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Ron Canada

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Ron Canada
A Black family's intervention for Amanda's drinking derails when their therapist realizes they've misled him. As tensions explode, buried family secrets surface through conflicting memories and heated confrontations.
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This Will Never Work (2025)
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Ron Canada's acting career spans over 40 years of work in Theater, Film and Television. From Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), National Treasure (2004), The American President (1995), Cinderella Man (2005), Wedding Crashers (2005), and Ted 2 (2015), Ron has memorably performed in many of the country's most popular films. He received the Dallas Film Critics Award for Lone Star (1996) (direcby John Sayles) and has performed memorably in films such as The Human Stain (2003), The United States of Leland (2003), The Hunted (2003), Man of the House (1995), Above Suspicion (1995), and The Last of the Finest (1990). Recent films include The Discovery (2017) (with Robert Redford), Crown Heights (2017), and The Empty Man (2020).

Television audiences have appreciated the wide range and variety of work he has done over the years in everything from Star Trek series including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and Star Trek: Voyager (1995), to the more recent The Affair (2014) and Madam Secretary (2014). A partial list of television performances includes: The Orville (2017), The West Wing (1999), The Good Fight (2017), NYPD Blue (1993), Blue Bloods (2010), and The Strain (2014), just to name an additional few.

Ron's career began in the Theater and he returns to the stage whenever he can, as an actor, a director, and a producer. He has performed all over the country in classical and contemporary theater.

Prior to finding his passion as an actor, Ron was a professional Broadcast journalist working in Washington, D.C. for ABC Hearst Broadcasting, Maryland Public Broadcasting and Voice of America. He received both the 1977 Emmy Award and the 1978 Associated Press Broadcasters Award in that field. He began his acting career at Washington, D.C.'s famous Arena Stage after training in D.C. at The Folger Theatre.
BornMay 3
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Nicolas Cage in National Treasure (2004)
    National Treasure
    6.9
    • Guard Woodruff
    • 2004
    Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers (2005)
    Wedding Crashers
    7.0
    • Randolph
    • 2005
    Lone Star (1996)
    Lone Star
    7.4
    • Otis
    • 1996
    Rick Moranis, Daniel Shalikar, and Joshua Shalikar in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
    4.9
    • Marshall Brooks
    • 1992

    Credits

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    Actor



    • The Kinjiku
      • Gerome
      • Completed
      • Short



    • This Will Never Work (2025)
      This Will Never Work
      7.7
      • Uncle Earl
      • 2025
    • The Irrational (2023)
      The Irrational
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Eli Mercer
      • 2025
    • Busy Philipps, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Sara Bareilles in Girls5eva (2021)
      Girls5eva
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Dana Wiggens
      • 2024
    • Jimmy Smits, Richard Kind, Kevin Rankin, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Amanda Warren in East New York (2022)
      East New York
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Maurice Haywood
      • 2022–2023
    • Shameik Moore, Joey Bada$$, Ashton Sanders, Siddiq Saunderson, T.J. Atoms, Johnell Young, and Dave East in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
      Wu-Tang: An American Saga
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Uncle Sy
      • 2023
    • Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Melissa De Sousa, Regina Hall, and Harold Perrineau in The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022)
      The Best Man: The Final Chapters
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Wellington
      • 2022
    • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Coleman Green
      • 2022
    • Queen Latifah in The Equalizer (2021)
      The Equalizer
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Curtis Baker
      • 2022
    • Marvel's Wastelanders: Hawkeye (2021)
      Marvel's Wastelanders: Hawkeye
      7.4
      Podcast Series
      • Abner Jenkins
      • Usher
      • Zemo Guard
      • 2021
    • The Empty Man (2020)
      The Empty Man
      6.2
      • Detective Villiers
      • 2020
    • Frederick Douglass Boulevard aka Food & Drink Boulevard aka FDB (2020)
      Frederick Douglass Boulevard aka Food & Drink Boulevard aka FDB
      Short
      • Karl
      • 2020
    • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
      The Orville
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Admiral Tucker
      • 2017–2019
    • Kevin Spacey in House of Cards (2013)
      House of Cards
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Vincent Abruzzo
      • 2018
    • Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
      Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
      8.0
      TV Series
      • D.N.I. Bobby Vig
      • 2018
    • Danny Trejo, Ron Canada, Vincent Pastore, Tucker Albrizzi, and Jack DiFalco in Bully (2018)
      Bully
      5.8
      • 'Action' Jackson
      • 2018

    Producer



    • High School Lullaby
      • executive producer
      • Post-production



    • Ron Canada and Gordon Clapp in Trailer Talk (2006)
      Trailer Talk
      Short
      • producer
      • 2006

    Additional Crew



    • Brad Pitt in Moneyball (2011)
      Moneyball
      7.6
      • voice actor
      • voice talent (uncredited)
      • 2011

    Videos13

    Adventures in Babysitting: 25th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 1:08
    Adventures in Babysitting: 25th Anniversary Edition
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:26
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:26
    Official Trailer
    Trailer #2
    Trailer 1:44
    Trailer #2
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:39
    Official Trailer
    After Words
    Trailer 2:27
    After Words
    In Too Deep
    Trailer 1:05
    In Too Deep

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • May 3
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Other works
      Played "Emmett Tate" in "Zooman and the Sign", a play by Charles Fuller (Peter Norton Space, New York City, New York, USA).

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      His voice can be heard in an uncredited performance as one of Billy Beane's (Brad Pitt) most harsh and persistent faceless critics in the 2011 hit sports movie "Moneyball".

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    • Where was Ron Canada born?
      New York City, New York, USA
    • What is Ron Canada's birth name?
      Ronald Ellis Canada
    • How tall is Ron Canada?
      5 feet 10 inches, or 1.78 meters
    • What is Ron Canada known for?
      Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, Lone Star, National Treasure, and Wedding Crashers
    • How many awards has Ron Canada won?
      1 award

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