Bernie Coulson

Bernie Coulson
Coulson in 1998
Born
Bernard Coulson

1965 (age 58–59)
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Bernard Coulson (born 1965) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as "The Thinker" on The X-Files, as "Michael Reardon" on Intelligence, and as "Pipefitter", the drummer of a reuniting punk band, in the Canadian mockumentary Hard Core Logo.

Personal life

Coulson was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he graduated from Magee Secondary School in 1983.[citation needed] As of 2022, Coulson resided in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside where he was in rehab for a drug addiction.[1]

Career

Coulson shared an apartment with Brad Pitt in Los Angeles when they were both starting their careers.[1] Coulson played Sid in the 1979 TV series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends and as Sal in Loverboy. He played Kenneth Joyce, the star witness in the courtroom drama The Accused. He played "Rick Diesel" in Eddie and The Cruisers II, Eddie Lives. On television he has made guest appearances on MacGyver and Murder She Wrote, among others.[2] He has most recently starred in the 2016 Canadian thriller film Dark Harvest as the character Frank Becker.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "From Hollywood to Hastings: Vancouver actor recounts struggle with addiction and recovery | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. ^ Bernie Coulson at IMDb
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2939114/ [user-generated source]