Greyston Holt

Greyston Holt
Greyston Holt in 2020
Born
Greyston Stefancsik

(1985-09-30) September 30, 1985 (age 39)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
Children1[1]

Greyston Holt (born September 30, 1985) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his role as Ray Prager Jr in the television series Durham County, as young Emerson Hauser in the Fox series Alcatraz,[2] and as Clayton Danvers in Space series Bitten.[3]

Personal life

Greyston Stefancsik was born in Calgary, Alberta. He was raised by his parents, Mike and Nancy, on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. His grandparents, Mike and Edith Stefancsik emigrated from Hungary in 1957 to Lethbridge.[4] Greyston's maternal grandmother, Anna Horvath also immigrated from Hungary with her parents in 1927.

During his high school years, he learned to play guitar after which he formed a band and played at various venues. He also took an acting class for the "extra credits" and fell in love with a new avenue of expression.[5]

Career

He moved to Vancouver after high school to pursue an acting career. He was cast in a small role in Killer Bash which was followed by another small role in Steven Spielberg's award winning miniseries, Into the West. After small roles in major television shows like Smallville, Blood Ties and The 4400, he was cast in a recurring role in Durham County for which he was nominated for a Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series. He was later cast in guest roles on Stargate Universe, Sanctuary, Fringe and Flashpoint.

In 2011, he was cast as the Young Emerson Hauser in the short-lived FOX series, Alcatraz.[2] His biggest role was being cast in Space fantasy/horror TV series Bitten[3] for which he received another "Leo Award" nomination.[6] The success of the show led to it being acquired by American basic cable channel, Syfy who renewed the show for a second 10-episode season.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Sisterhood Dan Direct-to-video
Credited as Greyston Stefancsik
2008 Lost Boys: The Tribe Evan Monroe Direct-to-video
2008 Slap Shot 3: The Junior League Riley Haskell Direct-to-video
2014 Lonesome Dove Church Isaac Shepherd
2014 See No Evil 2 Will Direct-to-video
2014 Deeper John Wilkinson
2022 Lou Chris

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Perfect Romance Long-haired kid Television film
Credited as Greyston Stefancsik
2005 Killer Bash Greg Television film
2005 Into the West Aaron Wheeler Miniseries; episode: "Dreams and Schemes"
2006 A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story Jaron Nabors Television film
2007 Smallville Tobias Rice Episode: "Freak"
2007 Blood Ties Brendan Episode: "Stone Cold"
2007–2010 Durham County Ray Prager Jr. Main role
2007 The 4400 Byron Lillibridge Episode: "One of Us"
2007 Flash Gordon Keith Parks Episode: "Life Source"
2007 Sabbatical Jordan Television film
2008 Nightmare at the End of the Hall Sam Television film
2010 Fakers Tanner Cruikshank Television film
2010 Seven Deadly Sins Cain Geary Miniseries; 2 episodes
2011 Fringe Vince Episode: "Os"
2011 Stargate Universe Corporal Reynolds Episode: "The Hunt"
2011 Sanctuary Lt. Coxswell Episode: "Into the Black"
2011 The Killing Game Charlie Television film
2011 Flashpoint Kevin Baines Episode: "Team Player"
2012 Alcatraz Young Emerson Hauser 3 episodes
2012 Once Upon a Time Frederick / Jim Episode: "What Happened to Frederick"
2012 Psych Todd Kramer Episode: "Shawn and the Real Girl"
2012 Hannah's Law Wyatt Earp Television film
2012 The Horses of McBride Simon Senegal Television film
2013 Borealis Dan Riordan Television film
2013 Emily Owens, M.D. Mrs. Duroux's son Episode: "Emily and... The Social Experiment"
2013 Arctic Air Jesse Backus Episode: "Stormy Weather"
2013 Motive Scott Hayward Episode: "Pushover"
2013 She Made Them Do It Rick Television film
2013 Cedar Cove Seth Gunderson Episode: "Pilot"
2014–2016 Bitten Clayton Danvers Main role
2014 Supernatural Dale Episode: "Alex Annie Alexis Ann"
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered Sam Episode: "Soulmates"
2014 The Christmas Secret Brad Television film
2015 All of My Heart Daryl Television film
2016–2017 No Tomorrow Mikhail 4 episodes
2016 A Puppy for Christmas Liam Television film
2017 Somewhere Between Kyle 6 episodes
2017 A Very Country Christmas Zane Gunther Television film
2018 Take Two Dylan Episode: "Ex's and Oh's"
2019 A Very Country Wedding Zane Gunther Television film
2019 The 100 Gavin / Marcus Kane II 2 episodes
2019–2022 Chesapeake Shores Jay Ross Recurring, seasons 4–5
2019 Batwoman Tyler 5 episodes
2020 50 States of Fright Scott Wilke 3 episodes
2020 Love Is a Piece of Cake Aidan Cooper Television film
2020 A Very Country Christmas Homecoming Zane Gunther Television film
2020 Cross Country Christmas Max Cooper Television film
2020 The Wedding Planners Jack Episode: "The Perfect Wedding"
2021 A Wedding to Remember Brian Wolf Television film
2021–2023 Riverdale Glen Scott Recurring role (season 5-6) Guest role (season 7); 9 episodes
2022 House of Chains Tye McGrath Television film
2023 FBI: International David Papp Episode: "Trust"
2023 The Night Agent Paulo 3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2008 Leo Award Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Durham County Nominated [8]
2014 Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Bitten Nominated [6]
2015 Golden Maple Awards Best Actor in a TV series broadcasted in the U.S. Nominated [9]
2021 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Television Movie Cross Country Christmas Nominated [10]
2023 Leo Awards Best Lead Performance - Male in a Television Movie House Of Chains Nominated [11]

References

  1. ^ "Greyston Holt and Girlfriend Cristina Rosato Welcome New Baby".
  2. ^ a b "Alcatraz - Casting News - Greyston Holt joins cast". SpoilerTV. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b Vlessing, Etan (April 9, 2013). "Greg Bryk, Greyston Holt and Paul Greene Join Canadian Sci-Fi Drama 'Bitten". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  4. ^ "January « 2012 « Greyston Holt Fan". Archived from the original on 2014-07-16. Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  5. ^ "Greyston Holt - TVSA". Retrieved 2014-06-26.
  6. ^ a b Past Nominees & Winners 2014 at www.leoawards.com
  7. ^ Prudom, Laura. "Syfy Acquires 'Bitten' for Season 2". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  8. ^ Past Nominees & Winners 2008 at www.leoawards.com
  9. ^ Levine, Sydney. "Golden Maple Awards'15 Winners Include Brandon Jay McLaren and Amanda Crew | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  10. ^ 2021 Nominees & Winners by Name at www.leoawards.com
  11. ^ 2023 Nominees & Winners by Name at www.leoawards.com