Callum Keith Rennie est un acteur canadien né le 14 septembre 1960 à Sunderland (Royaume-Uni). Il a commencé sa carrière dans des productions canadiennes, parmi lesquelles la série télévisée Un tandem de choc. Après avoir participé à près de cent films ou séries, il est surtout connu pour son rôle du Cylon Leoben dans la série télévisée Battlestar Galactica, et pour le personnage de Lew Ashby dans la série télévisée américaine Californication.

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Rennie was born to Scottish parents in Sunderland, then County Durham (now Tyne & Wear) in North East England. When he was four years old, the family emigrated to Canada. Rennie was brought up in middle-class Edmonton, Alberta, as the second of three boys. He graduated from Strathcona High School, where he met and befriended Bruce McCulloch from The Kids in the Hall. He dropped out from college and took up all sorts of odd jobs instead, leaving Edmonton for brief stays in Vancouver and Toronto before eventually settling in Vancouver. After a serious bout with alcoholism in his youth, Rennie managed to get his addiction under control at the age of 33 and was finally able to commit to acting.

He likes painting and admires abstract expressionist artists such as Basquiat, Motherwell and Pollock (the Champion spark-plug logo tattoo on his right arm is a homage to Stuart Davis). An enthusiast mountain climber in his youth, Rennie still practices various sports. He loves a game of hockey but is above all an avid golfer. He resides alternately in Vancouver and Los Angeles.

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