Bruce Harwood
Bruce Harwood (born April 29, 1963) is a Canadian character actor best known for his role of John Fitzgerald Byers, one of The Lone Gunmen on the television series The X-Files. In addition to The X-Files, Harwood portrayed Byers in the spin-off series The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He has also played other roles with a strong similarity to Byers, such as Willis, a technician from the Phoenix Foundation in MacGyver, and government-scientist-turned-conspiracy-theorist Dr.
Bruce Harwood
- Born
- 29 April 1963
- Birthplace
- North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- actor
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Bruce Harwood (born April 29, 1963) is a Canadian character actor best known for his role of John Fitzgerald Byers, one of The Lone Gunmen on the television series The X-Files. In addition to The X-Files, Harwood portrayed Byers in the spin-off series The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He has also played other roles with a strong similarity to Byers, such as Willis, a technician from the Phoenix Foundation in MacGyver, and government-scientist-turned-conspiracy-theorist Dr.
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Avery Strong in The Outer Limits. He was a founding member of the Vancouver summer Shakespeare festival, Bard on the Beach. He also starred in the 1988 movie Earth Star Voyager.
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• Born — 29 April 1963 • Birthplace — North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Years Active — 1987-present
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1987 — MacGyver — Juice — Episode: "Blow Out" • 1988 — 21 Jump Street — Bruce — Episode: "Hell Week" • 1988 — Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color — Dr. Eugene — Episode: "Earth Star Voyager: Part 1" • 1988 — Danger Bay — Joe — Episode: "The Return of Sugar Ray" • 1989 — The Beachcombers — Xavier — Episode: "Club Laundromat" • 1989 — Wiseguy — Messenger — Episode: "Day Seven" • 1990–1991 — MacGyver — Willis — 4 episodes • 1990 — 21 Jump Street — Engineer — Episode: "Research and Destroy" • 1994–2002 — The X-Files — John Fitzgerald Byers — 36 episodes • 1995 — The Outer Limits — Technician — Episode: "Valerie 23" • 1996 — The Outer Limits — Dr. Norris — Episode: "Trial by Fire" • 1997 — The Sentinel — Barry — Episode: "Warriors" • 1997 — The Outer Limits — Dr. Avery Strong — Episode: "A Special Edition" • 1998 — Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show — Mr. Lincoln — Episode: "Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien" • 1999 — The Outer Limits — Miles Pendergast — Episode: "What Will the Neighbors Think?" • 2001 — The Lone Gunmen — John Fitzgerald Byers — 13 episodes • 2001 — Andromeda — Philip Kim — Episode: "All Too Human" • 2002 — Stargate SG-1 — Dr. Osbourne — Episode: "Frozen" • 2004 — The L Word — Hotel Manager — Episode: "Lies, Lies, Lies" • 2004 — Smallville — Ben Powell — Episode: "Resurrection" • 2004 — Alienated — Professor #2 — Episode: "Human Gas" • 2004 — Kingdom Hospital — Fred Beagle — Episode: "Shoulda' Stood in Bed" • 2007 — Whistler — Graeme — 2 episodes • 2011 — Endgame — Lester — Episode: "Gorillas in Our Midst" • 2012 — Emily Owens, M.D. — Anesthesiologist — Episode: "Emily and...The Good and the Bad" • 2014–2015 — When Calls the Heart — Mayor Silas Ramsey — 4 episodes • 2014 — Psych — Health Inspector — Episode: "Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up" • 2014 — The Flash — Dexter Myles — Episode: "Going Rogue" • 2016 — The X-Files — John Fitzgerald Byers — Episode: "Babylon" • 2020 — Batwoman — Professor Darby — Episode: "O, Mouse!"
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• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — The X-Files: Resist or Serve — John Fitzgerald Byers
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1963
Bruce Harwood was born on 29 April 1963.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — The Fly II — Technician • 1991 — Bingo — Network Executive • 1995 — Beauty's Revenge — Cameraman — Television movie • 1995 — Bye Bye Birdie — Reporter #1 — Television movie • 1998 — The X-Files — Byers • 2000 — The Guilty — Miles • 2001 — Death Train to the Pacific — CP Railway Director — Television movie • 2006 — The Psychic Life of Plants — Doctor — Short film • 2007 — The Last Mimzy — Scientist • 2008 — Personal Effects — Record Man • 2010 — Daydream Nation — My. Myers • 2011 — Christmas Comes to Canaan — Maitre D' — Television movie
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