
Ron Canada
Biography
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.
Filmography

This Will Never Work
2025 · 10.0

Paved with Good Intentions
2006 · 10.0

Young MacGyver
2003 · 8.8

The Office
2005 · 8.6

The Mentalist
2008 · 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · 8.4

The X-Files
1993 · 8.4

The West Wing
1999 · 8.3

Stargate SG-1
1997 · 8.3

Grimm
2011 · 8.3

The Shield
2002 · 8.2

Bones
2005 · 8.2

Family Law
1999 · 8.1

Babylon 5
1994 · 8.0

House of Cards
2013 · 8.0

The Jake Effect
2006 · 8.0

King Leopold's Ghost
2006 · 8.0
The Beneficiary
2008 · 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · 8.0

Boston Legal
2004 · 7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · 7.9

One on One
2001 · 7.9

Blue Bloods
2010 · 7.8

The Closer
2005 · 7.8

Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · 7.8

Frasier
1993 · 7.7

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · 7.7

Elementary
2012 · 7.6

The Orville
2017 · 7.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6

Due South
1994 · 7.6

Cinderella Man
2005 · 7.6

Cheers
1982 · 7.6

The Good Fight
2017 · 7.5

Weeds
2005 · 7.5

The Strain
2014 · 7.5

Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990 · 7.4

Seven Seconds
2018 · 7.3

Jack & Bobby
2004 · 7.3

Law & Order
1990 · 7.3

Crossing Jordan
2001 · 7.2

A Different World
1987 · 7.2

The Equalizer
2021 · 7.2

Brothers and Sisters
2006 · 7.1

Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0

Madam Secretary
2014 · 7.0

L.A. Law
1986 · 7.0

Sister, Sister
1994 · 7.0

East New York
2022 · 7.0

TV 101
1988 · 7.0

Live Shot
1995 · 7.0

Lone Star
1996 · 7.0

Just Like Heaven
2005 · 7.0

Barbarians at the Gate
1993 · 6.9

Without Warning
1994 · 6.9

Dallas
1978 · 6.9

Adventures in Babysitting
1987 · 6.9

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992 · 6.8

Life Goes On
1989 · 6.8

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · 6.8

Family Matters
1989 · 6.8

The Affair
2014 · 6.7

The Irrational
2023 · 6.7

National Treasure
2004 · 6.7

Felicity
1998 · 6.6

Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · 6.6

Crown Heights
2017 · 6.6

Wedding Crashers
2005 · 6.5

The American President
1995 · 6.5

The United States of Leland
2003 · 6.5

Good to Go
1986 · 6.5

7th Heaven
1996 · 6.5

Ugly Betty
2006 · 6.4

In Too Deep
1999 · 6.4

Ted 2
2015 · 6.3

The Discovery
2017 · 6.3

Ellen
1994 · 6.2

Reversible Errors
2004 · 6.2

The Empty Man
2020 · 6.2

The Hunted
2003 · 6.2

Snowglobe
2007 · 6.0

The Human Stain
2003 · 6.0

Girls5eva
2021 · 5.9

Melrose Place
1992 · 5.8

The Last of the Finest
1990 · 5.8

Bully
2018 · 5.8

Islander
2006 · 5.7

Downtown
1990 · 5.6

Black River
2001 · 5.6

Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988 · 5.5

Man of the House
1995 · 5.4

Getting Even with Dad
1994 · 5.3

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992 · 5.3

After Words
2015 · 5.3

D.C. Cab
1983 · 5.2

Stat
1991 · 5.0

Heart
1987 · 5.0

Noble Things
2009 · 5.0

Ocean of Pearls
2008 · 4.9

Bob Funk
2009 · 4.6

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1998 · 4.6

Play Nice
1992 · 4.6

Pinocchio's Revenge
1996 · 4.5

The Haunting of Molly Hartley
2008 · 4.5

Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
1998 · 4.5

The Man Who Wasn't There
1983 · 4.3

Thank Heaven
2001 · 4.2

Lake Effects
2012 · 4.1

Before He Wakes
1998 · 4.0

Little Wings
2007 · 0.0

Othello
1997 · 0.0