Known for Acting
Duane Murray is a Canadian actor, writer, producer, and director based in Hamilton, Ontario. He has an extensive stage background, including a performance in internationally renowned director Robert Wilson's Hamlet Machine at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, where he received a Gold Medal in improvisation, and a role in Nicky Silver's Raised in Captivity (directed by Paul Lampert) in both Toronto and the International Theater Festival in Berlin. He has received Gemini Award recognition for his television work, including An American in Canada and The Newsroom for the CBC. He also produced and starred in his own film Tkaronto and co-wrote and produced Red Rover. His notable film credits include Spotlight (2015, with Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton), Molly's Game (2017, with Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009, with Rachel Weisz and Eric Bana), Remember (2015, with Liam Neeson), Fahrenheit 451 (2018, with Michael B. Jordan), Amelia (2009, with Hilary Swank), Grey Gardens (2009, with Chastain and Catherine Keener), Flash of Genius (2008, with Ed Harris and Greg Kinnear), Special Correspondents (2016, with Bana and Ricky Gervais), and The Good Shepherd (2006, with Matt Damon and Sean Penn).
Filmography
29 films, 14 shows


Red Rover
2018 · 1h 35m · CA
After feeling he has nothing left to live for on earth, a lonely geologist tries to qualify for a one-way mission to Mars with the help of an offbeat musician who is just as lost as he is.


Boxed In
2009 · 4m
In this short film, a young woman of mixed ancestry struggles with an Equal Opportunity Form that requires her to respond to the dilemma: Ethnicity - Choose One.