May 3, 1949 - New York City, New York, USA
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.
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| Movie | 2001 | Thank Heaven | Joseph Johnson | |
| Movie | 2005 | Just Like Heaven | Dr. Walsh | |
| Movie | 2005 | Wedding Crashers | Randolph | |
| Movie | 1995 | Man of the House | Bob Younger | |
| Movie | 1983 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Barker | |
| Movie | 1990 | Downtown | Lowell Harris | |
| Movie | 1994 | Without Warning | Terrance Freeman | |
| Movie | 1992 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Marshall Brooks | |
| Movie | 1997 | Clover | Gaten's brother-in-law | |
| Movie | 1998 | Lost in the Bermuda Triangle | ||
| Movie | 2008 | The Beneficiary | Detective Jensen | |
| Movie | 1988 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Bartender | |
| Movie | 2001 | Black River | Chief Salks | |
| Movie | 2004 | National Treasure | Guard Woodruff | |
| Movie | 2015 | Ted 2 | Judge | |
| Movie | 2015 | After Words | Nelson | |
| Movie | 2005 | Cinderella Man | Joe Jeanette | |
| Movie | 1986 | Good to Go | ||
| Movie | 1996 | Lone Star | Otis Payne | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Mr. Bennett | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Discovery | Cooper | |
| Movie | 2017 | Crown Heights | Judge Marcy | |
| Movie | 1998 | Before He Wakes | Detective Cochran | |
| Movie | 1996 | Pinocchio's Revenge | Barry | |
| Movie | 1992 | Play Nice | Coroner | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Human Stain | Herb Keble | |
| Movie | 2009 | Bob Funk | Smiley | |
| Movie | 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Lt. Jack Tolliver | |
| Movie | 2008 | Ocean of Pearls | Dr. Wiiliam Ballard | |
| Movie | 2006 | Islander | T. Hardy | |
| Movie | 2007 | Snowglobe | Antonio | |
| Movie | 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Cop in Times Square | |
| Movie | 1998 | Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Gabriel Jones | |
| Movie | 2020 | The Empty Man | Detective Villiers | |
| Movie | 2006 | Paved with Good Intentions | Garrett Balden | |
| Movie | 2003 | The Hunted | Harry Van Zandt | |
| Movie | 2009 | Noble Things | Moses | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bully | 'Action' Jackson | |
| Movie | 1983 | D.C. Cab | Policeman #4 | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Apartment Complex | Detective Culver | |
| Movie | 1990 | The Last of the Finest | Cregan | |
| Movie | 1999 | In Too Deep | Dr. Bratton | |
| Movie | 2003 | The United States of Leland | Elden | |
| Movie | 1995 | The American President | Reporter Lloyd | |
| Movie | 2007 | Little Wings | John | |
| Movie | 1997 | Othello | Iago | |
| Movie | 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | Greydon | |
| Movie | 1987 | Heart | Talk Show Guest | |
| Movie | 2012 | Lake Effects | Winchester | |
| Movie | 2025 | This Will Never Work | Uncle Pete | |
| Movie | 1994 | Getting Even with Dad | Zinn | |
| Movie | 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Vernon Jordan | |
| TV Show | 2005 | Weeds | Joseph | 4 |
| TV Show | 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Martin Benbeck | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Fesek | 1 |
| TV Show | 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Gerry Barone | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Babylon 5 | Captain Ellis Pierce | 2 |
| TV Show | 1993 | The X-Files | Det. Franklin Potter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Quartus | 1 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Dallas | Dave Wallace | 5 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Life Goes On | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1999 | Family Law | Gary Stark | 1 |
| TV Show | 1989 | Family Matters | Dave McClure | 2 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Stat | 6 | |
| TV Show | 2010 | Blue Bloods | Mason | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Elementary | Manny Rose | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Seven Seconds | Pastor Adler | 3 |
| TV Show | 2008 | The Mentalist | Philip Raimey | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Jack & Bobby | Adult Marcus Ride | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Young MacGyver | The General | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Frasier | Judge Anderson | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | The Good Fight | Andrew Hart | 2 |
| TV Show | 1999 | The West Wing | Theodore Barrow | 10 |
| TV Show | 1987 | A Different World | Grover James | 1 |
| TV Show | 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Coleman Green | 1 |
| TV Show | 2002 | The Shield | Chief of Police Tom Bankston | 4 |
| TV Show | 2011 | Grimm | Stan Kingston | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | TV 101 | Mr. Hines | 2 |
| TV Show | 1991 | Stat | Anderson 'Mary' Roche | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Ch'Pok | 1 |
| TV Show | 2013 | House of Cards | Vincent Abruzzo | 2 |
| TV Show | 2021 | The Equalizer | Curtis Baker | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | Girls5eva | Dana Wiggens | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | East New York | Maurice Haywood | 3 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Due South | Franco Devlin | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Melrose Place | Minister | 1 |
| TV Show | 2018 | Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan | DNI Bobby Vig | 2 |
| TV Show | 1986 | L.A. Law | David Ellis | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Bones | Special Agent Sam Reilly | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Felicity | Dean Allison | 2 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Strain | Mayor George Lyle | 6 |
| TV Show | 1996 | 7th Heaven | Dr. Tsegdye | 2 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Law & Order | Mr. Fuller | 1 |
| TV Show | 2017 | The Orville | Admiral Tucker | 3 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Cheers | Agent Munson | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Office | Mr. Haskins | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Ellen | Detective Sutterman | 1 |
| TV Show | 2001 | One on One | Richard Barnes | 14 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Mr. Brody | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Closer | Judge Gerald Blake | 1 |
| TV Show | 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Coach Chet Corley | 5 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Jake Effect | McConnell | 1 |
| TV Show | 2023 | The Irrational | Eli Mercer | 1 |
| TV Show | 1990 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Man #1 | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Madam Secretary | Cameroonian Ambassador Jean Aissatou | 1 |
| TV Show | 1994 | Sister, Sister | Mr. Thorington | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | Numb3rs | Brian Hellman | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | Brothers and Sisters | Brigadier General Hendrix | 1 |
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