Early life

Ferguson was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and is a graduate of Appleby College and McGill University. Since he was born and raised around Montreal, which predominantly speaks French, he is bilingual speaking both French and English. Although he was born in Canada, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States.

Career

Ferguson was a member of the Montreal improv group On the Spot. He has been cast in many television series, television movies, and films, ranging from The Opposite of Sex to The Stupidest Angel. He was the lead for Eureka, a Syfy original series broadcast between 2006 and 2012. He was also a guest presenter for sci-fi news show HypaSpace.

On September 5, 2011, he appeared on the podcast Disasterpiece Theatre to discuss what Eureka might have looked like if it had been directed by Michael Bay. He starred in tv series Haven and The Vampire Diaries in 2013 and 2014. In January 2014, Ferguson became the newest "Maytag Repairman" in Maytag advertisements.

In July 2015, Ferguson began playing a recurring role in season three of the Hallmark Channel series Cedar Cove, as the new district attorney and a rival to Jack.

Personal life

Ferguson is a Montreal Canadiens fan, and he contributes to NHL.com as a celebrity blogger.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Rowing Through	Tiff Wood
1998	The Opposite of Sex	Tom De Lury
2001	The Surprise Party	Oscar
2005	Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber	Charles Fitz
2005	Guy in Row Five	Dean
2005	Mom at Sixteen	Bob Cooper
2006	Playing House	Michael Tate
2007	Because I Said So	Dereck Decker
2010	Lake Placid 3	Nathan Bickerman
2011	Life's a Beach	Pierre
2012	The Stupidest Angel	Tucker

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Tommy	Episode: "The Tale of C7"
1997	The Hunger	Peter Garson	Episode: "Bridal Suite"
1997	A Prayer in the Dark	Jimmy Flood	Movie
1997	Night Sins	Todd	Movie
1998	More Tales of the City	Burke Andrew	Miniseries
1998	The X-Files (TV series)	Unnamed US Marshal (Background 6:48)	Episode: "Kitsunegari"
1998	More Tales of the City	Burke Christopher Andrew	6 episodes
1999	Cover Me	Andrew Chase	2 Episodes
2000	Then Came You	Lewis	10 Episodes
2001	Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story	Van Foreman	Movie
2001	Inside the Osmonds	Mike Curb	Movie
2001	The Surprise Party	Oscar
2001	Titus	Dr. Bennet	Episode: "The Pendulum"
2001	Dead Last	Prince Torben of Mulravia	Episode: "The Mulravian Candidate"
2001	Becker	Clark	Episode: "Breakfast of Chumpions"
2001	Jennifer	Peter	Movie
2001	Malcolm in the Middle	Deputy Brock	Episode: "Malcolm's Girlfriend"
2002	We Were the Mulvaneys	Dr. Witt	Movie
2002	The Outer Limits	David	Episode: "Free Spirit"
2003	Imagine	Himself	Episode: "Imagine"
2003	Crossing Jordan	Brad Ferris	Episode: "Crossing Jordan"
2003	Coupling	Patrick Maitland	10 Episodes
2004	Americana	David	Movie
2004	Career Suicide	Rod	Movie
2004	Line of Fire	David Gwynn	4 Episodes
2005	Ladies Night	Jesse Grant	Movie
2005	Vinegar Hill	Tom Welton	Movie
2005	Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber	Charles Fitz	Movie
2005	Girlfriends	Eric Stone	Episode: "Trial and Errors"
2006	Teachers	Doug Diamond	Episode: "Testing"
2006	My Boys	Steve	Episode: "Take One for the Team"
2006	The House Next Door	Walker	Movie
2006-12	Eureka	Sheriff Jack Carter	77 episodes
2006	Eureka: Hide and Seek	Sheriff Jack Carter	7 episodes
2006/07	HypaSpace	Himself/guest presenter	2 episodes
2007	CSI: Miami	Dominic Whitford / Greg Ramsey	Episode: "Triple Threat"
2007	Christmas in Paradise	Dan Casey	Movie
2008	Eureka: Happenings Around Town	Sheriff Jack Carter	Movie
2008	Stan Maynard's Best Day Ever	The Doctor	Movie
2008	Fear Itself	Dennis Mahoney	Episode: "Family Man"
2008	Ghost Hunters	Himself	Episode: "USS Hornet"
2009	FedCon XVIII: The Golden Future	Himself	Movie
2010	Hollywood Treasure	Himself	Episode: "Chasing Rudolph"
2011	The Guild	Himself	Episode: "Social Traumas"
2011	Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray	Cutter Hanson	Movie
2012	Like Father	Van Lyons	Movie
2012	Tabletop	Himself	Episode: "Ticket to Ride"
2012	Primeval: New World	Howard Canin	Episode: "Breakthrough"
2013	Happily Divorced	Chris	Episode: "Peter's Boyfriend"
2013	Haven	William	8 episodes
2014	The Vampire Diaries	Thomas Vincent 'Tripp' Cooke	Recurring role in season 6
2014	Major Crimes	Agent Howard's doctor	Episode: "Zoo Story"
2015	Cedar Cove	District attorney Paul Watson	Recurring role

Director

Year	Production	Notes
2009	Eureka	Episode: "Your Face or Mine?" (3.10)
2010	Eureka	Episode: "The Story of O2" (4.4)
2010	Triassic Attack	Movie

Producer

Year	Production	Notes
2011-12	Eureka	11 episodes in seasons 4 & 5

[ Source: Wikipedia ]