John Wildman (actor)

John Wildman
Born (1960-11-07) 7 November 1960 (age 64)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active1970-present

John Wildman (born November 7, 1960) is a Canadian television and film actor. His parents divorced when he was a child and his mother, a model and actress, moved often to find work. Wildman attended fourteen schools in thirteen years.[1]

Career

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Wildman began his career as a child actor, performing his first film role in The Huntsman when he was nine.[1] He studied acting at the Dome Theatre in Montreal, and had parts in eight shows over a three year period.[1]

He is best known for his role as Butch in the 1985 film My American Cousin, for which he won a Genie Award.[2] He played the same character in the 1989 sequel American Boyfriends.[1] Beginning in 1986 Wildman played Neil Campbell on the television series The Campbells.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "My American Cousin's John Wildman Shapes Up as Canada's James Dean – Vol. 26 No. 11". PEOPLE.com. 15 September 1986. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Pioneer adventure has a bit of everything, The Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), September 11, 1986, page 48
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