Barry Flatman

He began his career as a member of the comedy troupe Homemade Theatre Company, with whom he appeared on the CBC Television sketch comedy series Stay Tuned (1976–1977).

Flatman later became a regular cast member on the CTV and Showtime sketch comedy series Bizarre (1980–1986). Following Stay Tuned and Bizarre, Flatman had supporting roles in the films The Dead Zone (1983) and Switching Channels (1988), and had a main role as Bob Quimby on the CHCH series Ramona (1988–1989).

During the 1990s, he notably voiced Marvel Comics characters Vindicator and Henry Peter Gyrich on multiple episodes of the Fox Kids animated series X-Men (1992–1997). Flatman also had a recurring role as President Daniel Thompson on the CTV and NewNet series Earth: Final Conflict (1998–2000), and had a supporting role in the comedy film The Cutting Edge (1992). In 1995, Flatman had a supporting role in the television film Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story. He played the role of Richard Taylor, which was based on newsanchor Mort Crim.^[1]

In the 2000s,he had a supporting role in the Italian film My Name Is Tanino (2002).^[2] Flatman most notably had supporting roles in the comedy film Just Friends (2005) and the horror film Saw III (2006). He also had main roles as Cam Ritchie in the CBC miniseries H2O (2004) and Chuck Beeter in the A&E miniseries The Andromeda Strain (2008), and a recurring role as Police Captain Bill Carruthers on the ESPN series Tilt (2005). In the 2010s, Flatman had supporting roles in the films The Returned (2013) and No Stranger Than Love (2015). He portrayed Darryl F. Zanuck in the Lifetime biographical miniseries The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015), and had recurring roles as Wally Semenchko on season 1 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2014) and Don Shade on the Global series Private Eyes (2016–2021).

From 2016 to 2021, Flatman had a recurring role as Don Shade on the Global television series Private Eyes.^[3] In 2023, he appeared on stage as Jonas in Jonas & Barry in the Home.^[4]