Actor Alan Van Sprang: career, filmography, personal life

Today we’ll talk about such a famous Canadian actor as Alan Van Sprang. What films did the artist star in? How successful was his career? What is known about Alan Van Sprang's personal life? All this is described in this article.

early years

Alan Van Sprang was born on June 19, 1971 in the Canadian city of Calgary (Alberta). The boy’s father, Emil and Uncle Cornelis, were musicians. They earned money to provide for their own families, acting as part of the rock group Stampeders, the peak of popularity of which came in the 60s.

Alan Van Sprang received his elementary education at the prestigious Crescent Hights Private School. It was here that the young man began to comprehend the basics of stage mastery. His first acting auditions took place at a local theater site. In 1992, the guy continued his education at Mount Royal College, where he studied music and rhetoric.

Theatrical activity

Having become a certified artist, Alan decided not to stop performing on the stage. For the entire three seasons after college, the guy played in Shakespearean plays, and then worked for several years in the theater of his native city of Calgary. Having gained experience, he became seriously interested in filming a movie. Following his dream of becoming a famous Hollywood actor, Van Sprang moved to Los Angeles. Here he began his career, taking on any role, as well as participating in entertaining television shows.

Movie debut

Alan began acting in a big movie in 1995, when he was invited to play a character named Longbro in the crime movie "People are Good and Bad." In the same year, the young actor was noticed by the creators of the film "Dangerous intentions." Here, the artist played a minor hero Marshall Cameron.

Career development

After a fairly successful start, shooting was followed in an endless series of television series. The lack of noticeable changes in career development made the actor think about changing his own image. Alan decided to shave his head baldly, hoping to get an invitation to the role of "bad guys." This artist was prompted by several cases when he lost the right to shoot in promising action films to actors who possessed more aggressive, courageous types.

Alan's idea soon bore fruit. In 2002, the actor was invited to the role of the bandit Mikel Kalves in the crime thriller "Drug Baron" directed by Joe Carnahan. Our hero’s partners on the set were such stars of American action movies as Ray Liotta and Jason Patrick. Subsequently, the film won a nomination for the Sundance Film Festival Award in the Best Drama Film category, and Van Sprang finally became a well-recognized actor.

Another success came to the artist after filming in the horror film of the cult director George Romero "The Diaries of the Dead." In the film, which was the next version of the zombie apocalypse, actor Van Sprang played Colonel Crockett. According to the plot, the character leads a group of survivors in the fight against the walking dead.

In 2010, a logical continuation of the sensational picture followed. In the new creation of director George Romero called "Survival of the Dead", Alan appeared on the screen in the same manner as in the previous film.

In 2016, Van Sprang was approved for the role of a character named Valentin Morgenstern in the ABC Family multi-part television project “Twilight Hunters”. The series is based on a series of literary fiction by the writer Cassandra Clare called The Mortal Instruments. At the moment, participation in the project remains the last work of Alan Van Sprang in the cinema.

Alan Van Sprang: movies

During his career in Hollywood cinema, the actor starred in several dozen films. Note the films with his participation:

• "Dangerous intentions."
• "Steal this movie."
• “People are good and bad.”
• "Drug Baron."
• "The Gospel of John."
• "Kingdom".
• "Reading the mind."
• Cheeky Los Angeles.
• The Phantom Strike.
• "Yvel Knivel."
• "Cops recruits."
• "Saw 3".
• "In the darkness".
• "Happy card."
• "Diaries of the Dead."
• The Tudors.
• "Become kings."
• "Newsroom".
• "In the hope of salvation."
• "Being Erica."
• ReGenesis.
• "Survival of the Dead."
• King
• "The mission of clairvoyance."
• Paradise Falls.
• Degrassi: The Next Generation.
• "Hot spot".
• “Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal.”
• "Defective detective."
• "The best years."
• "Antidote".
• The Conspirators.
• Revelations of the Young Bride.
• "Kingdom".
• "Her name was Nikita."
• "Closer and closer."
• "Mutants X."
• "Earth: The Last Conflict."
• "Land of Angels."
• "The stolen miracle."
• "War of the Gods: Immortals."
• The Lizard.
• "Made in Canada."
• Twilight Hunters.

Alan Van Sprang: personal life

What can you say about the life of an actor outside the set? Who is Alan Van Sprang married to? The artist’s wife is a rather famous American actress and successful choreographer Sarah Robishod. In 2002, the famous married couple had a first-born, who was given the name Logan Joseph. Currently, the family lives happily in their own mansion in the Canadian city of Toronto.