Biography

Louis Ferreira has spent more than 30 years performing recognizable roles in award-winning film and television productions, garnering him countless accolades along the way.

Ferreira had a recurring role on the TV series Shōgun (2024) for FX. Prior to that, he was in the highly anticipated Facebook Live remake of the popular podcast Limetown (2019) playing Max, a whimsical, sardonic scientific genius, opposite Stanley Tucci and Jessica Biel. For Amazon, he recurred in the very popular dark series The Man in the High Castle (2015). Ferreira was seen in season two of the critically acclaimed Netflix series Bad Blood (2017), portraying Mafia Don Domenic Cosoleto, for which he was nominated for both Canadian Screen Award and LEO awards, respectively.

He recurred on S.W.A.T. (2017) for CBS, as well as Travelers (2016) on Netflix. Ferreira was the co-lead in the CTV series Motive (2013), for which he won the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series in back-to-back years and was nominated again in 2016, as well being nominated for the Canadian Screen Award in 2017 for the same role. Previously, he was Declan on the iconic series Breaking Bad (2008), for which he received many accolades. A series regular for two seasons on Stargate Universe (2009), where he picked up an additional Gemini Award nomination for his portrayal of Colonel Everett Young. Ferreira took home the Gemini Award for his portrayal of a serial killer. Ray Prager, in the first season of Durham County (2007), and played FBI Assistant Director John Pollock in 1-800-Missing (2003).

Ferreira played strong supporting roles in the critically acclaimed movie Grey Gardens (2009) for HBO, as well as The Andromeda Strain (2008) miniseries for A&E. He was a series lead on the highly acclaimed comedy Hidden Hills (2002) for NBC, as well as starring in the sitcom The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001) for NBC, in Gary David Goldberg's Battery Park (2000), and in Steven Bochco's Public Morals (1996) for CBS.

Feature credits include playing Sarah Polley's partner in Dawn of the Dead (2004) for Universal, as well as supporting lead roles with Mark Wahlberg in Shooter (2007), and in The Lazarus Child (2004) for Morgan Creek, a thriller that starred Angela Bassett and Andy Garcia. Ferreira appeared in the comedy horror Blood & Donuts (1995), which also starred David Cronenberg, and in the film Fallen Arches (1998). He later appeared in the film Saw IV (2007) as the character Art Blank and in Marc Forster's breakthrough film, Everything Put Together (2000).

- IMDb mini biography by: Louis Ferreira