Matthew Bennett

Acting

Matthew Bennett

Born 1968-04-09 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Matthew Bennett is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his portrayal of Detective Len Harper on the police drama "Cold Squad".

Acting credits

Pushing Tin poster
5.9

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

Pushing Tin

1999

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan poster
6.7

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009

K-9: P.I. poster
5.9

Dooley and his K-9 partner Jerry Lee are ready to retire from the police force. But before he can retire with his pension he must work as a P.I. to find a set of high tech computer chips.

K-9: P.I.

2002

The Time Shifters poster
5.8

Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.

The Time Shifters

1999

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog poster
6.2

Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling along the coast of British Columbia with Angus's father, John, the boy and dog become stranded when turbulent waters capsize their boat. Angus's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams. Angus, schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills, and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog, tries to attract rescuers.

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

1995

Just One of the Girls poster
5.5

To save himself from the biggest bully in school, Chris Calder has to dress himself up like a girl to avoid Curt. When the disguise works, he is forced to stay a girl - with disastrous results. Curt falls for the new girl in school while Chris falls for the bully's sister, a beautiful blonde cheerleader. High school is hard enough without worrying if your wig is on straight. Chris soon find out he can't hid in his sister's skirts. But is he man enough to reveal his secret and fight for the girl he loves?

Just One of the Girls

1993

The Stranger Beside Me poster
6.0

While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.

The Stranger Beside Me

2003

Thanks of a Grateful Nation poster
4.8

An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.

Thanks of a Grateful Nation

1998

A Killer Among Friends poster
7.2

A teenage girl disappears and later turns up drowned, with a log across her back. Three years later, a former friend comes forward with some answers.

A Killer Among Friends

1992

Sorority Surrogate poster
3.7

A surrogate mother faces an uncertain future when the couple who hires her dies in an accident.

Sorority Surrogate

2014

Love, of Course poster
6.7

A helicopter mom follows her daughter to college and lands a job on campus. When she meets a charismatic professor, she learns more about herself and discovers a life of her own.

Love, of Course

2018

Any Mother's Son poster
5.6

A Mother is devastated when her sailor son is murdered by two of his crewmates in a homophobic attack.

Any Mother's Son

1997

Stealing Sinatra poster
5.5

In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story

Stealing Sinatra

2003

Ignition poster
4.6

A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years

Ignition

2002

Songs In Ordinary Time poster
4.3

Based on Mary McGarry Morris' best-selling novel! A struggling mother takes in a mysterious stranger. Is she opening her heart to love ... or harboring a criminal? Mary Fermoyle is a divorcee who must work to keep her family from falling into the throes of poverty. Her vulnerability quickly becomes an easy target for smooth-talking con-man Omar Duvall, who seduces Mary and her family with promises of easy money and success. Eventually she uncovers his lies and discovers for the first time her important contributions to her family and community.

Songs In Ordinary Time

2000

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York poster
5.7

Illegal experimentation accidentally rips open a previously unknown hidden magma reserve directly under Manhattan!

Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York

2006

Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story poster
7.3

After the loss of her husband, comedienne Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa must discover a way to heal their broken relationship and provide each other the strength to start again.

Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story

1994

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story poster
5.6

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son. Seeking revenge, she turns to murder when she learns the man had previously been convicted of the same crime in 1983 and got off with probation.

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story

1999

Married in a Year poster
2.0

You too can find true love. Just ask the thousands of happy couples brought together by Patti Stanger, CEO of the Millionaire's Club matchmaking service and star of Bravo's hit TV series "Millionaire Matchmaker". Now Patti can help your marriage dreams come true with Married in a Year - her proven, easy-to-follow 12-month action plan for finding love. With her expert knowledge and up-beat, no-nonsense approach, Patti will motivate and guide you through all the stages.

Married in a Year

2011

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' poster
6.7

As NBC's hit sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" proves a long-running hit for a network desperately in need of one, its young stars: Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges, and Dana Plato face all sorts of trouble off-camera. Gary battles with his parents over the management of his salary, Todd runs into trouble with the law countless times, and Dana's career after the show meets with despair and tragedy.

Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'

2006

Spectacular! poster
6.4

A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.

Spectacular!

2009

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9.0

When the biological mother of adoptee Jenny Newhall is murdered, Jenny's adoptive father Greg immediately falls under suspicion. This tragic set of events rocks the small, tranquil town in which the Newhalls live to its foundations, ultimately laying bare a number of unpleasant and long-hidden secrets. Based on a novel by Patricia McDonald.

When Secrets Kill

1997

When the Bullet Hits the Bone poster
4.3

An emergency-room doctor declares war on street crime after linking drug traffic to the federal government.

When the Bullet Hits the Bone

1996

Rewind poster
5.6

Revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack. Feature length pilot for failed tv series, released as a made for TV movie.

Rewind

2013

Behind the camera

11 Blocks poster
3.7

John 'Concrete' Hong has one night to fight his way across a violent city and rescue the one he loves. After eviction from their apartment, John and Bethany Hong are forced to live on the streets of Union, a violent city where street gangs control the lower blocks. When John journeys to the bottom of the city to find work, the WCC gang corners him. After fighting his way out, he becomes the target of the corrupt Police Chief and his hired assassin, Finger.

11 Blocks

2015

11 Blocks poster
3.7

John 'Concrete' Hong has one night to fight his way across a violent city and rescue the one he loves. After eviction from their apartment, John and Bethany Hong are forced to live on the streets of Union, a violent city where street gangs control the lower blocks. When John journeys to the bottom of the city to find work, the WCC gang corners him. After fighting his way out, he becomes the target of the corrupt Police Chief and his hired assassin, Finger.

11 Blocks

2015

Kick Me Down poster
NR

Percy Crease is in love with his brother's wife. Now he must win her heart before his brother tears his out. Returning home to his family's run down motel for his step-father's funeral, Percy Crease is suddenly reunited with Karen, an old flame now married to his step-brother. Caught between his brother's rage, his mother's neglect, and his never ending love for Karen, Percy must now face his demons and find a way to win Karen's heart before his brother rips his out. "Kick Me Down" is a dark and disturbing comedy about a highly dysfunctional family on the verge of destruction.

Kick Me Down

2009