Marvin Ishmael

Marvin Ishmael

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Donkeyhead
Title: Donkeyhead
Character: Gurpreet Ghuman
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Mona, a failed writer, carves out a life of isolation while caring for her ailing Sikh father but when he has a debilitating stroke her three successful siblings show up on her doorstep determined to take control of the situation.
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Burden
Title: Burden
Character: Lawyer
Released: July 4, 2022
Type: Movie
A recovering alcoholic rekindles a relationship with the ex-girlfriend of the man that he and his brother killed in a drunk driving accident half a decade ago.
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Title: Reacher
Character: Priest
Released: February 3, 2022
Type: TV
Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.
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Title: Astrid & Lilly Save the World
Character: Principal Varshidi
Released: January 26, 2022
Type: TV
High school is hard enough when you're different, but when outcast BFFs Astrid and Lilly accidentally crack open a portal to a terrifyingly quirky monster dimension, it gets a lot more complicated. It's up to them to vanquish the creepy creatures and save the world, becoming the badass heroes they were meant to be. That is, if they can survive the horrors of high school.
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Single All the Way
Title: Single All the Way
Character: Victor
Released: December 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they’re now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James, the plan goes awry.
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Title: Overlord and the Underwoods
Character: Ulysses Potopsingh
Released: October 29, 2021
Type: TV
A typical North American family's lives change drastically when a distant relative moves in from another galaxy - Overlord, the 2nd-most wanted villain in the universe.
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Title: Private Eyes
Character: Mr. Bashwa
Released: May 26, 2016
Type: TV
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
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Title: Ces gars-là
Character: Sam's Father
Released: February 24, 2014
Type: TV
Sam is a proud East-Indian-Canadian who speaks Punjabi and English. Simon is a nationalist French-speaking Quebecer… and against all odds their friendship makes them a great team!
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Title: Transporter: The Series
Character: Amir Salahi
Released: October 25, 2012
Type: TV
The adventures of professional transporter Frank Martin, who can always be counted on to get the job done—discreetly. Operating in a seedy underworld of dangerous criminals and desperate players, his three rules are: Never change the deal, no names, and never open the package. Occasionally, complications arise and rules get broken.
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Title: Single White Spenny
Character: Dr. Dinkar Prakash
Released: June 2, 2011
Type: TV
Single White Spenny is a Canadian television series that aired briefly on Showcase in 2011, and chronicles the misadventures a fictitious version of Spencer Rice, played by himself, has dating various women after his wife divorced him for being "an immature man-child emotionally incapable of a serious relationship." IFC Canada announced that Single White Spenny had been cancelled due to poor ratings and its inability to capture Kenny vs. Spenny audiences.
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Title: King
Character: Amir Karan
Released: April 17, 2011
Type: TV
King is a Canadian police drama which premiered April 17, 2011 on Showcase. The series stars Amy Price-Francis as Jessica King, a veteran police officer who gets promoted to head of the Major Crimes Task Force in Toronto after her predecessor has a breakdown on television. Season 2 began production in September 2011 and premiered 29 February 2012. On June 2, 2012, it was reported that King had been cancelled after 2 seasons.
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Title: Rookie Blue
Character: Jonathan Gupta
Released: June 24, 2010
Type: TV
Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.
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Title: Republic of Doyle
Character: Dr. Natchie
Released: January 6, 2010
Type: TV
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
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Title: Testees
Character: Marcel
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: TV
Testees is a Canadian television series, created by Kenny Hotz and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Thursdays at 10:30 PM EST on FX and ran from October 9, 2008 to December 18, 2008. and debuted on October 14, 2008 on Showcase in Canada. The show is filmed in Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario. Testees is now showing on FX in the UK, I.Sat in Brazil and Comedy Central in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. After one season, Testees was not renewed by FX.
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Title: Sanctuary
Character: Ravi
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: TV
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
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Céline
Title: Céline
Character: Dr. Gaston
Released: May 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
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Title: The Border
Character: Deevesh Silva
Released: January 7, 2008
Type: TV
The Border is a Canadian drama that aired on CBC Television and 20 other TV networks worldwide. It was created by Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey, Janet MacLean and Jeremy Hole of White Pine Pictures. The Executive in Charge of Production is Janice Dawe. Episodes in the first season were directed by John Fawcett, Michael DeCarlo, Ken Girotti, Kelly Makin, Brett Sullivan and Philip Earnshaw. The first season had a total budget of 20 million dollars, with about 1.5 million dollars per episode. The series is set in Toronto and follows agents of the fictitious Immigration and Customs Security agency. ICS was created by the Government of Canada to deal with trans-border matters concerning Canadian national security including terrorism and smuggling. The cancellation of The Border was announced by the CBC after three seasons were aired.
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Nature of the Beast
Title: Nature of the Beast
Character: Dr. Patel
Released: October 21, 2007
Type: Movie
Julia and Rich are about to get married, but Rich has a hairy secret. Will Julia still marry him when she finds out about the monster "inside"?
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This Beautiful City
Title: This Beautiful City
Character: Bill
Released: September 11, 2007
Type: Movie
Friday night in Toronto’s lower west end. Chatter from a dinner party in Harry and Carol’s nouveau riche condo drifts through an open balcony door, as two freebase cokeheads, Pretty and Johnny, have a party on their own in the alley below. As the dinner guests leave, the hostess is nowhere to be found. Until, a wet thud and a sharp scream rise up to the balcony. Pretty stares in horror at Carol’s body, splayed on the alley floor, as Harry screams for help from above. The sharp burst of police sirens sends the cokeheads running as Peter, a middle aged police officer, sprints from his cruiser to check Carol’s vitals. Rocket forward three months and these five disparate lives begin to cataclysmically intersect through weaving multi-narrative story arcs that release spurts and geysers of long-suppressed sexuality and aggression. Beautiful things can happen when you hit rock bottom.
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The Road to Christmas
Title: The Road to Christmas
Character: Jitu
Released: December 17, 2006
Type: Movie
High-powered fashion photographer Claire Jameson finds herself stranded in middle America on the way to her dream Christmas-time wedding in Aspen. Unable to get another flight or rent a car, Claire is reduced to begging for a ride. When the rugged former artist turned teacher, Tom Pullman and his 13-year old daughter Hilly kindly offer to take her, none of them realize that their journey is just beginning, and it will leave all of them in a very different place than where they began.
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Homie Spumoni
Title: Homie Spumoni
Character: Omar (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 2006
Type: Movie
All his life, African-American Renato has been raised in an Italian-American family. Completely unaware that he is Black, his life is upended when his birth parents materialize, causing Renato to examine what he true heritage is.
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Title: 11 Cameras
Character: Dinesh
Released: June 28, 2006
Type: TV
Postal mailboxes are mostly empty these days. Long-distance friends and lovers have traded in their pen and ink for the ones and zeros of e-mail and the electronic hum of ten thousand web cams. Computers are the new breeding ground for today's relationships. Love, sex, loneliness, fear, money woes, longing, adultery and jealousy -- 11 CAMERAS is a voyeuristic look at human relationships and the new ways we connect to one another in the digital age.
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Title: Covert One: The Hades Factor
Character: Moderator
Released: April 9, 2006
Type: TV
While in a retrieve operation of a virus in Berlin, the Covert One agent Rachel Russell is double-crossed by two dirty agents; she kills them and escapes, trying to find a hiding place and someone to trust to protect the vials. Meanwhile, the former Covert One agent Dr. Jon Smith is also in Berlin with his beloved fiancée Sophie Amsden participating in a congress. When three persons die with bleeding, the doctors disclose a Hades virus outbreak, an extreme rare Ebola variant. Jon and Sophie return to the USA to research a cure, and Jon discovers a huge combination of bio-terrorism and conspiracy.
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Title: At the Hotel
Character: Doug Sharma
Released: March 7, 2006
Type: TV
At the Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical mini-series concerning the goings-on at an illustrious Montreal hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists. Created by Ken Finkleman and produced by One Hundred Percent Television, the series aired on CBC Television in 2006. The music is composed by Robert Carli. This is the only Ken Finkleman production in which he did not cast himself as a character. He does however make a very brief on-screen appearance as a member of the crew shooting a music video in the hotel.
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Title: ReGenesis
Character: Dr. Singh
Released: October 24, 2004
Type: TV
ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC, a fictional organization with a lab based in Toronto. The organization investigates problems of a scientific nature, such as bio-terrorism, mysterious diseases or radical changes in environment throughout Canada, the United States, and Mexico. NorBAC is headed by David Sandström, the chief scientist and molecular biologist. Through this character the show often addresses topical social, political and ethical issues related to the science at hand. The series was originally seen on The Movie Network and Movie Central with rebroadcasts on Global and Showcase in Canada. Internationally it can be seen on FX in the United Kingdom, The Science Channel, Halogen TV and in syndication and CW Plus in the United States, and FX Latin America in Mexico; as well as numerous broadcasters in Europe and Asia. International distribution is handled by Oasis International. As of April 2012 the show can also be seen on Hulu.com.
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Title: 72 Hours: True Crime
Character: Faith Healer
Released: November 4, 2003
Type: TV
72 Hours: True Crime focuses on crime, specifically on the first 72 hours after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it. Rather than focus on fictional crimes, as do Law & Order and other TV shows elsewhere, True Crime depicted actual crimes that occurred throughout Canada, using dramatic reenactments and documentary-style footage of crime scenes.
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Title: 72 Hours: True Crime
Character: Sukhvinder Shergill
Released: November 4, 2003
Type: TV
72 Hours: True Crime focuses on crime, specifically on the first 72 hours after a crime is committed, a critical time period for solving it. Rather than focus on fictional crimes, as do Law & Order and other TV shows elsewhere, True Crime depicted actual crimes that occurred throughout Canada, using dramatic reenactments and documentary-style footage of crime scenes.
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Title: Jake 2.0
Character: Cab Driver
Released: September 10, 2003
Type: TV
Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the United Kingdom, all the episodes aired on Sky1. The series later aired in syndication on HDNet and the Sci Fi Channel. The series revolves around a computer expert, Jake Foley, who works for the U.S. government's National Security Agency and was accidentally infected by nanobots which give him superhuman powers. He is able to control technology with his brain, making him "the ultimate human upgrade" according to the show's introduction.
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Title: Mayday
Character: Voiceover (voice)
Released: September 3, 2003
Type: TV
Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts and interviews with aviation experts.
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Heart of a Stranger
Title: Heart of a Stranger
Character: Doctor
Released: December 9, 2002
Type: Movie
What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging beers, blasting modern music and donning barely-there miniskirts. She is acting like the 22-year-old guy whose ticker she inherited. Even weirder — this is a true story! (Based on the book “Change of Heart” by Claire Sylvia and William Novak.)
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Title: Puppets Who Kill
Character: Sensu
Released: October 4, 2002
Type: TV
Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. In Puppets Who Kill, Rocko the Dog, Cuddles the Comfort Doll, Buttons the Bear, and Bill the Dummy are four live, anthropomorphic puppets with a history of delinquency and recidivism. Canadian courts sent each of them to a halfway house for puppets, operated by a man named Dan Barlow.
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Title: Street Time
Character: Nabim
Released: June 23, 2002
Type: TV
Follows a fair parole officer and his parolee who wants to go straight but his former business associates are after him.
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You Belong to Me
Title: You Belong to Me
Character: Abdul
Released: February 24, 2002
Type: Movie
A radio psychologist who solves the murders of wealthy women finds her latest case is much deeper than she imagined-and it may cost her life!
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Title: Tracker
Character: Doctor #3
Released: October 15, 2001
Type: TV
Tracker is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw. The pilot episode and two other episodes were edited into the film Alien Tracker.
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Title: Degrassi
Character: Mr. Bhandari
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: TV
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Title: Queer As Folk
Character: Doctor
Released: December 3, 2000
Type: TV
Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.
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Title: Queer As Folk
Character: Dr. Ezrahi
Released: December 3, 2000
Type: TV
Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this original series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA. The show offers an unapologetic look at modern, urban gay and lesbian lives while addressing the most critical health and political issues affecting the community. Sometimes racy, sometimes sensitive and always straight to the heart.
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Left Behind: The Movie
Title: Left Behind: The Movie
Character: Fitzhugh
Released: October 30, 2000
Type: Movie
After learning that millions have completely vanished, an airline pilot, a journalist, and others work together to unravel the mystery of those left behind.
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Title: Falcone
Character: Doctor
Released: April 4, 2000
Type: TV
Falcone is an American TV series on CBS which lasted only one season. The plot follows Joseph D. Pistone, who goes undercover to bring down the mob. This was based on a true story, also having been dramatized in the movie Donnie Brasco. also Based on the book Donnie Brasco-My Undercover Life in the Mafia by FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley.
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Title: Relic Hunter
Character: Guardian Monk
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: TV
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.
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Balls Up
Title: Balls Up
Character: Swami
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Jenny, a clever script assistant, lives with Geoff, recently returned to Toronto from Hollywood to direct a televised lottery show. Jenny comes up with a scheme for beating the lottery, which involves the seduction of Byron, an accountant who was hired to keep the lottery honest after the previous accountant dropped dead during the show. As the scheme proceeds, difficulties arise. A cleaning man, originally from India, is suspicious when he sees the lottery - supposedly live - being pre-taped; and the person chosen to buy the winning ticket is pursued by a loan shark. As the scheme unwinds, more and more people in Toronto - and India - learn the winning numbers of the upcoming draw. Meanwhile, Jenny and the accountant start falling in love. Her determined efforts ultimately turn an imminent disaster into a financial and romantic success.
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Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Title: Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Character: Doctor
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Joe Torre after failing to win a championship when he was a professional baseball player and as Manager to three teams is named Manager of the Yankees. And he finds himself having players like Dwight Gooden, Wade Boggs and Daryl Strawberry who are considered has beens. And players like David Cone who are ill. But nevertheless thinks he can win with them. At the same he deals with the loss of one brother and another brother battling the same condition that killed his brother.
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Title: Earth: Final Conflict
Character: Saied
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives.
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Hidden in America
Title: Hidden in America
Character: Dr. Bhaita
Released: December 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.
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Title: Nancy Drew
Character: Raymond
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: TV
Nancy Drew is a curious and fiercely independent 20-year old criminology student whose consummate passion is sloving mysteries.
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Senior Trip
Title: Senior Trip
Character: Ish
Released: September 8, 1995
Type: Movie
While on detention, a group of misfits and slackers have to write a letter to the President explaining what is wrong with the education system. There is only one problem, the President loves it! Hence, the group must travel to Washington to meet the Main Man.
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Open Season
Title: Open Season
Character: Rewly
Released: January 14, 1995
Type: Movie
When the television ratings machines suddenly malfunction, public television suddenly, but mistakenly, soars to #1 in this humorous satire.
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Title: Due South
Character: Niffug
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Title: Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Character: Mr. Alvarez (voice)
Released: September 18, 1993
Type: TV
Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC, and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television show, Tales from the Crypt, which aired concurrently on HBO. Being directed at children, Tales From the Cryptkeeper was significantly milder than the live-action HBO version. The series was cancelled on December 10, 1994. In 1999, the show returned to the air as New Tales from the Cryptkeeper. The animation was different from that of the previous episodes.
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Taking the Heat
Title: Taking the Heat
Character: Store Owner
Released: June 6, 1993
Type: Movie
When Michael Norell witnesses a murder, he doesn't want to testify but he is forced to by the police. A cop is ordered to bring him to the court, but before they get there they have to deal with several attacks from killers.
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Title: Forever Knight
Released: May 5, 1992
Type: TV
Forever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a way to become human again. The series premiered on May 5, 1992 and concluded with the third season finale on May 17, 1996.
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Title: Beyond Reality
Character: Dean Larry Fleming
Released: October 4, 1991
Type: TV
Beyond Reality is a Canadian/American science fiction television series which originally aired between October 4, 1991 and March 20, 1993. The series is about two university parapsychologists who investigate reports of paranormal phenomena that occur in ordinary people's lives.
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Title: Counterstrike
Character: Kirk Gagosian
Released: July 1, 1990
Type: TV
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United States on cable channel USA Network, premiering on July 1, 1990. The series ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Counterstrike has since aired in reruns in Canada on Showcase and TVtropolis.
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Title: E.N.G.
Character: Shiek Farhan
Released: October 31, 1989
Type: TV
E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station. The show aired on CTV from 1989 to 1994. The series ran for 96 episodes, produced by the Alliance Entertainment Corporation.
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Title: T and T
Character: Building Inspector
Released: January 11, 1988
Type: TV
T. and T. is a Canadian-produced television series, in production from 1987 to 1990. The series premiered in first-run syndication in January 1988, later moving to new episodes on the Family Channel in 1990. It was a starring vehicle for Mr. T, after the cancellation of The A-Team in 1986. The series’ theme song was performed by Merry Clayton. The opening voice-over set-up the premise:
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Title: Street Legal
Character: Rudy Field
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.
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Title: Street Legal
Character: Dr. Jensen
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.
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Title: Adderly
Released: September 24, 1986
Type: TV
Adderly is a Canadian television drama series, first aired in 1986.
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Title: Night Heat
Character: Rajid
Released: January 31, 1985
Type: TV
Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The police crime drama series aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was conceived by Sonny Grosso, a former New York City Police Department detective. Grosso served as the show's executive producer along with his partner, Larry Jacobson.
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Title: Night Heat
Character: Cantrell
Released: January 31, 1985
Type: TV
Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The police crime drama series aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was conceived by Sonny Grosso, a former New York City Police Department detective. Grosso served as the show's executive producer along with his partner, Larry Jacobson.