Peter Outerbridge

Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor who played Wade Dalton on the CBC series Heartland.

Biography
Outerbridge, together with two older sisters and two older brothers, grew up in Toronto, Ontario. While his father practiced law, his mother studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He comes from a family of artists, as his uncle (though not by blood) was opera singer Jon Vickers, and his cousin Billy is a regular at Stratford. In Outerbridge's own words, with his father being a trial lawyer, there were a lot of theatrics on his paternal side as well.

Outerbridge began his acting career after high school, when he enrolled at the University of Victoria to study acting. After graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, he co-founded the theatre group Way Off Broadway and toured Canada with them for four years. In the early '90s, he started out in television, and his early credits include shows such as 21 Jump Street or The Commish. First feature films include Paris, France and Cool Runnings.

His talent was recognized early on, when roles in Marine Life or Chasing Cain earned him award nominations such as Genie or Gemini Awards, and more roles in TV shows, movies and features films followed. He has worked steadily ever since, on a large variety of projects. His most notable roles include young student Matt in the critically acclaimed movie Kissed, who falls in love with a necrophiliac. Also of note is his performance playing the transsexual Judy in Better Than Chocolate, or his downright creepy portrayal of sexual assailant Theodore Gray in the thriller The Rendering.

Ever since the early 90's, Outerbridge has been a steady presence not only on the silver screen but also on TV. Among many others, he played three different characters on the science fiction show The Outer Limits, had a recurring role in season three of Chris Carter's mystery spin-off Millennium, played the lead in three feature-length episodes of the 2004 version of The Murdoch Mysteries, and scored his biggest lead role to date in the same year, when he was cast as headstrong scientist David Sandström in The Movie Network's ReGenesis. The science-themed show successfully aired for four years and has been broadcast internationally in over 20 countries. ReGenesis has been nominated for several Gemini awards over the years.

As more recent projects go, Outerbridge has portrayed one of Canada's political founding fathers George Brown in the TV period piece John A.: Birth of a Country, which earned him the 2013 Canadian Screen Award in the category 'Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series'. He's had a recurring role in The CW's modern spy reboot Nikita, and starred as special guest star on Global TV's World War II period drama Bomb Girls. If you keep an eye out, you will also be able to catch his occasional guest spots on shows such as Suits and The Listener, and the upcoming Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds.

In 2000, Peter Outerbridge married Canadian actress Tammy Isbell, with whom he has co-starred on more than one occasion, among them The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) and ReGenesis (2004). It is said the two of them met in 1994 while shooting an episode of The Outer Limits (1995) together, in which they fittingly played a young couple. In 2004, twins Thomas and Samuel were born. Outerbridge and his family live in Toronto.

Filmography

 * 21 Jump Street (1990) - Jeff Chandler
 * Just Say No! High
 * The Hidden Room (1991) - Rick
 * Wasting Away
 * Drop Dead Gorgeous (1991) - Dylan Wiatt
 * A Diagnosis of Murder (1992) - Barry Donovan
 * Nightmare Cafe (1992) - Jesse
 * Fay & Ivy
 * Secret Service (1992) - Talbot
 * Programmer/Child's Play
 * Hate Mail (1992) - Randal
 * Top Cops (1993) - Stephen Davis
 * Craig Gravel and Ferry Jones/Mike Sheehan and Stephen Davis
 * Paris, France (1993) - Sloan
 * Cool Runnings (1993) - Josef Grool
 * For the Moment (1993) - Johnny
 * The Commish (1991 - 1993) - Jeff Hartley
 * Frontline (1994) - Translation Voice
 * Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo
 * Harlequin: Another Woman (1994) - Paul Temple
 * Forever Knight (1994) - Young Thomas Constantine
 * Father's Day
 * Replikator (1994) - John Cheever
 * Falling for You (1995) - Greg
 * Avonlea (1995) - Count Marek
 * What a Tangled Web We Weave
 * The Android Affair (1995) - Thomas Benti
 * The Michelle Apts. (1995) - Jules
 * Catwalk (1995) - Zane Platt
 * Highlander (1995) - Paul Kinman
 * Reluctant Heroes
 * Fools Die Fast (1995) - Eddie
 * Closer and Closer (1996) - Adam
 * Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1996) - Ned
 * Betrayal
 * Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) - William Johnson
 * Kissed (1996) - Matt
 * Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996) - Sergei
 * Giant Mine (1996) - Jim O'Neil
 * Dinner Along the Amazon (1996) - Rodney
 * Murder in My Mind (1997) - Jack Bolinas
 * La Femme Nikita (1997) - Roger
 * Treason
 * Michael Hayes (1997 - 1998) - John Manning
 * Better Than Chocolate (1999) - Judy
 * Escape from Mars (1999) - John Rank, Sagan Cocommander
 * Millennium (1998 - 1999) - Special Agent Barry Baldwin
 * Killing Moon (1999)
 * Thrill Seekers (1999) - Felder
 * Escape Velocity (1999) - Lee Nash aka Carter
 * Mission to Mars (2000) - Sergei Kirov
 * Out of Sync (2000) - Roger Deacon
 * Marine Life (2000) - Robert Kiely
 * Double Frame (2000) - Special Agent Sean Donahue
 * The Pretender 2001 (2001) - Alex
 * Chasing Cain (2001) - Bob Kozlowski
 * Earth: Final Conflict (2001) - Joe
 * Subterra
 * Paradise Falls (2001) - Tyrone Fox
 * The Outer Limits (1995 - 2002) - Scientist/Zach Griffiths/Ned Bailey/Dr. Andy Groenig
 * The Rendering (2002) - Theodore Gray
 * Men with Brooms (2002) - James Lennox
 * Trudeau (2002) - Jim Coutts
 * Mentors (2002) - Dr. Milton Bradhshaw
 * The Bay of Love and Sorrows (2002) - Everette Hatch
 * Monk (2002) - Trevor McDowell
 * Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man
 * 100 Days in the Jungle (2002) - Gord Black
 * Chasing Cain II: Face (2002) - Detective Bob Kozlowski
 * The Risen (2003) - Nick Simms
 * 24 (2003) - Ronnie Stark
 * Day 2: 2:00am - 3:00am
 * Day 2: 3:00am - 4:00am
 * Cold Creek Manor (2003) - Dave Miller
 * June & Orlando (2003) - Orlando
 * Miracles (2003) - Jason Herlock
 * Paul Is Dead
 * This Is Wonderland (2004) - Dale Robertson
 * Episode 1.7
 * The D.A (2004) - Jerry Weicker
 * Ill Fated (2004) - Earl
 * Medical Investigation (2004) - Clark White
 * Progeny
 * Chicks with Sticks (2004) - Curt Bonner
 * Tilt (2005) - Randy Cioffi
 * Gentleman Jim
 * Shuffle Up and Deal
 * Land of the Dead (2005) - Styles
 * Million Dollar Murder (2005) - Gordon Wintrob
 * The Murdoch Mysteries (2004 - 2005) - Detective William Murdoch
 * Lucky Number Slevin (2006) - Dumbrowski
 * Population 436 (2006) - Deputy Christian Hecker
 * Puppets Who Kill (2006) - Phil Goody
 * The Rival House
 * 10.5: Apocalypse (2006) - Alec Becker
 * Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2006) - Al Burton
 * Intimate Stranger (2006) - Denis Teague
 * In God's Country (2007) - Officer Wayne
 * My Name Is Sarah (2007) - Charlie Manning
 * Whistler (2007) - Peter Varland
 * ReGenesis (2004 - 2008) - David Sandstrom
 * Fringe (208) - Dr. Reyes
 * Pilot
 * Sanctuary (2008) - Malcolm Dawkins
 * Folding Man
 * Flashpoint (2009) - Walter Volcek
 * Clean Hands
 * Deadliest Sea (2009) - Captain Jack Colvin
 * Saw VI (2009) - William
 * Burning Mussolini (2009) - Detective Ryan Johnson
 * Happy Town (2010) - Handsome Dan Farmer
 * Reviving Ophelia (2010) - Walter
 * John A: Birth of a Country (2011) - George Brown
 * The Listener (2011 - 2012) - Magnus Elphrenson
 * The Magician
 * Now You See Him
 * Suits (2012) - Keith Hoyt
 * All In
 * Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) - Travis Grady
 * Beauty and the Beast (2012) - Silverfox
 * Haunter (2013) - Bruce
 * Nikita (2010 - 2013) - Ari Tasarov
 * Bomb Girls (2012 - 2013) - Bob Corbett
 * Darknet (2013) - Henry
 * Darknet 6
 * Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (2014) - Bob Corbett
 * Orphan Black (2014) - Henrik Johanssen
 * Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds (2014) - Aramas
 * Far Cry 4 (2014) - US Ambassador
 * Murdoch Mysteries (2015) - Father Keegan
 * Shipwreck
 * Len and Company (2015) - Frank Coulter
 * Voracious (2015) - Jed
 * Blood and Water (2015) - Detective Al Gorski
 * Houdini and Doyle (2016) - Thomas Edison
 * Necromanteion
 * Zoo (2016) - General Davies
 * Shut In (2016) - Richard
 * The Art of More (2015 - 2016) - Ashbel Whitman
 * Poor Richard's Almanack (2016) - Eric
 * Incorporated (2017) - Phill Brill
 * Pure (2017) - Eli Voss
 * Heartland (2008 - 2017) - Wade Dalton
 * Summer's End
 * Dreamer (Voice)
 * Designated Survivor (2016 - 2017) - Charlie Langdon
 * The Expanse (2017) - Captain Martens
 * The Detectives (2018) - Inspector Doug Grady
 * The Cottage Country Killer
 * Level 16 (2018) - Dr. Miro
 * Far Cry 5 (2018) - Voice
 * 12 Monkeys (2015 - 2018) - Dr. Elliot Jones
 * Taken (2018) - James Casey
 * Giant Little Ones (2018) - Nic Kohl
 * No Easy Days (2018) - Paul Reynolds
 * Honey Bee (2018) - Christian
 * The Umbrella Academy (2019) - The Conductor
 * Far Cry New Dawn (2019)
 * Viaticum (2019) - Frank
 * Ransom (2019) - Tanner Donovan
 * Dark Triad
 * Departure (2019) - Captain Stephen Littlefield
 * Prime Suspect
 * Code 8 (2019) - Wesley Cumbo
 * V-Wars (2019) - Calix Niklos
 * Hudson & Rex (2020) - Viktor Maddox
 * Old Dog, New Tricks
 * The Oak Room (2020) - Paul

Trivia

 * Peter is married to Tammy Isbell who played Jess Wells in Heartland.
 * Peter is of Swedish and Bermudian extraction
 * Born on exactly the same day as boxing legend Mike Tyson.