Denis Forest
Denis Forest was a Canadian character actor. He was known for portraying henchmen in Academy Award-nominated blockbusters The Mask and Cliffhanger. He was the lead villain in the second season of the War of the Worlds television series.
Early life and education
A graduate of the Ryerson Theatre School, he was an early founding member of Richard Rose and Thom Sokoloski's Autumn Angel Repertory theatre company.Career
In 1986 Forest and Bruce Verine premiered Projekt Putz, a satirical send-up of avant-garde performance art, at the Toronto Free Theatre. He also had occasional film and television roles in this era, including the television miniseries Race for the Bomb and Champagne Charlie.After the 1989 film The Long Road Home, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue work in American film and television.
Award nominations
Forrest received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Original Play, General Theatre at the 1984 Dora Mavor Moore Awards for the collective play Mein.Death
Forest died suddenly following a massive stroke in Los Angeles on March 18, 2002, after having dinner in a Franklin Avenue restaurant in Hollywood with a few friends.Filmography
Film
- The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew - Policeman
- Head Office - Rich
- The Climb - Hermann Kollensperger
- Tadpole and the Whale - Marcel
- Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier - Claude Vivier, age 26
- Destiny to Order - Chicout
- The Long Road Home - Michael Posen
- Wedlock - Puce
- Cliffhanger - Heldon
- The Mask - Sweet Eddy
- New Crime City - Wizard
- Where Truth Lies - Jonas Kellar
- Eraser - Technician
- Dead Men Can't Dance - Dennis Larson
- Hidden Agenda - Christoph
- Detonator - Steve Kerwin
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1987 | Race for the Bomb | Klaus Fuchs | TV miniseries |
| 1987-1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | 4 episodes | |
| 1989 | War of the Worlds | Martin Cole | 1 episode |
| 1989-1990 | War of the Worlds | Malzor | Season 2. 20 episodes |
| 1989 | Champagne Charlie | Paul Lampin | TV miniseries |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Carter | Episode: "A Little Purity" |
| 1990-1991 | Dracula: The Series | Nosferatu | |
| 1998 | La Femme Nikita | Rene Dian | |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century | Kirk Freeman | |
| 2002 | The X-Files | Zeke Josepho | Episode: "Providence" |