Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.[1] He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding, for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002[2] and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001,[3] and The Dick Knost Show, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.[4]
He has also appeared in the films Live Bait, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles, Moving Malcolm, See Grace Fly, Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway, and the television series The X-Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.
He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia,[5] is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia.[1]
Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics. In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC)[6] Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.[7]
Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cybernetics[8] and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.[9]
Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.[10]
He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.[11]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Live Bait | Trevor MacIntosh | |
| 1997 | Drive, She Said | Arnold The Gas Guy | |
| 1998 | Dirty | David | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Reporter | |
| 2000 | No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed | Peter | |
| 2001 | Lunch with Charles | Tom | |
| 2001 | Last Wedding | Peter | |
| 2003 | The Core | Acker | |
| 2003 | Moving Malcolm | Mover | |
| 2003 | See Grace Fly | James | |
| 2004 | The Thing Below | Edward Lynch | |
| 2004 | Walking Tall | Merle Crowe | |
| 2004 | Lies Like Truth | Danny Fitterson | |
| 2004 | Everyone | Roger | |
| 2005 | The Hamster Cage | Paul | Also producer |
| 2008 | Crime | Brent | |
| 2008 | Mothers & Daughters | Dinner Party Guest Thomas | |
| 2010 | Repeaters | Sgt. Gerald Tibbs | |
| 2010 | Fathers & Sons | Tom | |
| 2011 | Exley | Poker Player #1 | |
| 2011 | Sisters & Brothers | Henry Adams | Also co-creator |
| 2012 | Crimes of Mike Recket | Peter | |
| 2013 | The Dick Knost Show | Dick Knost | Also producer |
| 2014 | Bad City | The Chief | |
| 2018 | Kingsway | Bar Buddy |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Dead Ahead | Deputy Hutchins | Television film |
| 1996 | Psi Factor | Howie Samek | Episode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation" |
| 1996, 1997 | The X-Files | Michael Sloan / Young Johansen | Episodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru" |
| 1997 | Dead Man's Gun | Deputy Harold Cooper | Episode: "Fortune Teller" |
| 1998 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Monte Marks | Episode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure" |
| 2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | David | Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Sports Nut | Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt" |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Writer #1 | Episode: "Gabe's Story" |
| 2003 | Stargate SG-1 | Chazen | Episode: "Prophecy" |
| 2003 | Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black Widow | Len Birmbaum | Television film |
| 2005 | Cold Squad | Lee Styles | Episode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses" |
| 2021 | Trigger Me | Phillip | 2 episodes |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Dirty | Nominated | [12] |
| 2000 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Babette's Feet | Nominated | [13] |
| 2001 | Leo Awards | Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | What Else Have You Got? | Nominated | [14] |
| 2002 | 17th Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" |
Won | [15] |
| 22nd Genie Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Last Wedding | Nominated | [16] | |
| Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" |
Nominated | [17] | |
| Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Last Wedding | Won | |||
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 | Best Actor in Canadian Film | Last Wedding | Nominated | [3] | |
| 2004 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | See Grace Fly | Nominated | [18] |
| Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama | Exposures | Won | |||
| 2011 | Leo Awards | Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Fathers & Sons | Nominated | [19] |
| 2012 | Leo Awards | Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama | Sisters & Brothers | Won | [20] |
| 2014 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 | Best Actor in a Canadian Film | The Dick Knost Show | Nominated | [4] |
