Canadian actor
Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.[ 1] Last Wedding Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002[ 2] Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 ,[ 3] The Dick Knost Show Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 .[ 4]
He has also appeared in the films Live Bait Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed , Lunch with Charles Moving Malcolm See Grace Fly Fathers & Sons Sisters & Brothers Kingsway The X-Files Da Vinci's Inquest ,Cold Squad
He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver , British Columbia ,[ 5] Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia .[ 1]
Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics . In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC)[ 6] [ 7]
Contributions to cybernetics
Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics[ 8] [ 9]
Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.[ 10]
Personal life
He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.[ 11]
Filmography
Film
Television
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996
Dead Ahead
Deputy Hutchins
Television film
1996
Psi Factor Howie Samek
Episode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation"
1996, 1997
The X-Files Michael Sloan / Young Johansen
Episodes: "Detour "; "Piper Maru "
1997
Dead Man's Gun Deputy Harold Cooper
Episode: "Fortune Teller"
1998
The Wonderful World of Disney Monte Marks
Episode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure"
2001
Da Vinci's Inquest David
Episode: "Oppenheimer Park"
2002
The Dead Zone Sports Nut
Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
2002
The Twilight Zone Writer #1
Episode: "Gabe's Story"
2003
Stargate SG-1 Chazen
Episode: "Prophecy"
2003
Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow
Len Birmbaum
Television film
2005
Cold Squad Lee Styles
Episode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses"
2021
Trigger Me
Phillip
2 episodes
Awards and nominations
References
^ a b Lynn Mitges, "Students acting like they should; Program at UBC gives them the tools to take into the real world". The Province
^ Michael Posner , "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail ^ a b Katherine Monk, "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun
^ a b "And the 2014 VFCC nominees are..." . Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 22, 2013.^ "Neworld Theatre" . Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia , October 26, 2020.^ "ASC Executive Board - American Society for Cybernetics" .^ "NBN Home" .^ Scholte, T. (2020). A proposal for the role of the arts in a new phase of second-order cybernetics. Kybernetes, 49(8), 2153-2170. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-03-2019-0172
^ Scholte, T., & Sweeting, B. (2022). Possibilities for a critical cybernetics. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2891
^ Scholte, T. (2020). You’re a cybernetician. Act like one! A commentary upon the 2019 conference of the American Society for Cybernetics. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 27(2), 9-15. https://www.chkjournal.com/node/360
^ Malcolm Parry, "Ode to the Travelall, the original SUV". Vancouver Sun
^ Past Nominees & Winners 1999 at www.leoawards.com ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2000 at www.leoawards.com ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2001 at www.leoawards.com ^ "And the Gemini winners are…" at playbackonline.ca ^ "Who will take home the hardware?" at playbackonline.ca ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2002 at www.leoawards.com ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2004 at www.leoawards.com ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2011 at www.leoawards.com ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2012 at www.leoawards.com
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