Henry Czerny

Henry Czerny
Born	February 8, 1959 (1959-02-08) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Henry Czerny ( /ˈtʃɛərni/; born February 8, 1959) is a Canadian actor.

Career

Czerny received formal training at the National Theatre School in Montreal. After graduating in 1982, he went on to perform onstage across Canada, from Ottawa's National Arts Centre to Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and the Stratford Festival. By the late 1980s, he had established himself as a seasoned veteran of Canadian theatre—a long way from Lucky Larry, his first role. Czerny got his start acting in musicals at Humberside Collegiate Institute in Toronto, under the direction of Janet Keele.

He had prominent roles in The Boys of St. Vincent, Mission: Impossible, Clear and Present Danger, The Ice Storm and The Michelle Apartments. In the 2006 comedy The Pink Panther, he plays the main antagonist "Yuri the Trainer who Trains". He plays Lieutenant Brooks in "Jackpot", a 2005 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In Conversations with God, about the true story of Neale Donald Walsch, Czerny plays Walsch. In 2007, he appeared in the Showtime series The Tudors, playing the Duke of Norfolk. He also appeared as a subject in the Canadian television show Flashpoint. Czerny co-stars with Sigourney Weaver in the 2009 Lifetime TV movie Prayers for Bobby.

In 2011, Czerny was cast in ABC's television drama Revenge.

Personal life

Czerny was born to Polish parents in Toronto, Ontario. His mother was a bakery worker and his father a welder. His surname is of Polish origin and comes from a root meaning "black".

External links

• Henry Czerny at the Internet Movie Database
• Henry Czerny at the Internet Broadway Database