Kris Holden-Ried

Holden-Ried was born in Pickering, Ontario.^{[citation needed]} He studied at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business.^[1] He was a champion competitor in riding and fencing,^[2] and is a former member of the Canadian National Pentathlon Team^[1] and has a silver medal from both the Pan American and Pan Pacific Pentathlon Championships.^[2]

At his first audition, he landed the leading role in 12th century drama, Young Ivanhoe.^[1] In 2007, he portrayed William Compton in the first seven episodes of the Showtime series The Tudors.^[3] In 2010, he began appearing in the television series Lost Girl as Dyson.^[4] He played Quint Lane, the 'super lycan', in the film Underworld: Awakening (2012).^[4] In 2013, he voiced Captain Canuck in the animated web series of the same name.^[1] Holden-Ried provided the voice for the character Crawford Starrick, the main antagonist; on the hit video game Assassin's Creed: Syndicate.

He stars in the 2024 joint Canadian-Swiss production 111 about the aftermath of the 1998 Swissair Flight 111 plane crash off the coast of Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia that killed all 215 passengers and 14 crew members; filming took place at Peggy's Cove.^[5]

Holden-Ried has one child, a son.^[2]