Paul McGillion
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Biography: The sixth of seven children, Paul's family emigrated to Canada from Paisley, Scotland when he was just 2 years old. He returned to Scotland during his early teens for a few years before heading back to Canada . Paul has a degree in Teaching and while studying at University, got involved in various sports including wrestling. After graduating the actor began his career teaching theatre in Toronto, squeezing in time to attend auditions, finally making the move to Vancouver. Paul has worked extensively in film, TV and the theatre for the last 12 years, as well as teaching scene study in 1998 & 1999 at the respected Vancouver Film School. ((Source: IMDB))
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, UK
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Stargate Atlantis: Fans' Choice
Overview: The exhilarating, feature-length pilot episode, "Rising", sends a brilliant team of scientists through a Stargate to the legendary city of Atlantis. But not only is the city about to be engulfed by ocean water, an enemy appears who threatens everyone in the Pegasus Galaxy! And in the white-knuckle, lengthened "Enemy at the Gate" from Season 5, as the team tries to disempower Wraith hive ships, the Wraith discover coordinates that will allow them to destroy Earth!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-04
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The Deal
Overview: A political thriller steeped in illegal oil trading, the Russian Mafia, and governmental cover-ups.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-17
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Replicant
Overview: Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-11
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Christmas in Tahoe
Overview: To save her family hotel's Christmas show, talent booker Claire must ask for help from her ex-boyfriend Ryan, the lead guitarist of a now-famous band that fired her as their manager years ago.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-28
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An Unexpected Christmas
Overview: Jamie hasn’t told his family that he and his now ex-girlfriend Emily broke up. After an inopportune run-in with Emily at the train station in his hometown, Jamie convinces her to pretend they’re still a couple to avoid ruining Christmas for his family.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-26
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The Traveler
Overview: On a dark Christmas Eve in a small town, the lone Sheriffs on the night shift encounter a mysterious man who goes by the name of Mr. Nobody. As the night progresses, the Sheriffs discover that this isn't just a nobody, but a vengeful killer whose past threatens to haunt them all.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-15
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Star Trek
Overview: The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-06
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Holiday Reunion
Overview: All Mitch Snider wants for his family is a traditional holiday feast with the relatives. The problem is that he doesn't have any. That is until he gets an invitation in the mail from his long-lost cousin Woodrow. What follows is a full-course meal of nonstop laughs when the neurotic suburbanites clash with the hippy hicks from hell in National Lampoon's most outrageous family misadventure yet.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-11-23
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A Dog's Breakfast
Overview: If you've never been good at anything in your life, why would murder be any different? Patrick has always had a somewhat combative relationship with his little sister Marilyn, but when she brings home her new sci-fi soap star fiancé Ryan, it's all out war. When Patrick fails to drive a wedge between the happy couple, he reaches for sharper instruments.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-03
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Beyond Loch Ness
Overview: James Murphey is a rugged cryptozoologist, who thirty years earlier, during a trip to Loch Ness, Scotland, had a fatal encounter with the fabled "Nessie" creature that killed his father, and left James with deep facial scar. Twenty years later, James is hunting for Nessie, when his search leads him to the sleepy town of Pike Island, Ashburn, on Lake Superior. Hiring Josh Riley as his guide, James and Josh bond over their mutual scientific interests and deceased fathers, while James tries to convince Josh's mother, Sheriff Karen Riley, that the 60-foot plesiosaur is killing and breeding.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-05
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Engaged to Kill
Overview: Abby Lord (Maria del Mar) is kidnapped and her husband Robert Lord (Joe Lando) has to pay off a million dollar ransom. Based on a True Life story.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-24
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WitchSlayer Gretl
Overview: Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-25
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Confined
Overview: A couple moves into a quiet neighborhood. With too much time on her hands, the woman begins to suspect that someone is confined in the basement next door.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-20
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Finding a Family
Overview: Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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NightScream
Overview: Drew, while in a trance, drives to a small town where, a year earlier, an identical woman named Laura was murdered. Everyone assumed that Laura's boyfriend, who went missing at the same time as the murder, was the killer, but Drew starts having visions that imply otherwise, so she attempts to uncover the truth.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-14
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Mom, Dad and Her
Overview: Sydney is a troubled teen heading for trouble. After being caught shoplifting and a case of alcohol poisoning, Sydney's desperate single mother sends her off to the country to live with her father, Ben, and his new pregnant wife, Emma. Sydney misses her boyfriend, her city life and doesn't get on with her dad or stepmom. Slowly she starts to settle in as she makes friends with Jess, a local girl whose mother died of cancer. Sydney makes a couple of mistakes but after her grandfather's death the extended family start to heal.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-10
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See Grace Fly
Overview: Grace McKinley is a brilliant 38-year-old woman with schizophrenia. When her mother dies, Grace's actions become increasingly erratic. She takes two weeks to report the death, and in that time is sent a shattering message that only she can decipher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-01
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She Woke Up Pregnant
Overview: A sleazy dentist sexually assaults his patients while they are under heavy sedatives for dental surgery. One woman gets impregnated from such an incident and decides to fight back.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-28
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Hit 'n Strum
Overview: After committing a hit and run, a beautiful career woman attempts to clear her conscience by befriending her victim, a homeless but talented street musician.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-05
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A Cooler Climate
Overview: Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-22
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Baby Sellers
Overview: Inspired by true events, the Lifetime Original Movie, Baby Sellers, exposes the shocking international criminal enterprise of infant trafficking. Stars Emmy winner Jennifer Finnigan and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-17
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All of My Heart
Overview: A young caterer’s life suddenly changes course when she inherits a country home and learns she must share it with a career obsessed Wall Street trader. At first, these opposites do not attract, but feelings begin to change when they find themselves having to work side-by-side to restore their newly acquired home.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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The Marine 4: Moving Target
Overview: WWE Superstar Mike "The Miz" Mizanin returns as Jake Carter where he is assigned to protect a whistleblower who wishes to expose a corrupt military defense contractor. However, the military hires a heavily armed team of mercenaries to kill her and it's up to Carter to stop them at any cost.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-10
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Numb
Overview: Husband and wife, Will and Dawn, are in financial crisis after learning the job Will was counting on to salvage their financial future has disappeared in the midst of a market collapse. They set out to drive home on the winter highway back to their city, and in a moment of altruism, pick up siblings Lee and Cheryl, a pair of hitchhikers on their way to start a new life. In the midst of the night they nearly collide with an old man wandering on the snowy highway, hyperthermic and horrifically frostbitten. While searching for his ID they discover a wad of cash, a hand drawn map with GPS coordinates, and a single gold coin inside his coat. Will and Dawn reluctantly go along with Lee’s plan to report him to the police as a John Doe and pocket the money. In an attempt to save their financial struggles, all four venture off into the snowy wilderness in search of the buried gold.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-06
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Tomorrowland
Overview: Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Genres: Adventure Family Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-19
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Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story
Overview: A look at J.K. Rowling from her humble beginnings as an imaginative young girl and awkward teenager, to the loss of her mother and the genesis of the Harry Potter book series.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-18
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The Final Goal
Overview: One man buys the future, another stands between the posts to preserve it, in this brutal showdown on the soccer field to win the World Cup.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-10
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Reluctant Witness
Overview: After giving up her mafia husband to the police, and starting a new life in witness protection, Erin thinks she's rid of Jimmy forever. However, a mysterious stranger has her worrying Jimmy is back.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-02
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O.I.
Overview: A depressed man in a bar recounts the story of the completely original idea that led to his being there.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-18
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Far from Home
Overview: Upon the death of his estranged uncle, an embittered writer returns to his home town.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-14
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Jack
Overview: Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend's parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-19
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The Assignment
Overview: Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-08
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Hello Destroyer
Overview: A young junior hockey player's life is shattered by an in-game act of violence. In an instant his life is abruptly turned upside down; torn from the fraternity of the team and the coinciding position of prominence, he is cast as a pariah and ostracized from the community. As he struggles with the repercussions of the event, desperate to find a means of reconciliation and a sense of identity, his personal journey ends up illuminating troubling systemic issues around violence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Midnight Sun
Overview: Katie, a 17-year-old, has been sheltered since childhood and confined to her house during the day by a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Fate intervenes when she meets Charlie and they embark on a summer romance.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-22
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Ice Sculpture Christmas
Overview: After starting her first job at a country club restaurant, Callie’s passions for cooking and ice sculpting are met with romance and Christmas spirit when a childhood friend enters her into the club’s annual Christmas ice sculpting competition without her knowledge.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-07
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Christmas Magic
Overview: Carrie Bishop, a successful event planner in New York City, is left unconscious after a car accident. In order to "pass over" to Heaven, she must help Scott Walker and his daughter Abby save their restaurant and find their Christmas spirit.
Genres: TV Movie Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-11
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Death Note
Overview: A young man comes to possess a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that grants him the power to kill any person simply by writing down their name on the pages. He then decides to use the notebook to kill criminals and change the world, but an enigmatic detective attempts to track him down and end his reign of terror.
Genres: Crime Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-25
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Crying Freeman
Overview: A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-23
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Tom and Grant
Overview: Two brazenly inept thieves attempt to rob a bank without a plan, a clue-or a gun.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-21
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Skyscraper
Overview: Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-11
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Heartbeats
Overview: When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-30
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A Trace of Danger
Overview: A successful defense attorney finds her life in jeopardy when she returns home to defend her high school sweetheart against charges of murdering his wife.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-10
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Darrow & Darrow: In The Key Of Murder
Overview: A simple offer of legal advice turns into the biggest challenge of Claire Darrow’s legal career when her new beau, D.A. Miles Strasberg, introduces her to his younger half-sister, Phoebe, a singer fresh off her first album. Following a legal dispute between the two, Phoebe's producer ends up dead and all signs point to Phoebe. Claire is the only one Miles trusts to uncover the truth and save his sister.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-06
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Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas
Overview: Famous musician Heath and small-town girl Cara are each traveling back to Oklahoma for the holidays when they get stranded in Chicago. Despite his fame, she has no idea who he is, but they hit it off—and she even ends up providing some inspiration for the Christmas song he's writing.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-15
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Darrow & Darrow: Body of Evidence
Overview: Claire finds herself defending a woman already convicted of murder, while Miles questions his role as prosecuting attorney and helps her on the case.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-14
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Have You Seen My Son
Overview: A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-08
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Joe Finds Grace
Overview: Simple-minded Joseph Briteman breaks a golden rule of his 'life skills' program when he walks away unsupervised to rescue his long lost baby sister.
Genres: Adventure Animation Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-21
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Love and Treason
Overview: Kate is a Naval officer whose married to a Marine. When she learns her husband is committing treason she turns him in. He's sent to prison and she divorces him and would have to deal with the stigma of being married to a traitor. A few years later, her husband escapes from prison and the consensus is that he's going after her. And he approaches her but doesn't do anything to her. She thinks he's up to something and tries to find out what it is.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-07
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Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
Overview: Photographer Allie and Detective Sam's investigation into a priceless stolen necklace leads to danger and an unexpected death.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-16
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A Guy Thing
Overview: Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen, from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-17
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Circle of Deception
Overview: Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-06
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Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead
Overview: Small-town New England professional wedding photographer Allie Adams finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery when the groom is suddenly shot and killed during the ceremonial first dance. Suspicion immediately turns towards Allie’s big brother Greg, the ex-boyfriend of the bride. Allie begins her own amateur investigation to clear Greg’s name, teaming up with Sam, the newest detective on the force.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-16
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Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death
Overview: While backstage on opening night of a new play by celebrated murder mystery author/director Neil Khan, photographer Allie Adams discovers the body of the show’s leading lady, murdered before the curtain went up. As Willow Haven PD Detective Sam Acosta launches his investigation, he invites Allie – who has been helpful in solving his first two murder cases since joining the force -- to unofficially assist him on the. case. However, Allie’s involvement makes her a target for murder herself when she gets too close to the truth.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-11
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Falling Together
Overview: Natalie tries to bring feuding neighbors together in her new condo building. Her unexpected ally is the building's super who prefers to avoid getting involved.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-21
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