1. Tahmoh Penikett is known for playing Karl "Helo" Agathon on SyFy's 2004 television series Battlestar Galactica.
20 Facts About Tahmoh Penikett
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Tahmoh Penikett has appeared in TV series Supernatural, Dollhouse, the Showcase time travel show Continuum, and as the antagonist Darius in the 2006 racing video game Need for Speed: Carbon.
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Tahmoh Penikett is the son of former Yukon premier Tony Penikett, who moved to Victoria, British Columbia from England at age 12, and Lulla Sierra Johns, of the White River First Nation in the Yukon.
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Tahmoh Penikett has three siblings, twin sisters Sarah and Stephanie, sister in Fairbanks Alaska.
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Tahmoh Penikett graduated from the Victoria Motion Picture School and studied at the Lyric School of Acting in Vancouver.
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From 2004 to 2005, Penikett portrayed Ray Chase, who appeared in eleven episodes of the Canadian police drama Cold Squad.
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Tahmoh Penikett played a lead role as Noah Hamilton in the 2005 made-for-TV film Hush alongside actress Tori Spelling.
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Tahmoh Penikett had a role in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon as a street racer named Darius.
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Tahmoh Penikett appeared in four episodes of the television series Whistler as Elias Noth.
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Tahmoh Penikett provided the voice for antagonist Troy Hammerschmidt in the Adult Swim show Titan Maximum.
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In 2010, Tahmoh Penikett played the lead role of Matt Ellman on Syfy's miniseries Riverworld, an adaptation of the science-fiction books written by Philip Jose Farmer of the same name.
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Tahmoh Penikett portrayed a police officer for a predominantly gay neighbourhood in the 2004 The L Word episode "Losing It", which starred Battlestar Galactica co-star Nicki Clyne in a related storyline.
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In 2009, Tahmoh Penikett was cast as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's science-fiction drama television series Dollhouse, which aired on the Fox network Friday nights at 9:00.
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In 2012, Tahmoh Penikett guest-starred as a politician named Jim Martin in the first season of Showcase's Continuum.
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Tahmoh Penikett returned as a recurring character for the show's second season.
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In 2013, Tahmoh Penikett was cast in the CW TV series Supernatural, appearing in the ninth season premiere as a fallen angel who claims to be Ezekiel.
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The character's actual name was revealed as Gadreel in episode nine, and Tahmoh Penikett reprised the role in episodes 10,18,21, and 22.
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Tahmoh Penikett landed a recurring role on the mid-season drama Star-Crossed, which premiered in February 2014.
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In 2014, Tahmoh Penikett guest-starred in the 200th episode of Criminal Minds as Michael Hastings, an ex-CIA agent and leader of the terrorist group, The Regime Squad.
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In 2024, Tahmoh Penikett portrayed Ed Finley in the Lifetime film The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story.