Michael Seater

Michael Seater
Born	Michael Bruce Patrick Seater January 15, 1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997-present

Michael Bruce Patrick Seater (born January 15, 1987), known professionally as Michael Seater, is a Canadian actor, writer, director and producer. He is known for his roles as Spencer Sharpe in The Zack Files, Lucas Randall in Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, Derek Venturi in Life with Derek, Tom Bellow in 18 to Life, and James Gillies in Murdoch Mysteries.

In 2015, he wrote and directed the feature film People Hold On, which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song (by Noah Reid).^[1]

Early Life

Seater was born in Toronto, Ontario. He attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts.

Career

Seater began acting in the late 1990s and appeared in the short films Night of the Living and The Stone Skipper, and had minor roles in the direct-to-video film Future Fear and the made-for-television films Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples, Vanished Without a Trace, On Thin Ice, Dirty Pictures, Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life, the Hanukkah-themed Jenny and the Queen of Light, as well as in episodes of several television series, including The Zack Files.

He voiced the title character in the series Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall, which aired in 2000, starred as Lucas Randall in the television series Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, which began airing in 2002 and ended in 2006, and had a role in the 2005 film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, which starred Julianne Moore.

Seater then appeared in the recurring role of Owen on the series ReGenesis, which ended after its fourth season, and played Derek Venturi on another Canadian series, Life with Derek, which began in 2005 and ended in 2009 after four seasons. Seater had written a script for an episode of the show's fourth season with his brother, Graham.^[2]

In 2009, he played a character in the Degrassi movie Degrassi Goes Hollywood. He also plays the recurring role of murderer and criminal mastermind James Gillies in the Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries. Seater also recently had a recurring role on the Canadian TV series Bomb Girls.

Personal life

Seater is part of the Stand up! Against Bullying campaign with his fellow co-star Ashley Leggat. He is best friends with Ashley Leggat, Noah Reid, and Toronto artist Cosmo Dean.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Night of the Living	Zack
1998	Future Fear	Young Denniel
	Jonovision	N/A	1 episode
	Noddy	N/A	1 episode
	Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples	Peter
1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Steven Stovall	1 episode
	Vanished Without a Trace	J. J.
	The Stone Skipper	Simon
	Jenny and the Queen of Light	Eli
	Real Kids, Real Adventures	Robby Naylor	1 episode
2000	Dirty Pictures	Ian
	Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall	Mattimeo	Voice
2001	I Was a Rat	Pikey
	The Zack Files	Spencer Sharpe
2002–2006	Strange Days at Blake Holsey High	Lucas Randall	39 episodes
2003	On Thin Ice	Jason McCartle
2004	Wild Card	N/A	1 episode
2005–2009	Life with Derek	Derek Venturi	Main role
2002	The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio	Bub Ryan at 15 yrs	LR
	Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life	Nolan Mitchell
2006	Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story	Young Conrad Black
	ReGenesis	Owen	5 episodes
2007	Naturally, Sadie	Cole	1 episode
	She Drives Me Crazy	Pete	Lifetime Movie
2009	Degrassi Goes Hollywood	Michael Ray
2009 - 2014	Murdoch Mysteries	James Gillies	5 episodes
2010	Vacation with Derek	Derek	Family Channel Original Movie
	18 to Life	Tom Bellow	Main role
2012	Sin Bin	Brian
2013	Bomb Girls	Ivan Buchinsky	3 episodes

References

1. Jancelewicz, Chris. "2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: ‘Rookie Blue,’ ‘Vikings,’ ‘Big Brother Canada’ nominated". Global News. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
2. Malchuk, Carlye (2005-09-07). "Season 2 of popular kids' series 'Life With Derek' begins on Family Channel". Canada.com. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

External links

• Michael Seater at the Internet Movie Database