Ron Canada
Acting • Born 1949-05-03
Biography
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.
Filmography
114 credits
Thank Heaven
Movie • 2001
Joseph Johnson
Just Like Heaven
Movie • 2005
Dr. Walsh
Wedding Crashers
Movie • 2005
Randolph
Man of the House
Movie • 1995
Bob Younger
The Man Who Wasn't There
Movie • 1983
Barker
Downtown
Movie • 1990
Lowell Harris
Without Warning
Movie • 1994
Terrance Freeman
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Movie • 1992
Marshall Brooks
Clover
Movie • 1997
Gaten's brother-in-law
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Movie • 1998
The Beneficiary
Movie • 2008
Detective Jensen
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Movie • 1988
Bartender
Black River
Movie • 2001
Chief Salks
National Treasure
Movie • 2004
Guard Woodruff
Ted 2
Movie • 2015
Judge
After Words
Movie • 2015
Nelson
Cinderella Man
Movie • 2005
Joe Jeanette
Good to Go
Movie • 1986
Stooper #1
Lone Star
Movie • 1996
Otis Payne
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Movie • 2008
Mr. Bennett
The Discovery
Movie • 2017
Cooper
Crown Heights
Movie • 2017
Judge Marcy
Before He Wakes
Movie • 1998
Detective Cochran
Pinocchio's Revenge
Movie • 1996
Barry
Play Nice
Movie • 1992
Coroner
The Human Stain
Movie • 2003
Herb Keble
Bob Funk
Movie • 2009
Smiley
Unholy Matrimony
Movie • 1988
Lt. Jack Tolliver
Ocean of Pearls
Movie • 2008
Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
Islander
Movie • 2006
T. Hardy
Snowglobe
Movie • 2007
Antonio
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Movie • 1992
Cop in Times Square
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Movie • 1998
Gabriel Jones
The Empty Man
Movie • 2020
Detective Villiers
Paved with Good Intentions
Movie • 2006
Garrett Balden
The Hunted
Movie • 2003
Harry Van Zandt
Bully
Movie • 2018
'Action' Jackson
Noble Things
Movie • 2009
Moses
D.C. Cab
Movie • 1983
Policeman #4
The Apartment Complex
Movie • 1999
Detective Culver
The Last of the Finest
Movie • 1990
Cregan
In Too Deep
Movie • 1999
Dr. Bratton
The United States of Leland
Movie • 2003
Elden
The American President
Movie • 1995
Reporter Lloyd
Little Wings
Movie • 2007
John
Othello
Movie • 1997
Iago
Adventures in Babysitting
Movie • 1987
Greydon
Heart
Movie • 1987
Talk Show Guest
Lake Effects
Movie • 2012
Winchester
This Will Never Work
Movie • 2025
Uncle Pete
Getting Even with Dad
Movie • 1994
Zinn
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie • 1993
Vernon Jordan
King Leopold's Ghost
Movie • 2006
Voice
Reversible Errors
Movie • 2004
Jackson Aires
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
Movie • 1992
Weeds
TV • 2005
Joseph
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Martin Benbeck
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Fesek
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Gerry Barone
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Captain Ellis Pierce
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Det. Franklin Potter
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Quartus
Dallas
TV • 1978
Dave Wallace
Life Goes On
TV • 1989
Family Law
TV • 1999
Gary Stark
Family Matters
TV • 1989
Dave McClure
Stat
TV • 1991
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Mason
Elementary
TV • 2012
Manny Rose
Seven Seconds
TV • 2018
Pastor Adler
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Philip Raimey
Jack & Bobby
TV • 2004
Adult Marcus Ride
Young MacGyver
TV • 2003
The General
Frasier
TV • 1993
Judge Anderson
The Good Fight
TV • 2017
Andrew Hart
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Theodore Barrow
A Different World
TV • 1987
Grover James
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Coleman Green
The Shield
TV • 2002
Chief of Police Tom Bankston
Grimm
TV • 2011
Stan Kingston
TV 101
TV • 1988
Mr. Hines
Stat
TV • 1991
Anderson 'Mary' Roche
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV • 1993
Ch'Pok
House of Cards
TV • 2013
Vincent Abruzzo
The Equalizer
TV • 2021
Curtis Baker
Girls5eva
TV • 2021
Dana Wiggens
East New York
TV • 2022
Maurice Haywood
Due South
TV • 1994
Franco Devlin
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Minister
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV • 2018
DNI Bobby Vig
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
David Ellis
Bones
TV • 2005
Special Agent Sam Reilly
Felicity
TV • 1998
Dean Allison
The Strain
TV • 2014
Mayor George Lyle
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Dr. Tsegdye
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mr. Fuller
The Orville
TV • 2017
Admiral Tucker
Cheers
TV • 1982
Agent Munson
The Office
TV • 2005
Mr. Haskins
Ellen
TV • 1994
Detective Sutterman
One on One
TV • 2001
Richard Barnes
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Mr. Brody
The Closer
TV • 2005
Judge Gerald Blake
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
TV • 1992
Coach Chet Corley
The Jake Effect
TV • 2006
McConnell
The Irrational
TV • 2023
Eli Mercer
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
TV • 1990
Man #1
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Cameroonian Ambassador Jean Aissatou
Sister, Sister
TV • 1994
Mr. Thorington
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Brian Hellman
Brothers and Sisters
TV • 2006
Brigadier General Hendrix
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Judge Willard Reese
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Senator Slater
The Affair
TV • 2014
Judge Polk