David Paetkau

David Paetkau
Born
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present

David Paetkau is a Canadian actor who has played Evan Lewis in Final Destination 2 (2003), the customs officer in LAX (2004), Beck McKaye in Whistler (2006–2008), Ira Glatt in Goon (2011), and Sam Braddock in the CTV/CBS television series Flashpoint (2008–2012).

Paetkau has appeared in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer, So Weird (as Brent on the episode "Vampire"; May 20, 2000), For Heaven's Sake, and a one episode appearance on Dexter, as Lumen's fiancé, Owen. Paetkau has also lent his voice to Canadian commercials for Chevrolet automobiles.

Personal life

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Paetkau is one of five children.[1] A native of Vancouver, he is an avid supporter of his hometown NHL team, the Vancouver Canucks.[2][3]

He is married to Evangeline Duy.[4] They have two children.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Disturbing Behavior Tom Cox
2000 Snow Day Chuck Wheeler
2001 Candy from Strangers David Short film
2002 Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice Gordie Miller Video
2002 Bang Bang You're Dead Brad Lynch
2003 Final Destination 2 Evan Lewis
2006 Becoming Bardo Bardo Short film
2006 I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer Colby Patterson Video
2007 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Dale Collins
2008 For Heaven's Sake Young David
2011 Goon Ira Glatt
2013 Man of Steel Threat Analyst
2014 The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship James
2016 The Space Between Marcus
2017 Goon: Last of the Enforcers Ira Glatt
2018 Darrow & Darrow: In the Key of Murder Evan Carleton
2021 A Slice of Romance Austin
2023 Come Fly with Me Hawk Gilbert

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Crow: Stairway to Heaven Kyle Barber Episode: "Like It's 1999"
1998 Perfect Little Angels Jeff TV movie
1999 First Wave Elias Episode: "Playland"
2000 So Weird Brent Episode: "Vampire"
2000–2001 Just Deal Hunter 11 episodes
2001 Smallville Trevor Chapell Episode: "Hothead"
2002 Taken Buzz Episode: "Acid Tests"
2003 Stargate SG-1 Lyle Pender Episode: "Forsaken"
2003 National Lampoon's Thanksgiving Family Reunion Jimmy Hodges TV movie
2004 Cold Squad Barry Episode: "Teen Angel"
2004–2005 LAX Nick 11 episodes
2005 CSI: Miami Jeff McGill Episode: "Nothing to Lose"
2006 Eureka Callister Raynes Episode: "Right as Raynes"
2006 Justice Jeremy Pierce Episode: "Wrongful Death"
2006–2007 Whistler Beck McKaye 26 episodes
2008–2012 Flashpoint Sam Braddock 75 episodes
2009 Smallville Officer Danny Turpin Episode: "Bulletproof"
2010 Supernatural Mark Campbell Episodes: "Exile on Main St.", "Two and a Half Men"
2010 Dexter Owen Episode: "Take It!"
2015 Criminal Minds Ryan Becker Episode: "'Til Death Do Us Part"
2018 Colony Adam Ford 4 Episodes
2019 The InBetween Luke Hall Episode: "While the Song Remains the Same"
2020 Nancy Drew Chad Vogel Episode: "The Terror of Horseshoe Bay"
2020 Sacred Lies Detective Buckner 5 episodes
2019–2022 Blood & Treasure Major Reece 3 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Max Payne 3 Local Population

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2007 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Whistler Nominated [5]
2017 Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Motion Picture The Space Between Nominated [6]

References

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  1. ^ "David Paetkau is dying to play a character who lives". The Province. canada.com. December 23, 2007. Archived from the original on November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Warner, Tyrone (June 2, 2011). "Pulling on a line: One-on-one with the CTV stars on the red carpet". CTV.ca. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "David Paetkau on UR". YouTube. July 11, 2011.
  4. ^ "Celebrity Wedding: David Paetkau & Evangeline Duy". InStyle. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  5. ^ "2007 nominees" (PDF). leoawards.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  6. ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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