Ian Tracey went for his first acting audition when he was 11 years old, and worked steadily between the ages of 12 and 15, then dropped out of acting to work in the restaurant biz. It may not have been glamorous but the pay was regular. He returned to film and television in his late teens and has since appeared in a large number of Canadian and American productions. The made-for-TV movie, Milgaard received 11 Gemini nominations and won six awards, including Best TV movie or dramatic mini-series. It also won for Best Actor with Ian Tracey in the title role, and for best director, Stephen Williams. Commenting on the award, Tracey said, “He was in there for 23 years, I have been an actor for 23 years. I got a trophy, kinda ironic.” Ian Tracey played Jimmy Reardon on all 26 episodes of the TV series, Intelligence.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Keeper (1976)
Dreamspeaker (TV-1977)
In Praise of Older Woman (1978)
Eureka (1982)
Change of Heart (1984)
The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)
I-Man (TV-1986)
Fire With Fire (aka Captive Hearts, 1986)
Stakeout (1987)
American Boyfriends (1989)
Rookies (TV-1990)
The Last Island 1991)
Crooked Hearts (1991)
Home Movie (1992)
The Comrades of Summer (TV-1992)
Morning Glory (TV-1993)
Miracle on Interstate 880 (TV-1993)
Timecop (1994)
Incident at Deception Ridge (TV-1994)
The War Between Us 1995)
Man With a Gun (1996)
For a Few Lousy Dollars (1996)
Bloodhounds II (1996)
Carpool (1996)
Murder in My Mind (TV-1997)
Survival on the Mountain (TV-1997)
Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
Rupert’s Land (1998)
Dirty Little Secret (1998)
Touched (1999)
Milgaard (TV-1999)
Touched (1999)
Dangerous Attraction (2000)
The Waiting Room (2001, short)
Lola (2001)
Trapped (TV-2001)
Ice Men (2000)
Liberty Stands Still (2002)
Insomnia (2002)
The Space Bewteen (2002)
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Do Not Disturb (2003)
Open Range (2003)
Emile (2003)
Cellmates (2003)
The Big Charade (2003)
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (TV-2004)
Ice Men (2004)
The Life (TV-2004)
Elektra (2005)
Desolation Sound (2005)
Break a Leg, Rosie (2005)
Intelligence (TV-2005)
Civic Duty (2006)
Everything’s Coming Up Rosie (2009, short)
The Cult (TV-2010)
La première étoile (2010, short)
Sucker Punch (2011)
Donovan’s Echo (2011)
Corvus (2012, short)
Man of Steel (2013)
Aloft (2014)
Lead and Follow (2014, short)
Eadweard (2015)
Blood (2015, short)
Dead Rising: Endgame
Hello Destroyer (2016)
Hell in a Handbag (2017)
Rabbit (2018)
A Score to Settle (2019)
Endless (2020)
Cafe Racer (2022, short)
Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
TV Series – Cast:
Huckleberry Finn and Friends (1979)
Fly By Night (1991)
Conspiracy of Silence (1991, mini-series)
The Commish (1991-1995)
Sweating Bullets (1992-1993)
Medusa’s Child (1997, mini-series)
Da Vinci’s Inquest (1998-2005)
Taken (2003, mini-series)
Da Vinci’s City Hall (2005-2006)
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006, mini-series)
Intelligence (2006-2007)
Iron Road (2009, mini-series)
Keep Your Head Up: The Don Cherry Story (2010, mini-series)
Sanctuary (2010-2011)
Ring of Fire (2012, mini-series)
Continuum (2012-2025)
Rogue (2013)
Bates Motel (2013-2014, 2017)
The Romeo Section (2015-2016)
Project Blue Book (2019-2020)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
The Minikins (1981)
Hangin’ In (1982)
Disneyland (1986)
The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (1987)
21 Jump Street (1987, 1988, 1989)
The Beachcombers (1988)
Knightwatch (1988)
Danger Bay (1988)
Street Legal (1988)
CBC’s Magic Hour (1989)
Booker (1989, 1990)
Neon Rider (1990)
Mom P.I. (1991)
Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)
The X-Files (1995)
The Adventures of Sinbad (1996)
Highlander (1996)
The Outer Limits (1996, 2000)
Dead Man’s Gun (1997)
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997, 1999)
Viper (1997, 1998)
Welcome to Paradox (1998)
The Sentinel (1999)
Dark Angel (2001)
Stargate SG-1 (2002)
The Dead Zone (2003
The Collector (2006)
Smallville (2006)
The 4400 (2006)
Heartland (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Republic of Doyle (2010)
Rookie Blue (2010)
Flashpoint (2010)
Shattered (2011)
Hell on Wheels (2011)
Supernatural (2012, 2017)
True Justice (2012)
The Listener (2012)
Cedar Cove (2013)
Strange Empire (2014)
The 100 (2015)
Backstrom (2015)
Wayward Pines (2015)
Killjoys (2015)
Travelers (2016, 2017, 2018)
Incorporated (2016, 2017)
The Murders (2019)
Virgin River (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
The Order (2019, 2020)
Billy the Kid (2022)
Surface (2022)
Fire Country (2022)
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