Peter Stebbings

PETER STEBBINGS is the Canadian actor and filmmaker who wrote and directed Defendor, starring Woody Harrelson, Elias Koteas, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh. The film made its debut at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. Other projects in the works include feature films The Wrasslers, Kids on Fire, Bait and Tackle and Charlatan (based on The New York Times bestseller by Pope Brock). Stebbings also appeared in several television series including an adaption of Defendor with partners Darius Films and Prospect Park.

As an actor, his credits include leading roles in Kardia and The Limb Salesman, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival; the lead role of Marcus Alexander in the Showtime series Jeremiah; series lead Kevin Sharp in the Vancouver-based teen series Madison; Paul Deeds, the shrewd investment banker seen in the final two seasons of Traders; series lead Harley McPherson in Rabbit Fall; and series lead Billy Beckett in a two-hour backdoor pilot called S.I.S., for Spike TV. Stebbings also played recurring roles in Cra$h & Burn and Murdoch Mysteries.

In his work for the silver screen, Stebbings has had the privilege of working with Canadian film directors Mina Shum (Drive She Said), Bruce McDonald (Picture Claire) and Anais Gronofsky (On Their Knees, The Limb Salesman), among others. He has been nominated on three separate occasions for a Gemini and once for a Leo. In 2007, Stebbings co-wrote and produced Jack and Jill vs. the World, with Taryn Manning and Freddie Prinze Jr.

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