Kristen Holden-Ried

Kristen Holden-Ried

Born: August 1, 1973
in Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Kristen Holden-Ried (born 1 August 1973) is a Canadian actor best known for his roles as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors, Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl, and Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening.

Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario, Canada, in 1973. He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business, but he ultimately decided to pursue a career in acting.

Holden-Ried made his acting debut in 1995, with a starring role in the television movie Young Ivanhoe. He went on to appear in several other television movies and television series, including The Outer Limits, The Dead Zone, and Smallville.

In 2007, Holden-Ried was cast as William Compton in the Showtime series The Tudors. He appeared in the first seven episodes of the series, and his performance was praised by critics.

In 2010, Holden-Ried was cast as Dyson in the Syfy series Lost Girl. He appeared in all five seasons of the series, and his performance was one of the most popular aspects of the show.

In 2012, Holden-Ried played Quint Lane in the film Underworld: Awakening. He reprised the role in the 2016 film Underworld: Blood Wars.

Holden-Ried is also a voice actor. He has voiced characters in several animated television series and video games, including Captain Canuck, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, and The Legend of Korra.

Holden-Ried is married to actress Erin Krakow. They have two children.

Movies for Kristen Holden-Ried...

Bordello
Title: Bordello
Character: Enoch
Released: February 21, 2023
Type: Movie
It is 1889, New Mexico. The gold rush is over and most of the prospectors have moved on. In the middle of nowhere stands a crumbling Antebellum mansion - a bordello that has seen better days. Enoch, the inept pimp, owes a considerable amount of money to the town's psychopathic Sheriff. Money is tight: business is down and the five-woman in the house are tearing each other apart. The only thing they can agree on is their love for Angel, a seven-year-old child whose mother died in childbirth.
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Title: The Way Home
Character: Thomas Coyle
Released: January 15, 2023
Type: TV
When three generations of women reunite after being estranged for more than two decades, they embark on an enlightening – and surprising – journey toward healing none of them could have imagined as they learn how to find their way back to each other.
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Dark Web: Cicada 3301
Title: Dark Web: Cicada 3301
Character: Phillip Dubois
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Genius hacker Connor discovers Cicada 3301, an online treasure hunt that could be a recruiting tool for a secret society. Soon Conner, art-expert friend Avi, and secretive librarian Gwen are dashing from graffiti sites to ancient libraries to uncover real-world clues. But they must outrun aggressive NSA agents, also hot on the trail of Cicada, who want the glory for themselves.
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Title: Clarice
Character: Karl Wellig
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: TV
In 1993, six months after the events of The Silence of the Lambs, FBI Agent Clarice Starling returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.
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Lie Exposed
Title: Lie Exposed
Character: Tom
Released: September 25, 2020
Type: Movie
Melanie experiences a terminal diagnosis, leading her to leave her husband and life behind for LA and an affair with a tintype photographer.
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Title: Departure
Character: Dom Hayes
Released: July 10, 2019
Type: TV
Follow the mystery of Flight 716 - a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. Following the mysterious crash, recently widowed, brilliant aviation investigator Kendra Malley is called in to investigate by her former boss and mentor Howard Lawson.
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Title: Hudson & Rex
Character: Tim Cooper
Released: February 25, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.
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Title: The Umbrella Academy
Character: Axel
Released: February 15, 2019
Type: TV
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
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Title: Frankie Drake Mysteries
Character: Peter
Released: November 6, 2017
Type: TV
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.
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Another You
Title: Another You
Character: Father Goodwin
Released: May 15, 2017
Type: Movie
ANOTHER YOU focuses on the young and ambitious science major Sydney Jameson who finds love and refuses to let it go at all costs. What starts as an ordinary relationship with her boyfriend Marcus slowly becomes a fixation that takes Sydney into the darkest depths of despair. Driven by obsession, Sydney loses herself in a scientific break through, finding a way to use the theory of De Ja Vu to explore her past mistakes. How far would you go in the search for true love?
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Title: The Expanse
Character: Coop
Released: December 14, 2015
Type: TV
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
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Title: Dark Matter
Character: Galactic Authority Inspector Kierken
Released: June 12, 2015
Type: TV
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full of weaponry and a destination: a remote mining colony that is about to become a war zone. With no idea whose side they are on, they face a deadly decision. Will these amnesiacs turn their backs on history, or will their pasts catch up with them?
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Saul: The Journey to Damascus
Title: Saul: The Journey to Damascus
Released: April 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Known as Saul the Butcher, the stoning of Stephen was said to have shattered Saul's faith in the Temple and its denial of Christ as the Messiah. His conversion to Christianity and baptism as Paul changed the history of the world.
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Three Days in Havana
Title: Three Days in Havana
Character: Gordie
Released: March 28, 2014
Type: Movie
A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.
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The Returned
Title: The Returned
Character: Alex
Released: November 15, 2013
Type: Movie
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
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Hunting Season
Title: Hunting Season
Character: Jason
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Samantha visits an old family house and comes face-to-face with a buried and potentially fatal past.
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Title: Vikings
Character: Eyvind
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Title: Vikings
Character: Dom
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
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Sex After Kids
Title: Sex After Kids
Character: Gage
Released: January 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A disparate variety of couples from all walks of life strive to maintain active sex lives despite the notable distraction of having kids.
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Title: Arrow
Character: Nylander
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: TV
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
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Underworld: Awakening
Title: Underworld: Awakening
Character: Quint Lane
Released: January 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
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The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard
Title: The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard
Character: Paul Shepard
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker turns the camera on himself to examine the modern day relationship using his own past to guide him.
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Textuality
Title: Textuality
Character: Colin
Released: April 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Two people attempt to get into a relationship, while exiting the multiple relationships they were each managing through their Blackberries before they met.
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Title: Lost Girl
Character: Dyson
Released: September 12, 2010
Type: TV
The gorgeous and charismatic Bo is a supernatural being called a succubus who feeds on the energy of humans, sometimes with fatal results. Refusing to embrace her supernatural clan and its rigid hierarchy, Bo is a renegade who takes up the fight for the underdog while searching for the truth about her own mysterious origins.
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Title: Ben Hur
Character: Gaius
Released: April 4, 2010
Type: TV
The struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
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Title: Republic of Doyle
Character: Joe
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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Deadliest Sea
Title: Deadliest Sea
Character: Bear
Released: July 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on the book Working on the Edge by Spike Walker, Deadliest Sea tells the story of a young man who joins the crew of a King Crab trawler in Alaska seeking to make some real money. The captain of the vessel plays a hunch about where to set traps in the Bering Sea, but the boat and crew are soon victims of a powerful and relentless storm.
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The Last New Year
Title: The Last New Year
Character: Eric
Released: January 31, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of the "The Fools and Bastards Club," a group of ten close friends who made a pact in high school to reunite every December 31st to ring in the new year together. Eight years later, what started as a simple party has evolved into a sacred tradition which preserves friendships that have otherwise grown apart. However, this year, one of the core members has mysteriously disappeared, leaving the rest to struggle with what has happened. At the center are Penny and William and a secret linked to their friend's disappearance, which could easily tear the group apart for good. Ultimately, they must decide what is more important, keeping the dark truth to themselves or keeping the "The Fools and Bastards" together.
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The Death of Alice Blue
Title: The Death of Alice Blue
Character: Stephen
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Ambitious new employee Alice Blue wants to impress roguishly handsome Creative Director Stephen. To do it, she has set her sights on signing an elusive client, Nether Wines. However, the agency has other plans for her.
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Hidden Crimes
Title: Hidden Crimes
Character: David Lester
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
After her brother is attacked in jail and stays in a coma, Julia has to face her nephew's kidnappers, while trying to figure out what her brother meant with his last letter.
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The One That Got Away
Title: The One That Got Away
Character: Scott Lawson
Released: April 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.
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Emotional arithmetic
Title: Emotional arithmetic
Character: Young Jakob
Released: April 18, 2008
Type: Movie
An emotionally scarred fifty-something female, a high-profile but haunted British novelist, and a heroic dissident-cum-Soviet psychiatric hospital veteran, all reunite decades after bonding and surviving together in a detention camp during World War II.
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Never Forget
Title: Never Forget
Character: Andy
Released: March 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A man (Phillips) who wakes up with amnesia also finds his supposed friend has accused him of murder.
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Girl's Best Friend
Title: Girl's Best Friend
Character: Jake
Released: February 2, 2008
Type: Movie
A disgruntled music critic travels cross-country with her inheritance -- a Jack Russell Terrier named Binky.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Prussian Kaspar Bomgaarts
Released: January 24, 2008
Type: TV
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
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A Broken Life
Title: A Broken Life
Character: Mikhail
Released: September 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Max Walker is a suicidal man who selects an aspiring young filmmaker to record the end of his life. On the agenda for his last day on Earth: telling off his old boss, confessing some of his deepest secrets, and maybe even finding redemption.
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Title: The Tudors
Character: William Compton
Released: April 1, 2007
Type: TV
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
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A Stone's Throw
Title: A Stone's Throw
Character: Jack Walker
Released: September 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Olivia lives in a small town in Nova Scotia, Canada along with her son, Thomas, a daughter, Sarah, and has been separated from her French-speaking husband, Jean Marc. She has an estranged brother named Jack Walker who she has not seen for many years, as he refused to return her phone calls, and neglected to attend their father's funeral in Montana, U.S.A.. Due to opening of Cynaco and MacNeil Mining Company, the town expects to have about new 125 new jobs. One day she gets a surprise visit from Jack, both brother and sister update each other, and Jack also gets to meet Thomas and Sarah, as well as Olivia's attractive South Asian neighbor, Lia, a single mother. He soon starts an affair with her, and even moves in her house.
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Niagara Motel
Title: Niagara Motel
Character: R.J.
Released: March 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A porn producer (Kevin Pollak), an alcoholic (Craig Ferguson), a drug-addicted mother (Anna Friel) and others struggle to make ends meet.
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Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story
Title: Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story
Released: November 6, 2005
Type: Movie
As a coach and mentor, Walter Gretzky was instrumental in nurturing the talent of his son, hockey great Wayne Gretzky. So it came as an ironic tragedy when in 1991, just days after his 53rd birthday, Walter suffered a debilitating stroke that left him with no memory of his son's hockey career or his own role in Wayne's achievements.
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Big Girl
Title: Big Girl
Character: Gerry
Released: September 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Playfully competing with Mom's new boyfriend, nine-year-old Josephine learns that letting people in can lead to wonderful things.
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My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders
Title: My Uncle Navy and Other Inherited Disorders
Character: Uncle Navy
Released: August 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A family cursed with an odd history of misfortune must come to terms with the fact that history is about to repeat itself again with the impending birth of a baby boy.
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Touch of Pink
Title: Touch of Pink
Character: Giles
Released: July 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth.
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Ice Bound
Title: Ice Bound
Character: Lunar
Released: May 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Physician Jerri Nielsen finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Though there is at first little love lost between the somewhat aloof Nielsen and her more down-to-earth colleagues, a strong bond develops among them as the extreme winter progresses.
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K-19: The Widowmaker
Title: K-19: The Widowmaker
Character: Anton
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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The Many Trials of One Jane Doe
Title: The Many Trials of One Jane Doe
Character: Harold Beckwith
Released: January 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on a true story about an extraordianry woman, who after a traumatizing rape, refuses to remain a victim. Wendy Crewson stars as Jane Doe (as she must legally be called), a woman who discovers she was the fifth victim of a serial rapist terrorizing a two-block area surrounding her home. When she learns that the police department was aware of this dangerous criminal yet decided not to issue a public warning, she feels that she and all the women in the neighbourhood were offered up as bait. Driven to take action, she investigates not only her own case, but also police procedures with regard to rape and its victims, and is shocked by what she discovers: a legal system that is sexist and uncaring. It is then that she decides to take on the Toronto Police Department. What follows for Jane Doe is a grueling 10-year legal battle, which becomes vicious, all-consuming and personal.
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Girls Who Say Yes
Title: Girls Who Say Yes
Released: September 27, 2000
Type: Movie
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Hendrix
Title: Hendrix
Character: Noel Redding
Released: September 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic early death.
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Gossip
Title: Gossip
Character: Bruce
Released: April 21, 2000
Type: Movie
For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control.
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Forget Me Never
Title: Forget Me Never
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Diane McGowin was employed as an administrative assistant for a group of attorneys in private practice. She found herself forgetting things, especially losing short term memory. She suspected that something was wrong and went to the doctor. After many tests, the diagnosis was Alzheimer's. Diana did not want to tell her husband, Jack McGowin because she thought her husband, Jack, would be worried about money since she made more money than he did.
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Title: Twice in a Lifetime
Character: Young Ken Stryker
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 Defenders: Taking the First
Title: The Defenders: Taking the First
Character: McCann
Released: October 25, 1998
Type: Movie
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
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Going to Kansas City
Title: Going to Kansas City
Character: Charlie Bruckner
Released: July 31, 1998
Type: Movie
An exchange student from Finland arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in the city, but ends up living on a farm in a small town. He falls in love with the sheriff’s daughter and soon finds himself in trouble.
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Night of the Demons III
Title: Night of the Demons III
Character: Vince
Released: October 7, 1997
Type: Movie
When a group of rambunctious teens take refuge in Hull House to escape the law, they soon realize their grave error upon meeting Angela.
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Habitat
Title: Habitat
Character: Daryl
Released: May 6, 1997
Type: Movie
In order to combat the damage caused by the depletion of the ozone layer, maverick biologist Hank Symes unleashes his most ambitious experiment to date: accelerated evolution. Unfortunately, this not only causes the authorities to take notice, but also creates a backlash from his new neighbors--leaving his son caught in the middle.
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When Innocence Is Lost
Title: When Innocence Is Lost
Character: Kevin
Released: April 7, 1997
Type: Movie
When Erica French opts to keep the baby she conceived in high school, she never dreamed that one day she would be fighting for custody against the child's father, Scott Stone. Scott Stone initially fought for custody when Erica threatened to cut off his access to their daughter. Scott continues to try to be a part of his daughter's life, but when Molly first breaks her arm at the playground then Scott's mother finds mysterious bruises on her granddaughter, Scott again fights for custody of young Molly, and this time he wins because the court feels his family can provide a more stable environment for Molly than a public daycare can.
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Rowing Through
Title: Rowing Through
Character: Kurt Cruise
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Wood's dream is shattered when the U.S. boycotts the games, and he must refocus his life towards making the team four years later, with the odds against him.
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Young Ivanhoe
Title: Young Ivanhoe
Character: Ivanhoe
Released: November 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Ivanhoe is learning his way while having dealing with his father, Sir Cedric. The Normans are threatening England so he must quickly develop under the tutelage of the Black Knight, secretly King Richard, and followers of Robin Hood.
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The Dogs
Title: The Dogs
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Hunted by his Dad, Cameron and his Mom move into an isolated farmhouse where Cameron sees and hears things that aren't possible. He begins to question everything and must uncover the secrets before they tear him apart.
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She Came Back
Title: She Came Back
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The terrifying journey of Charley who, after a near-death experience, is haunted by her relationship with her deceased mother.
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Believer
Title: Believer
Character: Marshall Grayson
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A struggling writer finds herself at the center of the story she is covering when brutally attacked by a notorious cult leader and mass murderer, a man who exerts an inexplicable control over his followers.