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'''Colm Feore''' is a Canadian-American actor born in Boston, Massachusetts. Within the ''Galactica'' universe, Feore appears on-screen as [[Richard Adar]], the President of the Twelve Colonies at the time of the Cylon attack. | '''Colm Feore''' is a Canadian-American actor born in Boston, Massachusetts. Within the ''Galactica'' universe, Feore appears on-screen as [[Richard Adar]], the President of the Twelve Colonies at the time of the Cylon attack. | ||
Feore graduated from Ridly College in St. Catherines, Ontario, and attended the National Theater School in Montreal, Quebec. He became a member of the Acting Company at the famous Stratford Festival of Canada, where he performed such roles as Oberon in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Petruchio in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the title characters in ''Richard III | Feore graduated from Ridly College in St. Catherines, Ontario, and attended the National Theater School in Montreal, Quebec. He became a member of the Acting Company at the famous Stratford Festival of Canada, where he performed such roles as Oberon in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', Petruchio in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the title characters in ''Richard III'' and ''Hamlet''. | ||
While not performing at Stratford, Feore appeared in minor roles in several American and Canadian productions. He shot to fame in Canada by portraying former Prime Minister [[Wikipedia:Pierre Trudeau|Pierre Trudeau]] in a 2002 [[Wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] miniseries. The actress portraying Trudeau's then-wife Margaret, [[IMDB:nm0788351|Polly Shannon]], is the real-life [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/television/article.jsp?content=20050627_108031_108031 girlfriend] of [[Callum Keith Rennie]], better known in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' as [[Leoben Conoy]], a [[Cylon agent]]. | While not performing at Stratford, Feore appeared in minor roles in several American and Canadian productions. He shot to fame in Canada by portraying former Prime Minister [[Wikipedia:Pierre Trudeau|Pierre Trudeau]] in a 2002 [[Wikipedia:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] miniseries. The actress portraying Trudeau's then-wife Margaret, [[IMDB:nm0788351|Polly Shannon]], is the real-life [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/television/article.jsp?content=20050627_108031_108031 girlfriend] of [[Callum Keith Rennie]], better known in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' as [[Leoben Conoy]], a [[Cylon agent]]. |
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Colm Feore is a Canadian-American actor born in Boston, Massachusetts. Within the Galactica universe, Feore appears on-screen as Richard Adar, the President of the Twelve Colonies at the time of the Cylon attack.
Feore graduated from Ridly College in St. Catherines, Ontario, and attended the National Theater School in Montreal, Quebec. He became a member of the Acting Company at the famous Stratford Festival of Canada, where he performed such roles as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew and the title characters in Richard III and Hamlet.
While not performing at Stratford, Feore appeared in minor roles in several American and Canadian productions. He shot to fame in Canada by portraying former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in a 2002 CBC miniseries. The actress portraying Trudeau's then-wife Margaret, Polly Shannon, is the real-life girlfriend of Callum Keith Rennie, better known in Battlestar Galactica as Leoben Conoy, a Cylon agent.
Feore is perhaps best-known internationally for his intelligent portrayals of varying characters as diverse as pianist Glenn Gould and Marcus Andronicus in the 1999 remake of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. He also portrayed the Necromongers' Lord Marshal in The Chronicles of Riddick.
Feore currently resides in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Donna and their three children.