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Robert A. Silverman | |
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| Born | Robert Andrew Silverman February 24, 1938 |
| Other names | Bob Silverman |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1964–2004 |
| Spouse | Mary Kreggor (1979–1987) |
| Partner | Greg Stephenson (1989–present) |
Robert A. Silverman (born February 24, 1938) is a Canadian actor cast five times by writer/director David Cronenberg. He is sometimes credited as Bob Silverman or Robert Silverman. He has also acted in the Friday the 13th: The Series episodes "Hate On Your Dial" and "Faith Healer" (directed by Cronenberg), and acted with him in Jason X.
Silverman was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for The Brood,[1] and was nominated in 2003 for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series in The Eleventh Hour.
Silverman has been cast by Cronenberg in the following films:
- eXistenZ (1999) as D'Arcy Nader
- Naked Lunch (1991) as Hans
- Scanners (1981) as Benjamin Pierce
- The Brood (1979) as Jan Hartog
- Rabid (1977) as Man In Hospital
- ^ Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980.