---
name: "Michael Riley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-riley-5920"
fi1m_id: "michael-riley-5920"
imdb_id: "nm0727120"
tmdb_id: 5920
wikidata_id: "Q1616959"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 February 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T00:07:25.054660+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."
---

# Michael Riley

## Identity

Michael Riley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-riley-5920
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-riley-5920
- **IMDb ID:** nm0727120
- **TMDB ID:** 5920
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1616959
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Riley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5920

Actor. Born 4 February 1962 in London, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 February 1962, London, Ontario, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Riley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1616959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0727120/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5920

## Biography

Michael Riley is a Canadian actor. Born on 4 February 1962 in London, Ontario, he graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal in 1984.

He has worked extensively in film and television, with roles including M. Campbell in *French Kiss* (1995), a British Officer in *Amistad* (1997), Jax in *Cube Zero* (2004), and Doctor Burrit Greyson in *Murdoch Mysteries* (2008). Other credits include Steven McCormick in *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Peter in *Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story* (2003), William Hunter in *Transplant* (2020), and recurring appearances in series such as *Power Play* (1998–2000) and *Being Erica* (2009–2011).

Riley received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for his stage work and has won five Gemini Awards with six further nominations in the Best Actor category.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *French Kiss* (1995), Fi1m 55, as M. Campbell — [page](https://film.one/film/french-kiss.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Like a House on Fire* (2021), as Jack
- *Transplant* (2020), series, as William Hunter
- *Willed to Kill* (2013), as Dr. Aaron Kade
- *My Mother's Secret* (2012), as Garrett Fowler
- *Being Erica* (2009), series, as Dr. Tom Wexler
- *Flashpoint* (2008), series, Actor
- *The Tenth Circle* (2008), as Mike Bartholomy
- *Murdoch Mysteries* (2008), series, as Doctor Burrit Greyson
- *St. Urbain's Horseman* (2007), as Harry Stein
- *Normal* (2007), as Carl
- *Supervolcano* (2005), as Rick Lieberman
- *Saving Emily* (2004), as Kurt
- *Cube Zero* (2004), as Jax
- *Sugar* (2004), as The Man
- *The Perfect Husband* (2004), as Ty Kellington
- *This Is Wonderland* (2004), series, as Elliot Sacks
- *Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny* (2004), as General John Reynolds
- *Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story* (2003), as Peter
- *Punch* (2003), as Sam
- *Veritas: The Quest* (2003), series, as Robert Fraser
- *100 Days in the Jungle* (2002), as Rod Dunbar
- *The Interrogation of Michael Crowe* (2002), as Stephen Crowe
- *Ace Lightning* (2002), series, as Ace Lightning (voice)
- *Black Swan* (2002), as Carl
- *Mile Zero* (2001), as Derek
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Steven McCormick
- *Dogmatic* (1999), as Dennis Winslow
- *Win, Again!* (1999), Actor
- *Power Play* (1998), series, Actor
- *Heart of the Sun* (1998), as Father Ed
- *Ice* (1998), as Greg
- *Style & Substance* (1998), series, as Michael
- *Amistad* (1997), as British Officer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/amistad.md)
- *Every 9 Seconds* (1997), as Ray
- *Pale Saints* (1997), as Dody
- *The Prince* (1996), Actor
- *Voice from the Grave* (1996), as Adam Schuster
- *Heck's Way Home* (1996), as Rick Neufeld
- *French Kiss* (1995), as M. Campbell — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/french-kiss.md)
- *The Possession of Michael D.* (1995), as Dr. Nick Galler
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Gerard, Jon Tarkman
- *Butterbox Babies* (1995), as Russell Cameron
- *The Making of '...And God Spoke'* (1994), as Clive Walton
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Walter Sparks
- *Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad* (1994), as Alexander Ross
- *Because Why* (1993), as Alex
- *Lifeline to Victory* (1993), as Paul Devereaux
- *Mustard Bath* (1993), as Matthew
- *To Catch a Killer* (1992), as Joe 'Polock' Kozenczak
- *To Catch a Killer* (1992), series, as Joe Kozenczak
- *Diplomatic Immunity* (1992), as Les
- *Perfectly Normal* (1991), as Renzo Parachi
- *Chasing Rainbows* (1988), series, Actor
- *No Man's Land* (1987), as Horton
- *The Comedy Factory* (1985), series, as Gary

## Gallery

- ![Michael Riley](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-5580f145e406.jpg) Michael Riley — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Michael_Riley.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![The 2011 CFC Actors Conservatory, with CFC Executive Director Slawko Klymkiw and Actor-in-Residence Michael Riley. (L-R) Front: Johnathan Sousa, Matthew G. Brow (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-e446928cf6a4.jpg) The 2011 CFC Actors Conservatory, with CFC Executive Director Slawko Klymkiw and Actor-in-Residence Michael Riley. (L-R) Front: Johnathan Sousa, Matthew G. Brow (2012) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/CFC_Actors_Conservatory_2011_Showcase_8_%286926672939%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_Actors_Conservatory_2011_Showcase_8_%286926672939%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actors Conservatory Professionals in Residence Michael Riley, Susan Coyne and Kristen Tomson. To learn more about the CFC Actors Conservatory, please click here (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-4f3fc92bce03.jpg) Actors Conservatory Professionals in Residence Michael Riley, Susan Coyne and Kristen Tomson. To learn more about the CFC Actors Conservatory, please click here (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/CFC_Actors_Conservatory_Showcase_11_%285451155317%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_Actors_Conservatory_Showcase_11_%285451155317%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jaco and the Mr Nobody crew (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-d50932a06b12.jpg) Jaco and the Mr Nobody crew (2009) — Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flickr_-_Sasoriza_-_Jaco_and_the_Mr_Nobody_crew.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Sasoriza_-_Jaco_and_the_Mr_Nobody_crew.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Michael Riley](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-bde6d430398f.jpg) Michael Riley — Image via TMDB
- ![The Mr Nobody crew (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/5565079/gallery-69b0af9ed421.jpg) The Mr Nobody crew (2009) — Bryan Chan from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flickr_-_Sasoriza_-_The_Mr_Nobody_crew.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Sasoriza_-_The_Mr_Nobody_crew.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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