Name Tom Braidwood | Role Actor | |
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Children Kate Braidwood, Jessica Braidwood Parents Darrell Thomas Braidwood, Barbara McGibbon Siblings Jimmy Braidwood, Lynne Benson Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Dramatic Series Movies and TV shows Similar People Bruce Harwood, Dean Haglund, William B Davis, Mitch Pileggi, Nicholas Lea | ||
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Tom Braidwood (born September 27, 1948) is a Canadian actor and director known for the role of Melvin Frohike, one of the conspiracy theorists known as The Lone Gunmen on the American television series The X-Files. Braidwood also served as an assistant director on the show from seasons one through five; was a second unit director on Millennium, another series from Chris Carter, the creator of The X-Files; and a producer of the second season of the Canadian TV series Da Vinci's Inquest, on which he also directed some episodes.
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In addition to The X-Files, Braidwood also appeared as Frohike in the spin-off series The Lone Gunmen, which aired 13 episodes in 2001. More recently, he has appeared in the first season of Whistler, and in the 2009 movies Messages Deleted and Alien Trespass.
Filmography
Assistant Director
2008
Reverse (Short) (first assistant director)
2008
The X Files: I Want to Believe (first assistant director: second unit)
2004
Packing Up (Short) (first assistant director)
2003
Exchange (Short) (first assistant director)
2003
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (first assistant director - 1 episode)
- Homecoming (2003) - (first assistant director)
1999
Da Vinci's Inquest (TV Series) (first assistant director - 2 episodes)
- All Tricked Up (2000) - (first assistant director)
- The Capture (1999) - (first assistant director)
1999
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (first assistant director: second unit - as Tom E. Braidwood)
1999
Millennium (TV Series) (insert unit director - 7 episodes)
- Goodbye to All That (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Via Dolorosa (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Nostalgia (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Seven and One (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Bardo Thodol (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Darwin's Eye (1999) - (insert unit director)
- Matryoshka (1999) - (insert unit director)
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) (first assistant director - 57 episodes)
- The End (1998) - (first assistant director)
- The Pine Bluff Variant (1998) - (first assistant director)
- Mind's Eye (1998) - (first assistant director)
- The Red and the Black (1998) - (first assistant director)
- Bad Blood (1998) - (first assistant director)
- Chinga (1998) - (first assistant director)
- Kitsunegari (1998) - (first assistant director)
- The Post-Modern Prometheus (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Detour (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Gethsemane (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Elegy (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Small Potatoes (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Max (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Unrequited (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Kaddish (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Leonard Betts (1997) - (first assistant director)
- Paper Hearts (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Terma (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Sanguinarium (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Unruhe (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Teliko (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Talitha Cumi (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Quagmire (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Teso dos Bichos (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Apocrypha (1996) - (first assistant director)
- Grotesque (1996) - (first assistant director)
- War of the Coprophages (1996) - (first assistant director)
- 731 (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Oubliette (1995) - (first assistant director)
- 2Shy (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Paper Clip (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Anasazi (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Soft Light (1995) - (first assistant director)
- The Calusari (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Død Kalm (1995) - (first assistant director)
- End Game (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Fresh Bones (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Irresistible (1995) - (first assistant director)
- Excelsis Dei (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Firewalker (1994) - (first assistant director)
- 3 (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Duane Barry (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Blood (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Little Green Men (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Roland (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Tooms (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Shapes (1994) - (first assistant director)
- E.B.E. (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Lazarus (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Beyond the Sea (1994) - (first assistant director)
- Eve (1993) - (first assistant director)
- Space (1993) - (first assistant director)
- Ghost in the Machine (1993) - (first assistant director)
- The Jersey Devil (1993) - (first assistant director)
- Squeeze (1993) - (first assistant director)
1993
Moment of Truth: A Child Too Many (TV Movie) (first assistant director)
1992
The Hat Squad (TV Series) (first assistant director - 2 episodes)
- The Liquidator (1993) - (first assistant director)
- Rest in Peace (1992) - (first assistant director)
1992
The Odyssey (TV Series) (first assistant director - 5 episodes)
- Welcome to the Tower (1993) - (first assistant director)
- The Brad Exchange (1993) - (first assistant director)
- Galileo & the Gypsies (1992) - (first assistant director)
- A Place Called Nowhere (1992) - (first assistant director)
- By the Book (1992) - (first assistant director)
1992
Nightmare Cafe (TV Series) (first assistant director - 2 episodes)
- The Heart of the Mystery (1992) - (first assistant director)
- Fay & Ivy (1992) - (first assistant director)
1991
Eyes of an Angel (first assistant director: Canada)
1991
Fly by Night (TV Series) (first assistant director - 1 episode)
- Include Me Out (1991) - (first assistant director)
1987
21 Jump Street (TV Series) (first assistant director - 12 episodes)
- Back to School (1990) - (first assistant director)
- Blackout (1990) - (first assistant director)
- Everyday Is Christmas (1990) - (first assistant director)
- Rounding Third (1990) - (first assistant director)
- How I Saved the Senator (1990) - (first assistant director)
- 2245 (1990) - (first assistant director)
- Research and Destroy (1990) - (first assistant director)
- Things We Said Today (1989) - (first assistant director)
- Wheels and Deals: Part 2 (1989) - (first assistant director)
- Old Haunts in the New Age (1989) - (first assistant director)
- Orpheus 3.3 (1988) - (first assistant director)
- Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins (1987) - (first assistant director)
1986
Danger Bay (TV Series) (first assistant director - 6 episodes)
- Pilot Error (1987) - (first assistant director)
- The Smiling Dolphin (1987) - (first assistant director)
- Protegé (1987) - (first assistant director)
- The Dying Swan (1987) - (first assistant director)
- Melissa's Gift (1987) - (first assistant director)
- The Leopard's Spots (1986) - (first assistant director)
1986
Differences (Short) (assistant director)
1977
Skip Tracer (assistant director)
Actor
1994
The X-Files (TV Series) as
Melvin Frohike
- Babylon (2016) - Melvin Frohike
- The Truth (2002) - Melvin Frohike
- Jump the Shark (2002) - Melvin Frohike
- Providence (2002) - Melvin Frohike
- Provenance (2002) - Melvin Frohike
- Nothing Important Happened Today II (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Nothing Important Happened Today (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Existence (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Three Words (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Deadalive (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- The Gift (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Via Negativa (2000) - Melvin Frohike
- Within (2000) - Melvin Frohike
- Requiem (2000) - Melvin Frohike
- En Ami (2000) - Melvin Frohike
- First Person Shooter (2000) - Melvin Frohike
- Field Trip (1999) - Melvin Frohike
- Three of a Kind (1999) - Melvin Frohike
- One Son (1999) - Melvin Frohike
- Dreamland II (1998) - Melvin Frohike
- Triangle (1998) - Melvin Frohike
- The End (1998) - Melvin Frohike
- Kill Switch (1998) - Melvin Frohike
- Emily (1997) - Melvin Frohike
- Unusual Suspects (1997) - Melvin Frohike
- Redux II (1997) - Melvin Frohike
- Redux (1997) - Melvin Frohike
- Small Potatoes (1997) - Melvin Frohike (voice, uncredited)
- Memento Mori (1997) - Melvin Frohike
- Musings of a Cigarette Smoking Man (1996) - Melvin Frohike
- Wetwired (1996) - Melvin Frohike
- Apocrypha (1996) - Melvin Frohike
- Nisei (1995) - Melvin Frohike
- Paper Clip (1995) - Melvin Frohike
- The Blessing Way (1995) - Melvin Frohike
- Anasazi (1995) - Melvin Frohike
- Fearful Symmetry (1995) - Melvin Frohike
- One Breath (1994) - Melvin Frohike
- Blood (1994) - Melvin Frohike
- E.B.E. (1994) - Melvin Frohike
2010
Messages Deleted as
Sailorman
2010
Amazon Falls as
Tommy
2009
Frog (Short) as
Man on Bus
2009
Alien Trespass as
Ed Sanders
2006
Whistler (TV Series) as
Coroner
- Scratching the Surface (2006) - Coroner
- Will the Real Beck-? (2006) - Coroner
2005
Say Yes (Short) as
The Nerd
2004
The X Files: Resist or Serve (Video Game) as
Melvin Frohike (voice)
2003
Tilt (Short) as
Sam Penzer
2001
The Lone Gunmen (TV Series) as
Melvin Frohike
- The 'Cap'n Toby' Show (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- All About Yves (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- The Lying Game (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Tango de los Pistoleros (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Diagnosis: Jimmy (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Maximum Byers (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Planet of the Frohikes (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Madam, I'm Adam (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Three Men and a Smoking Diaper (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Like Water for Octane (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Eine Kleine Frohike (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Bond, Jimmy Bond (2001) - Melvin Frohike
- Pilot (2001) - Melvin Frohike
1999
Viper (TV Series) as
Larry
- Split Decision: Part 1 (1999) - Larry
1999
Da Vinci's Inquest (TV Series) as
Used Car Lot Owner
- The Capture (1999) - Used Car Lot Owner
1998
The X-Files Game (Video Game) as
Melvin Frohike
1998
Cold Squad (TV Series) as
Motel Manager
- Stanley Caron (1998) - Motel Manager
1998
The X Files as
Frohike
1993
The Only Way Out (TV Movie) as
Court Official
1992
The Portrait as
Process Server
1991
Mom P.I. (TV Series)
- Beneath the Pacific (1991)
1988
21 Jump Street (TV Series) as
Man in Restroom
- Chapel of Love (1988) - Man in Restroom (uncredited)
1986
The Movie Movie (Short)
1985
My American Cousin as
Wally
1982
Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch as
Aspen Storekeeper
Producer
2009
Serum 1831 (Short) (associate producer)
1999
Da Vinci's Inquest (TV Series) (producer - 13 episodes)
- Reality (2000) - (producer)
- Fantasy (2000) - (producer)
- Bang Like That (2000) - (producer)
- The Lottery (1999) - (producer)
- The Looking Glass (1999) - (producer)
- Blues in A-Minor (1999) - (producer)
- A Nice Home in the Country (1999) - (producer)
- Sister's Light (1999) - (producer)
- His Wife (1999) - (producer)
- Tommy's on the Corner (1999) - (producer)
- The Hanged Man (1999) - (producer)
- A Cinderella Story: Part 2 (1999) - (producer)
- A Cinderella Story: Part 1 (1999) - (producer)
1997
Silence (producer)
1992
The Portrait (producer)
1989
Kingsgate (producer)
1984
Low Visibility (producer)
1984
Lock Up (associate producer)
1983
Deserters (producer)
Director
2006
49th and Main (TV Series)
2005
Zixx: Level Two (TV Series)
2002
Edgemont (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- You Gotta Have Friends (2003)
- Do You Mean What You Say? (2003)
- Moving On (2003)
- The Homecoming (2003)
- Squaring the Circle (2002)
- Show and Tell (2002)
2002
Tom Stone (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Good Cop, Bad Cop
1999
Da Vinci's Inquest (TV Series) (4 episodes)
- Bring Back the Dead (2000)
- Reality (2000)
- The Lottery (1999)
- A Nice Home in the Country (1999)
Production Manager
1993
The Only Way Out (TV Movie) (production manager)
1988
A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution (Documentary) (production manager: Vancouver)
1987
Home Is Where the Hart Is (unit manager - as Thomas Braidwood)
1985
My American Cousin (production manager)
1984
Lock Up (production manager)
Miscellaneous
2009
Serum 1831 (Short) (director mentor)
2004
Packing Up (Short) (project mentor)
1982
Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch (production assistant)
1981
By Design (production assistant: second unit)
1980
The Changeling (production assistant)
Location Management
1987
Home Is Where the Hart Is (location manager - as Thomas Braidwood)
1987
After the Promise (TV Movie) (location manager)
Writer
1988
Danger Bay (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Hand to Hand (1988) - (writer)
Art Department
1980
Mr. Patman (art department assistant)
Camera Department
2004
Packing Up (Short) (dolly grip)
Composer
2009
Serum 1831 (Short)
Script Department
1993
Madison (TV Series) (story editor - 1 episode)
- Not Just Anybody (1993) - (story editor)
Thanks
-
One Life No Regrets (Documentary) (special thanks) (post-production)
2015
The X-Files: Re-Opened (TV Movie documentary) (thanks)
2007
The Green Chain (the producers would like to thank)
Self
2020
Song in the Key of X (TV Special) as
Self
2018
Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files (Video documentary)
2016
Season X (Video documentary) as
Self - 'Frohike'
2015
The X-Files: Re-Opened (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - The Lone Gunmen
2013
BackBone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema (Video documentary) as
Self
2011
The Truth Is Out There (Documentary) as
Self
2005
RoundTable (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #1.4 (2005) - Self - Guest
2004
The X Files: The Making of 'The Truth' (Video documentary) as
Self
2003
Inventing Grace, Touching Glory (Documentary) as
Self
2001
The 3rd Annual Leo Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
2000
2nd Annual Leo Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Presenter
1998
Inside the X Files (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
Archive Footage
2018
The X-Files (TV Series) as
Melvin Frohike
- The Lost Art of Forehead Sweat (2018) - Melvin Frohike (uncredited)
1996
Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (TV Special documentary) as
Melvin Frohike (uncredited)
1995
Secrets of the X Files, Part 1 (TV Special documentary) as
Melvin Frohike (uncredited)
References
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