
Chad Rook
Acting
Biography
An award-winning Canadian actor, director, writer, and producer, Chad Rook has built a distinguished career defined by range, authenticity, and a commanding on-screen presence. With over two decades of experience in film and television, Rook continues to impress both audiences and critics through his versatility and commitment to creating compelling, memorable characters. From portraying the weather-controlling super-villain Clyde Mardon in The Flash (2014) to the hardened soldier Boyle in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Rook has proven his remarkable adaptability across genres. His standout performances in acclaimed series such as Siren (2018), The 100 (2014), Virgin River (2019), Supernatural (2005), and Timeless (2016) have cemented his reputation as one of Canada's most dynamic and respected screen talents. In 2020, Rook received a Leo Award for Best Performance by a Male for his dual-role portrayal in the psychological drama We Came From the Sea (2020). That same year, he wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the romantic comedy The Perfect Pickup (2020), which achieved worldwide distribution through Bayview Entertainment and Shoreline Entertainment. Rook went on to appear in major feature films including Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)-as task-force officer Richard Aiken-and Dangerous (2021) opposite Mel Gibson. His portrayal of Deputy McLanahan in Joe Pickett (Paramount+) quickly became a fan favorite, helping the show become one of the platform's most-watched originals. His performance as real-life Irish businessman James Dolan in Billy the Kid (MGM+, 2022) earned him critical acclaim and the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Series. In 2024 and 2025, Rook continued his momentum with starring roles in the psychological thriller Brother (2024), the holiday romance A Dickens of a Christmas (2024) opposite Ashley Newbrough, and the supernatural thriller Witches X (2024) opposite Michael Eklund. He also earned the Rosie Award for Best Performance by a Male Lead (2025) for his gripping performance in Prank Night (2025), and appeared in the highly anticipated Stephen King prequel series Welcome to Derry (2025) directed by Andy Muschietti. Brother is set to have its worldwide premiere in New York in January 2026, marking another major milestone in Rook's expanding international career. Rook's upcoming television projects include the USA Network crime-drama series Anna Pigeon (2025) and My Life with the Walter Boys - Season 3 (2025) on Netflix. Beyond acting, he continues to expand his creative reach as a filmmaker. He is currently writing and directing the true-crime feature film Diary of an Old Lady, co-written with Tina Marie McCulloch, a powerful and character-driven story exploring loyalty, identity, and survival. Represented by Webster Talent Management Mini Biography by: Anonymous Biographer
Known For

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Supernatural

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.
The Flash

100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
The 100

There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
Once Upon a Time

A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
The Terror

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.
Lethal Weapon

In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.
IT: Welcome to Derry

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
Bates Motel

A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve their deaths with help from the Medical examiner and a police detective.
iZombie

A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
A Million Little Things

The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
Sanctuary

A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the machine's prototype to travel back in time to critical events. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must also stay one step ahead of this dangerous fugitive. But can this handpicked team uncover the mystery behind it all and end his destruction before it's too late?
Timeless

After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
Virgin River

In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, others have rebelled — and suffer the consequences.
Colony

A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling murder by discovering the killer's connection to the victim. Viewers get a glimpse of the killer before and after the crime is committed.
Motive

The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn as these predatory beings return to reclaim their right to the ocean.
Siren

An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Billy the Kid

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
War for the Planet of the Apes

A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.
Alcatraz

John Doe tell the story of a man who wakes up naked on an island off the coast of Seattle, knowing everything in the world there is to know—except for who he is and how and why he ended up there.