William Adam MacDonald
Born
William Adam MacDonald[1]

(1977-05-16) May 16, 1977 (age 46)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director
Years active1998–present
RelativesJeff Roop (cousin)

William Adam MacDonald (born May 16, 1977) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He is known for portraying Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show Being Erica, Peter McGregor on Wild Roses, and Detective Steve Peck on Rookie Blue, and for his guest-starring roles in several other shows, including Murdoch Mysteries and Republic of Doyle.[2][3]

MacDonald's writing and directing work includes the horror films Backcountry (2014) and Pyewacket (2017), both of which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the third season of the anthology horror television series Slasher (2019).[4]

Life and career

MacDonald was born and raised in Montreal,[5] and dabbled in acting and music throughout high school. He began to take it seriously in 1997 at the age of 20, when he became "hooked" after participating in an acting class.[5]

MacDonald has starred in several television series throughout his career, in both leading and guest roles. He is known for portraying Josh MacIntosh on the CBC show Being Erica, Peter McGregor on Wild Roses, and Detective Steve Peck on Rookie Blue, and for his guest-starring roles in several other shows, including Murdoch Mysteries and Republic of Doyle.[2][6][7] He also starred as Nick McAllister on the short-lived supernatural show Vampire High.[citation needed]

After building a career on screen, MacDonald began writing and directing short films.[3] He struggled to make the move from short films to a feature.[8]

In 2014, MacDonald made his feature film directorial debut with the 2014 nature–survival horror Backcountry.[9] Starring Missy Peregrym, the film is based on the true story of a hungry man-eating bear that attacked Mark Jordan and Jacqueline Perry, in the back country of Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park, North of Chapleau, Ontario in 2005.[10] Production took place in late 2013 with funding from Telefilm Canada and Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.[11] The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival,[12] and received generally positive reviews from critics upon release.[13][14]

In 2016, MacDonald directed his second feature film, Pyewacket, an occult horror film starring Laurie Holden.[15] The film, which he also wrote, screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[16][17] It received mixed reviews from critics.[18][19]

In 2019, MacDonald directed the entire third season of the Netflix anthology horror series, Slasher, titled Solstice.[4] In 2020, it was announced that he will direct the fourth season, titled Flesh & Blood, as well.[20]

MacDonald has expressed his desire to complete a trilogy of feature films featuring women overcoming extreme circumstances, beginning with Backcountry.[6] In 2020, IFC acquired the right to MacDonald's script title Out Come the Wolves, also starring Peregrym.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Going to Kansas City Floyd Weaver
1999 Running Home Jay Torpy
2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Steve
2005 A Stranger Here Myself Conan Short film
2006 Jekyll + Hyde Josh Enfield Straight-to-DVD
2007 14 Days in Paradise Houston
Final Draft Jack
2010 Love Letter from an Open Grave Ray Short film
2012 Home Sweet Home Frank
2014 Wolves Marty
Backcountry N/A Writer, director
2017 Pyewacket N/A Writer, director
2023 Thanksgiving John Carver Voice
2023 Out Come the Wolves N/A Director

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo Danny Dabowski Episode: "The Yearbook Mystery"
1999 Misguided Angels Brandon Dean Episode: "Son for the Road"
Big Wolf on Campus Butch Jenkins Episodes: "Butch Comes to Shove", "Butch Is Back"
Are You Afraid of the Dark? Eddy West / Bulldog Episodes: "The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie", "The Tale of Highway 13"
2000 Nuremberg American Guard Television miniseries
The Audrey Hepburn Story Nick Dana Television movie
Satan's School for Girls Blake Television movie
2001 Leap Years Tom Greenway Episodes: 1.19, 1.20
Mutant X Renfield Episode: "Kilohertz"
Snow in August Frankie McCarthy Television movie
Hysteria – The Def Leppard Story Rick Savage Television movie
Vampire High Nick McAllister Recurring role, 12 episodes
2002 The Associates Lyle Thomlin Episode: "Walking the Line"
2003 1-800-Missing Doug Recurring role, 7 Episodes
2004 Love Rules! Brian Television movie
2005 Beach Girls Marty Alba Limited television series; main role, 6 episodes
2007 No Brother of Mine Drew Brampton Television movie
2008 Victor Dave Kolisnik Television movie
Mayerthorpe Constable Peter Schiemann Television movie
2009 Wild Roses Peter McGregor Main role, 13 episodes
ZOS: Zone of Separation Medic DeFranco TV miniseries, 3 episodes
2009 Being Erica Josh MacIntosh Recurring role, 27 episodes
2010 Living in Your Car Dave Episodes: 1.6, 1.7
Rookie Blue Detective Steve Peck Recurring role (seasons 1–4); main role (seasons 5 & 6)
2011 Murdoch Mysteries Bert Howland Episode: "Dead End Street"
2012 Republic of Doyle Roger Episode: "The Dating Game"
Flashpoint Erik Episode: "Eyes In"
Transporter: The Series Thierry Lefebre Episodes: "Hot Ice", "City of Love"
2019 Slasher: Solstice N/A Director
2020 Tribal Lucas Fielding Series regular
2021 Slasher: Flesh and Blood N/A Director
2023 Slasher: Ripper N/A Director

Other media

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Warriors: Legends of Troy Soldier #5/Male Civilian 1 Video game

References

  1. ^ "Adam Macdonald Biography (1977–)". Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with 'Rookie Blue's Adam MacDonald". Talk Nerdy With Us. July 8, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Canadian filmmaker Adam MacDonald invokes 'Pyewacket'". The GATE. December 7, 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Miska, Brad (October 23, 2018). "'Pyewacket's Adam MacDonald Directed the Entire Third Season of "Slasher" for Netflix! [Exclusive]". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Kelly » (March 30, 2012). "My TV Nominees- Q&A with Adam MacDonald". My Entertainment World. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Rookie Blue's Adam Macdonald gives us closure – The TV Junkies". Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  7. ^ Gelman, Vlada (June 16, 2014). "Rookie Blue Casts Being Erica's Erin Karpluk in Mysterious Role". TVLine. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  8. ^ "Adam MacDonald Talks Backcountry, Storyboarding with Cats and More". Collider. March 22, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  9. ^ "Writer-Director Adam MacDonald Talks Backcountry at TIFF 2014". Collider. September 14, 2014. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  10. ^ Nemiroff, Perri. "Writer-Director Adam MacDonald Talks Backcountry, the True Story, Shooting with Real Bears, Editing Gory Scenes and More at TIFF". Collider. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  11. ^ Vlessing, Etan (October 16, 2013). "Eric Balfour, Nicholas Campbell board Backcountry (Exclusive)". Playback. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  12. ^ Condit, Jon (September 7, 2014). "TIFF 2014: Stills, Artwork, and Screening Details for Backcountry". Dreadscentral.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Backcountry (2015) – Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.com. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
  14. ^ "Backcountry reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  15. ^ Kay2016-10-25T16:12:00+01:00, Jeremy. "Seville International boards 'Pyewacket' for AFM". Screen. Retrieved May 16, 2021.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Pyewacket". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  17. ^ Steve Pond (August 9, 2017). "Toronto Film Festival's Canadian Content to Include New Margaret Atwood Adaptation". TheWrap. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  18. ^ "Pyewacket (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  19. ^ "Pyewacket Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  20. ^ White, Peter (November 12, 2020). "Shudder Orders New Installment Of Horror Anthology 'Slasher', David Cronenberg Joins Cast". Deadline. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  21. ^ Miska, Brad (October 29, 2020). "IFC Acquires Survival Thriller 'Out Come the Wolves' from 'Pyewacket' Director Adam MacDonald!". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

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