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Ron Canada

Ron Canada

30 movies on Netflix

Biography

Ron Canada is an American actor who has specialized in playing judges and detectives. Born in New York City, he completed a broadcast journalism program at Columbia University and spent the 1970s as a television news reporter, first at WBAL-TV and later at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., where he twice earned Regional Emmy Award nominations and won one in 1977, along with an A.P. Award for Outstanding Reporting. He went on to study acting with Franchelle Stewart Dorn at The Folger Theatre Group and in 1986 was the second actor cast as Troy Maxson, in the GeVa Theatre staging of August Wilson's Fences. His screen credits include Lone Star (1996), as Otis Payne, which brought him a Dallas Film Critics Award, plus Cinderella Man (2005) and Wedding Crashers (2005), and recurring television roles on The West Wing, One on One and The Shield. He also appeared on Broadway in Network.

77years old

Turns 78 on May 3in 203 days

  • Born New York City
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Also credited as Ronald Ellis Canada

Movie Career

Films
30
Career span
37 years1983 to 2020

Genres

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  1. A first

    Ron Canada was the second actor to play Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences, taking the role at the GeVa Theatre in Rochester, New York, in January 1986.

  2. A change of course

    Before acting, Canada worked as a television news reporter starting in 1971 at WBAL-TV, then spent three years at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., where he won a Regional Emmy in 1977.

  3. Beyond film

    Canada took the part of Iago in a "photo negative" staging of Shakespeare's Othello, which was put on by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.

  4. A first

    Canada was the first to play Duncan Troy in Headstrong at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, and that work earned him an Audelco Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

Ron Canada movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Wedding Crashers2005 Comedy, Romanceas Randolph

    IMDb rating 7.0402K votes

  2. The Hunted2003 Action, Crime, Dramaas Harry Van Zandt

    IMDb rating 6.156K votes

  3. The Discovery2017as Cooper

    IMDb rating 6.241K votes

  4. Just Like Heaven2005as Dr. Walsh

    IMDb rating 6.7129K votes

  5. Lone Star1996as Otis Payne

    IMDb rating 7.436K votes

  6. The Empty Man2020as Detective Villiers

    IMDb rating 6.252K votes

  7. Ted 22015as Judge

    IMDb rating 6.3266K votes

  8. Honey, I Blew Up the Kid1992as Marshall Brooks

    IMDb rating 4.950K votes

Most often with

Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Jeff Fahey, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jeff FaheyJoe Pantoliano, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Joe PantolianoJane Seymour, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jane SeymourKerry Washington, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Kerry WashingtonPenelope Ann Miller, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Penelope Ann MillerMark Pellegrino, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Mark Pellegrino

Films together

Box office

What Ron Canada's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.3 billion

18 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 30 films: 18 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 18Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Top grosser

National Treasure2004as Guard Woodruff$348 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    National Treasure2004as Guard Woodruff
    $348M26.3% of the total
  2. 2
    Wedding Crashers2005as Randolph
    $289M21.8% of the total
  3. 3
    Ted 22015as Judge
    $216M16.3% of the total
  4. 4
    Cinderella Man2005as Joe Jeanette
    $109M8.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Just Like Heaven2005as Dr. Walsh
    $103M7.8% of the total
  6. 6
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid1992as Marshall Brooks
    $59M4.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Getting Even with Dad1994as Zinn
    $54M4.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Adventures in Babysitting1987as Graydon
    $34M2.6% of the total
The Hunted (2003), $34.2 millionThe Human Stain (2003), $24.9 millionArthur 2: On the Rocks (1988), $14.7 millionIn Too Deep (1999), $14.0 millionLone Star (1996), $13.3 millionThe Empty Man (2020), $4.8 millionThe Man Who Wasn't There (1983), $2.4 millionDowntown (1990), $2.3 millionThe Last of the Finest (1990), $1.5 millionThe United States of Leland (2003), $343,847

$113 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total

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