series, as Johnny Johansson
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, as Gray Wellman
- *Hard Core Logo* (1996), as Billy Tallent / William Boisy
- *Letters From Home* (1996), Actor
- *Unforgettable* (1996), as Drug Dealer
- *Curtis's Charm* (1996), as Jim
- *For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down* (1996), as Jerry Bines
- *Freefall: Flight 174* (1995), as Pumper
- *The Omen* (1995), as Driver
- *The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky* (1995), as Big Hat
- *When the Dark Man Calls* (1995), as Bob Levesh
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Carlito
- *The Marshal* (1995), series, as Cal
- *Little Criminals* (1995), as Kostash
- *The Raffle* (1994), as Floor Director
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Stanley Kowalski
- *Timecop* (1994), as Stranger — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Lonesome Dove: The Series* (1994), series, as Harry Price
- *Double Happiness* (1994), as Mark
- *Frank's Cock* (1994), Actor
- *Paris or Somewhere* (1994), as Christy Mahon
- *Viper* (1994), series, as William T. Lennox
- *Valentine's Day* (1994), as Astronaut
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Tommy, Cemetery Groundskeeper — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Neal, Tyler King
- *Forever Knight* (1992), series, as Bruce Spencer
- *The Commish* (1991), series, as Konichek

## Gallery

- ![Canadian actor Callum Keith Rennie at the premiere of "Trigger" directed by Bruce McDonald, during the Toronto International Film Festival, 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-46b9ec6c2a62.jpg) Canadian actor Callum Keith Rennie at the premiere of "Trigger" directed by Bruce McDonald, during the Toronto International Film Festival, 2010. — Josh Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Callum_Keith_Rennie.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Callum Keith Rennie at the CFC (Canadian Film Centre) Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-8af53cb4b5ac.jpg) Callum Keith Rennie at the CFC (Canadian Film Centre) Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada‹p›

Photo by: David Lee, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Callum_Keith_Rennie_CFC_Worldwide_Short_Film_Festival_June_2011.jpg/1280px-Callum_Keith_Rennie_CFC_Worldwide_Short_Film_Festival_June_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Callum Keith Rennie](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-7efc7c3926e8.jpg) Callum Keith Rennie — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada‹p›

Photo by: David Lee, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Callum_Keith_Rennie_CFC_Worldwide_Short_Film_Festival_June_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Callum_Keith_Rennie_CFC_Worldwide_Short_Film_Festival_June_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Callum Keith Rennie and Kari Skogland. Taking place May 31- June 5, 2011, in downtown Toronto, the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival showcases specially-themed ](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-1fe263ee26e4.jpg) Callum Keith Rennie and Kari Skogland. Taking place May 31- June 5, 2011, in downtown Toronto, the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival showcases specially-themed  — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Callum_Keith_Rennie_and_Kari_Skogland_2011.jpg/1280px-Callum_Keith_Rennie_and_Kari_Skogland_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Callum Keith Rennie](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-29cc9f18b2f5.jpg) Callum Keith Rennie — Image via TMDB
- ![Callum Keith Rennie](https://film.one/media/person/96723/gallery-038e72a4c726.jpg) Callum Keith Rennie — Image via TMDB

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