Robert Higden

Robert Higden is a Canadian actor best known for his portrayal of the absent-minded vice-principal, Mr. Noseworthy, on the popular YTV series Radio Active. He has appeared in over 30 feature films including: The Reagans opposite Judy Davis, Battlefield Earth opposite John Travolta, Gleason opposite Brad Garrett, The Human Stain opposite Gary Sinise, and Taking Lives, opposite Angelina Jolie. As a founding member of Montreal’s On the Spot, Robert has been performing improv for well over a decade. He was even chosen to compete on the Montreal team in the Just For Laughs Improv Tournament for several years running. As a director, he has received a Gemini nomination for his work on the CBC series Edible Incredible, as well as a Canadian Comedy Award nomination for his work on Radio Active. (He often stage directed episodes he wasn’t in.) As for writing, much of Robert’s work has been for sketch comedy shows and for his own stand up routines, but he has also written for TV, and has 4 feature length screenplays under his belt, which he is currently shopping around. And of course, he continues to make his own films which have won him best short in the Actra shorts festival two years in a row, and best film in ASM’s 48 Hour Film Festival, 3 out of the 6 times he has entered.

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Upside Down (2012)

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In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Diego Solanas
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Jim Sturgess  •  Timothy Spall  •  James Kidnie

In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure that poses the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan Diego Solanas
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Jim Sturgess  •  Timothy Spall  •  James Kidnie

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Campbell Scott  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Campbell Scott  •  Matthew Broderick  •  Gwyneth Paltrow

Love & Human Remains (1994)

In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Thomas Gibson  •  Ruth Marshall  •  Cameron Bancroft  •  Mia Kirshner

In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits tables, pursues an aimless romance with a younger coworker, Candy dabbles in both same-sex and heterosexual ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Denys Arcand
CAST:  Thomas Gibson  •  Ruth Marshall  •  Cameron Bancroft  •  Mia Kirshner

Black Swarm (2007)

A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly; an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Winning
CAST:  Sebastien Roberts  •  Sarah Allen  •  Jayne Heitmeyer  •  Rebecca Windheim

A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly; an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Winning
CAST:  Sebastien Roberts  •  Sarah Allen  •  Jayne Heitmeyer  •  Rebecca Windheim

Savage Messiah (2002)

As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Polly Walker  •  Luc Picard  •  Isabelle Blais  •  Louis Ferreira

As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physical abuse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Philip Azzopardi
CAST:  Polly Walker  •  Luc Picard  •  Isabelle Blais  •  Louis Ferreira

Salt on Our Skin (1992)

A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Birkin
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Greta Scacchi  •  Hanns Zischler  •  Anaïs Jeanneret

A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Birkin
CAST:  Vincent D'Onofrio  •  Greta Scacchi  •  Hanns Zischler  •  Anaïs Jeanneret

The Legend of Sarila (2013)

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nancy Florence Savard
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Rachelle Lefevre  •  Dustin Milligan  •  Tim Rozon

Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nancy Florence Savard
CAST:  Christopher Plummer  •  Rachelle Lefevre  •  Dustin Milligan  •  Tim Rozon

The High Cost of Living (2011)

The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels, Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But Henry is not quite ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Chow
CAST:  Isabelle Blais  •  Zach Braff  •  Patrick Labbé  •  Julian Lo

The story of a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident. As her life unravels, Nathalie finds an unlikely protector in Henry, a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But Henry is not quite ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Chow
CAST:  Isabelle Blais  •  Zach Braff  •  Patrick Labbé  •  Julian Lo

Hysteria (1997)

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Daalder
CAST:  Patrick McGoohan  •  Amanda Plummer  •  Joanne Vannicola  •  Michael Maloney

Legendary actor Patrick McGoohan turns his famous character from THE PRISONER upside down as the psychiatrist in charge of an insane asylum. He has connected his inmates into a group mind where they share each other's psychoses, dreams and sexuality with all the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Daalder
CAST:  Patrick McGoohan  •  Amanda Plummer  •  Joanne Vannicola  •  Michael Maloney

Swamp Devil (2008)

SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Winning
CAST:  Bruce Dern  •  Cindy Sampson  •  Nicolas Wright  •  Robert Higden

SWAMP DEVIL is the story of young Melanie Blaime (Cindy Sampson) and her father Howard (Bruce Dern). After a long estrangement from her father for reasons not entirely clear, Melanie returns to her childhood home of Gibbington, Vermont to confront the realization ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Winning
CAST:  Bruce Dern  •  Cindy Sampson  •  Nicolas Wright  •  Robert Higden

Vanished (1995)

Vanished is the story of the mysterious abduction of the son of a man and woman - an almost unthinkable tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Kaczender
CAST:  George Hamilton  •  Lisa Rinna  •  Robert Hays  •  Maurice Godin

Vanished is the story of the mysterious abduction of the son of a man and woman - an almost unthinkable tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Kaczender
CAST:  George Hamilton  •  Lisa Rinna  •  Robert Hays  •  Maurice Godin

Dead Awake (2001)

An insomniac who walks the streets at night witnesses a murder which triggers a strange chain of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc S. Grenier
CAST:  Stephen Baldwin  •  Macha Grenon  •  Michael Ironside  •  Edward Yankie

An insomniac who walks the streets at night witnesses a murder which triggers a strange chain of events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc S. Grenier
CAST:  Stephen Baldwin  •  Macha Grenon  •  Michael Ironside  •  Edward Yankie

Wilder (2000)

The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Gibbons
CAST:  Pam Grier  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Romano Orzari  •  Simone-Elise Girard

The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Gibbons
CAST:  Pam Grier  •  Rutger Hauer  •  Romano Orzari  •  Simone-Elise Girard

Bad Apple (2004)

Black Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister resulting in a deadly game between the criminals and cops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Bernstein
CAST:  Chris Noth  •  Colm Meaney  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Robert Patrick

Black Comedy about a undercover FBI agent in New York who falls for his informant's sister resulting in a deadly game between the criminals and cops.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Bernstein
CAST:  Chris Noth  •  Colm Meaney  •  Mercedes Ruehl  •  Robert Patrick

Student Seduction (2003)

Christie Dawson always wanted to be the "cool" teacher. But her world is shaken up after a pupil's crush spirals out of control and he sexually assaults her. Suddenly, her colleagues, neighbors and even her hubby are wondering whether she crossed the line and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Svatek
CAST:  Elizabeth Berkley  •  Corey Sevier  •  Rick Roberts  •  Sarah Allen

Christie Dawson always wanted to be the "cool" teacher. But her world is shaken up after a pupil's crush spirals out of control and he sexually assaults her. Suddenly, her colleagues, neighbors and even her hubby are wondering whether she crossed the line and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Svatek
CAST:  Elizabeth Berkley  •  Corey Sevier  •  Rick Roberts  •  Sarah Allen

The Human Stain (2003)

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benton
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Ed Harris  •  Gary Sinise

Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benton
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins  •  Nicole Kidman  •  Ed Harris  •  Gary Sinise

Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)

When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Herek
CAST:  Ellen Muth  •  Jasmine Guy  •  Callum Blue  •  Sarah Wynter

When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and fame, George breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Herek
CAST:  Ellen Muth  •  Jasmine Guy  •  Callum Blue  •  Sarah Wynter

The Long Winter (1999)

In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Brault
CAST:  Francis Reddy  •  David Boutin  •  Micheline Lanctôt  •  Claude Gauthier

In 1838, Francois-Xavier Bouchard (Francis Reddy) fights beside his Quebec countrymen and the English minority.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Brault
CAST:  Francis Reddy  •  David Boutin  •  Micheline Lanctôt  •  Claude Gauthier

WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)

Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Gillard
CAST:  Matt Lanter  •  Amanda Walsh  •  Gary Reineke  •  Colm Feore

Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Gillard
CAST:  Matt Lanter  •  Amanda Walsh  •  Gary Reineke  •  Colm Feore

The Secret (2007)

Husband, wife, and daughter have moved from Boston to Williamstown. At 16, Samantha treats her mother shabbily, but when the two of them are in a horrific car crash, the mother wills Sam to live, somehow losing her own life while her spirit enters Sam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Perez
CAST:  David Duchovny  •  Olivia Thirlby  •  Lili Taylor  •  Millie Tresierra

Husband, wife, and daughter have moved from Boston to Williamstown. At 16, Samantha treats her mother shabbily, but when the two of them are in a horrific car crash, the mother wills Sam to live, somehow losing her own life while her spirit enters Sam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Perez
CAST:  David Duchovny  •  Olivia Thirlby  •  Lili Taylor  •  Millie Tresierra
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