Brent Carver

Brent Carver

Born: November 17, 1951
Died: August 4, 2020
in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
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Brent Carver (November 17, 1951 – August 4, 2020) was a Canadian actor who was best known for his performances on Broadway in Parade as Leo Frank and Kiss of the Spider Woman as Molina, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993.

Movies for Brent Carver...

Title: Save Me
Character: Dr. Jason Bowman
Released: April 10, 2017
Type: TV
Save Me drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb - that one of them at some point will be blindsided by a medical emergency. And all of it is rooted in the on-going stories of our regular cast of EMTs who come to the rescue.
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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Title: Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
A retrospective of Chita Rivera's film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. Originally aired as Episode 2 of Season 43 of the PBS series Great Performances.
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Brent Carver: Home Through the Night
Title: Brent Carver: Home Through the Night
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
Actor/singer Brent Carver sings and performs Shakespeare.
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As You Like It
Title: As You Like It
Character: Jaques
Released: June 27, 2010
Type: Movie
A short BravoFACT adaptation of the 2010 Stratford Shakespeare Festival play 'As You Like It'.
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The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary
Title: The Lord of the Rings the Musical - Original London Production - Promotional Documentary
Character: Gandalf the Grey / Gandalf the White / Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
This 15-minute DVD follows the adaptation of LOTR for the stage, and features rehearsal and show footage of the initial production in Toronto as well as interviews with the creative team now preparing for the London production.
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Title: Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Character: Secretary Balsam
Released: March 12, 2006
Type: TV
In 1930s Saskatchewan, a small town parish has a new young new pastor, Tommy Douglas. However, for all his regular duties, which include boxing lessons, Tommy sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his power to address with the pulpit. With that in mind, Douglas enters politics with the socialist Canadian Commonwealth Federation and starts a career where his steadfast idealism runs headlong into the powerful opposition of the rich and the powerful. Despite the long odds, Douglas' new calling would soon make him a leader that would transform Canada and have him hailed as the greatest Canadian of all.
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Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Title: Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Character: Molina (segment "Kiss Of The Spider Woman")
Released: August 7, 2005
Type: Movie
Broadway royalty and Tony-winners Tommy Tune, Carol Channing, Robert Goulet, and Harvey Fierstein are your hosts for this third compilation of great musical performances from the archives of the Tony Award® broadcasts. Legendary stars from legendary shows strut their stuff in 23 performances that have become part of Broadway history.
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Elizabeth Rex
Title: Elizabeth Rex
Character: Ned Lowenscroft
Released: April 4, 2004
Type: Movie
This filmed treatment of the original Stratford Festival production of Timothy Findley's Governor General Award-winning play is a lavish treat for the eyes and the ears. William Shakespeare and his company of actors are brought together with the formidable Queen Elizabeth I in a remarkable encounter on the night of April 22, 1616, hours before the execution of Elizabeth's former lover Essex. Through the course of the evening, actor Ned Lowenscroft, famous for his female roles in Shakespeares' plays, very touchingly teaches the Queen to be more of a woman, while the Queen helps Ned be more of a man. Part history lesson, part theatrical insight, the play is a beautifully crafted Shakespeare-like work with poignant reflections on grief, love, friendship, and art. Compelling performances are delivered by Diane D'Aquila as Queen Elizabeth, Peter Hutt as Shakespeare and Brent Carver as Ned Lowenscroft.
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The Event
Title: The Event
Character: Brian Knight
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS. As she questions Matt's loyal family members -mother Lila and sister Dana- she comes to learn that his closest pal, health-care worker Brian, is an ardent believer in assisted suicide and that he threw Matt a big party before his death. This presents a dilemma for the humane but dutiful Nick.
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Ararat
Title: Ararat
Character: Philip
Released: May 20, 2002
Type: Movie
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
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Deeply
Title: Deeply
Character: Porter
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl get over the death of her boyfriend. The girl finds comfort in the company of a visiting American girl and more so in the stories of Celia, a crazy old local who weaves enchanting tales which cleverly combine her own experiences on the island with mystifying legends.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Character: Ichabod Crane
Released: October 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Ichabod Crane, a Yankee wanderer, arrives in Sleepy Hollow and becomes the new schoolmaster. He meets Katrina Van Tassel, and blissfully fantasizes about how can marry her, ultimately, inherit her father's rich estate. Her suitor Brom Bones, the blacksmith, wants to scare him away and dresses up as the legendary Headless Horseman. During the prank, the real ghost appears and drives Ichabod off
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Title: Twice in a Lifetime
Character: Harry
Released: August 25, 1999
Type: TV
Prematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.
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The Tale of Teeka
Title: The Tale of Teeka
Character: Maurice (English version)
Released: March 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Returning to the now abandoned family farm, a man’s memories of his past resurface. Seen through the eyes of his younger self, Maurice’s most vivid memory is of his friendship with Teeka, his pet goose, and the sole refuge this provides from a violent relationship with his parents. As Maurice and Teeka escape deeper into a fantasy world inspired by Tarzan comics, the goose realizes that beneath all the play lies a dark universe from which neither he nor Maurice will be able to escape. Based on the book by Michel Marc Bouchard.
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Whiskers
Title: Whiskers
Character: Whiskers
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: Movie
A friendless youngster (Michael Caloz) asks a cat goddess to help his feline friend.
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Lilies
Title: Lilies
Character: Countess De Tilly
Released: September 7, 1996
Type: Movie
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.
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Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
Title: Leonardo: A Dream of Flight
Character: Leonardo DaVinci
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Leonardo da Vinci finds it difficult to pursue his own dreams while serving as the Duke's court artist, but young Roberto takes risks to convince the Master not to give up on his dreams. In this moving story of friendship, the Renaissance genius invents a flying machine and helps Roberto reach new heights.
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Title: Due South
Character: Bruce Spender
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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The Shower
Title: The Shower
Character: Kevin
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
A feminine take on a Cassavetes drama, the film focuses on a group of women who have gathered for a surprise baby shower. However, as the female guests arrive (the household males having adjourned to an afternoon football game), the off-screen mother-to-be goes into premature labour, leaving the bored invitees to sip spiked punch and discuss the dearth of available men until the drunken boys return home, thus setting the stage for male/female confrontations, confessions and clumsy acts of copulation-notably while standing under a shower. An exploration of the contemporary trappings of male/female sexual politics.
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Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
Title: Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher
Character: Tony Merchant
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Narcissistic Saskatchewan Tory politician Colin Thatcher is engaged in a bitter divorce from his wife Jo-Ann. When a series of court rulings over the divorce go against him, Thatcher decides a more drastic solution is needed - murder! A series of attempts on Jo-Ann's life follow, most of which don't succeed. Finally one does, and the arrogant Thatcher believes he is above the law and immune to prosecution. But his arrogance proves to be his undoing, as Crown Counsel Serge Kujawa builds a case against this psychopathic monster for 1st-degree murder - charging that Thatcher hired someone to kill his wife. The true story of one of the most disturbing stories of murder-for-hire in Canada. - IMDb
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Millennium
Title: Millennium
Character: Coventry
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.
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Shadow Dancing
Title: Shadow Dancing
Character: Alexei
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Jess, a struggling dancer, is trying out for a part in a musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director notices how much she resembles his former lover, a ballerina who died in a bizarre on-stage accident while performing the exact same dance that Jess is doing. As more unexplainable coincidences surround the production, someone or something must be behind them all. But who? Or what?
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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
Title: Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
Character: Gunther
Released: November 22, 1988
Type: Movie
In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects.
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Title: War of the Worlds
Character: Jesse
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet courageous band: astrophysicist Harrison Blackwood, paraplegic computer wizard Norton Drake, microbiologist Suzanne McCullough and military man Paul Ironhorse.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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The Pirates of Penzance
Title: The Pirates of Penzance
Character: The Pirate King
Released: June 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Brent Carver stars as the swashbuckling Pirate King in the famous Stratford Festival's rollicking production of the Gilbert & Sullivan classic that pits British bobbles against unlikely pirates on the Cornish coast. Sullivan regarded this operetta - a hit ever since its first production in New York in 1879 - as the best comedy he composed. He even said of his collaborator, "The libretto is ingenious, clever, wonderfully fun in parts and sometimes brilliant in dialogue - beautifully written for music, as is all Gilbert does." Indeed, audiences will find the music every bit a match for the lyrics, with the genius of the score lying in its parody of grand opera. Filmed in 1985 at the world-famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
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The Wars
Title: The Wars
Character: Robert Ross
Released: November 20, 1983
Type: Movie
Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
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Cross Country
Title: Cross Country
Character: John Forrest
Released: November 18, 1983
Type: Movie
After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back.
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Crossbar
Title: Crossbar
Character: Aaron Kornylo
Released: July 21, 1979
Type: Movie
The story of an Olympic high jumper, played by Brent Carver, who loses his leg and yet doggedly persists in his pursuit of athletic glory. Released a year before Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, this made-for-Canadian-TV movie, which also stars Sex and the City's Kim Cattrall, has been described as a tear-jerker.
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One Night Stand
Title: One Night Stand
Character: Rafe
Released: March 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Carol Bolt's adaptation of her stage play locks its audience in a claustrophobic bachelor flat for a night of black comedy, lust and terror. Jilted on her birthday by her boyfriend, Daisy picks up night club singer Rafe and takes him home. Is he a lover, liar or psychotic serial killer?
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Title: Leo and Me
Released: January 5, 1978
Type: TV
Leo and Me is a Canadian television sitcom that was originally produced in 1976 but did not air until 1981. It starred a 15 year old Michael J. Fox, in his television acting debut, playing Jamie, the 12 year old younger brother of Leo. Leo and Me was produced by Don Eccleston, directed by Don S. Williams and written by Marc and Susan Strange.
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Title: For The Record
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: TV
For The Record, a series of one-hour and ninety-minute film dramas, started on the series, Performance, as a subseries called Camera ’76. Aired Sundays 9:00-10:00 p.m., January 1977 to 1986. A collection of docudrama-style short stories on diverse but socially relevant (and very Canadian) topics such as unemployment, euthanasia, spousal abuse, televangelists, aboriginal issues, and anglophone-francophone relations. This series attracted most of the 'big name' Canadian actors and directors of the time.
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Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Nominee/Performer
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.