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Ron Canada

Ron Canada

Born: 1949-05-03 • 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
This Will Never Work poster
This Will Never Work
2025 • Uncle Pete
The Empty Man poster
The Empty Man
2020 • Detective Villiers
Bully poster
Bully
2018 • 'Action' Jackson
Crown Heights poster
Crown Heights
2017 • Judge Marcy
The Discovery poster
The Discovery
2017 • Cooper
After Words poster
After Words
2015 • Nelson
Ted 2 poster
Ted 2
2015 • Judge
Lake Effects poster
Lake Effects
2012 • Winchester
Noble Things poster
Noble Things
2009 • Moses
Bob Funk poster
Bob Funk
2009 • Smiley
Ocean of Pearls poster
Ocean of Pearls
2008 • Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
No Image
The Beneficiary
2008 • Detective Jensen
The Haunting of Molly Hartley poster
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008 • Mr. Bennett
Snowglobe poster
Snowglobe
2007 • Antonio
Little Wings poster
Little Wings
2007 • John
Paved with Good Intentions poster
Paved with Good Intentions
2006 • Garrett Balden
King Leopold's Ghost poster
King Leopold's Ghost
2006 • Voice
Islander poster
Islander
2006 • T. Hardy
Just Like Heaven poster
Just Like Heaven
2005 • Dr. Walsh
Wedding Crashers poster
Wedding Crashers
2005 • Randolph
Cinderella Man poster
Cinderella Man
2005 • Joe Jeanette
National Treasure poster
National Treasure
2004 • Guard Woodruff
Reversible Errors poster
Reversible Errors
2004 • Jackson Aires
The Human Stain poster
The Human Stain
2003 • Herb Keble
The United States of Leland poster
The United States of Leland
2003 • Elden
The Hunted poster
The Hunted
2003 • Harry Van Zandt
Black River poster
Black River
2001 • Chief Salks
Thank Heaven poster
Thank Heaven
2001 • Joseph Johnson
The Apartment Complex poster
The Apartment Complex
1999 • Detective Culver
In Too Deep poster
In Too Deep
1999 • Dr. Bratton
Before He Wakes poster
Before He Wakes
1998 • Detective Cochran
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998 • Gabriel Jones
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle poster
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
1998
Othello poster
Othello
1997 • Iago
Clover poster
Clover
1997 • Gaten's brother-in-law
Pinocchio's Revenge poster
Pinocchio's Revenge
1996 • Barry
Lone Star poster
Lone Star
1996 • Otis Payne
The American President poster
The American President
1995 • Reporter Lloyd
Man of the House poster
Man of the House
1995 • Bob Younger
Without Warning poster
Without Warning
1994 • Terrance Freeman
Getting Even with Dad poster
Getting Even with Dad
1994 • Zinn
Barbarians at the Gate poster
Barbarians at the Gate
1993 • Vernon Jordan
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York poster
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 • Cop in Times Square
Play Nice poster
Play Nice
1992 • Coroner
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child poster
Desperate Choices: To Save My Child
1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid poster
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992 • Marshall Brooks
The Last of the Finest poster
The Last of the Finest
1990 • Cregan
Downtown poster
Downtown
1990 • Lowell Harris
Unholy Matrimony poster
Unholy Matrimony
1988 • Lt. Jack Tolliver
Arthur 2: On the Rocks poster
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 • Bartender
Heart poster
Heart
1987 • Talk Show Guest
Adventures in Babysitting poster
Adventures in Babysitting
1987 • Greydon
Good to Go poster
Good to Go
1986
D.C. Cab poster
D.C. Cab
1983 • Policeman #4
The Man Who Wasn't There poster
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983 • Barker