Canadian film and TV actor was born on August 7, 1979 in Edmonton, Alberta. He has appeared in a number of television productions, though he's most well-known for his role as Whitney Fordman on the hit series Smallville. He first enrolled in theater school when he was nine years old, believing that it would fulfill his childhood wish to be the center of attention. Other TV shows he's worked on include Night Man, Myth Quest, The Collector,
Ghost Whisperer ,
The Dead Zone , and
Criminal Minds . He has also acted in movies such as Legends of the Fall, Stealing Sinatra, Ginger Snaps: Unleashed, Heart of the Sun, and The Work and the Glory.
Flash Gordon is played by Eric Johnson in the Sci-Fi Channel's modern-day remake of the classic comic series Flash Gordon. In this new incarnation, Flash used to be an all-American, average young man, until he accidentally plummets through an interdimensional rift in space and winds up on the planet Mongo. He then embarks on one death-defying interplanetary adventure after the other, seeking out the location of his long-lost father, who may be in the clutches of Mongo's evil ruler, Ming. Going from local track and field star to a cosmic hero, he races against time to save both his loved ones and the planet Earth from Ming's diabolical machinations.
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