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Bruce (born April 21,
1980) is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Chris Hughes on
the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns and Paul Dierden on BBC America and Space's Orphan Black. Bruce
was born on April 21, 1980, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in Boundary Bay. Bruce attended University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and
graduated with a degree in Drama and Economics before moving to Los Angeles, California. He launched his career by modeling in Seattle through Seattle Models Guild. He appeared on the
cover of the November 10, 2004, issue of Daily Variety. In
2005, Bruce landed his first role as Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) Agent Martin
Kail on 24: Conspiracy,
a mobile-only spin-off of the television series 24. That same year, he guest-starred for two episodes on
the NBC daytime soap opera Passions and appeared as a waiter on the
television sitcom Joey. In 2006, he appeared on The Sopranos and on the reality television
series Breaking Up with Shannen
Doherty. He appeared as Sam Marquez (Vanessa Marcil)'s secretary, Anthony, on Las Vegas in
2007. In 2007, Bruce landed his most notable role of Chris Hughes on
the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns.
Bruce became the eighth actor to play the role, succeeding Bailey Chase, who played the role from January 29, 2003 to
January 20, 2005. Bruce made his debut on October 25, 2007. In August 2008, it
was announced that Bruce was downgraded to recurring status. He made his final
appearance on October 15, 2008. Bruce made his big screen debut in the Denzel Washington thriller Unstoppable. In 2011,
Bruce starred in Hallmark Channel's
original film Love's Christmas Journey.
In the following year, he had the role of Mark Hanson in Lifetime's thriller
film Willed to Kill. As of 2013, Bruce co-stars as Paul Dierden on
the sci-fi television series Orphan Black, co-produced by Space and BBC America. He also guest-stars as Adam Donner on The CW series Arrow. In 2014, Bruce starred as Bart Winslow in the
modern remake of V.C. Andrews's Flowers in the Attic,
and its sequel, Petals on the Wind. In
January 2015, Bruce starred in the television movie A Novel Romance on
the Hallmark Channel. In May
2015, after leaving Orphan Black, Bruce
said: "I count my lucky stars every day to have been blessed with this
experience. Paul was definitely a fun character to play, I really had fun
researching him and researching military guys and how they operate and how they
think. It was just a really, really life-altering experience that I'll never
forget." In October 2015, Bruce appeared in Heroes Reborn as
Captain James Dearing in recurring role. In 2016, Bruce starred in the action
comedy movie First Round Down. He
currently stars in the NBC series Midnight, Texas, where he plays Bobo Winthrop.