Vincent Gale
actor
Vincent Gale (born 6 March 1968) is a Scottish-born Canadian film and television actor, who won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 2002 Genie Awards for his performance in the film Last Wedding. He is perhaps best known for playing Phil "Flesh" Fleischman in the Syfy series Van Helsing.
Career
Gale's other acting credits include the films Firewall, Bye Bye Blues, Fathers & Sons, Inuyasha: Affections Touching Across Time and Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, and the television series Snowpiercer, The Dragon Prince, Neon Rider, Queer as Folk, Da Vinci's Inquest, X-Men: Evolution, Dragon Boys, Eureka, Blackstone, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Universe, Battlestar Galactica, Bates Motel, Supernatural, Arrow, and Supergirl. He played "Flesh" on the Syfy network series Van Helsing.
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