Colm Feore is Julius Caesar on Empire

		Sunday, Nov 23, 2008 06:54:15 AM

	EMPIRE

	JONATHAN CAKE as Tyrannus

	SANTIAGO CABRERA as Octavius

	EMILY BLUNT as Camane

	CHRIS EGAN as Agrippa

	VINCENT REGAN as Marc Antony

	DENNIS HAYSBERT as Magonius

	TRUDIE STYLER as Servilia

	JAMES FRAIN as Brutus

	COLM FEORE as Julius Caesar

	MICHAEL BYRNE as Cicero

	MICHAEL MALONEY as Cassius

	FIONA SHAW as Fulvia


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Colm Feore
Julius Caesar on the epic series Empire

Stage and screen veteran Colm Feore portrays the legendary Roman Conqueror Julius Caesar in ABC's "Empire."

Feore is also currently earning rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for his portrayal of "Cassius" in the Broadway production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." He has been busy on the big screen in the past year, starring opposite Vin Diesel in "The Chronicles of Riddick," as well as appearing in John Woo's "Paycheck," opposite Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman. He recently completed filming for the drama "The Deal," with Christian Slater and Selma Blair.

Feore has become a familiar face to American movie audiences with major roles in the Academy Award-winning musical "Chicago," which won the SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast; the Martin Lawrence laugher, "National Security"; "The Sum of All Fears," with Ben Affleck; Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor"; "Ignition"; "The Day Reagan Was Shot," with Richard Dreyfuss; the Samuel L. Jackson drama, "The Caveman's Valentine"; "Titus," starring Anthony Hopkins; "The Insider," with Al Pacino and Russell Crowe; "City of Angels," with Meg Ryan; and John Woo's "Face/Off," opposite John Travolta and Nicolas Cage.

He gained prominence as one of Canada's premiere stage actors through thirteen seasons with the prestigious Stratford Festival, playing virtually all of Shakespeare's leading men, from Richard III and Iago to Romeo and Hamlet. Recently Feore portrayed Claudius in The Public Theater production of "Hamlet" in New York, and he returned to Stratford for its 50th Anniversary season, playing Professor Higgins in "My Fair Lady."

Feore's television work includes starring roles in the movies "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself," opposite Antonio Banderas, which received nine Emmy nominations; "Point of Origin" with Ray Liotta; ABC's "Trapped in a Purple Haze"; "Final Jeopardy"; "Forget Me Never," with Mia Farrow; the Emmy Award-winning cable movie, "Truman," with Gary Sinise; "The Virginian," starring and directed by Bill Pullman; and "Sins of the Father," starring Tom Sizemore. Additionally he has headlined miniseries such as "Haven," opposite Natasha Richardson; ABC's "Widows," with Brooke Shields and Mercedes Ruehl; "Stephen King's Storm of the Century"; and "Nuremberg," directed by Yves Simoneau. Notable guest appearances include the Emmy Award-winning drama "The West Wing," as well as "La Femme Nikita," "The Outer Limits" and "Boston Public."

Repeatedly honored for his craft, Feore has won both the 2002 Monte Carlo Television Festival Award for Best Actor and the 2002 Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries for his role in "Trudeau." He won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in "The Red Violin," received a Gemini nomination for Best Performance for his role in "Haven," and earned a Genie Award nomination for his performance as Canada's eccentric musical genius in "Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould," which nabbed the Genie Award for Best Picture.

Feore makes his home in Ontario with his wife, choreographer Donna Feore, and their three children.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN: Boston, MA
BIRTHDATE August 22

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