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Quinn Lord
Born
Quinn Edmond Julian Lord

(1999-02-19) February 19, 1999 (age 24)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Quinn Edmond Julian Lord (born February 19, 1999) is a Canadian actor. Beginning his professional acting career at age five, Lord played Sam in the 2007 feature film Trick 'r Treat[1] and was nominated for the Young Artist Award as Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film for his role as Thomas Whitman in the 2012 feature film Imaginaerum.[2] He had a recurring role in Amazon's TV series The Man in the High Castle.

Early life

Lord was born on February 19, 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia to a British mother and American father. He has an older brother and sister.

Career

Lord began his career modeling for different TV commercials, including Kohl's in 2004, London Drugs in 2005 and Capital One in 2005.

His first television role was for Canadian miniseries Terminal City in which he played the role of Marmaduke. Some of Quinn's most notable work to date includes appearing in the dramatic feature film Things We Lost In The Fire as Cousin Joel alongside Oscar winners Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro, and the Christmas comedy film Deck The Halls with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick. By age ten, Quinn has worked on the productions of Blade: The Series, The L Word, Stargate SG-1, and Supernatural. For his work on Smallville, he was nominated for a Young Artist Award in 2008 in the category of Best Performance for a Television Series.

Quinn's feature film debut was in the macabre horror anthology of four Halloween-related stories Trick 'r Treat whereas he portrayed the character of Sam, a mysterious trick-or-treater who wears a burlap sack with button eyes for a mask.[3] Other film projects were 3-D film The Hole and Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Both The Hole and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus were given screenings at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5][6]

In 2010, Quinn played the role of Robbie in the television film Second Chances directed by Jean-Claude Lord. On the same year, Quinn played Thomas in the drama film Daydream Nation directed by Michael Goldbach. Also the same year, Quinn played the role as Gabe Larson in the television film Call Me Mrs. Miracle.

In 2011, Quinn appeared in a guest role of Tyler in the police procedural series Shattered. On the same year, Quinn appeared in the television film 17th Precinct as Leo Shetland.

In 2012, Quinn played the role of Dylan Chapman in the television film Virtual Lies directed by George Erschbamer. On the same year, Quinn played the role of Brendon Hughes in the thriller film In Their Skin opposite Selma Blair, Joshua Close, Rachel Miner and James D'Arcy.[7] In the supernatural horror film The Possession starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Natasha Calis, Grant Show, Madison Davenport, and Matisyahu, directed by Ole Bornedal.[8] The same year, Quinn co-starred Marianne Farley in the fantasy film Imaginaerum as Thomas Whitman, age 10.[9]

In 2014, Quinn appeared in the teen sex comedy film Date and Switch starring Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope, Dakota Johnson, and Zach Cregger, in which he played the role as Michael, which was released on February 14, 2014.[10]

From 2015 to 2019, Quinn played the recurring role of Thomas Smith in the dystopian alternate history series The Man in the High Castle.[11][12]

In 2016, Quinn played the role of David in the television film Date with Love starring Shenae Grimes, Bailee Madison and Andrew Walker, directed by Ron Oliver, which was released on May 21, 2016.[13]

In 2018, Quinn co-starred with C. Thomas Howell, Viva Bianca, Luke Arnold, Richard Riehle, M. C. Gainey and Danny Winn in the independent Western feature film Deadman Standing directed by Nicholas Barton, in which he played the role of James Riley.[14]

In 2021, Quinn played the recurring role of Sean '74 in the drama streaming series Firefly Lane, based on the novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah.

On the same year, Quinn played one of the lead roles of Shawn Gunderson in the fantasy film Iké Boys alongside Ronak Gandhi and Christina Higa, in which was premiered at the Fantastic Fest on September 26, 2021 and was released on October 11, 2022.[15]

Filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
2006 Deck the Halls Santa Kid Film debut
2007 White Noise: The Light Henry Caine's Son
Trick 'r Treat Sam/Peeping Tommy
Things We Lost in the Fire Cousin Joel
2008 Edison and Leo Young Leonard "Leo" Edison Voice
Web of Desire Sam Wyatt Television film
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Nine-year-old son
Space Buddies Pete Direct-to-video
Santa Buddies Pete Direct-to-video
Virtuality Shawn Braun Television film
The Hole Annie Smith
2010 Second Chances Robert "Robbie"
Daydream Nation Thomas
Call Me Mrs. Miracle Gabe Larson Television film
2011 17th Precinct Leo Shetland Television film
Afternoon Tea Scott Short film
Last Christmas Josh Short film
2012 Imaginaerum Tom, age 10
The Possession Student
In Their Skin Brendon
Virtual Lies Dylan Chapman Television film
2014 Date and Switch Michael, age 8
2016 Date with Love David Television film
2018 Deadman Standing James Riley
2021 Iké Boys Shawn Gunderson

Television

Year Television Series Role Notes
2004 ToddWorld Hardy the Hippo Voice, episode: "Whatever Sways Your Swing"
2005 Terminal City Marmaduke Episode: "Pilot"
Reunion Liam Episode: "1990"
2006 The L Word Roland Episode: "Lost Weekend"
Blade: The Series Young Zachary "Zach" Starr Episode: "Pilot"
Stargate SG-1 Child Episode: "The Quest: Part 1"
Supernatural Evan Episode: "Everyone Loves a Clown"
2007 Masters of Horror Tobias "Toby" Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream"
Smallville Phillipe Lamont 2 episodes
Sabbatical Daniel "Danny" Marlow "Pilot", Only episode aired
3-2-1 Penguins! Jason Conrad Voice, 20 episodes
2010 Shattered Tyler "Ty" Unaired pilot
Fringe Young Peter Bishop Episode: "Peter"
Hiccups Young Boy Episode: "Millie, Meet Stan"
2011–2012 R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour Jack and Bobby 2 episodes
2011 Eureka Young Zane Donovan Episode: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
Endgame Colin Davis Episode: "Fearful Symmetry"
Captain Starship Kevin
2012 Once Upon a Time Hansel/Nicholas Zimmer Episode: "True North"
2013 Arctic Air Andy Episode: "Wildfire"
2014 The 100 Young 100 Member Episode: "His Sister's Keeper"
2015–2019 The Man in the High Castle Thomas Smith Recurring role
2021 Firefly Lane Sean '74 Recurring role

Commercials

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2008 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Smallville Nominated
2011 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor Ten and Under Fringe Nominated
2012 Leo Awards Best Male Performance in a Short Drama Last Christmas Nominated
Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Nominated
2013 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actor Imaginaerum Nominated
Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actor 11–13 Once Upon a Time Nominated
2016 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a TV Series – Recurring Young Actor (14–21) The Man in the High Castle Nominated
Young Entertainer Awards Best Recurring Young Actor 14-21 - Television Series Won

References

  1. ^ Kit, Borys (24 October 2013). "Dylan Baker, Brian Cox Join Michael Dougherty at Beyond Fest's 'Trick 'r Treat' Event". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. ^ "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". Young Artist Awards. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Trick 'r Treat (2007)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  4. ^ "Bold Films Developing Action Thriller 'Psy-Ops'". Screen Rant. 2009-10-14. Archived from the original on 2009-12-20. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  5. ^ "The Hole (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  6. ^ "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  7. ^ Gregg Kilday (2012-06-05). "IFC Midnight Picks Up Selma Blair Thriller 'Replicas'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  8. ^ "'Possession': What Is A Dibbuk Box?". Bloody Disgusting. 26 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Imaginaerum". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Date and Switch". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  11. ^ "The Man in the High Castle". Amazon Prime Video.
  12. ^ "TV Review: The Man in the High Castle". Variety. November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  13. ^ "Date With Love". Hallmark Channel. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  14. ^ Gomez, Adrian. "Updated: Western 'Hyde Park' to begin filming in Santa Fe this month". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  15. ^ Nolan, Liam (September 25, 2021). "Iké Boys: McEver, Lord, Gandhi & Higa Dive Into the Tokusatsu-Inspired Movie". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

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