Matthew Ferguson is an actor born on April 3, 1973, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.

Contents 1 Performances 2 Selected filmography 3 Selected bibliography 4 Nominations 5 External links

[edit] Performances

Ferguson made his debut in theatre as "Morgan Moreen" in Geometry in Venice (1989), which garnered him a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination as Best Featured Actor, then on screen as Simon Henderson in On My Own.

He is best known as "Birkoff" from the TV series La Femme Nikita (1997-2001).

His roles in movies such as Love and Human Remains (1993), Eclipse (1995) and Lilies (1996) gave him nominations at the Genie Awards in the 1990s.

[edit] Selected filmography

• On My Own as Simon Henderson (1992)
• Street Legal as Mark ("Never Say Die", "Persistence of Vision"; 1992)
• Love and Human Remains as Kane (1993)
• I Love a Man in Uniform as Edward Nichols (1993)
• The Club as Darren Spenser (1994)
• Life with Billy as Allan Whynot (1994)
• Lives of Girls and Women as Jerry Storey (1994)
• Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994)
• Billy Madison as Tenth Grader (1995)
• Eclipse as Angelo (1995)
• Harrison Bergeron as Garth Bergeron (1995)
• The Deliverance of Elaine (1996)
• Lilies as Young Bilodeau (1996)
• The English Patient as Young Canadian Soldier (1996)
• Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal as Kilmartin ("The Transient/Two Lost Old Men"; 1996)
• Uncut as Peter Cort (1997)
• The Wall as Buelton (segment "The Player"; 1998)
• Nikita as Seymour Birkoff/Jason Crawford (1997-2001)
• Giving Up the Ghost as Matthew 'Bulldog' Phelps (1998)
• I Shout Love as Bobby (2001)
• Earth: Final Conflict as Zack Winslow (2001)
• An American in Canada as Derrick (2002-2004)
• Cube 2: Hypercube as Max Reisler (2002)
• Three and a Half as Sasha the Director (2002)
• Owning Mahowny as Martin (2003)
• Odd Job Jack as Bobby Lee (voice, 2003-2005)
• Snakes and Ladders as Donnie Logan (2004)

[edit] Selected bibliography

• Heyn, Christopher. "A Conversation with Matthew Ferguson." Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita. Introduction by Peta Wilson. Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, 2006. 94-99. ISBN 0-9787625-0-9. In-depth conversation with Matthew Ferguson about his role as Birkoff on La Femme Nikita, as well as his early acting experiences.

[edit] Nominations

• 1998 - Gemini Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for La Femme Nikita
• 1996 - 17th Genie Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Lilies
• 1996 - 16th Genie Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Eclipse
• 1994 - 15th Genie Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Love and Human Remains
• 1993 - Australian Film Institute : Best Actor in a Leading Role for On My Own

[edit] External links

• Matthew Ferguson at the Internet Movie Database
• Matthew Ferguson Official Website
• All About Matthew Ferguson
• The Matthew Ferguson Hair Brigade Homepage