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Last year Nigel joined the cast of the ecological thriller “Burn Up”, a powerful story of love, commitment and divided loyalty, in which the stakes couldn’t be higher. This topical thriller sees oil company executives, environmental activists and politicians collide in the battle between economic success and ecological responsibility.

Further information is available here.

The two-part miniseries is scheduled to air on BBC2 July 23 and 25.

Source: BBC2

Production has begun on the second season of “The Border”. James McGowan, Sofia Milos, Graham Abbey and Nazneen Contractor return, along with supporting cast members Jonas Chernick, Catherine Disher, Mark Wilson, Jim Codrington, Nigel Bennett and Sarah Gadon.

Source: CBC

Nigel joined the cast of the German-Canadian co-production “Sea Wolf”. The 2 x 90 min miniseries is the latest adaptation of Jack London’s famous novel about the brutal and cynical Captain Wolf Larson, who is played by German actor Sebastian Koch.

The miniseries is produced by Herbert Kloiber’s Tele-München Group for RHI Entertainment in the U.S. and German public broadcaster ZDF. Filming is scheduled to be completed by the end of July.

More information on the production is available here.

Source: The Chronicle Herald, Halifax

John Walker’s documentary drama “Passage” will screen at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto on April 20 and 23. Based on the lives of Dr. John Rae, explorer for the Hudson’s Bay Company, and Sir John Franklin, British Royal Navy officer and leader of an ill-fated 1840s Arctic expedition, the film follows a trail from London to the Orkney Islands to Nunavut, elegantly slipping between past and present, drama and documentary, observational and self-reflexive cinema, to present the forces that made Franklin a hero and banished Rae to the margins of history.

Nigel plays the part of Sir James Graham.

Source: Hot Docs Festival

Nigel will be one of the panelists in a new prime-time 6-hour TV series called Short Film Face Off, presented by CBC Atlantic and the Atlantic Film Festival Association.

Beginning Wednesday, April 16th at 7 p.m., each show will screen three short films by directors from across Atlantic Canada. After each film is screened, the panelists will talk with the directors about their work and each night one film will be chosen to go on to the semi-finals, where a winner will be chosen by online viewer voting. The final show announcing the winner will air Wednesday, May 21st.

Previous episodes can be viewed here.

Source: Atlantic Film Festival

Nigel is currently playing Edward in Neptune Theatre’s production of “The Retreat from Moscow” by William Nicholson.

It’s while reading about Napoleon’s fateful campaign to Moscow that Edward, a teacher at a boy’s school, makes a momentous decision – to leave Alice, his wife of 34 years. The ensuing fracas is an explosive encounter where both sides walk away battered and wounded.

“The Retreat from Moscow” is a scathingly honest look at the personal and emotional casualties of a shattered marriage.

The play is on stage until March 30.

Source: Neptune Theatre

Check out the Backstage section for more information.

Nigel has won the ACTRA Award for his role as Charles MacIntyre in the miniseries “The State Within”. Congratulations!

Source: The Dartmouth Cole Harbour Weekly News

Nigel has received two ACTRA Award nominations in the category Outstanding Male Performance for his role as Charles MacIntyre, CEO of a security firm in “The State Within” and for his role as Sheriff Knickle in “Just Buried”.

The awards will be handed out on March 3, 2008.

Source: The Chronicle Herald

“The Border” will premier Monday, Jan 7th, 2008 at 9 pm on CBC. Both, Nigel and Catherine Disher have recurring roles in this intelligent, fast-moving dramatic television series, following the men and women at the front line of immigration policing.

Nigel plays Andrew Mannering, a high-ranking agent in Canada’s spy agency, CSIS.

More information available here.

Source: CBC

Nigel is currently filming a miniseries, called “The Summit”, starring Christopher Plummer.

Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this gripping, fast-paced action thriller follows a mother’s desperate struggle to bring justice to her murdered son, fallen victim to a massive corrupt pharmaceutical company.

The four-hour, two-part miniseries airs on CBC next fall.

Source:
The Sudbury Star
Huntsville Forester