Michael Riley

Michael Riley

Born: February 4, 1962
in London, Ontario, Canada
Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962) is a Canadian stage, film and television actor. He's a graduate of the National Theatre School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Movies for Michael Riley...

Like a House on Fire
Title: Like a House on Fire
Character: Jack
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.
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Willed to Kill
Title: Willed to Kill
Character: Dr. Aaron Kade
Released: January 5, 2013
Type: Movie
A homicide detective is forced to work alongside her ex-fiancé to investigate a murder that bears all the hallmarks of an infamous serial killer.
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My Mother's Secret
Title: My Mother's Secret
Character: Garrett Fowler
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
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Title: Being Erica
Character: Dr. Tom Wexler
Released: January 5, 2009
Type: TV
Erica Strange has tons of regrets in her young life - so many she's started a list. But when she shares her list with her therapist, he undertakes an unusual course of treatment: she is transported back in time and given the chance to make different decisions at pivotal moments in her life, based on her knowledge of the here and now.
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Title: Flashpoint
Released: July 11, 2008
Type: TV
The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
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The Tenth Circle
Title: The Tenth Circle
Character: Mike Bartholomy
Released: June 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A family's well-kept secrets are exposed when the daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Doctor Burrit Greyson
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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Title: Race to Mars
Character: Rick Erwin
Released: September 23, 2007
Type: TV
Race to Mars is a 2007 Canadian television mini-series about a fictitious mission to Mars that is based on contemporary international research. The first part aired on Discovery Channel Canada and its High Definition channel on September 23, 2007 and the second part on September 30. It was produced in association with Galafilm Inc. William Shatner narrates the miniseries. A companion book of the same title, written by Dana Berry, was also published in September 2007. It was offered as a selection of the Science Fiction Book Club. Mars Rising, a companion 6-episode documentary mini-series, aired from October 7 to October 21, 2007, using sequences shot for Race to Mars.
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Normal
Title: Normal
Character: Carl
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
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Supervolcano
Title: Supervolcano
Character: Rick Lieberman
Released: March 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.
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Saving Emily
Title: Saving Emily
Character: Kurt
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: Movie
After learning that their young daughter, Emily, is suffering from leukemia, Cheryl and Greg have no choice but to seek out Cheryl's violent ex-husband, Kurt, to have him tested as a possible bone marrow donor. Cheryl is particularly disturbed about seeing Kurt again, since her testimony sent him to prison ten years earlier.
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Cube Zero
Title: Cube Zero
Character: Jax
Released: October 10, 2004
Type: Movie
A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.
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Sugar
Title: Sugar
Character: The Man
Released: May 22, 2004
Type: Movie
Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch. At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.
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The Perfect Husband
Title: The Perfect Husband
Character: Ty Kellington
Released: February 12, 2004
Type: Movie
A woman discovers her new husband wants to keep her all to himself.
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Title: This Is Wonderland
Character: Elliot Sacks
Released: January 12, 2004
Type: TV
This Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series was a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F. Walker, his writing partner Dani Romain, and Osgoode Hall Law School graduate and longtime Canadian TV producer Bernard Zukerman. The first season aired in 2004, the second season began on January 25, 2005 and the third season began on November 23, 2005. On February 13, 2006, the CBC declined to order a fourth season, effectively cancelling the show. The final episode aired on March 15, 2006. Repeats of the first and second season currently air on Canadian digital specialty channel, bold, as well as on VisionTV.
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Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny
Title: Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny
Character: General John Reynolds
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
This is the epic story of the Battle of Gettysburg presented by the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee and filmed at the massive 140th Gettysburg Battle Reenactment. Additional locations include the White House of the Confederacy, the Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Cashtown Inn. The dramatic story unfolds through both Union and Confederate commanders dispatches, diaries and after-battle reports. The action is nonstop with some of the biggest and most exciting Civil War battle sequences ever filmed. Produced and directed by international award-winning filmmaker Robert Child, with a stirring original soundtrack by composer Nicholas Palmer, Gettysburg: Three Days of Destiny is the compelling story of the commanders, decisions and pivotal moments of the battle that turned the tide of the Civil War.
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Title: Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Character: Peter
Released: April 7, 2003
Type: Movie
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
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Title: Veritas: The Quest
Character: Robert Fraser
Released: January 27, 2003
Type: TV
Veritas: The Quest is a television program that aired in 2003. It follows a rebellious but intelligent teenager, Nikko Zond, discovering that his father Solomon's profession is much more mystical and adventurous than he previously thought. Solomon and his team search for the answers to some of the world's mysteries, a quest began because of the mysterious disappearance of Nikko's mother during an archaeological dig. Thus begins Nikko's fantastical journey into an Indiana Jones-style adventure with his father and his colleagues in trying to follow in his mother's footsteps to discover what strange secrets she was uncovering.
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100 Days In The Jungle
Title: 100 Days In The Jungle
Character: Rod Dunbar
Released: December 4, 2002
Type: Movie
100 Days in the Jungle tells the amazing true story of Canadian oil workers who were kidnapped by Colombian rebels and marched through the Ecuadorian jungle for 100 days.
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The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
Title: The Interrogation of Michael Crowe
Character: Stephen Crowe
Released: December 2, 2002
Type: Movie
The lives of Escondido, California residents Cheryl and Stephen Crowe change one morning when they find their twelve year old daughter Stephanie Crowe stabbed to death in her bedroom. As procedure dictates, the police take each member of the household away individually to be questioned, and the remaining children - fourteen year old Michael Crowe and adolescent Shannon Crowe - are taken into protective custody until Cheryl and Stephen can be cleared. The police end up placing much of their focus on the sullen Michael, who they question without counsel and without discussion with his parents. The tone of the police questioning is that they believe Michael did kill his sister, the police lying, harassing and coercing in the process. Under the barrage of questioning, Michael eventually confesses, as do two of his friends, both questioned under the same threatening tone. Cheryl and Stephen, who are finally made aware of the questioning and the confessions...
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Punch
Title: Punch
Character: Sam
Released: September 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Ariel is a troubled girl with more than the usual teenage problems. When her emotion and temper get the best of her, she is drawn into a world where she can take out her anger with her fists. In the tradition of 'Girlfight' comes a wildly original story of rage and redemption.
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Title: Ace Lightning
Released: September 2, 2002
Type: TV
Ace Lightning is a children's television series co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been broadcast in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. The show was filmed in Canada, but the program was set in America. It ran for two seasons, and spawned several books, including a yearbook for the year 2003, an activity book and a companion to the series. A computer game based upon the show was released in 2002. Most of the programme was live-action, although the heroes and villains from the video game were created using CGI. The primary focus of the series is the power of friendship, as well as the battle between good and evil. The series is significant in that until its creation, live action and CGI had not been attempted to such a huge and constant degree within a weekly television serial.
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Black Swan
Title: Black Swan
Character: Carl
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Set against the majestic landscape of Canada’s Bay of Fundy and the highest tides in the world, Black Swan is a dark comedy that weaves the innocent world of childhood, against the adult world of love, betrayal and murder.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Steven McCormick
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Dogmatic
Title: Dogmatic
Character: Dennis Winslow
Released: May 30, 1999
Type: Movie
This spirited comedy poses the age old question: if dogs are man's best friends, what happens when a man trades places with one, and literally lives "a dog's life"?
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Title: Power Play
Released: October 15, 1998
Type: TV
Power Play was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CTV from 1998 to 2000. The series was filmed at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. The show starred Michael Riley as Brett Parker, a former New York City sports agent who became the general manager of a National Hockey League franchise, the Hamilton Steelheads. One of the throughline plots of the series dealt with Parker's ongoing love–hate relationships with the sport, the team and his superior at McArdle Industries, corporate executive Colleen Blessed, played by Kari Matchett. The cast also included Gordon Pinsent as team owner Duff McArdle, Jonathan Crombie, Jennifer Dale and Al Waxman. The show's theme song was a modernized version of the Stompin' Tom Connors classic, "The Hockey Song", performed partly by Connors himself, and then transitioning to the performance of the band Rusty. The show was briefly aired on the US network UPN, starting in 1999, but was pulled after just two episodes. The second episode aired in the US has the distinction of being the lowest-rated episode of any prime-time TV series ever aired by any US network.
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Heart of the Sun
Title: Heart of the Sun
Character: Father Ed
Released: August 30, 1998
Type: Movie
Depression era drama set in Alberta finds a farmer's wife who swears that her inability to have a child is a punishment from God. In fact, it is slowly revealed that her inability to have a child stems from an illicit relationship that she had with a local priest and a subsequent operation forced on her in a cover-up by the church and her family which left her infertile
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Ice
Title: Ice
Character: Greg
Released: July 21, 1998
Type: Movie
After the whole North of the Equator freezes below zero, a group of people in Los Angeles risk their lives while trying to "escape" from the city's hostile conditions, in order to take a ship to a hotter place on Earth.
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Title: Style & Substance
Character: Michael
Released: January 5, 1998
Type: TV
Style & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The show starred Jean Smart as Chelsea Stevens, a Martha Stewart-like star of a how-to home show, and Nancy McKeon as her producer, Jane Sokol, a small-town girl new to New York City. Chelsea Stevens was an expert cook, decorator, and party planner who knew much more about thread-count than she did relationships. She was well-meaning at times, but her narcissism usually got in the way of actually understanding anyone else's problems.
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Amistad
Title: Amistad
Character: British Officer
Released: December 10, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
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Every 9 Seconds
Title: Every 9 Seconds
Character: Ray
Released: October 12, 1997
Type: Movie
Domestic violence drama, with Gail O'Grady as a distraught young mother, finding herself stalked by her newly paroled ex and armed with a loaded gun, and Ami Pietz as a journalist volunteering at a crisis hotline to do an "inside" story.
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Pale Saints
Title: Pale Saints
Character: Dody
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Two small time hoods pretend to be serious henchmen in order to get to do a job in Toronto that they think will get them serious recognition in the mob. Things soon get out of control.
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Voice from the Grave
Title: Voice from the Grave
Character: Adam Schuster
Released: March 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A segment from the 'Unsolved Mysteries' TV series inspired this story, in which a nurse (Megan Ward) claims that she's possessed by a murdered co-worker's spirit which identifies the killer.
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Heck's Way Home
Title: Heck's Way Home
Character: Rick Neufeld
Released: March 8, 1996
Type: Movie
After getting lost the day his family travels 2,000 miles in preparation for a move to Australia, this clever, loyal, 'map reading' dog begins an amazing cross-country journey to find them.
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French Kiss
Title: French Kiss
Character: M. Campbell
Released: May 5, 1995
Type: Movie
After her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get her lover back and marry him by traveling to Paris despite her crippling fear of flying. On the way she unwittingly smuggles something of value that has a charming crook chasing her across France as she chases after her future husband.
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The Possession of Michael D.
Title: The Possession of Michael D.
Character: Dr. Nick Galler
Released: May 2, 1995
Type: Movie
When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that the husband is possessed by a demon.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Gerard
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Jon Tarkman
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Butterbox Babies
Title: Butterbox Babies
Character: Russell Cameron
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.
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The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Title: The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Character: Clive Walton
Released: September 23, 1994
Type: Movie
A documentary on the making of a big budget Bible picture. This is a spoof that shows the inside action on a film set where everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong.
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Title: Due South
Character: Walter Sparks
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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Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Title: Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad
Character: Alexander Ross
Released: February 19, 1994
Type: Movie
A number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.
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Because Why
Title: Because Why
Character: Alex
Released: September 12, 1993
Type: Movie
After five years of travelling abroad, Alex arrives back in Montreal. All he has with him are a back-pack and a slip of paper with an ex-girlfriend's address scrawled on it.
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Mustard Bath
Title: Mustard Bath
Character: Matthew
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on receiving a letter from his mother three months after her death. Prompted by his surroundings to sort through the idealized memories of his childhood, Matthew reaches the horrifying realization that he has returned to a world which he was never a part of. Contemporary Guyanese reality highlights the white colonialist privilege his family had enjoyed.
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To Catch a Killer
Title: To Catch a Killer
Character: Joe 'Polock' Kozenczak
Released: May 15, 1992
Type: Movie
"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
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Title: To Catch a Killer
Character: Joe Kozenczak
Released: January 5, 1992
Type: TV
The true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
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Perfectly Normal
Title: Perfectly Normal
Character: Renzo Parachi
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
A shy young man with a passion for opera has his world turned upside down by a con artist who really does have a heart of gold.
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Title: Chasing Rainbows
Released: March 6, 1988
Type: TV
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No Man's Land
Title: No Man's Land
Character: Horton
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.
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Lifeline to Victory
Title: Lifeline to Victory
Character: Paul Devereaux
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Paul Devereaux is a second officer with lots of experience with merchant ships. But this is World War II and the Royal Canadian Navy desperately needs experienced officers. Paul is thus given command of his own ship. However, in early 1940's, Canadian Navy does not have the biggest budget nor the most qualified enlisted men. Paul's ship must escort merchant ship to Europe and back and take part in the longest naval battle in history.