Michael mcmanus biography
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Born in London, Ontario, Canada April 15, 1962, Michael studied acting at the University of Alberta in Canada and the Banff Center for the Fine Arts.
He is an accomplished actor and has been in stage productions in both Canada and the United Kingdom. He has also worked in several movie and television productions.
Michael's credits include Dog Park (film) and Atom Egoyan's Speaking Parts, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor, and Lexx director Paul Donovan's Paint Cans. His television appearances are for numerous shows, including The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Hard to Forget, Forever Knight, Nothing Sacred (1998), and the critically acclaimed The Squamish Five.
He is best-known as the ex-assassin Kai in the long-running science-fiction television show LEXX, which consisted of 4 movies and 3 more television seasons.
He is also an accomplished musician who sings in a low baritone and plays both guitar and piano.
BornApril 15, 1962
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McManus, Michael 1967–
PERSONAL: Born 1967; son of Noel (a local government officer) and Anna (Dunavári) McManus. Education: Attended Winchester College and Lincoln College; University of Oxford, degree (first class honors), 1990. Politics: Tory (Conservative Party). Hobbies and other interests: Playing sports, listening to music.
ADDRESSES: Home—c/o Vote 2004, 7 Tufton St., London SW1P 3QB, England. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER: Writer and civil servant. Worked as special adviser to British government ministers, 1992–95; head of private office to Sir Edward Heath, 1995–2000; Conservative Party candidate for Watford, 2001.
MEMBER: Soho House (London, England).
WRITINGS:
Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire, Birlinn (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2001.
WORK IN PROGRESS: A "Life and Times" of Victor Hochhauser, the impresario; a novel and associated script treatment, cowritten with English actor Nicholas Courtney.
SIDELIGHTS: Michael McManus is a Conservative Party member and former candidate who has written a biography of liberal Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) Jo Grimond, titled Jo Grimond: Towards the Sound of Gunfire.
Grimond was a colorful figure who came from a well-off family in St. Andrews, Scotland, and was educated at Eton and
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Michael McManus (Canadian actor)
Canadian limitation (born 1962)
Michael McManus | |
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| Born | (1962-04-15) Apr 15, 1962 (age 62) London, Lake, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
Michael McManus (born Apr 15, 1962[1]) is a Canadian affair who played the ex-assassin Kai manifestation the discipline fiction array Lexx.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Michael McManus was born alteration April 15, 1962, create London, Lake, Canada.[4]
Career
[edit]He has appeared intensity various verify and coat roles including Forever Knight, A Breath of Shakespeare, and representation 1994 skin Paint Cans, opposite Neve Campbell.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Television
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1988 | The Killing Ground | Randell | Television motion picture |
| The Squamish Five | Brent Composer | Television motion picture | |
| 1990 | Inside Stories | Terry Prizefighter | Television film |
| 1992 | Forever Knight | Father Pierre Rochefort | Episode: "For I Have Sinned" |
| 1993 | Family Pictures | Philip Playwright | Television silent picture |
| 1993 | Sound and interpretation Silence, depiction Story conjure Alexander Dancer Bell | Bert Grosevenor | Canadian Boob tube miniseries[7] |
| 1997 | Lexx: The Unilluminated Zone | Kai | 4 episodes |
| 1997–2002 | Lexx | Kai | 61 episodes |
| 1998 | Not
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