| Denis Forest | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1960-09-05)September 5, 1960 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | March 18, 2002(2002-03-18) (aged 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–2002 |
Denis Forest (September 5, 1960 – March 18, 2002) was a Canadian character actor. He was known for portraying henchmen in Academy Award-nominated blockbusters The Mask and Cliffhanger. He was the lead villain in the second season of the War of the Worlds television series.
A graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School, he was an early founding member of Richard Rose and Thom Sokoloski's Autumn Angel Repertory theatre company, who received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Original Play, General Theatre at the 1984 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the collective play Mein.
In 1986 Forest and Bruce Verine premiered Projekt Putz, a satirical send-up of avant-garde performance art, at the Toronto Free Theatre. He also had occasional film and television roles in this era, including the television miniseries Race for the Bomb and Champagne Charlie.
After the 1989 film The Long Road Home, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue work in American film and television.
Forest died suddenly following a massive stroke in Los Angeles on March 18, 2002, after having dinner in a Franklin Avenue restaurant in Hollywood with a few friends.
Filmography
- The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983) - Policeman
- Head Office (1985) - Rich
- The Climb (1986) - Hermann Kollensperger
- Race for the Bomb (1987) - Klaus Fuchs
- Friday the 13th: The Series (1987-1990, TV series) - 4 episodes
- War of the Worlds (1989-1990, TV series) - 21 episodes
- Tadpole and the Whale (1988) - Marcel
- Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier (1988) - Claude Vivier, age 26
- Destiny to Order (1989) - Chicout
- Champagne Charlie (1989) - Paul Lampin
- The Long Road Home (1989) - Michael Posen
- Dracula: The Series (TV series) (1990-1991) - Nosferatu
- Wedlock (1991) - Puce
- Cliffhanger (1993) - Heldon
- The Mask (1994) - Sweet Eddy
- New Crime City (1994) - Wizard
- Where Truth Lies (1996) - Jonas Kellar
- Eraser (1996) - Technician
- Dead Men Can't Dance (1997) - Dennis Larson
- La Femme Nikita (1998) - Rene Dian
- Storm of the Century (1999) - Kirk Freeman
- Hidden Agenda (1999) - Christoph
- The X-Files (TV series) (Season 9 Ep. 10 - "Providence") (2002) - Zeke Josepho
- Detonator (2003) - Steve Kerwin (final film role)
References
- "New Faces". Toronto Star, March 7, 1987.
- Stephen Godfrey, "A promising debut for Autumn Angel". The Globe and Mail, February 11, 1983.
- Stephen Godfrey, "Jungle of Cities wins four Doras". The Globe and Mail, October 23, 1984.
- Robert Everett-Green, "It seemed like a good idea: Projekt Putz is a real chuckle until the curtain goes up". The Globe and Mail, August 21, 1986.
- Jim Bawden, "Race For The Bomb joins race for ratings". Toronto Star, January 20, 1987.
- "TV series bubbles with talent". Toronto Star, June 9, 1988.
- Lee Berthiaume, "Ottawa actor dies suddenly in L.A.". Ottawa Citizen, March 24, 2002.
External links
- Denis Forest at IMDb