J R Bourne (his real name is David Bourne) was born in 1970, on April 8 in Toronto, Canada. He started his acting career at the age of 8. Parent Puzzle was the first time he appeared on a screen and has been on a number of different movies and TV shows since then.

Career

Being in a numerous different projects on both TV and cinema, J R Bourne is most famous for his role in Stargate SG-1, a science fiction show created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner. Bourne plays a character called Martouf, a leader of the Tok'ra. J R Bourne initially was auditioning for a different role, that of a more villainous nature but got a role of a hero. When talking about his experience on the set of  Stargate SG-1 Bourne said that he was really uncomfortable wearing Tok'ra's uniform. Another role the actor is famous for is on Teen Wolf where he plays Chris Argent. J R also made appearances on CSI: Miami, The Mentalist, Smallville, Suits and most recently he appeared on CW's superhero show Arrow where he played a villain named "Double Down", a metahuman who can throw magnetic cards from his body.

In terms of movies he was in, the most memorable was without a doubt The Exorcism of Emily Rose, a drama horror film directed by Scott Derrickson. The movie won Saturn Award for a Best Horror Film and got other different awards and nominations. It made around 144 million dollars world wide. Bourne was playing the role of Ray in the movie. The actor also was in The Butterfly Effect 2 and Gabe Toress' Brake, which was the last movie he appeared on.

J R Bourne was also in a commercial for Molson Beer.

Trivia

The actor has over 500 thousand followers in Twitter and is very active on social media.

Has blood of both English and Barbadian, bus his nationality is Canadian.

J R Bourne is married and has a wife despite the rumors of him being gay.

Bourne shares his birthday with a famous actress Robin Wright and a rock singer Matthew Healy.

The Canadian was a student at Ryerson Theatre School and before he got into acting he was in the business school. J R was a nickname given to him by his parents and not his friends like some people like to claim. Bourne only eats meat when it is a special occasion and he is an avid sports fan.

The actor is also a big environmentalist and a supporter of greener Earth. He expressed his support for various nonprofit organizations who are trying to save the planet.

Awards and nominations

In 2004, the actor was nominated for the Leo Award for Best Supporting Male Actor. His performance as Cliffie in the movie On the Corner also got him Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award.

It has been a long time since we have last seen J R Bourne on the cinema but he did have some really great moments as a television actor in recent years. Hopefully, he will appear on the big screen soon since he has a lot of fans who want to see him perform a more memorable role.