R.H. Thomson

R.H. Thomson
Biographical information
Born	September 24, 1947 Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Birth name	Robert Holmes Thomson
Career information
Stage name	R.H. Thomson
Years active	1978–present
Character(s)	Jasper Dale Jeremiah Dale Matthew Cuthbert

R.H. Thomson is a Canadian actor who is well known for his roles as Jasper Dale and Jeremiah Dale in Road to Avonlea (1990–1996). He currently portrays Matthew Cuthbert in the Canadian TV series Anne with an E (2017–2019).

Biography

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Robert Holmes Thomson was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto as well as the National Theatre School.

In 2010, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1978	Tyler
1979	The Newcomers
	L'homme en colére	Borke
	An American Christmas Carol	Thatcher
1980	Population of One	John Trueman
1981	Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper	Lee Schatz
	Ticket to Heaven	Linc Strunc
	Surfacing	David
	Happy Memories	Rick
1982	If You Could See What I Hear	Will Sly
1983	The Terry Fox Story	Dr. Simon
	Snow	Jim
	Cornet and Night	The Stranger
1984	Charlie Grant's War	Charlie Grant
1985	Vision Quest	Kevin
	Martin's Day	Paul Mennen
	The Ray Bradbury Theatre	Morgan
	Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
	Samuel Lount	Samuel Lount
	The Legs of the Lame
	Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
1986	The Marriage Bed	Dr. Jeff Reilly
	Philip Marlowe, Private Eye	Frank Barsley
1987	Stranger in My Bed	Dr. Davidson
	Screen Two
	Ford: The Man and the Machine	Edsel Ford
	And Then You Die	James McGrath
	Moonlighting	Steven Hill
	Wednesday's Children: David	Jim
1988	Glory Enough for All	Frederick Banting
	The Campbells	Andrew Jordan
	The Twilight Zone	Dr. Burrell
	The King Chronicle: Part 3: Mackenzie King and the Zombie Army
	The First Season	Eric Anderson
1989	Champagne Charlie	Robert Morgan
	Love and Hate	Gerry Allbright
1990	Defy Gravity	Bill Fiddich
1990–1996	Road to Avonlea	Jasper Dale
1991	The Quarrel	Chaim Kovler
	Mark Twain and Me	Albert Paine
1992	By Way of the Stars	Priest
1993	Inner Mountains, Inner Valleys
	Bonds of Love	Jake Hobart
	The Lotus Eaters	Hal Kingswood
1994	The Babymaker: The Dr. Cecil Jacobson Story	Bill Castelano
	My Breast	Luke
	Bizet's Dream	Delaborde / Escamillo
	Max	Andy Blake
1995	Net Worth	Milton Mound
	Duncan Campbell Scott: The Poet and the Indians	Duncan Campbell Scott
1996	Murder at My Door	Ed McNair
1997	Twilight of the Ice Nymphs	Issac Solti
	Silent Cradle	David Greg
	Home Game
1998	Bone Daddy	Stone
1999	In Memory
	Cry Rape	Ray Marcassi
	Foolish Heart	Other Judge
	P.T. Barnum	James Anthony Bailey
	The Industry
2000	Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace	Knobloch
	The Dinosaur Hunter	Reverend Smythe
	The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne	Count Nicolai Kugarin
2001	The Associates	Angus McGregor
	The Royal Scandal	Mycroft Holmes
	University	Harry Copeland
2002	The Stork Derby	Hugh McLean
	Trudeau	Mitchell Sharp
	The Battle of Mary Kay	Richard Rogers
	Tom Stone	Peter Krieghoff
2003	Bug	Reynolds
	The Piano Man's Daughter	Frederick Wyatt
	Full-Court Miracle	Rabbi Lewis
2004	Human Cargo	Peter Fowler
2005	Ten Days to Victory	Narrator
2006	Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story	Dr. Moulds
	Population 436	Sheriff Jim Calcutt
	Find	Man
	Who Loves the Sun	Arthur Bloom
	October 1970	James Richard Cross
2008	The Englishman's Boy	Tom Hardwick
	Well Kept Secrets - Athanassia	Manuel
2009	Chloe	Frank
2010	Republic of Doyle	Francis Chafe
	New Year	Terry Cook
	Whirligig	Andre
2012	King	Randall King
	Jesus Henry Christ	Billy Herman
2013	Cracked	Robert Kelly
2016	Love's Complicated	Senator
2017	Anne with an E	Matthew Cuthbert

Behind the scenes

• On October 21, 2016, it was announced that Thomson would play Matthew Cuthbert in the CBC's TV series Anne with an E (2017–2019).

Gallery

Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 26 images of R.H. Thomson (view category).

External links

• R.H. Thomson at the Internet Movie Database
• R.H. Thomson on Wikipedia