Erik Knudsen

Erik Knudsen (born March 25, 1988) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for portraying Daniel Matthews in Saw II, Alec Sadler in Continuum, and Dale Turner in the CBS series Jericho.

For other people named Eric Knudsen, see Eric Knudsen (disambiguation).
Erik Knudsen
Knudsen at a panel for Continuum at the 2012 Fan Expo Canada
Born (1988-03-25) March 25, 1988
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present

Life and career

Knudsen was born in Toronto, Ontario. In 1999, Knudsen got his first acting role as Alex Schreffler in the TV series Real Kids, Real Adventures.

In 2001, Knudsen guest starred on The Guardian and appeared in three other episodes. He was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his performance. In 2003, Knudsen starred in the TV series Mental Block. He co-starred as Leroy "Lefty" in the film adaptation of Youth in Revolt, and in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Lucas "Crash" Wilson, who was the lead singer of fictional band Crash and the Boys. In 2005, he starred in the horror film Saw II.

Knudsen portrayed Robbie in the 2011 film Scream 4.[1] Knudsen played Ryan in The Barrens, co-starring True Blood's Stephen Moyer, which was released in late 2012.[2]

He portrayed teen tech genius Alec Sadler in the Canadian science fiction series Continuum, along with Rachel Nichols and Victor Webster,[3] and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the role for two consecutive years at the Saturn Awards.[4][5] He appears in Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2,[6] the horror feature Darker Than Night,[7] as well as Stephen King-based sci-fi TV series The Mist,[8] and space adventure drama series Killjoys.[9]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Tribulation Young Tom Canboro
Common Ground Young Johnny Burroughs Television movie
Santa Who? Nasty Boy Television movie
2001 Blackout Ian Robbins Television movie
The Familiar Stranger Young Chris Welsh Television movie
Stolen Miracle Tommy Television movie
2003 Full-Court Miracle TJ Murphy Television movie
2005 The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Rog Ryan at thirteen years old
Saw II Daniel Matthews
2006 Booky Makes Her Mark Arthur Thomson Television movie
Bon Cop, Bad Cop Jonathan Ward
A Lobster Tale Timmy Brock
2008 A Teacher's Crime Jeremy Rander Television movie
Saw V Daniel Matthews Uncredited
2009 Youth in Revolt Leroy "Lefty"
2010 Saw 3D Daniel Matthews Uncredited
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Luke "Crash" Wilson
2011 Beastly Trey Madison
Scream 4 Robbie Mercer
2012 The Barrens Ryan
2014 Not With My Daughter Dennis Brunner Television movie
2016 Enfant Terrible Marcus Short film
2017 Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Jonathan Ward
Stickman Jeremy Television movie
2018 Blindsided Toby

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1999 My Best Friend Is an Alien Kenny the Collector / Kenny Episode: "Floormat from the Putrid Lagoon" "They Saved Grandpa's Brain!"
Real Kids, Real Adventures Alex Schreffler Episode: "Heimlich Hero: The Michelle Shreffler Story"
2000 In a Heartbeat Jason Episode: "You Say It's Your Birthday"
The Wonderful World of Disney Nasty Boy Episode: Santa Who?
2001–02 The Guardian Hunter Reed 4 episodes
2001 Doc Mitch 2 episodes
2003–04 Mental Block Donovan Mackay 26 episodes
2004 Blue Murder Jake Green Episode: "Janet Green"
2005 Kevin Hill Ryan Stallinger Episode: "Losing Isn't Everything"
2006–08 Jericho Dale Turner 18 episodes
2008 Flashpoint Jackson Barcliffe Episode: "The Element of Surprise"
2012 Saving Hope Mitchell Episode: "Pilot"
2012–15 Continuum Alec Sadler 41 episodes
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television (2014–16)
2012 Degrassi Darrin Howe 2 episodes
2016 12 Monkeys Thomas Crawford Jr. Episode: "One Hundred Years"
2017 Ransom Lucas Hamil Episode: "Regeneration"
The Mist Vic 4 episodes
Killjoys McAvoy 4 episodes
2019 Designated Survivor Davis Marlowe Episode: "#scaredsh*tless"
Murdoch Mysteries Frank Rizzo Episode: "Toronto the Bad"

References
  1. "Three More Join Scream 4". ComingSoon.net. July 1, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.
  2. O'Connell, Sean. "Mia Kirshner, Erik Knudsen And J Larose Join Darren Lynn Bousman's The Barrens". CINEMABLEND. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  3. "RACHEL NICHOLS AND VICTOR WEBSTER STAR IN CONTINUUM, SHAW MEDIA'S NEW ORIGINAL DRAMA SERIES" (Press release). Vancouver, BC: Shaw Media. January 27, 2012. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  4. Johns, Nikara (February 25, 2014). "'Gravity,' 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' Lead Saturn Awards Noms". Variety. Michelle Sobrino-Stearns. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  5. Kelley, Seth (March 3, 2015). "'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' and 'Interstellar' Lead Saturn Awards Noms". Variety. Michelle Sobrino-Stearns. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  6. Pegden, Bailee (June 2, 2017). "Review: Bon Cop Bad Cop 2". The Charlatan. Charlatan Publications Inc. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  7. Hamman, Cody (February 23, 2018). "A blind girl fights for survival in Darker Than Night". Arrow in the Head. JoBlo.com. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  8. Newell, C. H. (February 23, 2018). "The Mist – Season 1, Episode 3: "Show and Tell"". Father Son Holy Gore. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  9. David, Greg (July 27, 2017). "Killjoys moves to the next step in the Hullen war". TV, eh?. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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