Early life and education

Hindle was born in Halifax to a Navy family. His family moved back to Ontario while he was a child. He grew up in Bowmanville, and later at the Beaches area of Toronto, attending Riverdale Collegiate and Malvern Collegiate.

At the Eli Rill workshop, Hindle studied Method. He thrived in this environment and soon started applying his knowledge to getting acting jobs. Further inspiration for becoming an actor was his uncle, Michael Kane, with whom Art finally had the opportunity to work in the film The Gunfighters.

Career

Hindle has made guest appearances in a long list of television programs in North America, and has also appeared in several movies, dating from 1971. His first major role was in a biker movie, The Proud Rider, spawned by the popularity of Easy Rider. Hindle worked with a real motorcycle gang, Satan's Choice of Oshawa. It was during the making of this that Art almost changed his professional name to Jeremy Kane. The producers thought that Hindle should have a more showbiz-sounding name. He chose Jeremy Kane (Kane in honor of his uncle), and even though he reverted to his birth name due to urging from his uncle, his "Jeremy Kane" pseudonym is still connected to the film.

In 1971, he was cast as Billy Duke in the film Face-Off. This film led to offers from Hollywood which he resisted until work dried up and Hindle, who had four children by this time, finally moved to Los Angeles in 1974. He had a supporting role in the Canadian horror film Black Christmas in 1974. He had a small role in the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. His biggest role was his part in Porky's.

From the early 1990s, Art has also worked as a director. He stars in and directs the popular series Paradise Falls showing on cable stations in the USA and on the Showcase channel in Canada.

Awards

Hindle has won a Gemini award.

Personal

Hindle is married and divides his time between California and Canada.

Select filmography

• Face-Off (1971)
• Black Christmas (1974)
• A Small Town in Texas (1976)
• The Clone Master (1978)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
• The Brood (1979)
• The Octagon (1980)
• Porky's (1981)
• Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
• The Wild Pony (1983)
• The Surrogate (1984)
• From the Hip (1987)
• The Gunfighters (1987)
• Into the Fire (1988)
• Speed Zone (1989)
• Liar, Liar (1993)
• Ice (1998)
• Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998)
• The Trip (2002)
• Blind Trust (2007) with Jessica Capshaw
• Lies and Crimes (2007) with Estella Warren
• Offspring (2009)
• Monster Brawl (2011)
• Sicilian Vampire (2015) as Detective Domenic Supray

TV appearances

• Dallas
• Kingston: Confidential
• Oneway with Til Schweiger
• Canadian Case Files
• Paradise Falls
• Total Recall 2070
• The Arrow
• Tom Stone
• JAG
• Due South
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
• Matlock
• E.N.G.
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents
• L.A. Law
• Friday the 13th: The Series
• Street Legal
• Night Heat
• 21 Jump Street
• Murder, She Wrote
• Hunter
• Airwolf
• MacGyver
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• Millennium

[ Source: Wikipedia ]