---
name: "Colm Feore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colm-feore"
fi1m_id: "colm-feore"
imdb_id: "nm0272173"
tmdb_id: 10132
wikidata_id: "Q449679"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 August 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T13:12:17.002658+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."
---

# Colm Feore

## Identity

Colm Feore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colm-feore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colm-feore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0272173
- **TMDB ID:** 10132
- **Wikidata ID:** Q449679
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Feore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10132

Actor. Born 22 August 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 August 1958, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2014
- **Also known as:** Com Feore, Κολμ Φιόρε, קולם פאור, 콜므 포어, Колм Фиори, کالم فیور
- **Frequently works with:** [Nicolas Cage](https://film.one/person/nicolas-cage.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (4), 2000s 76 (4), 2010s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 8 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 4, Action 3, Action & Adventure 2, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,091m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Feore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272173/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10132

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Thor*](https://film.one/film/thor.md) (66), [*The Amazing Spider-Man 2*](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man-2.md) (54)
- **Paramount+:** [*Chicago*](https://film.one/film/chicago.md) (73)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*City of Angels*](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md) (55)

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## Fi1m on Colm Feore

> Colm Feore makes authority convincing without making it dull. We value the physical and vocal energy he brings to supporting parts, but his Canadian leading roles deserve attention beyond the familiar Hollywood credits.

Colm Feore is often the man with the formal title: Dr. Malcolm Walsh in *Face/Off* (1997), Chief James E. Davis in *Changeling* (2008), King Laufey in *Thor* (2011). His sharp features make him an obvious choice for authority figures. His physical and vocal energy keeps those parts from becoming merely decorative. We value that dependability, while wishing the Hollywood roles gave him more opportunities to lead.

His screen breakthrough, *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), offers another starting point. The lead as Gould established his reputation for nuanced biographical acting. From the mid-1990s, he took Hollywood supporting parts while continuing to work on Canadian stages and screens. The later lead as Detective Martin Ward in *Bon Cop, Bad Cop* (2006) belongs to that continuing Canadian career, which deserves attention beyond the more familiar titles.

John Woo’s *Face/Off* is a useful example of what the Hollywood work asks of him. The film belongs to John Travolta and Nicolas Cage, whose pleasure in playing each other makes the absurd identity swap worth accepting. Casting Feore as its doctor makes sense: he is well suited to lending authority to a story that has little interest in being plausible. The gunfire goes on too long, but we recommend it for the acting, with his contribution kept in proportion.

Michael Mann’s *The Insider* (1999), with Feore as Richard Scruggs, is the stronger film. We were gripped because Russell Crowe makes the personal risks of speaking out against the tobacco industry feel real. Feore provides reliable support in a film that occasionally labours points it has already made. Neither of these Hollywood roles is the place to judge what he can sustain as a lead. For that, start with *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould*.

## Biography

Colm Feore is a Canadian actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 22 August 1958, he trained at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal after attending Ridley College in Ontario. He spent many seasons as a classical actor with the Stratford Festival, appearing in leading roles in numerous Shakespeare productions and other works.

Feore is known for his performances as Glenn Gould in *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries *Trudeau* (2002), for which he won a Gemini Award, and Detective Martin Ward in *Bon Cop, Bad Cop* (2006) and its 2017 sequel. His film credits include Dr. Malcolm Walsh in *Face/Off* (1997), Lord Marshal in *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), and roles in *Thor* (2011) and *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014). On television he has played Sir Reginald Hargreeves in *The Umbrella Academy* and General Ted Brockhart in *House of Cards*. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), Fi1m 54, as Donald Menken — [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man-2.md)
- *Thor* (2011), Fi1m 66, as King Laufey — [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *Changeling* (2008), Fi1m 68, as Chief James E. Davis — [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, as President Richard Adar — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Chicago* (2002), Fi1m 73, as Harrison — [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *24* (2001), Fi1m 78, as Henry Taylor — [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *The Insider* (1999), Fi1m 89, as Richard Scruggs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)
- *City of Angels* (1998), Fi1m 55, as Jordan — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Face/Off* (1997), Fi1m 84, as Dr. Malcolm Walsh — [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Fi1m 85, as Glenn Gould — [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)

## Complete filmography (158)

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

- *She Came Back* (2025), as Dr. Keith Mitchell
- *Landman* (2024), series, as Nathan
- *SuperKlaus* (2024), as Frank Fafnir (voice)
- *Humane* (2024), as Secretary-General of the U.N. (voice)
- *Six Guns for Hire* (2024), as The Employer
- *My Mother's Men* (2023), as Neal
- *Six Days to Die* (2023), as The Man in Black
- *Richard III* (2023), as Richard III
- *My Soul to Take* (2021), as Fred
- *Akilla's Escape* (2021), as Benji
- *Trigger Point* (2021), as Elias Kane
- *Sugar Daddy* (2021), as Gordon
- *KZ O 2.0* (2021), Actor
- *My Salinger Year* (2020), as Daniel
- *Beast Within* (2019), as Father Roman
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, as Wernher von Braun — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *Astronaut* (2019), as Marcus
- *Greta* (2019), as Chris McCullen
- *The Umbrella Academy* (2019), series, as Sir Reginald Hargreeves
- *The Prodigy* (2019), as Arthur Jacobson
- *The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair* (2018), series, as Elijah Stern
- *Higher Power* (2018), as Control
- *Anon* (2018), as Charles Gattis
- *The Curse of Buckout Road* (2017), as Reverend Mike
- *Lore* (2017), series, as Dr. Walter Freeman
- *Mission Kathmandu: The Adventures of Nelly & Simon* (2017), as Taylor (voice)
- *Everfall* (2017), as Coach Goodwin
- *21 Thunder* (2017), series, as Declan Gallard
- *Bon Cop Bad Cop 2* (2017), as Martin Ward
- *Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris* (2017), as voice of Lawren Harris
- *Mean Dreams* (2016), as The Chief
- *Painkillers* (2015), as Dr. Troutman
- *Reversion* (2015), as Jack Clé
- *Painted Land: In Search of the Group of Seven* (2015), as voice of Lawren Harris
- *Elephant Song* (2015), as Dr. James Lawrence
- *King Lear* (2015), as King Lear
- *Pirate's Passage* (2015), as Corporal Robin Hawkins (voice)
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Dr. Francis Dulmacher
- *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), as Donald Menken — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-amazing-spider-man-2.md)
- *Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit* (2014), as Rob Behringer
- *Tarot* (2014), as Narrator
- *House of Versace* (2013), as Santo Versace
- *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Ted Brockhart
- *Revolution* (2012), series, as Randall Flynn
- *French Immersion* (2011), as Pontifikator
- *Thor* (2011), as King Laufey — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thor.md)
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, as Giuliano Della Rovere
- *Saga City* (2011), as Narrator
- *The Trotsky* (2010), as Principal Berkhoff
- *Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague* (2010), as Narrator
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Brad Lund — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Guns* (2009), series, as Paul Duguid
- *The Listener* (2009), series, as Ray Mercer
- *Waitresses Wanted* (2008), as Sergeant Connor
- *Changeling* (2008), as Chief James E. Davis — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *WarGames: The Dead Code* (2008), as T. Kenneth Hassert / Joshua (voice)
- *Six Reasons Why* (2008), as The Preacher
- *Flashpoint* (2008), series, Actor
- *Inconceivable* (2008), as Dr. Jackson Charles 'Jack' Freeman
- *The American Trap* (2008), as Maurice Bishop
- *Zombies: When the Dead Walk* (2008), as (voice)
- *The Poet* (2007), as Colonel Hass
- *Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee* (2007), as General Sherman
- *Alexander Hamilton* (2007), as Narrator
- *Killing Zelda Sparks* (2007), as Dr. Theodore Lenningrad
- *Intervention* (2007), as Bill
- *Aleister Crowley: The Beast 666* (2007), as Narrator
- *Judy's Got a Gun* (2007), as Captain Ruttgauer
- *Secret Files of the Inquisition* (2006), series, Actor
- *Bon Cop Bad Cop* (2006), as Martin Ward
- *Secret Files of the Inquisition* (2006), as Narrator
- *Burnt Toast* (2005), as Dave
- *The Exorcism of Emily Rose* (2005), as Karl Gunderson
- *Empire* (2005), series, as Julius Cäsar
- *The Deal* (2005), as Hank Weiss
- *Lies My Mother Told Me* (2005), as Lucas Mackenzie
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, as President Richard Adar — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), as Lord Marshal
- *Highwaymen* (2004), as Fargo
- *Paycheck* (2003), as John Wolfe
- *Slings & Arrows* (2003), series, as Sanjay
- *And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself* (2003), as D. W. Griffith
- *National Security* (2003), as Detective Frank McDuff
- *Chicago* (2002), as Harrison — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/chicago.md)
- *Benjamin Franklin* (2002), series, as narrator
- *The Baroness and the Pig* (2002), as The Baron
- *Widows* (2002), series, as Stein
- *Point of Origin* (2002), as Mike Matassa
- *The Sum of All Fears* (2002), as Olson
- *Trudeau* (2002), as Pierre Trudeau
- *Ignition* (2002), as Gen. Joel MacAteer
- *Sins of the Father* (2002), as Dalton Strong
- *The Day Reagan Was Shot* (2001), as Cap Weinberger
- *24* (2001), series, as Henry Taylor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)
- *Foreign Objects* (2001), series, Actor
- *Century Hotel* (2001), as Sebastian
- *Pearl Harbor* (2001), as Admiral Kimmel
- *Lola* (2001), as Mike
- *Final Jeopardy* (2001), as Paul Battaglia
- *Haven* (2001), as Bruno
- *Haven* (2001), series, as Bruno
- *The Caveman's Valentine* (2001), as Leppenraub
- *The Perfect Son* (2000), as Ryan
- *Boston Public* (2000), series, as George Guber
- *Nuremberg* (2000), series, as Rudolf Höß
- *Thomas and the Magic Railroad* (2000), as Toby (voice)
- *Trapped in a Purple Haze* (2000), as Ed Hanson
- *The Virginian* (2000), as Trampas
- *Titus* (1999), as Marcus Andronicus
- *The Insider* (1999), as Richard Scruggs — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-insider.md)
- *Forget Me Never* (1999), as Albert
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Tad Whitney — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Jordan Hayes
- *Striking Poses* (1999), as Linus
- *Storm of the Century* (1999), series, as Andre Linoge
- *The Red Violin* (1998), as Auctioneer (Montréal)
- *The Lesser Evil* (1998), as Derek
- *Airborne* (1998), as Ron Simpson
- *Creature* (1998), series, as Adm. Aaron Richland
- *The Escape* (1998), as Hickman
- *City of Angels* (1998), as Jordan — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Liberty!* (1997), series, as Alexander Hamilton
- *Critical Care* (1997), as Richard Wilson
- *Hostile Waters* (1997), as Pshenishny
- *Night Sins* (1997), as Albert Fletcher
- *The Wrong Guy* (1997), as The Killer
- *Face/Off* (1997), as Dr. Malcolm Walsh — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Night Falls on Manhattan* (1997), as Elihu Harrison
- *Night Sins* (1997), series, as Albert Fletcher
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, as Brutus (narration), Leon
- *Where's the Money, Noreen?* (1995), as Kevin Hanover
- *Truman* (1995), as Charlie Ross
- *Heritage Minutes: John McCrae* (1995), as John McCrae
- *Friends at Last* (1995), as Phillip Connelyn
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Major Mackie
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Charles Carver
- *The Spider and the Fly* (1994), as Detective Evan Taylor
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), as Glenn Gould — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)
- *Bethune: The Making of a Hero* (1993), as Chester Rice
- *Stratford Festival: Romeo and Juliet* (1993), as Mercutio
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as Selinger, Greco
- *Forever Knight* (1992), series, Actor
- *Heritage Minutes* (1991), series, as John McCrae
- *Beautiful Dreamers* (1990), as Dr. Maurice Bucke
- *Personals* (1990), Actor
- *Iron Eagle II* (1988), as Yuri Lebanov
- *War of the Worlds* (1988), series, as Nikita, Leonid Argochev
- *American Experience* (1988), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1988), as Petruchio
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Anton Pascola, Alex Dent / Billy Frazer
- *Blades of Courage* (1987), as Bruce Gainor
- *A Nest of Singing Birds* (1987), as Michael Jimson
- *The Boys from Syracuse* (1986), as Antipholus of Ephesus
- *Twelfth Night* (1986), as Duke Orsino
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1982), as Tranio
- *The Running Man* (1981), as Rick
- *For the Record* (1976), series, Actor
- *Menace*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Colm and Donna Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and CFC talent](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-49df288ac86c.jpg) cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Colm and Donna Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and CFC talent — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Colm_Feore_2013_%288453915706%29.jpg/1280px-Colm_Feore_2013_%288453915706%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Colm and Donna Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and CFC talent](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-7cdb6adf46da.jpg) cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Colm and Donna Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and CFC talent — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Colm_Feore_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Colm Feore](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-9104e4f18b75.jpg) Colm Feore — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Colm_Feore_at_the_2013_Canadian_Film_Centre_Annual_Gala_%26_Auction.jpg/1280px-Colm_Feore_at_the_2013_Canadian_Film_Centre_Annual_Gala_%26_Auction.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Master of Ceremonies Colm Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-e0cce33649ec.jpg) cfccreates.com/2013gala/ Master of Ceremonies Colm Feore at the 2013 CFC Annual Gala & Auction. On February 6, 2013, the CFC celebrated media innovation and — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Colm_Feore_at_the_2013_Canadian_Film_Centre_Annual_Gala_%26_Auction_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Colm Feore](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-a5f38a043622.jpg) Colm Feore — Image via TMDB
- ![IMGP0563 (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/87257/gallery-acd12c171abe.jpg) IMGP0563 (2006) — Marko Kudjerski from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/IMGP0563_%282410408994%29.jpg/1280px-IMGP0563_%282410408994%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Governor General's Performing Arts Award 2019: Governor General's Performing Arts Award (won)
- Earle Grey Award 2014: Earle Grey Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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