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Callum Keith Rennie (born September 14, 1960 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England) is a Scottish-Canadian television and film actor.

When Callum was four years old, his Scottish parents relocated the family from England to Canada. Rennie was raised in Alberta, as the second of three boys. He began work in university radio, and discovered acting while in Edmonton at the age of 25.

For roughly a decade through his late teens and twenties, Rennie struggled with alcoholism. However, in the summer of 1993, a dramatic event led him to change. While in a rough Vancouver bar, Rennie and a construction worker got into a tiff. He 'flipped the bird' to the construction worker, who punched his fist through a plate glass window, and drove a shard of glass into Callum's left eye and retina. The injury helped him to gain some perspective, and motivated him to conquer his alcoholic tendencies.

He has had roles in a variety of Canadian television series, including Twitch City and Da Vinci's Inquest. He has also been in a number of movies, including Double Happiness (as the love interest of Sandra Oh), Curtis's Charm, Hard Core Logo
, eXistenZ, The Five People You Meet in Heaven
and Flower & Garnet
. He played the Cylon Leoben Conroy in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
.

One of Rennie's most widely recognized roles is that of Detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski on the Canadian television series Due South. The show has been aired in over 150 countries, helping to broaden Rennie's fanbase.

Callum has made guest appearances on tv shows. These include Forever Knight
, Mutant X and Highlander as a mortal in the season 2 episode "An Eye For an Eye" and played an immortal named Tyler King in the season 4 episode "The Innocent." He has also appeared in The X Files, initially offered the role of Alex Krycek. Rennie turned down the role because he did not want to commit to a television series at that time, but he later guest-starred on the show.

Currently Rennie resides in Vancouver, also dividing his time between Toronto and Los Angeles.

Trivia

Is inexplicably nicknamed "The Body Hammer."

Stands at 5'10".

Was a high school classmate of Bruce McCulloch from The Kids in the Hall, with whom he was in a punk band.

Owns a Bull Terrier pup named Alberta.

Has a tattoo on his right upper arm of the Champion Spark logo. This is a homage to American painter Stuart Davis.

First album he owned was The Beatles' Revolver.

Owns a brushed-silver Ford Lightning.

Loves to play golf.

Has a cat named Cleek.

The glasses he wore in the movie Double Happiness were his own.

Has held jobs as a tree planter, paper baler, bartender, cook, construction worker, laying railroad tracks, and has worked in restaurants and nightclubs, including the Anza Club and Graceland in Vancouver.

Is fond of carrot juice.

Likes the Canadian film Men In Uniform.

Callum was chosen as one of Canada's 15 Sexiest Men in the June 1999 issue of Chatelaine magazine.

Filmography

The Invisible
(2006) (post-production)
The Cleaner
(2006) (post-production)
The Hunters
(2006) TV Series (post-production) - Quin Hunter
Unnatural & Accidental (2006) (post-production) - Norman
Snow Cake
(2005) (post-production) - John Neil
Whole New Thing (2005) - Denny
Lucid (2005) - Victor
Whiskey Echo (2005) (mini) TV Series - Dr. Rollie Saunders
Pool Hall Prophets (2005) (V) - Michael Mortensen
Blade: Trinity
(2004) - Asher Talos
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
(2004) (TV) - Eddie's Father
H2O (2004) (TV) - Don Pritchard/Lt. Daniel Holt
Wilby Wonderful (2004) - Duck MacDonald
The Butterfly Effect
(2004) - Jason Treborn
Paycheck (2003) - Jude, Guard
Battlestar Galactica
(2003) (mini) TV Series - Leoben Conoy
Falling Angels (2003) - Jim Field
Flower & Garnet
(2002) - Ed
Now & Forever (2002) - Carl Mackie
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) (V) - Palmberg
Bliss (2002) TV Series - Mike
Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (2002) (TV) - Inspector Wood
Dice (2001) (mini) TV Series - Egon Schwimmer
Picture Claire (2001) - Laramie
Trapped (2001/I) (TV) - Anthony Bellio
Nature Boy (2000/II) (TV) - Eden Ahbez
Murder Seen (2000) (TV) - Detective Keegan
Memento (2000) - Dodd
Suspicious River (2000) - Gary Jensen
The Last Stop (2000) - Jake
The Highwayman (2000) - Telemarketer
The Life Before This (1999) - Martin Maclean
eXistenZ (1999) - Hugo Carlaw
Last Night
(1998/I) - Craig Zwiller
Twitch City (1998) TV Series - Newbie
Tricks (1997) (TV) - Adam
Due South (1997) TV Series - Det. Stanley Raymond Kowalski
Men with Guns (1997/I) - Mamet
Excess Baggage
(1997) (as Callum Rennie) - Motel Manager
Masterminds (1997) - Ollie
Hard Core Logo
(1996) - Billy Tallent
My Life as a Dog
(1996) TV Series - Johnny Johansson
Letters from Home (1996) (as Callum Rennie)
Unforgettable
(1996) - Drug Dealer
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1996) (TV) - Jerry Bines
Curtis's Charm (1995) - Jim
The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995) (TV) - Big Hat
When the Dark Man Calls (1995) (TV) - Bob Levesh
Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (1995) (TV) - Pumper
Little Criminals (1995) - Kostash
The Omen
(1995) (TV) - Driver
Timecop
(1994) - Stranger
Double Happiness (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Mark
Frank's Cock (1994) (as Callum Renney)
Paris or Somewhere (1994) (TV) - Christy Mahon
The Raffle (1994) - Floor Director
Still (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Boyfriend
Valentine's Day (1994) (as Callum Rennie) - Astronaut
Purple Toast (1993) - Tom Struck

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