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Michael Eklund is a Canadian television and film actor who is known for playing the role of the villain or antihero. His characters are often described as being "creepy".

Early life
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Eklund fell in love with the movies at five years of age when his mother took him to see his first movie. He participated in school theatre then later decided to study painting at the Alberta College of Art in Calgary before dropping-out and moving to Vancouver in order to pursue an acting career. ==Career==
Career
Television While living in Vancouver, Eklund has appeared on several Canadian and American television series filmed in the area. His first television role was in 2000 as a police officer in an episode of the sci-fi series Dark Angel. Eklund appeared on an episode of Stargate SG-1 in 2002, and appeared in 2 episodes of Battlestar Galactica the following year. In 2005 he appeared on the Canadian series ''Da Vinci's Inquest and Cold Squad. In 2015 he also played recurring character Robert Zorin on the Canadian sci-fi series Continuum''. From 2016–2017 Eklund played Martin, the punk energy vampire on the series ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency In 2018 he also appeared in 3 episodes of the sci-fi series Altered Carbon'' as Dimi 2, an illegal copy of character Dimitri Kadmin. In 2016 he also joined the cast of Wynonna Earp, a series filmed in Calgary, Alberta and surrounding rural areas. On the series Eklund plays Bobo Del Rey, a fur-coat wearing Revenant. Film In 2007 Eklund appeared in the Al Pacino thriller film 88 Minutes. In 2009, he had a small role in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. He played Larry in the 2010 comedy-western film Gunless with Paul Gross That same year Eklund appeared in the British-Canadian comedy film The Making of Plus One, a film that also played at Cannes in 2009. In 2011, he starred alongside Michael Biehn in the Xavier Gens thriller The Divide as Bobby. He also played the character of Father in the apocalyptic siege warfare film The Day with Dominic Monaghan and Shawn Ashmore that same year. In 2013, Eklund played Michael Foster, a serial killer who kidnaps Abigail Breslin's character and terrorizes Halle Berry in the film The Call. Eklund has also collaborated three times with Calgary-based film director Robert Cuffley: In 2007, he played a crime boss's enforcer in Cuffley's dark comedy Walk All Over Me. In 2012, he played a desperate bartender in the violent thriller Ferocious and in 2016, he starred in Chokeslam as Luke Petrie, a friend of the film's protagonist. ==Filmography==
Filmography
Film Television == Awards and nominations ==
Awards and nominations
Eklund won the 2008 Leo Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for his work on the 2007 Canadian crime drama and thriller film Walk All Over Me. He also won the 2013 Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama for the same role. In 2015 Eklund won the Best Actor award presented by the Union of British Columbia Performers and Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (UBCPA/ACTRA) for his portrayal of English photographer Eadweard Muybridge in the biographical film Eadweard. ==References==
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