Bruce Gray
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-09-07
- Died:
- 2017-12-13
- Place of birth:
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
Biography
Bruce Gray (Robert Bruce Gray, 7 September 1936 in San Juan, Puerto Rico – died 13 December 2017 in Los Angeles, California) – Puerto Rican-born Canadian actor, raised in Toronto after returning to Canada at age 13. Earned a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Toronto before moving to Hollywood in 1980. Won a Gemini Award for Best Actor for his lead role on the Canadian series Traders (1996–2000). His most notable film roles include Mayor Parvin in Dragnet (1987), Gabe Lawrence in Up Close & Personal (1996), the President in Spy Hard (1996), Sky Marshal Dienes in Starship Troopers (1997), Rodney Miller in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and its sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), Colonel Maguire in Cube 2: Hypercube (2002), a TV Executive in Monster-in-Law (2005), Congressman Hughes in Evan Almighty (2007), and Ferguson in Crimson Peak (2015). On television he is best known for Adam Cunningham in Traders (1996–2000), Judge J.E. Reilly in Passions, Joe's father's ghost in Medium, Admiral Chekote in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Surak in Star Trek: Enterprise, and recurring roles in Falling Skies, How I Met Your Mother, Sons of Anarchy, Criminal Minds, and Charmed.
Known For
Filmography
Don't Talk to Irene
Rules Don't Apply
Timeless
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Charming Christmas
Crimson Peak
Dig
Tentacle 8
The Firm
Falling Skies
Water for Elephants
Is It Just Me?
The Listener
Castle
Sons of Anarchy
Recount
Evan Almighty
Big Love
Live Once, Die Twice
Criminal Minds
How I Met Your Mother
Monster-in-Law
Cake
Medium
Boston Legal
LAX
Chasing Freedom
Dark Waters
Married to the Kellys
Cold Case
NCIS
Las Vegas
Playmakers
S.W.A.T.
Wall of Secrets
Monster House
Without a Trace
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Cube 2: Hypercube
A Killing Spring
Star Trek: Enterprise
A Glimpse of Hell
The Division
Queer as Folk
The Last Debate
When Andrew Came Home
Girlfriends
The West Wing
Judging Amy
Happy Face Murders
Dementia
Whatever It Takes
Becker
Charmed
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Starship Troopers
Earth: Final Conflict
The Peacemaker
Stargate SG-1
Traders
Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
JAG
Nowhere Man
My Family
The Outer Limits
ER
Chicago Hope
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Babylon 5
Diagnosis: Murder
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Rapture
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Melrose Place
For the Boys
Eye of the Storm
The Hidden Room
Sisters
Beverly Hills, 90210
Wings
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Murphy Brown
Murphy's Law
Drop-Out Mother
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Tour of Duty
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
The Oldest Rookie
Odd Birds
Dragnet
Let's Get Harry
L.A. Law
Matlock
The Colbys
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Murder, She Wrote
Invitation to Hell
Airwolf
Night Court
For Love and Honor
St. Elsewhere
Knight Rider
Nero Wolfe
Falcon Crest
Simon & Simon
Dynasty
Knots Landing
Dallas
Breaking Up
The Incredible Hulk
Quincy, M.E.
Scrim
Happy Days
Strange Paradise
Adulterous Affair
The Edge of Night