Kristian Bruun

Acting

Kristian Bruun

Born 1979-10-25 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kristian Bruun is a Canadian stage and screen actor, producer and writer, best known for his regular role as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix in the television series Orphan Black and Constable “Slugger” Jackson on Murdoch Mysteries. He plays the role of Janus Ferber on the series The Recruit. He attended the Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, the Queen's University in Ontario, and the George Brown Theater School in Toronto. At SDCC in 2015, both Kristian Bruun and Tatiana Maslany dressed in children's Halloween TMNT costumes at a Live Comedy Bang Bang taping, the only celebrities to do so.

Acting credits

Ready or Not poster
7.1

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.

Ready or Not

2019

Regression poster
5.6

Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.

Regression

2015

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story poster
7.1

Based on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his apartment.

The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story

2023

Eat Wheaties! poster
5.6

Sid Straw leads a dull life until he accidentally stalks famous college friend Elizabeth Banks on social media. With each failed attempt to prove he knows her, he rediscovers more of himself and the true meaning of friendship.

Eat Wheaties!

2020

A Shoe Addict's Christmas poster
6.2

As Christmas approaches, a department store worker whose life lacks fulfillment meets her guardian angel, who offers her a chance to change her circumstances by magically transporting her to Christmases past whenever she tries on a new pair of shoes.

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

2018

Slash/Back poster
6.4

In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

Slash/Back

2022

Life poster
6.0

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.

Life

2015

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town poster
5.1

In high school Cassie Cranston was slut-shamed out of the wholesome and repressed town of Beaver’s Ridge following a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity. Now, years later, a big city sex columnist, Cassie returns home to bury her mother and finds a chance for revenge when her prudish childhood nemesis insists she helps her old friends plan an orgy.

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

2015

The Go-Getters poster
3.9

A deadbeat drunk and a junkie hooker join forces to take on the city, each other, and their own personal shortcomings while trying to scam $98 for bus tickets out of town.

The Go-Getters

2018

A Deadly View poster
5.6

Restricted to bed rest for the remainder of her pregnancy, Rachel sees things in a different light with her neighbor Sandy. Is Rachel going stir crazy with increasing paranoia or is her unborn child what Sandy truly desires?

A Deadly View

2018

Halfway Haunted poster
NR

A tenant in a haunted house reluctantly teams up with a ghost to stop a real estate developer from demolishing the home they share.

Halfway Haunted

2025

The Definites poster
2.3

A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled weekend at Art Basel in Miami.

The Definites

2017

Samanthology poster
5.0

A woman's death affects a host of friends and acquaintances.

Samanthology

2019

Bang Bang Baby poster
6.1

A small town teenager in the 1960s believes her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock star idol gets stranded in town. But a leak in a nearby chemical plant that is believed to be causing mass mutations threatens to turn her dream into a nightmare.

Bang Bang Baby

2014

Crashing Through the Snow poster
6.6

Maggie and Sam are crashing Christmas. When he proposes they team up against his sister's perfect Christmas, neither of them are prepared for the blended family challenges that lie ahead.

Crashing Through the Snow

2021

Mary Goes Round poster
6.3

When a substance abuse counsellor gets arrested for a DUI and returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls, she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister that she's never met.

Mary Goes Round

2018

Somewhere Else Tomorrow poster
7.0

War zone borders, engine trouble and the difficulties of making money to survive couldn't outweigh the thrill of adventure and discovery Daniel Rintz encountered while motorcycling around the world for two and a half years.

Somewhere Else Tomorrow

2014

First Round Down poster
6.0

When big city problems follow a former hockey star turned hitman to his home town it's clear that he's not the only one with skeletons in his closet in this crime comedy caper involving ex-lovers, old coaches, mobsters and unpaid debts.

First Round Down

2017

A Merry Murdoch Christmas poster
7.6

While investigating the murder of a rich benefactor and the theft of children's presents at a Christmas charity pageant, Murdoch discovers suggestions that a Christmas monster, a Krampus, may be involved. A Merry Murdoch Christmas is the first stand-alone two hour Christmas special that aired on December 21, 2015 in Canada, and on December 20, 2015 in France.

A Merry Murdoch Christmas

2015

Country Crush poster
6.7

A city girl falls for a country boy who follows her to New York, but their romance may be over when she must choose between love and a music career.

Country Crush

2017

No artwork available
NR

The Price daughters return to their Long Island childhood home for what their mother, Lily, secretly knows will be their last Passover Seder — the house is sold, their father’s Alzheimer’s is accelerating, and Lily is planning the next chapter of her life. Over one hilarious, heartbreaking, and all too real night, everything they’ve never admitted finally comes out — and a family discovers that saying goodbye to everything at once might be the only way to finally tell the truth about themselves.

The Last Seder

Night Cries poster
4.4

A psychological thriller about a man's obsession with finding his wife in a post-apocalyptic world.

Night Cries

2015

Change of Plans poster
6.7

Sally and Jason Danville's life are turned upside down when a tragic accident suddenly names them the caretakers of four young children.

Change of Plans

2011

Deep Space poster
5.6

Cut off from home and facing an impossible mission against mounting odds, "Deep Six" is a hyper-realistic live-action portrayal of a deep space forward operating base at a pivotal moment for humankind 250 years in our future.

Deep Space

2018

Behind the camera