Kris Holden-Ried

Kris Holden-Ried
File:Kristen Holden-Ried at Fan Expo 1.jpg Holden-Ried in August 2011
Born	Kristen Holden-Ried (1973-08-01) August 1, 1973 Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995–present

Kris Holden-Ried (born August 1, 1973 in Pickering, Ontario) is a Canadian actor.

In 2007, he portrayed William Compton in the first seven episodes of the Showtime series The Tudors. In 2010, he began appearing in the television series Lost Girl as Dyson. He played Quint Lane, the mutated lycan, in the film Underworld: Awakening (2012). In 2013, he voiced Captain Canuck in the animated web series of the same name.

Education and early career

Holden-Ried studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business. At his first audition, he landed the leading role in 12th century drama, Young Ivanhoe. He was a champion competitor in riding and fencing, and is a former member of the Canadian National Pentathlon Team and has a silver medal from both the Pan American and Pan Pacific Pentathlon Championships. He trained with Uta Hagen's Master Class Scene Study, as well as with the Green Room Actor's Workshop and the National Film Acting School.

Select filmography

• Young Ivanhoe (1995) (TV Movie) — Ivanhoe
• Night of the Demons 3 (1997) — Vince
• Riverdale (1997–2000) — Shawn Ritchie
• Going to Kansas City (1998) — Charlie Bruckner
• Forget Me Never (1999) (TV Movie) — Shaun
• Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–04) — Scott "Tracker" Cameron; 8 episodes
• Paradise Falls (2001–04) — Simon; Recurring role; 30 episodes
• The Crossing (2000) — Captain Heineman
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) — Anton
• A Killing Spring (2002) (TV Movie) — Karl Hrynluk
• Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (2003) (TV Movie) — Lunar
• Touch of Pink (2004) — Giles
• Big Girl (2005) — Gerry
• Niagara Motel (2006) — R.J
• The Tudors (2007) — William Compton; 7 episodes
• Emotional Arithmetic (2007) — Young Jakob Bronski
• MVP (2008) — Aleksei Protopopov; 4 episodes
• A Broken Life (2008) — Mikhail
• Deadliest Sea (2009) — Bear
• Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009) (TV Movie) — Colin Nottingham
• Lost Girl (2010–15) — Dyson; Main role
• The Bridge (2010) — Mike Bodanski; 3 episodes
• Ben Hur (2010) — Gaius Antonius; 2 episodes
• The Listener (2011–14) — Adam Reynolds; Recurring role; 15 episodes
• Lost Girl Finale Pre-Show (Showcase TV special) (2012) — as self
• Underworld: Awakening (2012) — Quint Lane
• Lost Girl ConFAEdential (Showcase TV special) (2013) — as self
• Captain Canuck (2013–14) (animated web series) — Captain Canuck; 5 webisodes
• Lost Girl: An Evening at the Clubhouse (Showcase TV special) (2013) — as self
• Sex After Kids (2013) — Gage
• The Returned (2013) — Alex

External links

• Kris Holden-Ried at the Internet Movie Database
• Kris Holden-Ried on Twitter