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Donnelly Rhodes Biography

Birth Name:Donnelly Rhodes Henry

Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Director, Producer

Fast Facts

  • In 2006, he won the Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Canadian Gemini Awards
  • Attended the Manitoba Theatre Center and graduated from the National Theatre School in Canada
  • Trained for a time to work as a warden in Manitoba's National Park Service
  • Served in the Royal Canadian Air Force
  • Started out working as a contract player for Universal Pictures
  • Provided the voice of the American President in the CBC Radio One series "Canadia: 2056․"
  • Though he landed the role of Doctor Cottle on "Battlestar Galactica," he originally auditioned for the role of Colonel Saul Tigh

Awards

  • 1988Gemini-Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role: nominated
  • 1999Gemini-Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role: nominated
  • 2000Gemini-Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role: nominated
  • 2002Gemini-Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role: winner