Ian Tracey (born June 26, 1964) is a Canadian actor.Ian Tracey's bio at www.northernstars.ca Over the years, Tracey has participated in more than 70 films and television series. Tracey has starred in series such as Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence. He is also known for his role as the title character in 1979's Huckleberry Finn and His Friends.
Early life Tracey was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 26, 1964."Intelligence star is riding the rails" by John Doyle at www.theglobeandmail.com He grew up in British Columbia's Port Coquitlam.
Career Tracey started working at the age of 11, playing in the 1976 film The Keeper, starring Christopher Lee."The Keeper - Full Cast & Crew" at www.tvguide.com
Tracey's recent feature film credits include Prozac Nation, Owning Mahowny, with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kevin Costner's western Open Range, and Christopher Nolan's 2001 thriller Insomnia. In 1999, Tracey won the Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for Rupert's Land."Normal, Brightlight lead pack at 10th Leos" by Alison Cunningham at playbackonline.ca
Tracey has appeared in the title role of Milgaard,"On set: The David Milgaard Story" by Pam Swedko at playbackonline.ca for which he won both the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-SeriesAcademy of Canadian Cinema and Television official website , Academy.ca, last accessed October 22, 2007Gemini winners at playbackonline.ca and Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male: Feature Length Drama in 2000.Past Nominees & Winners 2000 at www.leoawards.com
Other television films include The Rookies, for which he received a 1991 Gemini nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his portrayal of the talented Homicide Detective Mick Leary in the Canadian TV series Da Vinci's Inquest."Canceled series score numerous Gemini wins" at playbackonline.ca He also directed two episodes in that television series,Ian Tracey's bio at www.cbc.ca as well as two in Intelligence."Nice guy/drug thug" by Alexandra Gill at www.theglobeandmail.com
Tracey was a series regular on Sweating Bullets (also known as Tropical Heat) and had a recurring lead on The Commish. He was also seen in Taken and has guest starred on Smallville, Dark Angel, The Sentinel, The X-Files, The Outer Limits, Highlander: The Series, The Collector,"Cancelled Collector, Godiva’s lead Leos pack" at playbackonline.ca 21 Jump Street and Mom P.I.
In 2005, Tracey was in the TV miniseries Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story and Intelligence, a CBC television series about the interactions between organized crime and government intelligence services. In Intelligence, Tracey plays the head of a third-generation crime family that built its fortune on rum-running before turning to dealing weed. He also appeared as Nova Group leader Daniel Armand in season three of the science fiction series The 4400 and guest-starred as Lincoln Cole in Smallville.Smallville > Season 5 > Episode 19 "Mercy", Ian Tracey as Lincoln Cole at www.rottentomatoes.com
In 2010, he began the recurring role of villain Adam Worth on Sanctuary. In spring 2007, he filmed the Chinese-Canadian historical miniseries Iron Road with Sam Neill and Peter O'Toole and narrated the making-of documentary for the DVD release of the series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends. He also appeared in 4 seasons of Bates Motel as Remo Wallace."Take a Look at ‘This Season on Bates Motel’; Get a Quick Refresher of Season 1" by Steve Barton at www.dreadcentral.comBates Motel - Cast, Crew & Synopsis at www.avclub.com Since 2023 he has played Sheriff Baxter, father of Xavier, in School Spirits.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1976 Kid 1978 In Praise of Older Women Andras Vajda Jr. 1983 Eureka Joey 1984 Change of Heart Kenny 1986 Fire with Fire 'Panther' 1987 Stakeout Caylor Reese 1987 Shelley Gord 1989 American Boyfriends Gerald 1990 Jack 1991 Crooked Hearts 'Limber' Watkins 1993 Morning Glory Orlan Nattes 1994 Timecop Confederate soldier 1995 'Jig' Parnum 1995 Man with a Gun Roy Burchill 1995 For a Few Lousy Dollars Zack 1996 Trust in Me Eddie Kelly 1996 Carpool Neil 1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue Kron 1998 Rupert's Land Dale McKay 1999 Touched Eric 2000 Dangerous Attraction Detective Ryan Bell 2001 The Waiting Room Peter's Father 2002 Liberty Stands Still SWAT Commander Mac Munro 2002 Insomnia Warfield (voice) 2003 Owning Mahowny Detective Ben Lock 2003 Open Range Tom 2003 Emile Tom 2003 Do Not Disturb The Man 2003 Cellmates Sid 2004 Ice Men Trevor 2005 Desolation Sound Michael Elliott 2006 Civic Duty Lieutenant Randall Lloyd 2011 Donovan's Echo Ray 2013 Man of Steel Ludlow 2013 Hell in a Handbag Terrance 2014 Aloft Hans 2015 Eadweard Stanford 2016 Dead Rising: Endgame George Hancock 2016 Hello Destroyer Aaron Weller 2018 Rabbit Timmy 2019 'Tank' 2020 Endless Richard 2023 Peter Pan & Wendy Sallyport
Television Year Title Role Notes 1976 Dreamspeaker Peter TV film 1980 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends Huckleberry Finn Main role 1981 Albi TV series 1982 Hangin' In Randy Episode: "Days of Wine and Rabbis" 1987 Doug Episode: "Beans' Wicked and Awesome Adventures at College" 1987–1989 21 Jump Street Cosmo / Lieutenant Taubman / Matty / Angelo's Buddy Episodes: "After School Special", "Raising Marijuana", "Swallowed Alive", "Orpheus 3.3" 1988 Knightwatch John O'Neill Episodes: "Knights of the City", "Friday Knight" 1988 Danger Bay Jerry Langstrom Episode: "Fire Jumper" 1988 Street Legal Arnold Episode: "Cat and Mouse" 1989 C.B.C.'s Magic Hour Pat Hebler Episode: "Rookies" 1990 Neon Rider Cameron Episode: "Confessions" 1991 Conspiracy of Silence Dwayne Johnston TV miniseries 1991–1995 John Hibbs Recurring role (seasons 1–4) 1992 Andy TV film 1992 Home Movie Bob TV film 1992–1993 Tropical Heat 'Spider' Garvin Main role (seasons 2–3); also known as Sweating Bullets 1993 Miracle on Interstate 880 Mark Helm TV film 1994 Incident at Deception Ridge Del Hayes TV film 1994 Lonesome Dove: The Series Billy Episode: "Judgement Day" 1995 Leonard 'Rappo' Trimble Episode: "The Walk" 1996 Bloodhounds II Matthew Standing TV film 1996 Mustapha Episodes: "Return of Sinbad: Parts 1 & 2" 1996 Highlander: The Series Johnny Kelly Episode: "Glory Days" 1996–2000 Mr. Tarkman / Declan McMahon Episodes: "Trial by Fire", "Judgment Day" 1997 Murder in My Mind Leonard TV film 1997 Survival on the Mountain Eric TV film 1997 Dead Man's Gun Joe 'Wild Joe' Tate Episode: "The Impostor" 1997 Medusa's Child Peter Cooke TV film 1997–1999 Poltergeist: The Legacy Mike McCready Episodes: "The Devil's Lighthouse", "She's Got the Devil in Her Heart" 1997–1998 Viper Mickey Finch Episodes: "Triple Cross", "What Makes Sammy Chun?" 1998 Dirty Little Secret Ray TV film 1998 Welcome to Paradox Cole Episode: "The Winner" 1998–2005 Da Vinci's Inquest Detective Mick Leary Main role 1999 Milgaard David Milgaard TV film 1999 Jack Bartley Episode: "The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg" 2000 Grant Logan TV film 2000 First Wave Garvin Episode: "Still at Large" 2001 Dark Angel B.C. Episode: "Haven" 2001 Trapped Captain Al Becker TV film 2002 Stargate SG-1 Smith Episode: "Prometheus" 2002 Taken Bill Walker TV miniseries 2003 Marc Dionne Episode: "The Mountain" 2004 Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss Sergeant Willeford TV film 2004 Matt TV film 2005–2007 Intelligence Jimmy Reardon Main role 2005–2006 Da Vinci's City Hall Detective Mick Leary Main role 2006 Timothy Albert Episode: "The Customer Service Rep" 2006 Prairie Giant Charlie Lawson TV miniseries 2006 Smallville Lincoln Cole Episode: "Mercy" 2006 Daniel Armand Episodes: "The New World", "Gone: Part 2", "Graduation Day" 2009–2015 Heartland Wade Recurring role 2010 Republic of Doyle Bill Gorsky Episode: "The Return of the Grievous Angel" 2010 Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story Harry Sinden TV miniseries 2010 Rookie Blue Ray Donald Swann Episode: "Big Nickel" 2010 Flashpoint Nick Watson Episode: "The Other Lane" 2010 Thomas TV film 2010–2011 Sanctuary Adam Worth Recurring role (seasons 3–4) 2011 Shattered Ethan Quinn Episodes: "Finding the Boy" 2011 Hell on Wheels Bolan Recurring role (season 1) 2012 Pinto Episode: "The Bank Job" 2012 True Justice Dr. Zee Episodes: "Blood Alley", "All In" 2012 Ring of Fire Hector Janen TV miniseries 2012–2017 Supernatural Lee Chambers / Ishim Episodes: "Adventures in Babysitting", "Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets" 2012–2015 Continuum Jason Recurring role 2013 Rogue Lucas 'Mitch' Mitchell Main role (season 1) 2013 Cedar Cove Bobby Episode: Pilot 2013–2017 Bates Motel Remo Wallace Recurring role (seasons 1–2), guest role (season 5) 2014 Strange Empire Roy Arnold Episode: "The Whiskey Trader" 2015 Vincent Vie Episodes: "Resurrection", "Bodyguard of Lies", "Blood Must Have Blood: Part 1" 2015 Backstrom Julien Gaynor Episode: "I Like to Watch" 2015 Wayward Pines Franklin Dobbs Episodes: "Betrayal", "The Friendliest Place on Earth", "A Reckoning" 2015 Killjoys Lucas Kotler Episode: "One Blood" 2015–2016 'Fergie' Main role 2016 Motive Ian Mitchell Episode: "In Plain Sight" 2016–2017 Incorporated Terrence Main role 2016–2018 Travelers Ray Green Recurring role 2019–2020 Jurgen Sawyer / Diego Nunez Episodes: "Undeclared, Part 2", "Finals, Part 2", "Free Radicals, part 1" 2019–2020 Project Blue Book The Fixer Recurring role 2019 Grant David Alcott Episode: "In My Feelings" 2019–present Virgin River Jimmy Recurring role 2023 Fire Country Wes Brooks Episode: "Happy to Help" 2023–present School Spirits Sheriff Baxter Recurring role 2024 Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Mayor Craig McCreigh Episode: "Crack Reporter" 2024 The Good Doctor Richard Shelford Episode: "Skin in the Game" 2024 Hudson & Rex Vic Mason Episode: "Doghouse" 2026 Neagley Boone Riley Episodes: "Lebron's No Jordan", "Touched"
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