Stuart Bruce Greenwood is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days, for which he won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's Star Trek reboot series. He has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor and twice for Best Supporting Actor. In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in ', and has appeared in Mad Men, St. Elsewhere, Knots Landing, and John from Cincinnati. He currently stars as Dr. Randolph Bell in the medical drama The Resident. He has appeared in supporting roles in such films as ', ', Hollywood Homicide, Double Jeopardy, Déjà Vu, I, Robot, Dinner for Schmucks, Capote, The Post and as the motion-capture alien dubbed "Cooper" in Super 8. Greenwood is also a voice actor; his voice roles include Chiron in the Canadian animated seriesClass of the Titans and Bruce Wayne / Batman in ', Young Justice and .
Early life
Stuart Bruce Greenwood was born in Noranda, Quebec, the son of Mary Sylvia, a nurse who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and professor who taught at Princeton University.
Career
Greenwood is known in the United States for his appearances in Star Trek; I, Robot; Double Jeopardy; The Core; Thirteen Days ; Capote, ; Eight Below, ; and Firehouse Dog. He is also known for his role in the video game ' as the voice of Overlord. He had prominent roles in the award-winning Atom Egoyan films Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Ararat. He appeared in the 1980s teen cult filmThe Malibu Bikini Shop and starred in '. He played a role in The World's Fastest Indian and also featured in the Bob Dylanbiographical filmI'm Not There. He appeared in Dinner for Schmucks as the cruel executive who hosts a dinner for "idiots". On television, Greenwood had roles on St. Elsewhere, Knots Landing, and a starring role in the UPN series Nowhere Man. He also guest starred on the popular Canadian show Road to Avonlea for one episode. He won a Gemini Award for this role as "Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor". On June 10, 2007, HBO's John from Cincinnati premiered, starring Greenwood. Greenwood also appears as the President of the United States in '. He played the Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, in Summer Dreams: Story of the Beach Boys. In 2009, he worked with Australian director Bruce Beresford, playing the part of Ben Stevenson, in the critically acclaimed film Mao's Last Dancer. Greenwood voiced Bruce Wayne / Batman in the animated film' and in Young Justice. Greenwood played the lead role in the horror thriller Cell 213. He is the lead for the Steven Spielberg produced 2012 ABC series The River and reprised his role as Admiral Christopher Pike for J. J. Abrams' Star Trek Into Darkness. In 2015, Greenwood had a recurring role in the last season of Mad Men as Richard Burghoff, a romantic interest for Joan Harris.
Personal life
Greenwood is married to Susan Devlin and lives in Pacific Palisades, a suburb of Los Angeles, California.
