Ron Canada

Acting

Born May 3, 1949, New York City, New York, USA

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

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