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[[Image:Aaron Douglas gatecon.jpg|right|thumb|218px|Aaron Douglas at a [[science fiction convention]]]]
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'''Aaron Douglas''' (born [[August 23]], [[1971]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]) is a Canadian actor. He currently stars as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]] on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] television program ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2003)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. He has been known to post in Battlestar Galactica fan forums.
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'''Aaron Douglas''' (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as [[Galen Tyrol]] on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]]'s television program ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/2013/07/15/chief-boomer-romance-battlestar-galactica/ "I'm still not over... Chief and Boomer's tragic romance on 'Battlestar Galactica'"] by Maricela Gonzalez at [[Entertainment Weekly|ew.com]]</ref>

He headlined on the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] drama ''[[The Bridge (Canadian TV series)|The Bridge]]'',<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/unique-and-quirky-just-like-his-car/article4319664/ "Unique and quirky, just like his car"] by Petrina Gentile at [[The Globe and Mail|www.theglobeandmail.com]]</ref> which was also picked up by [[CBS]] for broadcast in the United States.<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2009/07/03/bridge-20090703/ "Bridge sells overseas"] at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department.<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2009/08/17/douglas-20090817/ "Aaron Douglas – Actor"] by Mark Dillon at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009<ref name="thebridge">{{cite news | author = Adam Bryant | url = http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-CBS-1003091.aspx | title = Fall TV: CBS Orders 13 Episodes of The Bridge | date = 2009-02-19 | work = [[TV Guide]] | access-date = 2009-02-19}}</ref><ref name="thebridge2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20090219/thebridge_cbs/20090219/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221215112/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20090219/thebridge_cbs/20090219/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-21 |title=CTV's 'The Bridge' picked up by CBS |date=2009-02-19 |work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] |access-date=2009-02-19 }}</ref> but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired.<ref name="thebridge3">{{cite news | url = http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/22/cbs-cancels-the-bridge/57916 | title = CTV's 'The Bridge' cancelled by CBS | date = 2010-07-22 | access-date = 2010-02-22 | archive-date = 2010-07-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100723135728/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/22/cbs-cancels-the-bridge/57916 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2010/07/23/thebridge-20100723/ "CBS drops The Bridge"] by Marise Strauss at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> Douglas starred alongside fellow ''Battlestar Galactica'' actor [[Paul Campbell (Canadian actor)|Paul Campbell]] in a [[Syfy]] original movie, ''Killer Mountain'',<ref>[https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/26639/killer-mountain-2011/ Killer Mountain (2011) review] by Foywonder at [[Dread Central|www.dreadcentral.com]]</ref> which premiered August 27, 2011.<ref name="killermt">{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/syfy/pressreleases?pr=contents/press-releases/2011/07/26/jewelstaitefire1311693541450.xml |title=Aaron Douglas and Paul Campbell to star in Syfy Original Movie |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614064459/http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/syfy/pressreleases?pr=contents%2Fpress-releases%2F2011%2F07%2F26%2Fjewelstaitefire1311693541450.xml |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Aaron Douglas was born in New Westminster BC a city in the Lower Mainland on the South Coast of British Columbia. His father Michael Douglas is a professor and his mother Arlene Elliot is a psychologist. He has a brother Chris who is four years his junior. The family lived in Vancouver until Douglas was 10 at which time they moved to Creston in the interior of BC where he attended Prince Charles Secondary School as a teenager and acted in school productions, played in a rock band and participated in community theater. At age 26, he quit his job and moved back to Vancouver to pursue a career in acting. He studied at Canada's famed William Davis Centre for Actors Study at [[VanArts]].<ref name="scifiworldinterview">{{cite news | author = Gilles Nuytens | url = http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/aaron_douglas_01.htm | title = The Scifi World Aaron Douglas Interview | year = 2005 }}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite news | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808464731/bio | title = Aaron Douglas Bio }}</ref>

After completing the program at VanArts, Douglas performed with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company in Canada.<ref name="skyone">{{cite news | url = http://www.skyone.co.uk/programme/pgecastprofile.aspx?pid=3&cid=60 | title = SkyOne Cast Profiles }}</ref> Many of his early acting jobs were the result of his work as a "reader" for auditions. His job was to read the other side of the dialogue for the person auditioning for a role. Often, after the audition was finished, the director would turn to him and say something like, "You know that cop role with three lines, do you want to do it?", he began building his resume off those small parts.<ref name=GeekChocRef>[http://geekchocolate.co.uk/aaron-douglas-chief-galen-tyrol-battlestar-galactica/ "Aaron Douglas – Chief Galen Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica"] by Michael Flett at geekchocolate.co.uk</ref>

==Personal life==
On November 1, 2004, Douglas' wife Debbie died from breast cancer.<ref name=GeekChocRef/> He has a son, Taylor, from a previous relationship, born in 1996.<ref name="mediablvd">{{cite news|author=Jamie Ruby |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/an_exclusive_interview_with_aaron_douglas_200805071132.html |title=Exclusive Interview with Aaron Douglas |date=May 7, 2008 |work=MediaBlvd Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501091917/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/an_exclusive_interview_with_aaron_douglas_200805071132.html |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}</ref>

Douglas has a love of hockey and has been on skates since he was two years old. He still plays hockey as an adult, usually as a goalie. He is a [[Vancouver Canucks]] fan and can usually be found at home games screaming at the referees along with friends and fellow [[Syfy|Sci-Fi]] alums Daniel Bacon, [[Dan Payne]], and [[Ryan Robbins]].<ref name="ADFcom">{{cite news | url = http://wrathofcon.org/ | title = Aaron Douglas Biography }}</ref> He is also an avid fan of [[Wil Wheaton]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Aaron has admitted to going "fangirl" on him when meeting him for the first time at a convention in 2008.<ref name="fanboy">{{cite news | url = http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/20/battlestar-galactica-actors-fanboy-moment/ | title = My fanboy moment: 'BSG's' Aaron Douglas | year = 2011 | work = CNN }}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He is also a self-confessed fan of ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]''.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Stealing Sinatra]]'' || Patrolman #1 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Final Destination 2]]'' || Deputy Steve Adams ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' || Stryker Soldier #1 ||
|-
| 2003 || data-sort-value="Lizzie McGuire Movie, The" | ''[[The Lizzie McGuire Movie]]'' || Paparazzi #2 ||
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' || Scientist #3 || Uncredited{{cn|reason=All uncredited roles must be secondarily sourced to something!|date=August 2022}}
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Saved!]]'' || Paramedic ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Walking Tall (2004 film)|Walking Tall]]'' || Casino Stickman ||
|-
| 2004 || data-sort-value="Chronicles of Riddick, The" | ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'' || Young Meccan Soldier ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' || USR Attorney #1 ||
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' || Detective #1 ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[White Noise (2005 film)|White Noise]]'' || Frank Black ||
|-
| 2005 || data-sort-value="Exorcism of Emily Rose, The" | ''[[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]]'' || Assistant District Attorney #1 ||
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Chaos (2006 film)|Chaos]]'' || Police Officer || Uncredited{{cn|reason=All uncredited roles must be secondarily sourced to something!|date=August 2022}}
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Man About Town (2006 film)|Man About Town]]'' || Agency Partner #1 ||
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Butterfly on a Wheel]]'' || Front Desk Officer (Police Station) ||
|-
| 2007 || ''Blood: A Butcher's Tale'' || Sam the Butcher || segment: "The Little Things"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Death Do Us Part]]'' || Harry Simpson || Direct-to-video film
|-
| 2015 || data-sort-value="Driftless Area, The" | ''[[The Driftless Area]]'' || Fireman ||
|-
| 2016 || data-sort-value="Monster, The" | ''[[The Monster (2016 film)|The Monster]]'' || Jesse || <ref>[https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-monster-film-review-1201914092/ "Film Review: ‘The Monster’"] by Dennis Harvey at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Little Pink House]]'' || Governor ||
|-
| 2017 || ''Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End'' || Gavin || Voice role<ref>[https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Aaron-Douglas/ Aaron Douglas Voices] at www.behindthevoiceactors.com</ref>
|-
| 2018 || ''In Plainview'' || Penner ||
|-
| 2019 || ''Thunderbird'' || Officer Joe Fletcher ||
|-
| 2023 || ''Double Life'' || Sheldon Roberts ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || Moac || Episode: "[[Stargate SG-1 (season 3)#ep64|Maternal Instinct]]"
|-
| 2000 || ''Hollywood Off-Ramp'' || {{TableTBA|N/A}} || Episode: "Judgement Day"{{cn|date=August 2022}}
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Cold Squad]]'' || Dean Logan || Episode: "Root Cause"
|-
| 2000 || data-sort-value="Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence, The" | ''The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence'' || Worker || Television film
|-
| 2001 || ''Love and Treason'' || Paramedic || Television film
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'' || Hotel Clerk || Episode: "Exposure"
|-
| 2002 || data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]'' || Fender Bender Driver || Episode: "Mysterious Hearts
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || Deputy Michael Birtigo || Episode: "[[Smallville (season 1)#ep20|Obscura]]"
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || Jaffa || Episode: "[[Stargate SG-1 (season 6)#ep112|Redemption: Part 2]]"
|-
| 2002 || data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' || Kevin Lockwood || Episode: "Free Spirit"
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]'' || Detective Dean Santoni || Episode: "The Flower Jury"
|-
| 2002 || ''Breaking News'' || Greg Johnson || Episode: "Dunne's Choice"
|-
| 2002 || ''[[American Dreams]]'' || Line Guy || Episode: Pilot
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Taken (miniseries)|Taken]]'' || Corporal || Television [[miniseries]]; episode: "Jacob and Jesse"
|-
| 2003 || ''Before We Ruled the Earth'' || Tsir || Episode: "Hunt or Be Hunted"
|-
| 2003 || ''Just Cause'' || FBI Agent Schroder || Episode: "Hide and Seek"
|-
| 2003 || ''Black Sash'' || Officer Danny Bryant || Episode: "Snap Shots"
|-
| 2003 || ''Out of Order'' || Boston || Episode: Pilot
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Jeremiah (TV series)|Jeremiah]]'' || Davis || Episode: "Strange Attractors"
|-
| 2003 || ''Before I Say Goodbye'' || Detective Jack Sclafani || Television film
|-
| 2003 || ''Stealing Sinatra'' || Roadblock Patrolman || Television film
|-
| 2003 || data-sort-value="Stranger Beside Me, The" | ''The Stranger Beside Me'' || District Attorney Baines || Television film
|-
| 2003 || ''Lucky Seven'' || Steven || Television film
|-
| 2004 || data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]'' || Reader || Episode: "Criminal Favors"
|-
| 2004 || data-sort-value="L Word, The" | ''[[The L Word]]'' || Concerned Citizen || Episode: "Listen Up"
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' || Wezlow || Episode: "Time Out of Mind'
|-
| 2004 || data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | ''[[The Dead Zone (TV series)|The Dead Zone]]'' || Rob Coulter || Episode: "Total Awareness"
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Earthquake 10.5]]'' || Tent City Soldier || Television film
|-
| 2004–2009 || ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' || [[Galen Tyrol]] || Main role
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Whistler (TV series)|Whistler]]'' || Lance || Episode: "Gathering Clouds"
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'' || [[Galen Tyrol]] || Web series; main role
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]'' || SuperMax Prison Guard || Episode: Pilot<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/tv-ticker/article1326440/ TV TICKER: Bionic casting] by Andrew Ryan at [[The Globe and Mail|www.theglobeandmail.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Reaper (TV series)|Reaper]]'' || Demon Delivery Man || Episode: "What About Blob?"
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || Pierce || Episode: "[[Smallville (season 1)#ep146|Traveler]]"
|-
| 2010 || data-sort-value="Bridge, The" | ''[[The Bridge (Canadian TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || Frank Leo || Main role
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Hellcats]]'' || Bill Curran || Recurring role; 9 episodes
|-
| 2010 || ''One Angry Juror'' || Frank Riley (Prosecutor) || Television film
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]'' || Ray Darlton || Episode: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'' || Gil Collins || Episode: "Day Game"
|-
| 2011 || ''Killer Mountain'' || Ward Donovan || Television film
|-
| 2012 || data-sort-value="Firm, The" | ''[[The Firm (2012 TV series)|The Firm]]'' || Gerald Sykes || Episode: "Chapter Twelve"
|-
| 2012 || ''[[True Justice]]'' || FBI Agent Adrian Sloan || Episodes: "Fired, "The Shot"
|-
| 2012 || ''Ghost Storm'' || Greg Goropolis || Television film
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'' || Sheriff Tom Sworn || Recurring role (season 1); 11 episodes
|-
| 2013 || data-sort-value="Killing, The" | ''[[The Killing (American TV series)|The Killing]]'' || Evan Henderson || Recurring role ([[The Killing (season 3)|season 3]])
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Falling Skies (TV series)|Falling Skies]]'' || Cooper Marshall || Episode: "Mind Wars"
|-
| 2014 || data-sort-value="Strain, The" | ''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]'' || Roger Luss || Episode: "For Services Rendered"
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse]]'' || Agent Woodward|| Television film
|-
| 2014 || data-sort-value="Mentor, The" | ''The Mentor'' || Paul Allenham || Television film
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce]]'' || Doug Franklin || Episode: "F-you, Rob Frumpkis!"
|-
| 2015 || data-sort-value="Returned, The" | ''[[The Returned (American TV series)|The Returned]]'' || Tony Darrow || Recurring role; 6 episodes
|-
| 2015, 2017 || ''[[iZombie (TV series)|iZombie]]'' || Chuck Bird || Episodes: "Dead Air", "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoothier"
|-
| 2016 || data-sort-value="Flash, The" | ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' || [[Turtle (comics)|Russell Glosson / The Turtle]] || Episodes: "Potential Energy", "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
|-
| 2016 || data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | ''[[The X-Files]]'' || Lindquist || Episode: "[[Founder's Mutation]]"
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' || Fendrake the Healer || Episode: "[[Devil's Due (Once Upon a Time)|Devil's Due]]"
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' || Gordon Rimmer || Main role<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-940625/ "‘Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency’: TV Review"] by Tim Goodman at [[The Hollywood Reporter|www.hollywoodreporter.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' || Pierce Moncrieff || Episode: "[[Supernatural (season 12)#ep255|The Raid]]"
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Imposters (TV series)|Imposters]]'' || Gary Heller || Recurring role
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Salvation (TV series)|Salvation]]'' || Joe Riggs || Episode: "Fall Out"
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Unspeakable (TV series)|Unspeakable]]'' || Jim Krepke || Recurring role<ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/04/unspeakable-levi-meaden-brian-markinson-aaron-douglas-david-lewis-cast-cbc-sundance-miniseries-1202379381/ "‘Unspeakable’: Levi Meaden, Brian Markinson, Aaron Douglas & David Lewis Round Out Cast Of CBC/Sundance Miniseries"] by Denise Petski at [[Deadline Hollywood|deadline.com]]</ref>
|-
| 2019 || data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | ''[[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' || Mitch || Episode: "The Wunderkind"
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Motherland: Fort Salem]]'' || Colonel Jarrett || Recurring role (season 3); 5 episodes
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Resident Alien (TV series)|Resident Alien]]'' || General Devanney || Episode: "Avian Flu"
|-
| 2024 || ''[[Murder in a Small Town (TV series)|Murder in a Small Town]]'' || Sgt. Sid Sokolowski || 9 episodes
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Dead Rising 3]]'' || Adam Kane ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014 || ''[[Watch Dogs (video game)|Watch Dogs]]'' || Jordi Chin || Voice
|-
| ''Ancient Space'' || Sgt. Major Powell ||
|-
|2017
|''[[Watch Dogs 2]]''
| rowspan="2" |Jordi Chin
|DLC
|-
|2021
|''[[Watch Dogs: Legion]]''
|Both story<br>and DLC
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Hardspace: Shipbreaker]]'' || Weaver ||
|}

==Awards and nominations==
At the 2013 [[Canadian Screen Awards]] Douglas was nominated for best TV series dramatic guest performance for his role in the TV series ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'', episode: "Day Game".<ref>[https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/awards-season-finds-b-c-players-away-from-home "Awards season finds some B.C. players away from home"] by Glen Schaefer at [[Edmonton Journal|edmontonjournal.com]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://aarondouglas.biz Official Web Site]
* [http://aaronsdedicationpage.tripod.com Fan Club Web Site]
* [http://www.aarondouglasfans.com/ Aaron Douglas Fans] (Fan Site with photos, multimedia, filmography, articles, etc.)


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Latest revision as of 11:52, 23 October 2024

Aaron Douglas
Douglas at the 2018 FedCon
Born (1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 53)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Debbie
​
(died 2004)​
Children1

Aaron Douglas (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Galen Tyrol on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.[2]

He headlined on the CTV drama The Bridge,[3] which was also picked up by CBS for broadcast in the United States.[4] Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department.[5] CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009[6][7] but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired.[8][9] Douglas starred alongside fellow Battlestar Galactica actor Paul Campbell in a Syfy original movie, Killer Mountain,[10] which premiered August 27, 2011.[11]

Early life

[edit]

Aaron Douglas was born in New Westminster BC a city in the Lower Mainland on the South Coast of British Columbia. His father Michael Douglas is a professor and his mother Arlene Elliot is a psychologist. He has a brother Chris who is four years his junior. The family lived in Vancouver until Douglas was 10 at which time they moved to Creston in the interior of BC where he attended Prince Charles Secondary School as a teenager and acted in school productions, played in a rock band and participated in community theater. At age 26, he quit his job and moved back to Vancouver to pursue a career in acting. He studied at Canada's famed William Davis Centre for Actors Study at VanArts.[12][13]

After completing the program at VanArts, Douglas performed with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company in Canada.[14] Many of his early acting jobs were the result of his work as a "reader" for auditions. His job was to read the other side of the dialogue for the person auditioning for a role. Often, after the audition was finished, the director would turn to him and say something like, "You know that cop role with three lines, do you want to do it?", he began building his resume off those small parts.[15]

Personal life

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On November 1, 2004, Douglas' wife Debbie died from breast cancer.[15] He has a son, Taylor, from a previous relationship, born in 1996.[16]

Douglas has a love of hockey and has been on skates since he was two years old. He still plays hockey as an adult, usually as a goalie. He is a Vancouver Canucks fan and can usually be found at home games screaming at the referees along with friends and fellow Sci-Fi alums Daniel Bacon, Dan Payne, and Ryan Robbins.[17] He is also an avid fan of Wil Wheaton from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Aaron has admitted to going "fangirl" on him when meeting him for the first time at a convention in 2008.[18] He is also a self-confessed fan of The Ricky Gervais Show.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2003 Stealing Sinatra Patrolman #1
2003 Final Destination 2 Deputy Steve Adams
2003 X2 Stryker Soldier #1
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Paparazzi #2
2003 Paycheck Scientist #3 Uncredited[citation needed]
2004 Saved! Paramedic
2004 Walking Tall Casino Stickman
2004 The Chronicles of Riddick Young Meccan Soldier
2004 I, Robot USR Attorney #1
2004 Catwoman Detective #1
2005 White Noise Frank Black
2005 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Assistant District Attorney #1
2006 Chaos Police Officer Uncredited[citation needed]
2006 Man About Town Agency Partner #1
2007 Butterfly on a Wheel Front Desk Officer (Police Station)
2007 Blood: A Butcher's Tale Sam the Butcher segment: "The Little Things"
2014 Death Do Us Part Harry Simpson Direct-to-video film
2015 The Driftless Area Fireman
2016 The Monster Jesse [19]
2017 Little Pink House Governor
2017 Todd and the Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End Gavin Voice role[20]
2018 In Plainview Penner
2019 Thunderbird Officer Joe Fletcher
2023 Double Life Sheldon Roberts

Television

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Stargate SG-1 Moac Episode: "Maternal Instinct"
2000 Hollywood Off-Ramp N/A Episode: "Judgement Day"[citation needed]
2000 Cold Squad Dean Logan Episode: "Root Cause"
2000 The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence Worker Television film
2001 Love and Treason Paramedic Television film
2002 Dark Angel Hotel Clerk Episode: "Exposure"
2002 The Chris Isaak Show Fender Bender Driver Episode: "Mysterious Hearts
2002 Smallville Deputy Michael Birtigo Episode: "Obscura"
2002 Stargate SG-1 Jaffa Episode: "Redemption: Part 2"
2002 The Outer Limits Kevin Lockwood Episode: "Free Spirit"
2002 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Detective Dean Santoni Episode: "The Flower Jury"
2002 Breaking News Greg Johnson Episode: "Dunne's Choice"
2002 American Dreams Line Guy Episode: Pilot
2002 Taken Corporal Television miniseries; episode: "Jacob and Jesse"
2003 Before We Ruled the Earth Tsir Episode: "Hunt or Be Hunted"
2003 Just Cause FBI Agent Schroder Episode: "Hide and Seek"
2003 Black Sash Officer Danny Bryant Episode: "Snap Shots"
2003 Out of Order Boston Episode: Pilot
2003 Jeremiah Davis Episode: "Strange Attractors"
2003 Before I Say Goodbye Detective Jack Sclafani Television film
2003 Stealing Sinatra Roadblock Patrolman Television film
2003 The Stranger Beside Me District Attorney Baines Television film
2003 Lucky Seven Steven Television film
2004 The Chris Isaak Show Reader Episode: "Criminal Favors"
2004 The L Word Concerned Citizen Episode: "Listen Up"
2004 Andromeda Wezlow Episode: "Time Out of Mind'
2004 The Dead Zone Rob Coulter Episode: "Total Awareness"
2004 Earthquake 10.5 Tent City Soldier Television film
2004–2009 Battlestar Galactica Galen Tyrol Main role
2006 Whistler Lance Episode: "Gathering Clouds"
2006 Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance Galen Tyrol Web series; main role
2007 Bionic Woman SuperMax Prison Guard Episode: Pilot[21]
2007 Reaper Demon Delivery Man Episode: "What About Blob?"
2007 Smallville Pierce Episode: "Traveler"
2010 The Bridge Frank Leo Main role
2010 Hellcats Bill Curran Recurring role; 9 episodes
2010 One Angry Juror Frank Riley (Prosecutor) Television film
2011 Eureka Ray Darlton Episode: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
2011 Flashpoint Gil Collins Episode: "Day Game"
2011 Killer Mountain Ward Donovan Television film
2012 The Firm Gerald Sykes Episode: "Chapter Twelve"
2012 True Justice FBI Agent Adrian Sloan Episodes: "Fired, "The Shot"
2012 Ghost Storm Greg Goropolis Television film
2013 Hemlock Grove Sheriff Tom Sworn Recurring role (season 1); 11 episodes
2013 The Killing Evan Henderson Recurring role (season 3)
2014 Falling Skies Cooper Marshall Episode: "Mind Wars"
2014 The Strain Roger Luss Episode: "For Services Rendered"
2014 Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse Agent Woodward Television film
2014 The Mentor Paul Allenham Television film
2015 Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce Doug Franklin Episode: "F-you, Rob Frumpkis!"
2015 The Returned Tony Darrow Recurring role; 6 episodes
2015, 2017 iZombie Chuck Bird Episodes: "Dead Air", "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoothier"
2016 The Flash Russell Glosson / The Turtle Episodes: "Potential Energy", "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
2016 The X-Files Lindquist Episode: "Founder's Mutation"
2016 Once Upon a Time Fendrake the Healer Episode: "Devil's Due"
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Gordon Rimmer Main role[22]
2016 Supernatural Pierce Moncrieff Episode: "The Raid"
2017 Imposters Gary Heller Recurring role
2018 Salvation Joe Riggs Episode: "Fall Out"
2018 Unspeakable Jim Krepke Recurring role[23]
2019 The Twilight Zone Mitch Episode: "The Wunderkind"
2022 Motherland: Fort Salem Colonel Jarrett Recurring role (season 3); 5 episodes
2024 Resident Alien General Devanney Episode: "Avian Flu"
2024 Murder in a Small Town Sgt. Sid Sokolowski 9 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Dead Rising 3 Adam Kane
2014 Watch Dogs Jordi Chin Voice
Ancient Space Sgt. Major Powell
2017 Watch Dogs 2 Jordi Chin DLC
2021 Watch Dogs: Legion Both story
and DLC
2022 Hardspace: Shipbreaker Weaver

Awards and nominations

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At the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards Douglas was nominated for best TV series dramatic guest performance for his role in the TV series Flashpoint, episode: "Day Game".[24]

References

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  1. ^ Aaron Douglas' bio at www.northernstars.ca
  2. ^ "I'm still not over... Chief and Boomer's tragic romance on 'Battlestar Galactica'" by Maricela Gonzalez at ew.com
  3. ^ "Unique and quirky, just like his car" by Petrina Gentile at www.theglobeandmail.com
  4. ^ "Bridge sells overseas" at playbackonline.ca
  5. ^ "Aaron Douglas – Actor" by Mark Dillon at playbackonline.ca
  6. ^ Adam Bryant (2009-02-19). "Fall TV: CBS Orders 13 Episodes of The Bridge". TV Guide. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  7. ^ "CTV's 'The Bridge' picked up by CBS". CTV. 2009-02-19. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  8. ^ "CTV's 'The Bridge' cancelled by CBS". 2010-07-22. Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  9. ^ "CBS drops The Bridge" by Marise Strauss at playbackonline.ca
  10. ^ Killer Mountain (2011) review by Foywonder at www.dreadcentral.com
  11. ^ "Aaron Douglas and Paul Campbell to star in Syfy Original Movie". 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.
  12. ^ Gilles Nuytens (2005). "The Scifi World Aaron Douglas Interview".
  13. ^ "Aaron Douglas Bio".
  14. ^ "SkyOne Cast Profiles".
  15. ^ a b "Aaron Douglas – Chief Galen Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica" by Michael Flett at geekchocolate.co.uk
  16. ^ Jamie Ruby (May 7, 2008). "Exclusive Interview with Aaron Douglas". MediaBlvd Magazine. Archived from the original on May 1, 2011.
  17. ^ "Aaron Douglas Biography".
  18. ^ "My fanboy moment: 'BSG's' Aaron Douglas". CNN. 2011.[dead link‍]
  19. ^ "Film Review: ‘The Monster’" by Dennis Harvey at variety.com
  20. ^ Aaron Douglas Voices at www.behindthevoiceactors.com
  21. ^ TV TICKER: Bionic casting by Andrew Ryan at www.theglobeandmail.com
  22. ^ "‘Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency’: TV Review" by Tim Goodman at www.hollywoodreporter.com
  23. ^ "‘Unspeakable’: Levi Meaden, Brian Markinson, Aaron Douglas & David Lewis Round Out Cast Of CBC/Sundance Miniseries" by Denise Petski at deadline.com
  24. ^ "Awards season finds some B.C. players away from home" by Glen Schaefer at edmontonjournal.com
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