Louis Ferreira

Background

Ferreira was born on 20 February 1967, in Terceira, Azores, and emigrated with his parents to Canada early in his life. He grew up in the Jane and Finch neighborhood in North York, Ontario.

Career

Ferreira is best known for his roles in Stargate Universe as Colonel Everett Young, serial killer Ray Prager in the first season of Durham County, Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director John Pollock in Missing, and Art Blank in Saw IV. He is currently starring in the CTV series Motive as homicide detective Oscar Vega. The actor went by the stage name Justin Louis for 25 years until his Portuguese-born mother died in 2008, after which he decided to use his family name and "Louis", an approximation of his given name, "Luis". Ferreira"s resumé includes over 100 different onscreen credits, as he has appeared on a broad range of television shows, including lead roles in Hidden Hills, Durham County, Urban Angel, and Missing.

He has also played recurring or guest roles in various television shows, including NCIS, Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation and Criminal Minds.

After playing the recurring roles of Declan in Season five of the television series Breaking Bad and Colonel Henderson Hall in Primeval: New World he currently stars in the CTV series Motive as homicide detective Oscar Vega with recurring roles in The Romeo Section, and This Life. He also hosted the television series Letters to God.

In 2009, Ferreira was featured as David Maysles in the Home Box Office award-winning film Grey Gardens opposite Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore. Other film credits include portraying Sarah Polley"s husband in Dawn of the Dead as well as roles in Shooter and The Lazarus Child.

Ferreira played the role of Earl in the 1995 film Blood and Donuts and appeared in the 2007 film Saw IV. Further credits include The Marsh, Boozecan, and The Big Slice.

He also portrayed Donald Trump in Trump Unauthorized and was a lead in the miniseries The Andromeda Strain. In 2011, he became known as “The Voice of Mazda”, voicing a series of commercials for their national campaign for two years. Other voice-over work includes Police Officer Vince in the television series The Dating Guy and Chet in the episode "Hyde and Go Shriek" in the animated children"s series Tales from the Cryptkeeper.

Achievements

• Ferreira won the Best Actor Award for his portrayal of Robert (Duke) Romano in Fallen Arches at the Chicago Alternate.Film Fest in 1999. In 2008, he won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his work portraying the serial killer Ray Prager in Durham County. He was nominated for the same award in 2010 for the role of Colonel Everett Young in the television series Stargate Universe. He won the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series in 2014. He won the same award again in 2015.