
Ron Canada
Biography
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.
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Filmography
Acting (115)
Movies (55)
This Will Never Work
2025as Uncle Pete
The Empty Man
2020as Detective Villiers
Bully
2018as 'Action' Jackson
The Discovery
2017as Cooper
Crown Heights
2017as Judge Marcy
Ted 2
2015as Judge
After Words
2015as Nelson
Lake Effects
2012as Winchester
Bob Funk
2009as Smiley
Noble Things
2009as Moses
The Beneficiary
2008as Detective Jensen
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008as Mr. Bennett
Ocean of Pearls
2008as Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
Little Wings
2007as John
Snowglobe
2007as Antonio
Paved with Good Intentions
2006as Garrett Balden
Islander
2006as T. Hardy
King Leopold's Ghost
2006as Voice
Wedding Crashers
2005as Randolph
Just Like Heaven
2005as Dr. Walsh
Cinderella Man
2005as Joe Jeanette
National Treasure
2004as Guard Woodruff
Reversible Errors
2004as Jackson Aires
The Hunted
2003as Harry Van Zandt
The United States of Leland
2003as Elden
The Human Stain
2003as Herb Keble
Thank Heaven
2001as Joseph Johnson
Black River
2001as Chief Salks
In Too Deep
1999as Dr. Bratton
The Apartment Complex
1999as Detective Culver
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998as Gabriel Jones
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
1998
Before He Wakes
1998as Detective Cochran
Clover
1997as Gaten's brother-in-law
Othello
1997as Iago
Lone Star
1996as Otis Payne
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996as Barry
The American President
1995as Reporter Lloyd
Man of the House
1995as Bob Younger
Without Warning
1994as Terrance Freeman
Getting Even with Dad
1994as Zinn
Barbarians at the Gate
1993as Vernon Jordan
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992as Cop in Times Square
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992as Marshall Brooks
Play Nice
1992as Coroner
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
Downtown
1990as Lowell Harris
The Last of the Finest
1990as Cregan
Unholy Matrimony
1988as Lt. Jack Tolliver
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988as Bartender
Adventures in Babysitting
1987as Greydon
Heart
1987as Talk Show Guest
Good to Go
1986
D.C. Cab
1983as Policeman #4
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983as Barker
Television (60)
The Irrational
2023as Eli Mercer
East New York
2022as Maurice Haywood
The Equalizer
2021as Curtis Baker
Girls5eva
2021as Dana Wiggens
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018as DNI Bobby Vig
Seven Seconds
2018as Pastor Adler
The Good Fight
2017as Andrew Hart
The Orville
2017as Admiral Tucker
The Strain
2014as Mayor George Lyle
Madam Secretary
2014as Cameroonian Ambassador Jean Aissatou
The Affair
2014as Judge Polk
House of Cards
2013as Vincent Abruzzo
Elementary
2012as Manny Rose
Grimm
2011as Stan Kingston
Blue Bloods
2010as Mason
The Mentalist
2008as Philip Raimey
Brothers and Sisters
2006as Brigadier General Hendrix
Ugly Betty
2006as Senator Slater
The Jake Effect
2006as McConnell
Bones
2005as Special Agent Sam Reilly
The Office
2005as Mr. Haskins
Numb3rs
2005as Brian Hellman
The Closer
2005as Judge Gerald Blake
Weeds
2005as Joseph
Boston Legal
2004as Judge Willard Reese
Jack & Bobby
2004as Adult Marcus Ride
Young MacGyver
2003as The General
The Shield
2002as Chief of Police Tom Bankston
Crossing Jordan
2001as Mr. Brody
One on One
2001as Richard Barnes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Gerry Barone
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Coleman Green
The West Wing
1999as Theodore Barrow
Family Law
1999as Gary Stark
Felicity
1998as Dean Allison
Stargate SG-1
1997as Quartus
7th Heaven
1996as Dr. Tsegdye
Star Trek: Voyager
1995as Fesek
Babylon 5
1994as Captain Ellis Pierce
Ellen
1994as Detective Sutterman
Sister, Sister
1994as Mr. Thorington
Due South
1994as Franco Devlin
The X-Files
1993as Det. Franklin Potter
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993as Ch'Pok
Frasier
1993as Judge Anderson
Melrose Place
1992as Minister
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992as Coach Chet Corley
Stat
1991
Stat
1991as Anderson 'Mary' Roche
Law & Order
1990as Mr. Fuller
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990as Man #1
Family Matters
1989as Dave McClure
Life Goes On
1989
TV 101
1988as Mr. Hines
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987as Martin Benbeck
A Different World
1987as Grover James
L.A. Law
1986as David Ellis
MacGyver
1985as The General
Cheers
1982as Agent Munson
Dallas
1978as Dave Wallace
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