Ron Selmour

Ron Selmour
PerformerCaprica
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Portrays:	Seaborne, Shotgun
Date of Birth:	April 20, 1961
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Age:	64
Nationality:	CAN
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Ronald Selmour is a Haitian-born Canadian actor, voice actor, and narrator who portrayed Seaborne in the Re-imagined Series' "Bastille Day", and Shotgun in Caprica's "Ghosts in the Machine".

Early Life and Education

Selmour was born on April 20, 1961, in Haiti to Marguerite (S Joseph) and J P Decius Selmour, business owners. He was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he studied Anthropology, Fine Arts, and Theater.

Selmour majored in Fine Arts at Concordia University while honing his acting craft in the theater program, performing on various stages in both English and French. He is multilingual, speaking English, French, Creole, and passably Spanish.

Career

Selmour is described as a "Renaissance man" who had his start in the Montreal theatre culture, establishing himself as an intricate character actor with leading man presence. In addition to his acting work, he is also a voice actor who narrates in Creole, English, and French.

Selmour has pursued interests beyond acting, including music—he toured Europe in the 1990s as a rapper—and visual arts, creating abstract and eclectic artwork that has been displayed in online virtual galleries.

Film

Selmour is best known for his role as Dex in Blade: Trinity (2004), and for his memorable performance as "Death-by-teacup-man" in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).

His other notable film roles include Darryl in My Boss's Daughter (2003), an Ark Boarding Officer in 2012 (2009), Chattering Homeless Man in Tron: Legacy (2010), Danforth in Sucker Punch (2011), and Shotgun in Bones (2001).

His early film work includes appearances in Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Liberty Stands Still (2002) as Dwayne.

Television

Selmour has had an extensive television career spanning multiple decades. His notable roles include Agent Jim Sponson in the Netflix series The Imperfects (2022), where he portrayed a ruthless agent for a shadowy organization tasked with hunting down the protagonists across seven episodes.

He is particularly recognized for his recurring role as The Butcher in Arrow across four episodes from 2013 to 2014. Other significant television work includes portraying Kanaan in Sanctuary across three episodes (2010-2011), Sundown in the miniseries Klondike across four episodes (2014), and Derrick in Bad Seeds across three episodes (2013).

His appearances in science fiction and genre television include roles in Smallville as multiple characters including Connelly and Marcos across three episodes (2004-2008), Stargate Atlantis as Jannick (2008), The Outer Limits as Carl and Colonel Kikongo across two episodes (1998-2001), and Supernatural.

His other television credits include Da Vinci's Inquest as Vincent Marx and Roy across four episodes (1999-2002), Dark Angel as Dan and Brig Guard 1 across two episodes (2000-2002), Red Widow as J.J.'s Bodyguard (2013), True Justice as Detective Miller (2011), and Jeremiah as Ike (2003).

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