Bruce Harwood (born April 29, 1963) is a Canadian character actor best known for his role of John Fitzgerald Byers, one of The Lone Gunmen on the television series The X-Files. In addition to The X-Files, Harwood portrayed Byers in the spin-off series The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He has also played other roles with a strong similarity to Byers, such as Willis, a technician from the Phoenix Foundation in MacGyver, and government-scientist-turned-conspiracy-theorist Dr. Avery Strong in The Outer Limits. He was a founding member of the Vancouver summer Shakespeare festival, Bard on the Beach. He also starred in the 1988 movie Earth Star Voyager.
Filmography
Film
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| 1989 || The Fly II || Technician ||
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| 1991 || Bingo || Network Executive ||
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| 1995 || Beauty's Revenge || Cameraman || Television movie
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| 1995 || Bye Bye Birdie || Reporter #1 || Television movie
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| 1998 || The X-Files || Byers ||
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| 2000 || The Guilty || Miles ||
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| 2001 || ' || CP Railway Director || Television movie
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| 2006 || The Psychic Life of Plants || Doctor || Short film
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| 2007 || The Last Mimzy || Scientist ||
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| 2008 || Personal Effects || Record Man ||
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| 2010 || Daydream Nation || My. Myers ||
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| 2011 || Christmas Comes to Canaan || Maitre D' || Television movie
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Television
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| 1987 || MacGyver || Juice || Episode: "Blow Out"
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| 1988 || 21 Jump Street || Bruce || Episode: "Hell Week"
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| 1988 || Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color || Dr. Eugene || Episode: "Earth Star Voyager: Part 1"
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| 1988 || Danger Bay || Joe || Episode: "The Return of Sugar Ray"
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| 1989 || The Beachcombers || Xavier || Episode: "Club Laundromat"
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| 1989 || Wiseguy || Messenger || Episode: "Day Seven"
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| 1990–1991 || MacGyver || Willis || 4 episodes
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| 1990 || 21 Jump Street || Engineer || Episode: "Research and Destroy"
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| 1994–2002 || The X-Files || John Fitzgerald Byers || 36 episodes
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| 1995 || The Outer Limits || Technician || Episode: "Valerie 23"
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| 1996 || The Outer Limits || Dr. Norris || Episode: "Trial by Fire"
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| 1997 || The Sentinel || Barry || Episode: "Warriors"
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| 1997 || The Outer Limits || Dr. Avery Strong || Episode: "A Special Edition"
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| 1998 || Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show || Mr. Lincoln || Episode: "Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien"
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| 1999 || The Outer Limits || Miles Pendergast || Episode: "What Will the Neighbors Think?"
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| 2001 || The Lone Gunmen || John Fitzgerald Byers || 13 episodes
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| 2001 || Andromeda || Philip Kim || Episode: "All Too Human"
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| 2002 || Stargate SG-1 || Dr. Osbourne || Episode: "Frozen"
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| 2004 || The L Word || Hotel Manager || Episode: "Lies, Lies, Lies"
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| 2004 || Smallville || Ben Powell || Episode: "Resurrection"
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| 2004 || Alienated || Professor #2 || Episode: "Human Gas"
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| 2004 || Kingdom Hospital || Fred Beagle || Episode: "Shoulda' Stood in Bed"
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| 2007 || Whistler || Graeme || 2 episodes
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| 2011 || Endgame || Lester || Episode: "Gorillas in Our Midst"
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| 2012 || Emily Owens, M.D. || Anesthesiologist || Episode: "Emily and...The Good and the Bad"
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| 2014–2015 || When Calls the Heart || Mayor Silas Ramsey || 4 episodes
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| 2014 || Psych || Health Inspector || Episode: "Shawn and Gus Truck Things Up"
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| 2014 || The Flash || Dexter Myles || Episode: "Going Rogue"
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| 2016 || The X-Files || John Fitzgerald Byers || Episode: "Babylon"
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| 2020 || Batwoman || Professor Darby || Episode: "O, Mouse!"
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