Biography - Mike Dopud

Who is Mike Dopud?

Mike Dopud is an actor, stuntman, athlete by profession, and Canadian by nationality. He is best known for starring in White Noise as Detective Smits, and Alone in the Dark as Agent Turner.

Mike Dopud – Age, Parents, Siblings

Mike Dopud’s birth took place on June 10, 1968, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and was raised there by his parents. He has an older brother. Other details of his family including the identity of his mother, father, and siblings are not shared with the public.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, he attended Southern Illinois University where he earned a degree in Physiology and International Business Administration.

Mike Dopud’s ethnicity is Yugoslavian.

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Mike Dopud – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Mike Dopud married his longtime girlfriend Angela Schneider on 29 July 2000 after years of dating.  Schneider is also a Canadian actress. With his wife, he has two children – a son named Dane Dopud and a daughter named Danica Dopud. 

Currently, the couple is living a blissful marriage without rumors of extra-marital affairs and divorce.

Mike Dopud – Career

Early Days

While studying at Southern Illinois University, he was a four-year letterman and went on to a pro football career in the Canadian Football League. However, his career was cut short by a knee injury. After rehabilitating he played pro hockey in the Minor Leagues but due to injuries, his career in sports ended.

Dopud began his career as an actor in the mid-1980s. His debut role was in the film Maximum Overdrive (1986) but was uncredited. This was followed by small roles in the films The Silencer (1999), We All Fall Down (2000), See Grace Fly (2003), Chaos (2005), Far Cry (2008), and in the episode(s) of TV series Stargate SG-1 (2005, 2007), Smallville (2006-2009), Stargate Universe (2010-2011).

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Films, TV Series

In the last decade, Mike Dopud has had recurring roles in the TV series Grimm (2012), Mistresses (2013), Arrow (2016), iZombie (2017), and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017), to name a few. 

He has also appeared in the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Final Destination 5 (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Deadpool 2 (2018), and in the Lifetime TV film Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story (2020).

Co-stars

On the set of Poisoned Love: The Stacey Castor Story, Mike Dopud has worked with Nia Vardalos and Chanelle Peloso.

Mike Dopud – Awards, Nominations

In 2005 Dopud was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for his work in Walking Tall. 

Mike Dopud – Net Worth, Salary

The figure on the net worth and annual salary of Mike Dopud is under review.

Mike Dopud – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media sites Instagram and Twitter, Mike Dopud is followed by thousands of followers but is absent from Facebook.

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