Tyler Labine

Tyler Labine
Labine at the 2012 Genie Awards
Born (1978-04-29) April 29, 1978 (age 46)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Carrie Ruscheinsky
​
(m. 2007)​
(separated)

Tyler Labine (born April 29, 1978[1]) is a Canadian-American[2] actor. He is best known for starring in the film Tucker & Dale vs Evil, the television series Breaker High, Invasion, Reaper, Deadbeat and as Dr. Iggy Frome, head of psychiatry, in the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam.

Life and career

Labine grew up in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. He is the brother of actors Kyle Labine and Cameron Labine. He played the role of Dave Groves in Invasion,[3] and Bert "Sock" Wysocki in Reaper,[4] and Dale in the comedy-horror film Tucker & Dale vs Evil.[5][6] He played the lead character in the 2010 Fox comedy series Sons of Tucson, but the show was cancelled after four episodes (the remaining nine episodes that were shot aired that summer).

He also played Jimmy Mortimor Farrell on YTV's Breaker High from 1997 to 1998. In 2011, he co-starred in the CBS comedy Mad Love as Larry Munsch. He starred in the NBC comedy series Animal Practice alongside Justin Kirk and Bobby Lee, which premiered in September 2012. He also starred in the Hulu show Deadbeat. In 2017, he played Sherlock Hobbs in the second season of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

From 2018 to 2023, he was part of the main cast of New Amsterdam where he played Head of Psychiatry, Dr. Iggy Frome.

Personal life

Labine at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con to promote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Labine married Carrie Ruscheinsky on June 2, 2007.[7][better source needed]

He was hospitalized in July 2023 for a potentially fatal blood clot in his stomach.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Tail Lights Fade Grower Brian
2000 Mr. Rice's Secret Percival "Percy" McConnell
2000 Marine Life Ray
2000 Here's to Life! Malcolm
2001 Antitrust Redmond
2002 Lone Hero Tim
2002 Canadian Zombie Trent Short film
2003 My Boss's Daughter Spike
2003 Evil Alien Conquerors Croker
2004 Pursued Wade Steiner
2005 Aurora Borealis Finn
2006 Flyboys Briggs Lowry
2006 Extreme Walking Crunk Styles
2008 Control Alt Delete Lewis
2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno Drunk Customer
2009 The Zero Sum Chris
2010 Tucker & Dale vs Evil Dale Dobson
2010 Badass Thieves Max Short film
2010 Fathers & Sons Sean
2011 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Mike McCrudden
2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Robert Franklin
2011 Sisters & Brothers Sean
2012 Best Man Down Lumpy
2013 Monsters University Brock Pearson Voice
2013 Rapture-Palooza Shorter Wraith
2013 Cottage Country Todd Chipowski
2013 That Burning Feeling Frank Purdy
2014 Someone Marry Barry Barry Burke
2014 Killing Winston Jones Doug Beaudin
2014 Mountain Men Toph
2015 Weepah Way for Now Record Executive
2015 Zoom Bob
2016 The Boss Mike[9]
2017 Little Evil Karl C. Miller
2017 Big Bear Nick
2018 Super Troopers 2 Mountie Christophe Bellefuille
2018 Broken Star Daryl
2019 Escape Room Mike Nolan
2021 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Flashback - Mike Nolan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 Street Legal Aaron Wineberg Episode: "Eye of the Beholder"
1992 The Odyssey Eagle Episode: "Checkpoint Eagle"
1992–1993 Road to Avonlea Alphie Bugle 2 episodes
1993 Madison Bobby Devries Episode: "Last Pick"
1994 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Mark Peterson Episode: "The Tale of the Silent Servant"
1995 The Commish Eddie Episode: "The Johnny Club"
1996 The X-Files Stoner Episodes: "War of the Coprophages", "Quagmire"
1996 Robin of Locksley Little John Television film
1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Mark Television film
1997 Millennium Gavin Episode: "Loin Like a Hunting Flame"
1997–1998 Breaker High Jimmy Farrell 44 episodes
1998 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Elderbob Episode: "Honey, It's No Fun Being an Illegal Alien"
1999 First Wave Billy Episode: "Melody"
1999 Cold Squad Eddie Episode: "Death, a Love Story"
1999 H-E Double Hockey Sticks Mark Television film
1999 In a Class of His Own Charles "Charlie" Zaken Television film
2000 The Immortal Byron Episode: "Studio D"
2000 By Dawn's Early Light Ox Television film
2000 2gether Noel Andrew Davies Television film
2000–2001 Action Man Brandon Caine 8 episodes
2001 Dark Angel Cyril the Biochemist Episode: "Radar Love"
2001 Dead Last Scotty Sallback 13 episodes
2002 That Was Then Donnie Pinkus 4 episodes
2003 The Twilight Zone Wesley Episode: "Sunrise"
2003 Da Vinci's Inquest Hector Episode: "Iffy Areas Around the Edges"
2003–2004 Jake 2.0 Seymour 2 episodes
2004 Like Cats and Dogs Alex Television film
2004–2005 Kevin Hill Lukas Shapiro 2 episodes
2005 Into the West Larkin Episode: "Dreams and Schemes"
2005 Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork and Mindy John Belushi Television film
2005–2006 Invasion Dave Groves 22 episodes
2006 Saved Kent Fembley Episode: "Code Zero"
2006 Boston Legal A.D.A. Jonathan Winant 5 episodes
2007 Traveler Eddie Hahn Episode: "The Trader"
2007–2009 Reaper Bert "Sock" Wysocki 31 episodes
2010 Sons of Tucson Ron Snuffkin 13 episodes
2010 True Love Larry Television film
2011 Mad Love Larry Munsch 13 episodes
2012–2013 Animal Practice Dr. Doug Jackson 9 episodes
2013 Super Clyde Duke Television film
2014–2016 Deadbeat Kevin Pacalioglu 36 episodes
2014 Royal Pains Executive Chef Franklin Scott Episode: "Everybody Loves Ray, Man"
2016 The X-Files Stoner Episode: "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster"
2016–2018 Voltron: Legendary Defender Hunk Voice; 72 episodes
2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Sherlock Hobbs 7 episodes
2017 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World Bert "Sock" Wysocki Episode: "Old Friends"
2018–2023 New Amsterdam Dr. Iggy Frome Main Cast
2018 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Shawn Dumont Episode: "The Gang Gets New Wheels"

Video games

Year 2018 Title Role Notes
2017 DreamWorks Voltron VR Chronicles Hunk (voice)

References

  1. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (2023-04-29). "Today's famous birthdays list for April 29, 2023 includes celebrities Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis". cleveland. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  2. ^ "Celebrities Who Became U.S. Citizens".
  3. ^ "Sundance 2010: Tyler Labine Talks What Could Have Been in Store for Invasion Fans". Dreadcentral.com. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  4. ^ Submitted by Chainsaw on Tue, 11/03/2009 – 2:41am. "Temp Trailer and Sales Art for Tucker and Dale vs. Evil". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Trailer Debut: 'Tucker & Dale vs Evil'!". Bloody-disgusting.com. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  6. ^ "Sundance '10: Tucker & Dale vs Evil Bloody Corpse". Bloody-disgusting.com. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  7. ^ "Carrie Ruscheinsky". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  8. ^ France, Lisa Respers (2023-07-05). "Tyler Labine's stomachache turned out to be a potentially fatal condition". CNN. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (March 11, 2015). "Tyler Labine To Star In Dan O'Shannon CBS Pilot, Joins 'Michelle Darnell' Feature". Deadline. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
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