13 Facts About Anthony Lemke

In French Canada, Lemke is best known for playing David Rothstein on the comedy-drama Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin.

Anthony Lemke is the child of immigrants, his parents having arrived from the Netherlands and East Prussia in the early 1960s.

Anthony Lemke attended elementary and high school in French under the immersion programs at Knoxdale Public School, Greenbank Middle School, and Sir Robert Borden High School in Nepean.

Anthony Lemke holds degrees in both common law and civil law, having graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with Distinction.

Anthony Lemke landed his first professional role in a production of the play Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii by the Canadian playwright Allan Stratton at what is the King's Wharf Theatre.

Anthony Lemke got the role largely because he could speak Czech from the year he spent teaching English in the Czech Republic.

In 2000 Anthony Lemke landed the role of the mustachio-twirling mercenary Captain Grisham on the fantasy-genre series The Queen of Swords, which Variety Magazine declared a "guilty pleasure".

Anthony Lemke played James Murphy, the son of Alex Murphy, in RoboCop: Prime Directives, a four-part mini-series that aired in 2001.

Anthony Lemke portrayed Rob Smith in A Life Interrupted, which was nominated for the Best TV Movie at the 2008 Gemini Awards.

Since returning full-time to acting after law school, Anthony Lemke has a deep collection of credits to his name in both English and French.

Anthony Lemke followed up in French with recurring roles on Memoires Vives, Mirador, Nouvelle Adresse, all of which are Gemeaux Award nominated TV series.

In 2014, Anthony Lemke reprised his role of Brian Becker for the fifth season of CTV and Fox International's The Listener, a role he had played during season 1.

Anthony Lemke married classical musician Maria Gacesa in 2001, when the couple were living in Toronto.