---
name: "Tom McCamus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-mccamus"
fi1m_id: "tom-mccamus"
imdb_id: "nm0564805"
tmdb_id: 64712
wikidata_id: "Q2439878"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 July 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T07:57:43.739084+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."
---

# Tom McCamus

## Identity

Tom McCamus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-mccamus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-mccamus
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564805
- **TMDB ID:** 64712
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2439878
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCamus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2439878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564805/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64712

Actor. Born 25 July 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 July 1955, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- **Active:** 1997–2015
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 55 (1), 2010s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $46m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCamus, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2439878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564805/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64712

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Room*](https://film.one/film/room.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Killshot*](https://film.one/film/killshot.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Tom McCamus is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. He was born on 25 July 1955 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in London, Ontario. He trained at the University of Windsor, earning a BFA in theatre, and began his career with the Young Company at the Grand Theatre in London before moving to Toronto.

McCamus has performed extensively at the Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival. His film roles include Sam Burnell in *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), for which he received a Genie Award nomination, Henry Adler in *I Love a Man in Uniform* (1993), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Actor, and Leo in *Room* (2015). On television he is known for Mason Eckhart in *Mutant X* (2001–04) and Dr. Alan Nealon in *Orphan Black* (2013). He is married to actress Chick Reid.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nac-cna.ca.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Room* (2015), Fi1m 84, as Leo — [page](https://film.one/film/room.md)
- *Orphan Black* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Dr. Alan Nealon — [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)
- *Killshot* (2008), Fi1m 55, as Paul Scallen / FBI Chief — [page](https://film.one/film/killshot.md)
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Sam Burnell — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *The Winter's Tale* (2025), as Old Shepherd
- *The Tempest* (2019), as Stephano
- *Coriolanus* (2019), as Menenius Agrippa
- *The Emissary* (2017), as The Steward
- *Room* (2015), as Leo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/room.md)
- *Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra* (2015), as Enobarbus
- *Stratford Festival: King John* (2015), as King John
- *Orphan Black* (2013), series, as Dr. Alan Nealon — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)
- *The Samaritan* (2012), as Deacon
- *Rookie Blue* (2010), series, as Angel
- *Cairo Time* (2009), as Mark
- *Spliced* (2009), series, as Lord Wingus Eternum (voice)
- *Booky's Crush* (2009), as Sidney
- *Killshot* (2008), as Paul Scallen / FBI Chief — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/killshot.md)
- *Murdoch Mysteries* (2008), series, as Judge Mitchell Wilson
- *Shake Hands with the Devil* (2007), as Major Phil Lancaster
- *Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India* (2006), as Narrator
- *Heyday!* (2006), as Joe Neal
- *Black Widow* (2005), as Detective Pressman
- *Siblings* (2004), as Mr. Phillips
- *Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning* (2004), as Wallace Rowlands
- *Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen* (2004), as Calum
- *First and Last* (2003), as narrator
- *Trinity* (2003), as Dr. Clerval
- *Puppets Who Kill* (2002), series, Actor
- *Perfect Pie* (2002), as Don Rayford
- *The Nature of Nicholas* (2002), as Father
- *Steal* (2002), as Jerry
- *Mutant X* (2001), series, as Mason Eckhart
- *Foreign Objects* (2001), series, Actor
- *The Claim* (2000), as Burn
- *Possible Worlds* (2000), as George Barber
- *Spreading Ground* (2000), as Johnny Gault
- *Murder Most Likely* (1999), as Sean Exley
- *Don't Think Twice* (1999), Actor
- *Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons* (1999), as Rembrandt van Rijn
- *The Passion of Ayn Rand* (1999), as Richard
- *Last Night* (1998), as Radio D.J. (voice)
- *Twitch City* (1998), series, as Dean
- *Emily of New Moon* (1998), series, as Dr. Campbell
- *Six Gestures* (1997), as Bach
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), as Sam Burnell — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1996), as Edmund Tyrone
- *FX: The Series* (1996), series, as David Craymore
- *First Degree* (1995), as Amos Turzo
- *Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story* (1995), as Mr. Schlesinger
- *Due South* (1994), series, as Jimmy Donnelly
- *I Know My Son Is Alive* (1994), as Salvatore Falcone
- *I Love a Man in Uniform* (1993), as Henry Adler
- *Guilty as Sin* (1993), as Ray Schiff
- *Kung Fu: The Legend Continues* (1993), series, as David Gilberto
- *Heart Songs* (1992), as Snipe
- *Beautiful Dreamers* (1990), as Leonard Thomas
- *Norman's Awesome Experience* (1989), as Norman
- *Friday the 13th: The Series* (1987), series, as Frank Edwards, Atticus Rook
- *And Then You Die* (1987), Actor
- *The Cuckoo Bird* (1985), as Peter
- *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Edmund Tyrone

## Gallery

- ![Tom McCamus](https://film.one/media/person/87145/gallery-5a0157b835ea.jpg) Tom McCamus — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom McCamus](https://film.one/media/person/87145/gallery-5a35f10165d4.jpg) Tom McCamus — Image via TMDB

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