Sanctuary - Playback Magazine: Robin Dunne

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The Next 25 - Canada's Rising Stars and Dealmakers

Robin Dunne - Actor/Writer



Every Thursday over the course of eight weeks, Playback presents finalists for The Next 25 – emerging writers, directors, actors and producers whom you will be hearing from in 2008.


Robin Dunne
Age: 31
Residence: Los Angeles
Agency: Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates
Buzz: Double-threat talent displays both his acting and writing chops on upcoming TV shows

Robin Dunne is making a name for himself as both an actor and screenwriter. He plays a lead role in the forthcoming series Sanctuary for Sci Fi Channel and The Movie Network/Movie Central, and also co-wrote the hit Nickelodeon Roxy Hunter movies premiering in May on Family Channel.

http://www.scifi.com/sanctuary/



Dunne is hardly an acting newbie, his resumé including parts in The Big Hit (1998), The Snow Walker (2003), Species 3 (2004) and Just Friends (2005), and TV series Manchester Prep, Dawson's Creek and Dead Like Me.

But we'll see a lot more of the Toronto native later this year in Sanctuary, as he reprises the role of psychiatrist Dr. Will Zimmerman, a character he played on the 2007 HD Internet version of the series, now migrating to TV. Production begins in Vancouver in May, shooting almost entirely in front of green screen, with Amanda Tapping of the Stargate shows starring as a doctor who, with the aid of Dunne's skeptical sidekick, seeks out monstrous creatures that walk the earth.

"This is the first time I have the responsibility of being a main player in a series," says Dunne, who has been acting professionally since he was a teen attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts. "I am really diving into criminology and psychology to portray this character as real as I can."

Damian Kindler, creator and executive producer of Sanctuary, is enthusiastic about Dunne's talent.

"He brings humor and gravitas and wonder to the character. He's a terrific actor who is thankfully undaunted by the huge challenge of doing a VFX-heavy sci-fi show. We feel lucky to have him on board. He's going to be a big star."

**snippage**

— Cheryl Binning