Born in Alberta, Alex Diakun attended school in Chilliwack, British Columbia but returned to his home province to study and graduate with a BFA from the University of Alberta. In addition to his film and television work, he is also a stage actor with more than 200 stage productions to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Chick Savoy in 81 episodes of Da Vinci’s Inquest between 1998 and 2005, followed by a further 8 episodes portraying that character in Da Vinci’s City Hall between 2005 and 2006. His hometown of Rycroft is 504 kilometers northwest of Alberta’s capital city of Edmonton.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Firebird 2015 AD (1981)
Blood Link (1982)
Hellogoodbye (1982)
Utilities (1983)
Dead Wrong (1983)
The Glitter Dome (TV-1984)
The Journey of Naty Gann (1985)
Love is Never Silent (TV-1985)
A Masterpiece of Murder (TV-1985)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (TV-1986)
High Stakes (1986)
Rainbow War (1987, short)
Malone (1987)
After the Promise (TV-1987)
The Red Spider (TV-1988)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
Run (1991)
The Hitman (1991)
Knight Moves (1992)
Dirty Work (TV-1992)
The Portrait (1992)
Mortal Sins (TV-1992)
Harmony Cats (1992)
Double, Double Toil and Trouble (TV-1993)
Ernest Rides Again (1993)
Crackerjack (1994)
Exquisite Tenderness (1994)
Johnny’s Girl (TV-1995)
Crying Freeman (1995)
Gunfighter’s Moon (1995)
Starlight (1996)
Dead Man’s Gun (TV-1997)
Intensity (TV-1997)
Drive, She Said (1997)
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Hoods (1998)
You Know My Name (TV-1999)
Secret of Giving (TV-1999)
The Proposal (2001)
Valentine (2001)
Agent Cody Banks (2003)
Barely Legal (2003)
Arbor Vitae (2003, short)
The Life (TV-2004)
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
The Quality of Life (TV-2008)
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
Poe: Last Days of the Raven (2008)
Ahh, Youth! (2009, short)
Frankie & Alice (2010)
The Closer You Get to Canada (2010, short)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (TV-2010)
Locked in a Garage Band (2012)
Eadweard (2015)
The P.I. Experiment (TV-2015)
TV Series – Cast:
RoboCop: Alpha Commando (voice, 1998-1999)
Earthsea (2005, mini-series)
Da Vinci’s Inquest (1998-2005)
Da Vinci’s City Hall (2005-2006)
Alice (2009, mini-series)
Beyond (2016-2018)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
The Beachcombers (1979)
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends (1980)
The Hitchhiker (1985,1986)
Danger Bay (1986, 1987)
Air Wolf (1987)
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987)
Wiseguy (1987, 1990)
Neon Rider (1989, 1994)
Mom P.I. (1990, 1991)
The Commish (1992)
Street Justice (1993)
Cobra (1994)
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995)
The Outer Limits (1995, 1999, 2000, 2001)
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
Two (1996)
Viper (1996)
The Sentinel (1997)
Police Academy: The Series (1997)
Millennium (1997, 1998)
Dead Man’s Gun (1997, 1999)
Night Man (1999)
Mercy Point (1999)
Andromeda (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
Mythquest (2001)
The Dead Zone (2002)
Stargate SG-1 (2003)
Peacemakers (2003)
The Collector (2004)
Intelligence (2005)
The X Files (1995, 1996, 2016, 2018)
Eureka (2006)
Supernatural (2006, 2012)
Sanctuary (2008, 2009)
Reaper (2009)
Garage Sale Mysteries (2013)
Motive (2014)
Intruders (2014)
The Twilight Zone (2019)
The Order (2019)
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2019, 2020)
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