Denis Forest

Acting

Denis Forest

Born 1960-09-05 · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Denis Forest (September 5th, 1960 - March 18th, 2002) was a Canadian American Character Actor who was known for playing villains, Most Notably in the Academy Award-nominated blockbusters The Mask (1994) and Cliffhanger (1993). He appeared in 52 movies and tv shows. He passed away from a Massive Stroke on March 18th, 2002 in Los Angeles while having dinner with some friends.

Acting credits

The Mask poster
7.0

Timid bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss discovers a magical mask infused with the spirit of the Norse god Loki. Donning it transforms him into an unrestrained, green-faced, cartoon-like wild man. While the mask grants him the confidence to woo a local singer, it also makes him the target of a ruthless mobster.

The Mask

1994

Eraser poster
6.1

John "The Eraser" Kruger is the top gun in the US Marshall Witness Protection Program; he protects witnesses by erasing their pasts. His latest assignment is whistle-blower Dr. Lee Cullen, who has evidence that her employer, a major arms corporation, is entangled in a conspiracy involving a high-tech railgun, but there is danger lurking closer to home for Kruger, from within his own department.

Eraser

1996

Cliffhanger poster
6.5

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to rescue a group of stranded climbers, only to learn the climbers are actually thieving hijackers who are looking for boxes full of money.

Cliffhanger

1993

Wedlock poster
5.8

A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.

Wedlock

1991

Head Office poster
5.4

In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.

Head Office

1985

Strange Brew poster
6.0

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.

Strange Brew

1983

Last Stand at Saber River poster
6.5

As America recovers from the Civil War, one man tries to put the pieces of his life back together but finds himself fighting a new battle on the frontier. Cable is an embittered Confederate soldier who returns from the war to reclaim his Arizona homestead from rebel pioneers who sympathize with the Union war effort.

Last Stand at Saber River

1997

Against the Wall poster
6.2

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.

Against the Wall

1994

Where Truth Lies poster
3.7

Doctor Ian Lazarre is a hopeless alcoholic. After the tragic death of his wife and the failure of his second marriage, liquor is his only friend. As a last resort, he commits to an experimental rehab with bizarre methods.

Where Truth Lies

1996

Dead Men Can't Dance poster
3.9

To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their survival training to get them through.

Dead Men Can't Dance

1997

Hidden Agenda poster
3.3

A young medical student travels to Berlin to investigate the apparent death of his brother and discovers a secret life of espionage, betrayal and murder at the highest levels.

Hidden Agenda

1999

Destiny To Order poster
3.6

A writer starts running into the characters he's created in real life. Alberta is his fantasy woman, who starts out as a sexy rock singer. However, when the bad guy in his novel (played by Michael Ironside) gets his hands on the manuscript and starts making changes of his own, they are all in for a wild ride.

Destiny To Order

1990

Ford: The Man and the Machine poster
7.3

Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff Robertson).

Ford: The Man and the Machine

1987

The Liberators poster
8.5

A slave convinces a young man to help him escape to Canada, so he poses as the boy's slave to do so. They meet other escaping slaves and help them get to the Underground Railway in Ohio, where they are helped by a Quaker.

The Liberators

1987

New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020 poster
3.7

In the 21st Century, Tony Ricks was a criminal who was executed for his crimes. In the distant year 2020, he is revived in a freak accident, and must infiltrate a futuristic prison and retrieve a powerful bioweapon in exchange for his freedom... and his life.

New Crime City: Los Angeles 2020

1994

The Climb poster
7.0

Based on the true story of the 1953 assault on Nanga Parbat, a treacherous Himalayan Peak.

The Climb

1986

Tadpole and the Whale poster
6.1

The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.

Tadpole and the Whale

1988

Champagne Charlie poster
5.3

This is the story of the Charles Heidsieck who opened the market for Champagne sales in America just prior to the American Civil War. He is a reluctant French spy and is captured and spends time in a Union prison. There are two parallel love stories (he is French) and some battles with his uncle for control of the family vineyard (because his father married his mother who the uncle also loved).

Champagne Charlie

1989

Detonator poster
5.3

A former FBI agent must stop a crazy man from blowing up bombs.

Detonator

2003

Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier poster
5.0

The life and death of composer Claude Vivier.

Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier

1989

No artwork available
NR

In the late 1960s, a Harvard dropout's decision to take a job in Canada is misinterpreted as a political statement.

The Long Road Home

1989