Born in
Toronto,
Potter discovered a
love of acting in school but never considered pursuing it as a career. Eventually he worked as a stockbroker in Europe and in
Canada, while continuing to perform in amateur theater productions. He caught the attention of
Martha Henry,
one of Canada's leading actresses, who
cast him in the
Canadian production of "
Biloxi Blues" in Toronto. Potter won
rave reviews and within a month landed a leading role in the
CBC television series "Material World" (1990). He
made a
name for himself in television starring in two long-running
popular dramatic series, which at
one point let to him appearing on screen in two different roles at the same
time. He played
David Carradine's son and crime fighting partner in "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues" (1993), which debuted in 1993 and aired for
four seasons, and starred as a hard-hitting
police sergeant for three years in
USA Network's "Silk Stalkings" (1991), for which he also served as an episode director. Some of his other credits include CBS's
Open House (2003) (TV) ,
Rush of Fear (2003) (TV), the ABC pilots
The Big House (2001) (TV) and "Astronauts" (2002), "Andromeda", the USA Network television movie, The Waiting Game (1998) (TV), as the
voice of Gambit in
the Fox animated series "
X-Men" (1992) and as a guest
star on"Will &
Grace" (1998). An
actor with a
flair for edgy, unconventional roles, Potter recently guest starred as
Dr.
David Cameron in the first season of Showtime's much-talked-about
hit series, "Queer as Folk" (2000). He has also
just completed production on the upcoming Miramax feature film release Spymate (2003) and will be seen in the ABC mini-series "Wrinkle in
Time, A" (2003) (mini). In 2001, he received the
New York International Independent Film &
Video Festival Award for
best actor for his first feature film role in the
drama Rocket's
Red Glare (2000/
II) .
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