Tom Scholte is a Canadian actor and academic.Lynn Mitges, "Students acting like they should; Program at UBC gives them the tools to take into the real world". The Province, January 10, 2008. He is most noted for his performances in the film Last Wedding, for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002Michael Posner, "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2001. and a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominee for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001,Katherine Monk, "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002. and The Dick Knost Show, for which he received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Actor in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013."And the 2014 VFCC nominees are...". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, December 22, 2013.

He has also appeared in the films Live Bait, Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure, No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the Bed, Lunch with Charles, Moving Malcolm, See Grace Fly, Fathers & Sons, Sisters & Brothers and Kingsway, and the television series The X-Files, Da Vinci's Inquest, and Cold Squad.

He was a cofounder of the Neworld Theatre Company in Vancouver, British Columbia,"Neworld Theatre". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, October 26, 2020. is a two-time Jessie Richardson Award nominee for his stage performances, and is a professor in the department of theatre and film at the University of British Columbia.

Scholte's academic work is in the intersection of theatre studies and cybernetics. In 2021, Scholte became Vice-President of the American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) Scholte is a presenter on the 'Systems and Cybernetics' podcast of the New Books Network.

Contributions to cybernetics Scholte's contributions to cybernetics have focused on the role of the creative arts with cyberneticsScholte, T. (2020). A proposal for the role of the arts in a new phase of second-order cybernetics. Kybernetes, 49(8), 2153-2170. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-03-2019-0172 and developing cybernetics' critical possibilities.Scholte, T., & Sweeting, B. (2022). Possibilities for a critical cybernetics. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2891

Scholte co-hosted the 2019 ASC conference 'Acting Cybernetically'.Scholte, T. (2020). You’re a cybernetician. Act like one! A commentary upon the 2019 conference of the American Society for Cybernetics. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 27(2), 9-15. https://www.chkjournal.com/node/360

Personal life He married actress Frida Betrani in 2004.Malcolm Parry, "Ode to the Travelall, the original SUV". Vancouver Sun, July 31, 2004.

Filmography

Film +YearTitleRole Notes1996Live BaitTrevor MacIntosh1997Drive, She SaidArnold The Gas Guy1998DirtyDavid1999Snow Falling on CedarsReporter2000No More Monkeys Jumpin' on the BedPeter2001Lunch with CharlesTom2001Last WeddingPeter2003 The CoreAcker2003Moving MalcolmMover2003See Grace FlyJames2004 The Thing BelowEdward Lynch2004Walking TallMerle Crowe2004Lies Like TruthDanny Fitterson2004EveryoneRoger2005 The Hamster CagePaulAlso producer2008CrimeBrent2008Mothers & DaughtersDinner Party Guest Thomas2010RepeatersSgt. Gerald Tibbs2010Fathers & SonsTom2011ExleyPoker Player #12011Sisters & BrothersHenry AdamsAlso co-creator2012Crimes of Mike RecketPeter2013 The Dick Knost ShowDick KnostAlso producer2014Bad CityThe Chief2018KingswayBar Buddy

Television YearTitleRole Notes1996Dead AheadDeputy HutchinsTelevision film1996Psi FactorHowie SamekEpisode: "The Infestation/Human Apportation"1996, 1997 The X-FilesMichael Sloan / Young JohansenEpisodes: "Detour"; "Piper Maru"1997Dead Man's GunDeputy Harold CooperEpisode: "Fortune Teller"1998 The Wonderful World of DisneyMonte MarksEpisode: "Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure"2001Da Vinci's InquestDavidEpisode: "Oppenheimer Park"2002 The Dead ZoneSports NutEpisode: "Unreasonable Doubt"2002 The Twilight ZoneWriter #1Episode: "Gabe's Story"2003Stargate SG-1ChazenEpisode: "Prophecy"2003Jinnah: On Crime - White Knight, Black WidowLen BirmbaumTelevision film2005Cold SquadLee StylesEpisode: "C'mon I Tip Waitresses"2021Trigger MePhillip2 episodes

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Refs 1999 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Dirty Past Nominees & Winners 1999 at www.leoawards.com 2000 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Babette's Feet Past Nominees & Winners 2000 at www.leoawards.com 2001 Leo Awards Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama What Else Have You Got? Past Nominees & Winners 2001 at www.leoawards.com 2002 17th Gemini Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" "And the Gemini winners are…" at playbackonline.ca 22nd Genie Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Last Wedding "Who will take home the hardware?" at playbackonline.ca Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Da Vinci's Inquest Episode: "Oppenheimer Park" Past Nominees & Winners 2002 at www.leoawards.com Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Last Wedding Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2001 Best Actor in Canadian Film Last Wedding 2004 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama See Grace Fly Past Nominees & Winners 2004 at www.leoawards.com Best Performance by a Male in a Short Drama Exposures 2011 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Fathers & Sons Past Nominees & Winners 2011 at www.leoawards.com 2012 Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama Sisters & Brothers Past Nominees & Winners 2012 at www.leoawards.com 2014 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013 Best Actor in a Canadian Film The Dick Knost Show

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