Background

Colin Cunningham was born on August 20, 1967, to Willy John Hannah Cunningham and Kay Cunningham. He was raised in Los Angeles, California with an older sister and younger brother. Cunningham traveled extensively in his late teens and first took to the stage on a dare.

Education

Colin Cunningham graduated from the Vancouver Film School in 1993.

Career

Colin Cunningham started acting after he was dared by his friend to take the stage.

He was part of the founding company of the critically acclaimed Open Fist Theatre in Los Angeles and as an accomplished theater actor, gained critical praise in the early 1990s in Eugène Ionesco's Exit the King. In 1993 he left Los Angeles and relocated to Vancouver, Canada.

After finishing his film-making training at Vancouver Film School, Cunningham teamed up with Canadian actress Madison Graie to found Windowshot Productions, Inc., an independent film production company (1996). They produced music videos and other short films. In 1998 they produced the first award-winning independent film Zacharia Farted. Colin's following works as a producer are Just a Number, A Question of Conscience, Ryan, and Rabid Love (executive producer).

Cunningham appeared in made for television movies, including For the Love of Nancy, Robin of Locksley, Captains Courageous, Dead Fire, Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (also known as Fire on the Mountain), Five Desperate Hours, The Heist, and Mr. St. Nick.

In 2007, Colin Cunningham made a name for himself as a director, when along with actress/producer Madison Graie he made the short-list for an Academy Award Nomination for their film Centigrade. The film in which Cunningham also starred took over two dozen "Best Of" awards and nominations, and in addition to being considered for an Oscar, it became the first short film in iTunes history to break the Top Ten in Feature Downloads, finding itself right alongside such Hollywood blockbusters like Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He also directed the short films Travel Plans and Goal!

On the big screen, Cunningham teamed up with Catherine Keener in Courtney Moorehead Balaker's Little Pink House, has been pursued by Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Sixth Day, and put his life on the line for Jennifer Garner in Elektra. He has also appeared in multiple Indie favorites, including comedic turns in Best In Show with Christopher Guest and Breakfast With Scot.

Cunningham appeared in many television series, including Beggars and Choosers as Herb Kolodny, and Big Sound (Nick Keester). He was a guest star on television shows including The Commish, The Marshal, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Dead Man's Gun, The Sentinel, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, and Viper.

Colin Cunningham is best known for playing Major Paul Davis on the television series Stargate SG-1. He has won critical acclaim on shows such as Da Vinci's Inquest and Living in Your Car playing Neil Stiles.

For 5 Seasons, Cunningham starred alongside Noah Wyle and Will Patton in the Steven Spielberg Dreamworks produced series Falling Skies. He played as John Pope, the rogue survivor of the alien attack that has hit the world. In 2014 Colin also voiced John Pope in the video game Falling Skies: The Game.

Colin is also infamously known as the mischievous ringmaster Julian Slink in SYFY's Blood Drive. His work has been recognized by the Hollywood Reporter, the New York Times, TIME magazine, and Rolling Stone.

Recurring as Wallace Kane on ABC's Stumptown with Coby Smulders and co-starring as the twisted but lovable T.C. alongside Ruth Negga and Dominic Cooper in AMC's Preacher, Colin Cunningham has built a reputation as a true chameleon.

In addition to acting, Colin is a guitar and saxophone player, and a songwriter. He has directed numerous music videos for Country Music Television (CMT) and currently plays lead tenor saxophone and is the bandleader for the funk/soul band founded in 2013 WHAT-THE-FUNK!

Achievements

• Colin Cunningham has had more than a hundred appearances in TV series, TV movies, films, and short films including Stargate SG-1, Falling Skies, Blood Drive, Stumptown, Preacher, The Commish, The Marshal, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Dead Man's Gun, The Sentinel, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, The Sixth Day, Little Pink House.
  
  Cunningham has produced, directed, and starred in the multiple award-winning Centigrade.
  
  He is a recipient of several awards and nominations including Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - J-POD as Best Actor, Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - The Collector as Best Actor, Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - Insider Trading as Best Actor, Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - Da Vinci's Inquest as Best Actor, Nomination in a Television Series - Big Sound as Best Actor, Nomination Genie Award in a Television Series - Less Than Kind as Best Emerging Director from Vancouver Intl. Film Festival, and Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series - Less Than Kind, Gemini Awards Nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series - Flashpoint, and for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series - Living in Your Car.
  
  

Works

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• movie

  • Little Pink House

    (A small-town nurse named Susette Kelo emerges as the relu...)

    2017
  • The Historian

    (A history professor flees a painful personal tragedy, tak...)

    2014
  • Stargate: Continuum

    (Baal manages to cause a rift in time where the Stargate p...)

    2008
  • The Entrance

    (A police detective is swept into a web of deception and, ...)

    2006
  • Stealing Sinatra

    (In this true-crime comedy, three friends plan a get-rich ...)

    2003
  • Centigrade

    (A man who lives in an old camper trailer, wakes up one mo...)

    2007
  • For the Love of Nancy 1994
  • Hard Evidence 1995
  • Robin of Locksley 1996
  • Captains Courageous 1996
  • Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 1997
  • Dead Fire 1997
  • Y2K (Countdown to Chaos) 1999
  • The Silencer 1999
  • Best in Show 2000
  • The 6th Day 2000
  • Antitrust 2001
  • Mr. St. Nick 2002
  • Wilder Days 2003
  • Stealing Christmas 2003
  • Elektra 2005
  • Lesser Evil 2006
  • Breakfast With Scot 2007
  • Fireball 2009
  • Goblin 2010
  • Afghan Luke 2011
  • Rise of the Damned 2011
  • The Eleventh Victim 2012
  • Numb 2015

• TV series

  • Da Vinci's City Hall

    (Dominic Da Vinci has been elected Mayor of the City of Va...)

    2005
  • The Dead Zone

    (The Dead Zone, a compelling dramatic series, follows the ...)

    2005
  • Perception

    (It's mind over the murder, as an eccentric neuroscientist...)

    2012
  • The Crusader

    (This is the story of a simple man who realizes there are ...)

    2009
  • Impact

    (A rogue asteroid smashes into the moon and, within days, ...)

    2009
  • The X-Files

    (The X-Files has been shut down and Mulder and Scully are ...)

    1995
  • Falling Skies

    (Colin Cunningham as John Pope.)

    2011
  • Eureka

    (Dr. Paul Suenos - Noche de suenos (2007). Eureka is a ...)

    2007
  • The Commish 1995
  • The Outer Limits 1996
  • Dead Man's Gun 1997
  • The Sentinel 1998
  • Viper 1998
  • The Net 1998
  • Stargate SG-1 1998
  • The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 1999
  • Dead Last 2001
  • Strange Frequency 2001
  • Dark Angel 2001
  • Cold Squad 2001
  • Mysterious Ways 2002
  • Da Vinci's Inquest 2002
  • The Twilight Zone 2003
  • Smallville 2003
  • Out of Order 2003
  • Andromeda 2003
  • CSI: Miami 2004
  • The L Word 2004
  • The Chris Isaak Show 2004
  • The Collector 2004
  • 4400 2004
  • Masters of Horror 2007
  • Psych 2007
  • Men in Trees 2007
  • The Guard 2008
  • jPod 2008
  • Stargate Atlantis 2009
  • Sanctuary 2009
  • Flashpoint 2010
  • Klondike 2014
  • Hell on Wheels 2014
  • Rush 2014
  • The Magicians 2016
  • Blood Drive 2017
  • Preacher 2018
  • Hawaii Five-0 2019
  • Stumptown 2019

• Video game

  • Falling Skies: The Game 2014

Views

Quotations: "Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Be even more careful what you work for because you will get it even more quickly."

"Remember those that help you. Help others when they need it."

"Making films is hard. Awesome, but hard. You want easy, make a sandwich."

"Don't lose your focus. That little speck of light way off in the distance, don't stop until you're standing in it. If you have to, take a break, go to your corner, get some sleep but don't ever give up. You will get there."

"The most valuable thing that anyone will ever give you is their Time. Not their money. Remember that. Ask for people's help. Not their permission."

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Colin Cunningham has a height of 5 ft and 10 in or 178 cm, and a weight of 71 kg or 156.5 lbs. He has dark brown hair.

Interests

• music, guitar, saxophone

• Politicians

  Abraham Lincoln

• Writers

  Dennis Prager - Think a Second Time; Marcus Lutrell - Sole Survivor; Victor Frankl.

• Music & Bands

  Rebecca Black - Friday; Joe Bonamassa; An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May.

Connections

Father:

Willie John Hanna Cunningham

Mother:

Kay Cunningham

Sister:

Rainy Dan Lorell (Cunningham)

Brother:

Ron Cunningham

Friend:

Madison Graie

colleague:

Doug Jones

colleague:

Sarah Carter

colleague:

Drew Roy

colleague:

Peter Shinkoda

References

• Colin Cunningham's WHAT-THE-FUNK! (@CunninghamColin) | Twitter
• Colin Cunningham's homepage