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- Height1.80 m
- Robert Moloney is a professional actor based in Vancouver, Canada. Known for his versatility, Robert maintains a busy career in film, television, and theatre. Originally from Calgary AB, Robert started acting in High School (Sir Winston Churchill), before moving to Vancouver to study drama at the prestigious Studio 58 Theatre School. He began working immediately upon graduating in popular television shows like X-Files : Aux frontières du réel (1993), Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue (1995), and Stargate SG-1 (1997). In his 20 year career, Robert has had the Honor to work with some of the best actors and directors in the business, including Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015), William H. Macy in Porte à porte (2002), Robert Altman in Killer App (1998) (a pilot for FOX), Mark Rydell in Masters of Science Fiction (2007), Zach Snyder in Man of Steel (2013), and Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, (The Revenant). His work has taken him across Canada and as far away as Australia where he shot the Dr. Who spin-off, K9 (2009). He has been nominated for a Leo award for the MOW Un Noël tout en lumière (2006) and for two Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards - winning for his portrayal of Steve in Clybourne Park, (Arts Club Theatre). In his down time, Robert is an avid downhill skier, urban cyclist, cigar lover and social and environmental activist. And he is very much in love with his girlfriend Julie Lynn Mortensen.- IMDb mini biography by: Robert Moloney
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- He made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: X-Files : Aux frontières du réel (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001).
- [on developing a creepy character by assuming the role in real life] I walked around .. with this angry, resentful sense of the world..I was cynical. Suspicious. Of everyone. You know, counting my change in front of storekeepers. Things like that. Being incredibly judgmental.
- [on the appeal of developing a character onstage] I think I have to do it. I think it's a calling. I don't mean to sound pretentious about that, but I'm not happy unless I'm doing it or pursuing it in some way. It's like my life doesn't make any sense. So I think it's mostly that, and then it's just fun. And I love telling stories. I think stories connect us as human beings, and through story we are allowed to talk about things and present difficult subjects.
- [on the 'Felix Unger' character] He's not a macho guy, but there are lots of guys who aren't macho who aren't gay. He loves women, he's just a control freak. I think it's interesting to have a male character who's really sensitive. In that day and age they weren't, and still in some ways we're not allowed to be.
- [on the enduring appeal of 'The Odd Couple'] It's something we don't get to see a lot in theatre. We see lots of plays where women have friendships, but I don't know a lot of plays where the central drive of it is the friendship between two men. I think it's a really clever concept, simple but very clever. If we do it right there's a lot of opportunity for it to be very touching.
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