Lawrence Bayne is a Canadian actor, born November 11, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has appeared in various movies and television series, both live action and animated. He also sings and writes for his band Simple Damned Device.Among his live-action characters, he is perhaps best known as Victor Pearson, the apparently nefarious scientist-next-door in the NBC/Discovery Kids television series Strange Days at Blake Holsey High, also known as Black Hole High. Victor was the father of the Science Club's Vaughn Pearson and generally functioned as the series' antagonist. Victor used a frictionless Chi ball he stole from the show's protagonist, Josie Trent, as a power source for his mysterious experiments at Pearadyne Labs.He also appeared in the third and fourth seasons (1999 and 2000) of La Femme Nikita, as an operative named Davenport. He also appeard in Pink Floyds music video "Learning to Fly".
Lawrence was a last minute replacement for August Schellenberg on a LIVE radio drama (Booster McCrane) recommended by August himself, knowing Lawrence was capable of an uncanny impersonation.
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Lawrence started his career appearing in a Pink Floyd video (Learning to Fly) which was their first video to be aired and won multiple awards around the world. It has been released on the "Pulse" DVD.
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Friend of Cal Dodd and George Buza, among other members of the 1992 animated X-Men cast.
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Auditioned for the role of Wolverine on the popular animated Fox adaptation of X-Men (1992) but the part went to his friend Cathal "Cal" J. Dodd instead, whom Bayne admitted was better for the part, while Bayne himself was cast as Cable.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beyblade
2002
TV Series
Zagart
Andromeda
2002
TV Series
Abelard
Loves Music, Loves to Dance
2001
TV Movie
Relic Hunter
2001
TV Series
Kantor
MythQuest
2001
TV Series
Set
Dream Storm
2001
TV Movie
Chief Neill Raymond
The Famous Jett Jackson
1999-2001
TV Series
Dr. Hypnoto
Superships
2001
TV Series
Narrator
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
2000
Video Game
Cable / Announcer (voice, uncredited)
The Accuser
2000
TV Series
Kyle / Charles Johnson Savitch (voice, as Lawrence Bain)
The Seventh Portal
2000
TV Series
Bearhug (voice)
X-Men: Mutant Academy
2000
Video Game
Professor Charles Xavier (voice)
Big Wolf on Campus
1999-2000
TV Series
Death
La Femme Nikita
1999-2000
TV Series
Davenport
Dirty Pictures
2000
TV Movie
Jerry Stein
Killing Moon
2000
TV Movie
Bill Hastings
Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend
1998-2000
TV Series
Hercules / WAR Spirit
Tribulation
2000
Zack Probert
Street Fighter III: Third Strike - Fight for the Future