Kris Holden-Ried

ABOUT KRISTEN HOLDEN-RIED as William Compton Nickname: Kris Date of Birth: 1. August 1973 Birth Place: Pickering, Ontario, Canada Eye Color: Blue Height: 6'3.5" (1.92 m) Family: Education: He trained as an actor with <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353467/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Uta Hagen</a>'s Master Class Scene Study, with <a class="external" href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541313/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Janine Manatis</a> as well as at the Green Room Actor's Workshop and the National Film Acting School. Actor Bio: Kris was studying at Montreal's Concordia University School of Business when he went to his first audition and landed the leading role in 12th century drama, Young Ivanhoe. It helped that he was a champion competitor in riding and fencing. He has built himself a well-respected, growing reputation as a character actor. CALLING ALL TUDORS CAST EXPERTS! Click EasyEdit to add to this profile. ● NEW TO WIKIS? [THE HELP SECTION] FOR TIPS & TRICKS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Non-acting careers: a champion rider and fencer, and a former member of the Canadian National Pentathlon Team, winning silver medals in both the Pan American and Pan Pacific Pentathlon Championships. Movies: Underworld Awakening (2012) Textuality (2011) Alice Blue (2008) Never Forget (2008) A Stone's Throw (2006) Touch of Pink (2004) K_19: The Widowmaker (2002) Gossip (2000) Going to Kansas CIty (1998) Night of the Demons 3 (1996) Young Ivanhoe (1995) TV Shows: The Listener (2011) Lost Girl (2010) Republic of Doyle (2010) Ben Hur (2010) The Bridge (2010) M.V.P. (2008) The Tudors (2007) Icebound (2003) The Many Trials of one Jane Doe (2003) Killing Spring (2003) Chasing Cain (2001) Paradise Falls (2001) Degrassi: the next generation (2001 - 2004) Hendrix (2000) The Crossing (2000) The Defenders: Taking the first (1998 showtime) Forget me Never (1998) Riverdale (1997) Habitat (1997) When Innocence is Lost (1997) The Tudors, Degrassi: The Next Generation Stage: Big break: Best known for: William Compton in The Tudors Awards: Upcoming projects: Binky, Girl´s Best Friend Talk about... Kris Holden-Reid

MEMORABLE QUOTES When you were a teenager you represented Canada in the pentathlon. How did you make the leap from that into acting? “The decision came very naturally. I actually did want to be an actor when I was younger, but my father didn’t want to hear anything about it. And you know what? I went with his decision. I said, ‘Yeah, maybe you’re right. I don’t know anything about acting.’ It’s one of those dream things. Like wanting to be president of the United States. And I’m not even American. “So I was on the national Pentathlon team for a few years, but there was no funding for athletes in Canada. I was in a massive amount of personal debt at the age of 21, so I joined a little modelling and talent agency to get a some work, to do anything so that I didn’t have to drop out of school. And an audition came up for a role in this film called Young Ivanhoe, and they asked me if I could act. And I wasn’t sure but I said I would give it a try. I went into the audition and I just had a natural ability, and I had the right look – I looked European, with long, blond hair back then – and I had the abilities they needed: sword fighting, horse riding. “So to this day I’m thankful to that producer, and especially that director, who took a huge risk going with a completely inexperienced actor and gave him a lead role in this movie. They flew me over to France for two months and we were shooting six days a week about 17 hours a day. So that was my first experience of acting – a trial by fire – and I came out of it absolutely loving it. Dropped out of school, and been an actor ever since.” After playing werewolves on Lost Girl and Awakening, are you worried that that’s the only kind of role you’re going to get from now on? “No, I’m not really worried about that. You know, more than anything I hope it opens me up to the more action/adventure film world. I’d love to do some more big budget films, like Pirates Of The Caribbean. Or something by Ridley Scott. That’s what I’m hoping it will lead to. “I love those big, sweeping epic movies. I love Ridley Scott. I love his historical stuff. I’d love to play something like that in the 15th century, or the fourth century or 900 BC, I don’t care. I love those big sweeping epics. Put me on a horse, give me a sword and I’ll win this movie for you kind of thing.” You did get to be in the first season of The Tudors, as Will Compton. “Oh yeah. When they found out I could ride a horse really well, they were like, ‘Get Kris in every scene where there’s a horse.’ It’s like a running joke with me. I tell a director I can ride a horse, and they go, ‘Yeah right.’ ‘No, really! I can ride!’ I did three day eventing so I can handle a horse.” <a class="external" href="http://www.sfx.co.uk/2012/01/09/interview-lost-girl-underworldkris-holden-ried/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="SFX interview - January 2012">SFX interview - January 2012</a>

FUN FACTS Speaks French

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KRIS HOLDEN-RIED

Kris' Twitter main pic Kris posted this pic with Zoe
	Look alikes? Check out these pics of Chris Martin from the band 'Coldplay' and compare with Kris
playing a Vampire above and to the right in promo shots for Lost Girl
	Underworld Awakening 2012
	Kris stars as Jack Walker in A Stone's Throw
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