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John Pyper-Ferguson

John Pyper-Ferguson (born February 27, 1964) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in a wide range of films and television shows. His notable works include playing Sonny Hamilton on Hamilton's Quest, Peter Hutter on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and Joe Whedon on Brothers & Sisters. He also portrayed Tomas Vergis on the science fiction drama television series Caprica, Tex on the TNT television series The Last Ship, James Kendrick on Burn Notice and as Jack Soloff on USA Network's television series Suits.

John Pyper-Ferguson was born in Mordialloc, Victoria, Australia, the son of 1948 and 1952 Canadian Olympic swimmer Kathleen McNamee and Canadian "Miracle Mile" runner Richard Ferguson. After a brief period in his birth place, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he was raised by his parents. He went to high school at Handsworth Secondary School, and later graduated with distinction from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance.

Pyper-Ferguson began his acting career on the prime time drama Hamilton's Quest (1986) as Sonny Hamilton. This brought about Hollywood film roles in movies such as Prom Night II (1987), Pin (1988), Ski School (1990), Bird on a Wire (1990), Stay Tuned (1992), a brief appearance in Unforgiven (1992), and Killer Image (1992).

He concurrently continued his television career with several guest appearances, including shows like Night Heat (1987), 21 Jump Street (1990) as Joshua, Bordertown (1990–1991) as August Fox and Lonny Gibbons, Neon Rider (1990–1991) as Zak and Det. Miller, MacGyver (1991), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992), and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993).

From 1993 to 1994, John played a recurring character on The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Pete Hutter. A significant moment in his career was his portrayal of Brian Cullen on Highlander: The Series (1994), for which he earned a Gemini Award-nomination, Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series.

Subsequent television guest roles consist of his appearances on Children of the Dust (1995), Legend (1995), Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (1995), recurrences on The X-Files (1995–1997) as Paul and Det. John Kresge, Nash Bridges (1996–1998) as Zack Spears, and The Outer Limits (1996) as Brian Chason (Episode: "Falling Star"). His other credits include The Sentinel (1997), Millennium (1997–1998) as Jim Gilroy, Jake Waterston and Ben Fisher, Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997–1998), The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998–1999), Harsh Realm (1999), and finally Jack & Jill (1999) as Kevin (Episode: "Pseudos, Sex and Sidebars").

Filling out the rest of the decade, he appears in several feature films like Frank & Jesse (1995) as Clell Miller, Hard Core Logo (1996), For Richer or Poorer (1997), Drive (1998), and I'll Take You There (1999).

He started appearing on the television series Arli$$ (2000), ER (2000), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2010) as Husband and Dr. William Byrne, a recurring role on The Huntress (2000–2001) as Jake Blumenthal, The Outer Limits (2001) as Dr. Kenneth Vaughn (Episode: "Mind Reacher"), Jack & Jill (2000–2001) as Kevin (Episodes: "When You Wish Upon a Car", "Starstruck", and "California Dreamin'"), The Guardian (2001), 24 (2003), a recurring role as Gabriel Sims on Jeremiah (2003–2004), Smallville (2005), CSI: Miami (2005), Into the West (2005) as Josiah Bell, The Closer (2005), and Night Stalker (2005–2006) as Agent Bernard Fain.

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