Matthew Ferguson
Matthew Ferguson is a Canadian former actor. He is known for his roles in On My Own (1991), Love and Human Remains (1993), Lilies (1996), and La Femme Nikita (1997–2001).
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Matthew Ferguson is a Canadian former actor. He is known for his roles in On My Own (1991), Love and Human Remains (1993), Lilies (1996), and La Femme Nikita (1997–2001).
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Matthew Ferguson (born 1973) is an actor, film actor and television actor, of Canadian nationality. The actor was born in Toronto.
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Ferguson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Arts and studied film production at Ryerson University. He is an actor, screen writer, theatre and film producer. Ferguson made his debut in theatre as "Morgan Moreen" in Geometry in Venice (1989), which garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination as Best Featured Actor, then on screen as Simon Henderson in On My Own. He is best known as "Seymour Birkoff", from the TV series La Femme Nikita (1997–2001). His dramatic roles in movies such as Love and Human Remains (1993), Eclipse (1994) and Lilies (1996) gave him nominations at the Genie Awards in the 1990s. In 2002 his lead role in Sarah Polley's "I Shout Love" earned him an ACTRA Award nomination. Also in 2002, Ferguson was part of the ensemble cast of "An American In Canada" which won the Canadian Screen Award for best Comedy Series.
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TV
Street Legal (1992) as Mark (2 episodes) La Femme Nikita (1997–2001) as Seymour Birkoff/Jason Crawford (90 episodes) An American in Canada (2002–2004) as Derrick (5 episodes) Odd Job Jack (2003–2007) as Bobby Lee (voice) (52 episodes) Top Cops (1991) as Mouthy Teenager ("Domingo Rico")
Nominations
Nominations
2003 - ACTRA Toronto Awards: Outstanding Performance - Male for I Shout Love 1998 - Gemini Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for La Femme Nikita 1996 - Genie Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Lilies 1996 - Genie Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Eclipse 1994 - Genie Awards: Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Love & Human Remains 1993 - Australian Film Institute: Best Actor in a Leading Role for On My Own
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On My Own (1992) as Simon Henderson Love and Human Remains (1993) as Kane I Love a Man in Uniform (1993) as Edward Nichols The Club (1994) as Darren Spenser Life with Billy (1994) as Allan Whynot Lives of Girls and Women (1994) as Jerry Storey Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994) Billy Madison (1995) as Tenth Grader Eclipse (1994) as Angelo Harrison Bergeron (1995) as Garth Bergeron The Deliverance of Elaine (1996) Lilies (1996) as Young Bilodeau The English Patient (1996) as Young Canadian Soldier Uncut (1997) as Peter Cort The Wall as (1998) Buelton Giving Up the Ghost (1998) as Matthew "Bulldog" Phelps I Shout Love (2001) as Bobby Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) as Max Reisler Three and a Half (2002) as Sasha the Director Owning Mahowny (2003) as Martin
Selected bibliography
Heyn, Christopher. "A Conversation with Matthew Ferguson." Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita. Introduction by Peta Wilson. Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, 2006. 94–99. ISBN 0-9787625-0-9. In-depth conversation with Matthew Ferguson about his role as Birkoff on La Femme Nikita, as well as his early acting experiences.
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- 1.Ferguson, Matthew. Freedom Now. Freedomnowmovie.com. domain.com.
- 2.Interview with Matthew Ferguson. lfnforever.tripod.com.
- 3.Tillson, Tamsen. ACTRA awards back. Variety. 7 February 2003.
- 4.awards database. academy.ca. March 2020.
- 5.awards database 3. academy.ca. March 2020.
- 6.awards database 2. academy.ca. March 2020.
- 7.AFI AACTA Winners & Nominees 1990-1999 1993. aacta.org.
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