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Allan Hawco is a Canadian writer, actor, and producer from Bell Island, Newfoundland. He is best known for his roles in the series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Republic of Doyle, and The Book of Negroes, and the television limited series Caught.
Allan Hawco is a Canadian star of stage and screen, best known for his roles in Republic of Doyle, Frontier, and Caught. He is also the co-founder of the Company Theatre and the creator of Take the Shot Productions.
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Allan Hawco is a Canadian actor, writer and producer, best known for his role as Jake Doyle in Republic of Doyle. He has also starred in other TV shows and films, such as Frontier, The Book of Negroes and Weirdos.
- July 28, 1977
- Early Years and Education
- Early Career
- Republic of Doyle
- Frontier
- Other Projects
- Honours
- Awards
The youngest of four children, Hawco grew up in St. John’s, where his mother was a teacher and his father was a part-time fisherman and ferry operator. Extremely active in high school, Hawco played hockey, took Tae Kwan Do (he now holds a black belt), headed the Student Council, participated in the drama club and worked several part-time jobs. Thro...
After graduating from the NTS in 2000, Hawco worked onstage in Montreal and Toronto with such noted theatre companies as Centaur, Soulpepper, Canadian Stage and Theatre Passe Muraille. In 2003, he landed guest roles in the syndicated TV series Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye and Mutant X, and the CTV series The Eleventh Hour. In 2004, he scored a supporting ro...
With his star on the rise, Hawco pitched CBC TV an idea for a populist comedy-mystery series about a father-son private eye team in St. John’s. The show would borrow heavily from The Rockford Files and Magnum, P.I.while foregrounding the local colour of its Newfoundland setting. Hawco starred in the show, which he co-created through his production ...
Hawco served as executive producer on Frontier, which was produced through his company, Take the Shot Productions. An action-adventure series set during the 18th century fur trade, Frontier was shot largely in Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia, and featured Hawco alongside Jason Momoa and Shawn Doyle. The series received lukewarm reviews af...
Following the end of Republic of Doyle in 2014, Hawco played Solomon Lindo in Clement Virgo’s adaptation of Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes, as well as a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan in Paul Gross’s action drama Hyena Road (2015). He also co-starred with Molly Parker in Weirdos (2016), a teen road-trip drama set in Cape Breton in the 1970s, ...
In 2011, Hawco received the Gascon Thomas Award from the NTS for “exceptional contribution to the growth of theatre,” as well as the Outstanding Achievement Award from Playback’s Canadian Television Hall of Fame, which was presented to him by Gordon Pinsent.
Gascon Thomas Award, National Theatre School (2011)Outstanding Achievement Award, Playback’s Canadian Film and Television Hall of Fame (2011)Dec 18, 2022 · The Canadian actor and producer talks about his roles in Midnight at the Paradise, a drama about three couples at a screening, and Son of a Critch, a comedy series about a family of critics. He shares his career epiphany, his connection to Wendell Pierce, and his passion for acting.
Canadian actor, Allan Hawco, is a likable PI in this series that ran for six years and can now be seen on Netflix. In partnership with his father, Jake (Hawco) and Malachy Doyle (Sean McGinley) investigate murder, robbery, and other crimes in picturesque St. Johns, Newfoundland.
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Allan Hawco is a Newfoundland born actor and the co-creator, showrunner, executive producer, and head writer of the CBC hit TV series, Republic of Doyle. He also starred in some of the most acclaimed television productions in Canada, such as ZOS: Zone of Separation, H2O, and Trojan Horse. Learn more about his roles, awards, and personal life on this web page.
