Dov Tiefenbach

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Dov Yosef Tiefenbach (born December 8, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Jewish Canadian actor and musician, 5′ 5″ (165 cm) tall, who began his acting career at age twelve in commercials before landing his first on-screen role as Josh Avery in the television series RoboCop (1994). He made his first starring role as Murray Murray in the short film Love Child (1995) alongside Neve Campbell, and went on to star as Nick Burns in the 1996 Broadway production of A Thousand Clowns opposite Judd Hirsch. He won the Leo Award for Best Supporting Male Performance for Flower & Garnet (2002), and as a musician he fronted the Toronto indie pop bands Theresa Sound-World (named after a Sonic Youth song) and Trucks Leaving. He currently resides in Los Angeles. His most notable film credits include Azrael in Jason X (2001), Bradley Thomas in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), a role in Tommy Boy (1995), It Takes Two (1995), The Mighty (1998), Knockaround Guys (2001), Adrian in The Dark Hours (2005), Billy in Parasomnia (2008), Hershey in You Might as Well Live (2009), Moises in Polish Bar (2010), Oogie in Sympathy for Delicious (2010), Logan in Asthma (2015), Samson Griggs in Poor Boy (2016), Will Sacco in We Forgot to Break Up (2017), a Club Customer in Molly's Game (2017), Jason in All My Puny Sorrows (2021), and Larry in It Feeds (2025). On television he is best known as Keechie in The Umbrella Academy (2020, 6 episodes), Gizmo in Titans (2021), Percy Campbell in Transplant (2023, 3 episodes), Steve in The Boys (2024, 2 episodes), Fitz in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2018–2019, 5 episodes), with additional credits in Goosebumps (1996, 1998), Little Men (1998), Witchblade (2002), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006), The Strain (2014), Homeland (2017), Pretty Hard Cases (2021), and Murdoch Mysteries.

Movies

This Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent university graduate and writer who finds that life after university is not as perfect as it might seem. The show begins shortly after his valedictorian speech, when his world comes crashing down after his first book is rejected by his literary agent. His life becomes worse as his arch-nemesis becomes a published author who appears in "Vancouver Magazine's" top 10 writers list. He becomes a recluse who constantly wears his graduation robe and plays video games all day. However, he quickly recovers by writing a vicious 'letter to the editor' to Vancouver Magazine where he decries the selection of his arch-nemesis as a top 10 writer. This letter angers so many readers of the magazine that they offer him a job as an anonymous "Hate Male" article writer. He lives in downtown Vancouver in a flat with several friends. Emily Hampshire plays a recent law school graduate named Iona Goldenthal, a binge drinker who must deal with the chauvinistic world of law. Rainbow Sun Francks plays a recent graduate named Barnaby Sharpe who majored in economics and Russian literature. He fails his first audition and ends up working at a Jar Heads, a Starbucks parody, as a "coffee jerk". Kea Wong plays Rumour Wong, a medical intern and Lucky's girlfriend, who must deal with Lucky's mental breakdown and reclusive nature. Jason Bryden plays Elliot Hayden, a mutual gay friend who speaks Mandarin and frequents Chinatown. He teaches English to immigrant children and acts as a foil to the rest of the characters.

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This Space for Rent
2006