Daniel Payne (born August 4, 1972) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think.
Career In his early 20s, Payne was a professional volleyball player. After his retirement, he was convinced by his brother Josh to move to Australia, where Josh was already living. Dan began his acting career by creating short films with his brother.
Payne then moved to the United Kingdom, where he supported himself playing, in his words, "the big, dumb American" in various British films and TV shows. He moved to Vancouver in 2001.
Payne had numerous roles on the 2002–2005 science fiction series Stargate SG-1, and its 2004-2009 spin-off series Stargate Atlantis, both shot in Vancouver; these included Kull Warriors and an Ashrak assassin on Stargate SG-1, and the Wraith king in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Sateda". Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually repressed father in the 2008 film Mulligans, a role of which Payne stated in 2016, "It is still one of my proudest efforts". He also appeared as Dollar Bill in Watchmen (2009).
Payne starred as Cesar Divine in the web based television series Divine:The Series that stretched four episodes.
Payne has starring roles in Hallmark Channel's 2016 movies All Yours, with Nicollette Sheridan and A Time To Dance, with Jennie Garth. Payne also landed a recurring role on Good Witch.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes2002Cover StoryUniformed Cop2006TruthRick MooreDirect-to-videoLovecraCked! The MovieMarkJohn Tucker Must DieSkip #62007Will of the WispHusbandShort filmUnbearable LoveWalterShort filmTaming TammyBill2008MulligansNathan DavidsonDanShort film2009Smile of AprilAdrianWatchmenDollar BillUnder the HoodDollar BillDirect-to-videoDriven to KillSergeiDirect-to-video2010IcarusDaveTransparencyPollardBlood: A Butcher's TaleVictor2011TrashGaryShort filmLast ChristmasDadShort film2012Mathew BucknerHidingNoah CarterDirect-to-videoUnderworld: AwakeningLycan Creature #2Christmas MiracleJoseph WellsEnsign PayneDirect-to-videoCharlieSally2013Leap 4 Your LifeHenryNo ClueChurch2016WarcraftClansmenStar Trek BeyondWadjet2018 The Steam Engines of OzBlackburnVoice role2022Corrective MeasuresPayback
Television Year Title Role Notes2001MythQuestOsirisEpisode: "Isis & Osiris: Part 1"2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas MovieHandsome ExecutiveTV movieSnow QueenVariousTV movie2002–2005Stargate SG-1Various13 episodes2003TV movieAnother CountryCop #2TV movieJust CauseChrisEpisode: "Lies, Speculation & Deception"SmallvilleLexcorp Airport SecurityEpisodes: "Exodus", "Phoenix"2004Pryor OffensesRandallTV moviePolicemanEpisode: "Pilot"Stargate AtlantisWraith WarriorEpisode: "Rising"Dead Like MeWalterEpisode: "Ashes to Ashes"2005WeathermanTV movieStargate AtlantisLt. ReedEpisode: "Runner"2006Stargate AtlantisBig Wraith / Super SoldierEpisodes: "Sateda", "Phantoms"SavedJonathan LockerEpisode: "Who Do You Trust?"WhistlerColinEpisode: "Gathering Clouds"Alice, I ThinkJohn MacLeod13 episodes2007SanctuaryMonster on TV / Corporate VampireEpisodes: "1.1", "1.8"Tin ManLongcoat LeaderTV miniseries2008Handsome Boyfriend (uncredited)Episode: "Cat in a Hot Tin Box"Stargate AtlantisMale Wraith (uncredited)Episode: "Spoils of War"Robson ArmsRichardEpisode: "Positivity"AlexTV movie2009Battlestar GalacticaSean EllisonEpisode: "Daybreak: Part 2"Health NutzWalter SchultzTV movie2010Human TargetFoster LaroucheEpisode: "Corner Man"BillHallmark MovieTower PrepCoach7 episodes2011Fairly LegalNick GrunyanEpisode: "Believers"Om Inc.Rash CustomerTV seriesDivine: The SeriesCesar Divine4 episodes2011–2012R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The SeriesVariousRecurring role2013 The HuntersCarter FlynnTV movie2014SupernaturalAbnerEpisode: "Road Trip"Once Upon a Time in WonderlandCaptain of the GuardEpisode: "To Catch a Thief"2015DescendantsKing BeastSHOOT: Disney’s DESCENDANTS Films at BC Legislature in Victoria , June 17, 2014, YVRshootsDisney Channel Original MovieAurora Teagarden MysteriesTorrance Hallmark Movies & Mysteries2016All YoursMatthew WalkerHallmark Movie A Time to DanceJohn ReynoldsHallmark MovieGood WitchJohn Dover/Recurring RoleHallmark Channel series; season 2Legends of TomorrowObsidianEpisode: "The Justice Society of America"2017Descendants 2King BeastDisney Channel Original MovieMech-X4TraegerSeason 22018Once Upon a TimeIvoEpisode "Chosen"2019Descendants 3King BeastDisney Channel Original Movie The FlashShay LamdenEpisode: "King Shark vs. Gorilla Grodd"Gabby Duran & the UnsittablesBruceEpisode: "It's Christmas, Gabby Duran!"2020Christmas She WroteDanHallmark MovieMatchmaker Mysteries: A Fatal RomanceEthan PlumeHallmark Movie2021Framed By My HusbandRick LoweTV movieJourney of My HeartDavis BellHallmark Movie2022Scented with LoveTedTV movieChristmas on Candy Cane LaneRobTV movie2023Fourth Down and LoveJimmy HansonTV movieChristmas at the ChaletCharlesTV movieHow To Fall In Love By ChristmasJackTV movie2025Percy Jackson and the OlympiansMarrow Sucker2 episodes2026Remarkably Bright CreaturesAdam WrightNetflix movie
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Official website