Zachary Ansley

{{short description|Canadian actor and lawyer}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2023}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Zachary Ansley | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Zachary Jason Ansley | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|01|21}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1985–2002 | spouse = {{marriage|Megan Frazer|2006}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol4-no2.pdf |title=The Quarterly Newspaper of Shambhala |publisher=shambhala.org |access-date=22 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406185629/http://shambhala.org/dot/pdf/vol4-no2.pdf|archive-date=6 April 2013}}</ref> | website = }}

'''Zachary Jason Ansley''' (born 21 January 1972) is a Canadian actor. He has been acting professionally since he was eleven years old. He was the winner of the first YTV Acting Award (1989). A graduate of [[Circle in the Square]] Acting School, New York City, after graduation he acted with Willow Cabin Theatre, New York, before returning to Vancouver to resume his film and television career.

He received a [[Genie Award]] nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] at the [[10th Genie Awards]] in 1989, for his performance in the film ''[[Cowboys Don't Cry (film)|Cowboys Don't Cry]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=February–March 1989 |title=Genie Award Nominees 1989 |magazine=[[Cinema Canada]] |pages=27–35}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1985 |''{{sortname|The|Journey of Natty Gann}}'' |Louie | |- |1986 |data-sort-value="Christmas Star, The" | ''[[The Christmas Star]]'' |John Sumner | |- |1986 |''Differences'' |Chris |Short |- |1988 |''[[Cowboys Don't Cry (film)|Cowboys Don't Cry]]'' |Shane Morgan | |- |1990 |''[[Princes in Exile]]'' |Ryan Rafferty | |- |1993 |''[[This Boy's Life (film)|This Boy's Life]]'' |Skipper Hansen | |- |1999 |''Second Date'' |Jason |Short |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1987 |''[[Christmas Comes to Willow Creek]]'' |Michael |TV film |- |1988 |''[[9B (TV series)|9B]]'' |John Skelly |"Nomination", "Jealousy", "Accident" |- |1988 |''Red River'' |Cal |TV film |- |1990 |''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' |Todd Fowler |"The Gun" |- |1990 |''[[21 Jump Street]]'' |Jeremy Stowe |"This Ain't No Summer Camp" |- |1993 |''Miracle on Interstate 880'' |Jeff Helm |TV film |- |1993 |''[[Scales of Justice (TV series)|Scales of Justice]]'' |[[Steven Truscott]] |Episode "Regina v Truscott" |- |1993, 2001 |''{{sortname|The|X-Files}}'' |[[List of minor The X-Files characters#Billy Miles|Billy Miles]] |Recurring role |- |1993–96 |''[[Road to Avonlea]]'' |Arthur Pettibone |Recurring role |- |1994 |''{{sortname|The|Diary of Evelyn Lau}}'' |Tommy |TV film |- |1995 |''[[Madison (TV series)|Madison]]'' |Riley |"Fun Is Good", "When the Bough Breaks" |- |1997 |''{{sortname|The|Outer Limits|The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)}}'' |Adrielo |"[[Feasibility Study (The Outer Limits)|Feasibility Study]]" |- |1998 |''[[Welcome to Paradox]]'' |Obsic |"Hemeac" |- |1998 |''Happy Christmas, Miss King'' |Arthur Pettibone |TV film |- |1998–99 |''[[Mercy Point]]'' |Bortok |"New Arrivals", "No Mercy", "Battle Scars" |- |1999 |''[[First Wave (TV series)|First Wave]]'' |Fergus McKay |"Deluge" |- |1999 |''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'' |Brother Thomas |"The Portents" |- |1999 |''[[Cold Squad]]'' |Kyle Bradley |"Dead End" |- |2000 |''{{sortname|The|Spring|nolink=1}}'' |Robert Lovell / Woodrow Lovell |TV film |- |2001 |data-sort-value="Sports Pages, The" | ''[[The Sports Pages]]'' |Peyton |TV film |- |2001 |''[[UC: Undercover]]'' |James Wheeler |"Nobody Rides for Free" |- |2002 |''[[John Doe (TV series)|John Doe]]'' |Steve |"Blood Lines" |- |2002 |''{{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone (2002 TV series)}}'' |Carl |"Mr. Motivation" |}

== References ==

== External links == * {{IMDb name|0030644}} * [http://www.tv.com/zachary-ansley/person/16358/biography.html TV.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629150816/http://www.tv.com/zachary-ansley/person/16358/biography.html |date=29 June 2011 }} * [http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/1157653 Hollywood.com]

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