Henry Czerny ( ; born February 8, 1959) is a Canadian stage, film, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Boys of St. Vincent, Clear and Present Danger, The Ice Storm, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Fido, Remember, Ready or Not, and Scream VI, in particular for his role as Eugene Kittridge in Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, as well as for numerous television programs in both guest and starring roles, including a regular role as Conrad Grayson on the ABC primetime soap opera Revenge, a loose adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo.
Czerny has received the Theatre World Award and two Gemini Awards, and was nominated for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Other Half.
Early life and education
Czerny was born on 8 February 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the youngest of three children to Polish Canadian parents. His father worked as a welder,
In 1996, Czerny played the role of Eugene Kittridge in Mission: Impossible, whose role is reprised in the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and its 2025 follow-up Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.
He had prominent roles in The Boys of St. Vincent, Clear and Present Danger, The Ice Storm and The Michelle Apartments. In the 2006 comedy The Pink Panther, he played the main antagonist "Yuri the Trainer who Trains".
He appeared as Lieutenant Brooks in "Jackpot", a 2005 episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In Conversations with God, about the true story of Neale Donald Walsch, Czerny plays Walsch. In 2007, he appeared in the Showtime series The Tudors, playing the Duke of Norfolk. He appeared in the Canadian television show Flashpoint in 2008 and the American science fiction drama Falling Skies in 2011. Czerny co-starred with Sigourney Weaver in the 2009 Lifetime movie Prayers for Bobby.
In 2011, Czerny was cast opposite Madeleine Stowe, as the powerful patriarch Conrad Grayson, a series regular role, in ABC soap-type series Revenge. In 2016, Czerny was cast in the ABC thriller series Quantico for the recurring role of CIA director Matthew Keyes.
Personal life
Czerny is married to Claudine Cassidy and they have a son.
Besides acting, his interests include photography, travel, crafting, and carpentry.
Filmography
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Film
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| 1992
|Buried on Sunday
| Nelson
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| 1993
|I Love a Man in Uniform
| Joseph Riggs
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| rowspan="3" | 1994
|Cold Sweat
| Sean Mathieson
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|Clear and Present Danger
| Robert Ritter
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|Anchor Zone
| Lawson Hughes
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| rowspan="5" | 1995
|When Night Is Falling
| Martin
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|-
|data-sort-value="Michelle Apartments, The" | The Michelle Apartments
| Alex
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|-
|Jenipapo
| Michael Coleman
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|Notes from Underground
| The Underground Man
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|Johnston...Johnston
| Johnston
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| 1996
|Mission: Impossible
| Eugene Kittridge
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| 1997
|data-sort-value="Ice Storm, The" | The Ice Storm
| George Clair
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| 1998
| Kayla
| Asa Robinson
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| 1999
|After Alice
| Harvey
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| 2000
|Cement
| Truman
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| 2001
|Almost America
| Steven
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|-
| rowspan="2" | 2003
|Klepto
| Ivan
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|-
|data-sort-value="Failures, The" | The Failures
| Frank Kyle
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|-
|2004
|data-sort-value="Limit, The" | The Limit
| Denny
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|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
|Chaos
| Captain Martin Jenkins
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|-
|data-sort-value="Circle, The" | The Circle
| Rick
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|-
|data-sort-value="Exorcism of Emily Rose, The" | The Exorcism of Emily Rose
| Dr. Jared Briggs
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|-
| rowspan="4" | 2006
|data-sort-value="Oakley Seven, The" | The Oakley Seven
| Mr. Whitney
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|-
|data-sort-value="Pink Panther, The" | The Pink Panther
| Yuri the Trainer who Trains
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|-
|Conversations with God
| Neale Donald Walsch / God
|
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|Fido
| Mr. Bottoms
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| 2007
|data-sort-value="Fifth Patient, The" | The Fifth Patient
| Gerard Pinker
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| rowspan="2" | 2010
|Ice Castles
| Marcus
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|data-sort-value="A-Team, The" | The A-Team
| Director McCready
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| 2015
|Remember
| Charles Guttman
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| 2016
|data-sort-value="Other Half, The" | The Other Half
| Jacob
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| 2017
| data-sort-value="Curse of Buckout Road, The" | The Curse of Buckout Road
| Detective Roy Harris
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| 2019
|Ready or Not
| Tony Le Domas
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| rowspan="2" | 2021
| data-sort-value="Righteous, The" | The Righteous
| Frederic Mason
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|-
| Charlotte
| Doctor Moridius, Policeman #2, Security Guard (voices)
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|-
| rowspan="3"| 2023
| Scream VI
| | Dr. Christopher Stone
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| Zombie Town
| Richard Landro
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|-
| Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
| Eugene Kittridge
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| 2024
| Our Little Secret
| Mitchell "Mitch" Becker
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|rowspan="2"| 2025
| Bunny
| Rabbi
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| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
| Eugene Kittridge
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Television
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| rowspan="2" |1986
|data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" | The Edison Twins
|Carl Wallace
|Episode: "One Way Ticket"
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|Night Heat
| David Marks
| Episode: "The Movement"
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| 1988
|data-sort-value="Taming of the Shrew, The" | The Taming of the Shrew
| Lucentio
| Television film
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| 1989
|Friday the 13th: The Series
| Joe
| Episode: "Hate On Your Dial"
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|1990
|T. and T.
|Officer Dennison
|Episode: "Silent Witness"
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| 1990–92
|Street Legal
| Christopher Szabo / John Connors
| 2 episodes
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| 1991
|Katts and Dog
| Gregory O'Toole
| Episode: "Fink"
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| rowspan="5" |1992
|Top Cops
|Sessler / Engelking
|2 episodes
|-
|data-sort-value="Boys of St. Vincent, The" | The Boys of St. Vincent
| Brother Peter Lavin
| Television miniseries
|-
|data-sort-value="Sound and the Silence, The" | The Sound and the Silence
|Casey Baldwin
| Television film
|-
|Deadly Matrimony
| Rick Peterson
| Television film
|-
|data-sort-value="Town Torn Apart, A" | A Town Torn Apart
| Fred Burham
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1993
|Lifeline to Victory
| Petty Officer Lang
| Television film
|-
|data-sort-value="Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later, The" | The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later
| Peter Lavin
| Television film
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| 1993
| Counterstrike
| Oliver<!--from Dialog--> Montcalm<!--Screen credit-->
| Episode: "Peacemaker"
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| rowspan="2" | 1994
|Trial at Fortitude Bay
| Daniel Metz
| Television film
|-
|Ultimate Betrayal
| Ed Rodgers
| Television film
|-
| 1995
|Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story
| Bill Sanger
| Television film
|-
| 1996
|For Hope
| Ken Altman
| Television film
|-
| 1997
|Promise the Moon
| Royal Leckner
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998
|data-sort-value="Girl Next Door, The" | The Girl Next Door
| Arthur Bradley
| Television film
|-
|Glory & Honor
| Robert Peary
| Television film
|-
|My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story
| Sam Reese Sheppard
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
|External Affairs
| Danny Jackman
| Television film
|-
|P.T. Barnum
| Greenwood
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
|Possessed
| Fr. Raymond McBride
| Television film
|-
|Range of Motion
| Ted Merrick
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
|Haven
| Ernst
| Television film
|-
|Further Tales of the City
| Luke
| Miniseries
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
|data-sort-value="Pact, The" | The Pact
| Michael
| Television film
|-
|Salem Witch Trials
|Rev. Samuel Parris
| Television film
|-
| 2003
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Lieutenant Alan Brooks
| Episode: "Jackpot"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
|data-sort-value="Eleventh Hour, The" | The Eleventh Hour
| Max Mallett
| Episode: "Zugzwang"
|-
|Kojak
| Robert Mercher
| Episode: "All That Glitters"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
|Ghost Whisperer
| Matt Mallinson
| Episode: "The One"
|-
|Three Moons Over Milford
| Carl Davis
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2007
|data-sort-value="Tudors, The" | The Tudors
|Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
| Recurring role; Season 1
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2008
|data-sort-value="Russell Girl, The" | The Russell Girl
| Howard Morrisey
| Television film
|-
|Mayerthorpe
| Corporal Alex Stanton
| Television film
|-
|Flashpoint
| Jack Swanson
| Episode: "First in Line"
|-
|Monk
| Aaron Larkin
| Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009
|Prayers for Bobby
| Robert Griffith
| Television film
|-
|Christmas Dreams
| Norman
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
|data-sort-value="Cult, The" | The Cult
| Nathan
| Television film
|-
|Less Than Kind
| David Rosen
| Recurring role; Season 2
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
|Falling Skies
| Lt. Terry Clayton
| 2 episodes
|-
|Torchwood: Web of Lies
|The Other Gentlemen (voice)
|2 episodes
|-
| 2011–14
|Revenge
|Conrad Grayson
| Starring role; Seasons 1-3
|-
| 2015, 2020
|Supergirl
|Winslow Schott, Sr. / Toyman
| 2 episodes
|-
|2016
|Rosewood
|Arthur Lee Izikoff
|Episode: "Atherosclerosis and the Alabama Flim-Flam"
|-
| 2016–17
|Quantico
| Matthew Keyes
| Recurring role; Seasons 1-2
|-
|2017
|When We Rise
|David Boies
|Miniseries
|-
| 2018
|Sharp Objects
| Alan Crellin
| Miniseries
|-
| 2020
|Schitt's Creek
| Arthur "Artie" Camden
| Episode: "Rebound"
|-
| 2021
|Blade Runner: Black Lotus
| Doctor M (voice)
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2026
| Bon Cop, Bad Cop
| Martin Ward
| Series lead; role originated by Colm Feore in the original film
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Video games
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| 2016
| Lego Dimensions
| Eugene Kittridge (voice)
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References
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External links
- Henry Czerny at Apple TV+