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{{short description|Canadian actor (born 1971)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Aaron Douglas
| image = Aaron Douglas - San Diego= ComicAaron ConDouglas 2010(41641675295).jpg
| caption = Douglas at the 20102018 [[San Diego Comic ConFedCon]]
| imagesize = 220px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|23}}
| birth_place = [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], Canada<ref>[https://www.northernstars.ca/douglas_aaronactor/aaron-douglas/ Aaron Douglas' bio] at www.northernstars.ca</ref>
| othername =
| occupation = Actor▼
| birth_name = Aaron Douglas
| years_active = 1998–present▼
▲| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{married|Debbie||November 1, 2004|end=died}}▼
▲| years_active = 1998–present
| children = 1▼
| nationality = Canadian
▲| spouse = {{married|Debbie||November 1, 2004|end=died}}
▲| children = 1
}}
'''Aaron Douglas''' (born August 23, 1971) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as [[Galen Tyrol]] on the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]]'s television program ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.<ref>[https://ew.com/article/2013/07/15/chief-boomer-romance-battlestar-galactica/ "I'm still not over... Chief and Boomer's tragic romance on 'Battlestar Galactica'"] by Maricela Gonzalez at [[Entertainment Weekly|ew.com]]</ref>
 
He headlined on the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] drama ''[[The Bridge (Canadian TV series)|The Bridge]]'',<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commuting/unique-and-quirky-just-like-his-car/article4319664/ "Unique and quirky, just like his car"] by Petrina Gentile at [[The Globe and Mail|www.theglobeandmail.com]]</ref> which was also picked up by [[CBS]] for broadcast in the United States.<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2009/07/03/bridge-20090703/ "Bridge sells overseas"] at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> Douglas played Frank Leo, a charismatic police union leader who is simultaneously battling criminals on the street while facing down corruption within the ranks of his own department.<ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2009/08/17/douglas-20090817/ "Aaron Douglas – Actor"] by Mark Dillon at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> CBS ordered thirteen episodes, which began production in May 2009<ref name="thebridge">{{cite news | author = Adam Bryant | url = http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fall-TV-CBS-1003091.aspx | title = Fall TV: CBS Orders 13 Episodes of The Bridge | date = 2009-02-19 | work = [[TV Guide]] | access-date = 2009-02-19}}</ref><ref name="thebridge2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20090219/thebridge_cbs/20090219/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221215112/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20090219/thebridge_cbs/20090219/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-21 |title=CTV's 'The Bridge' picked up by CBS |date=2009-02-19 |work=[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] |access-date=2009-02-19 }}</ref> but the series was dropped after just three episodes had been aired.<ref name="thebridge3">{{cite news | url = http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/22/cbs-cancels-the-bridge/57916 | title = CTV's 'The Bridge' cancelled by CBS | date = 2010-07-22 | access-date = 2010-02-22 | archive-date = 2010-07-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100723135728/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/07/22/cbs-cancels-the-bridge/57916 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>[https://playbackonline.ca/2010/07/23/thebridge-20100723/ "CBS drops The Bridge"] by Marise Strauss at [[Playback (magazine)|playbackonline.ca]]</ref> Douglas starred alongside fellow ''Battlestar Galactica'' actor [[Paul Campbell (Canadian actor)|Paul Campbell]] in a [[Syfy]] original movie, ''Killer Mountain'',<ref>[https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/26639/killer-mountain-2011/ Killer Mountain (2011) review] by Foywonder at [[Dread Central|www.dreadcentral.com]]</ref> which premiered August 27, 2011.<ref name="killermt">{{cite news|url=http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/syfy/pressreleases?pr=contents/press-releases/2011/07/26/jewelstaitefire1311693541450.xml |title=Aaron Douglas and Paul Campbell to star in Syfy Original Movie |year=2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614064459/http://www.nbcumv.com/mediavillage/networks/syfy/pressreleases?pr=contents%2Fpress-releases%2F2011%2F07%2F26%2Fjewelstaitefire1311693541450.xml |archive-date=2012-06-14 }}</ref>
 
==Early life==
Aaron Douglas was born in [[New Westminster]], BC a suburbcity in the Lower Mainland on the South Coast of [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. His father, Michael Douglas, is a professor and his mother, Arlene Elliot, is a psychologist. He has a brother Chris, who is four years his junior. The family lived in Vancouver until Douglas was 10, at which time they moved to a townCreston in the interior of the province of British Columbia, [[Creston, British Columbia|Creston]],BC where he attended [[Prince Charles Secondary School]] as a teenager and acted in school productions, played in a rock band and participated in community theater. At age 26, he quit his job and moved back to Vancouver to pursue a career in acting. He studied at Canada's famed William Davis Centre for Actors Study at [[VanArts]].<ref name="scifiworldinterview">{{cite news | author = Gilles Nuytens | url = http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/aaron_douglas_01.htm | title = The Scifi World Aaron Douglas Interview | year = 2005 }}</ref><ref name="yahoo">{{cite news | url = https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808464731/bio | title = Aaron Douglas Bio }}</ref>
 
After completing the program at VanArts, Douglas performed with the Okanagan Shakespeare Company in Canada.<ref name="skyone">{{cite news | url = http://www.skyone.co.uk/programme/pgecastprofile.aspx?pid=3&cid=60 | title = SkyOne Cast Profiles }}</ref> Many of his early acting jobs were the result of his work as a "reader" for auditions. His job was to read the other side of the dialogue for the person auditioning for a role. Often, after the audition was finished, the director would turn to him and say something like, "You know that cop role with three lines, do you want to do it?", Hehe began building his resume off those small parts.<ref name=GeekChocRef>[http://geekchocolate.co.uk/aaron-douglas-chief-galen-tyrol-battlestar-galactica/ "Aaron Douglas – Chief Galen Tyrol, Battlestar Galactica"] by Michael Flett at geekchocolate.co.uk</ref>
 
==Personal life==
On November 1, 2004, Douglas' wife Debbie died after battlingfrom breast cancer.<ref name=GeekChocRef/> He has a son, Taylor, from a previous relationship, born in 1996.<ref name="mediablvd">{{cite news|author=Jamie Ruby |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/an_exclusive_interview_with_aaron_douglas_200805071132.html |title=Exclusive Interview with Aaron Douglas |date=May 7, 2008 |work=MediaBlvd Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501091917/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/an_exclusive_interview_with_aaron_douglas_200805071132.html |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}</ref>
 
Douglas has a love of hockey and has been on skates since he was 2two years old. He still plays hockey as an adult, usually as a goalie. He is a devoted [[Vancouver Canucks]] fan and can usually be found at home games screaming at the referees along with friends and fellow [[Syfy|Sci-Fi]] alums Daniel Bacon, [[Dan Payne]], and [[Ryan Robbins]].<ref name="ADFcom">{{cite news | url = http://wrathofcon.org/ | title = Aaron Douglas Biography }}</ref> He is also an avid fan of [[Wil Wheaton]] from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. Aaron has admitted to going "fangirl" on him when meeting him for the first time at a convention in 2008.<ref name="fanboy">{{cite news | url = http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/20/battlestar-galactica-actors-fanboy-moment/ | title = My fanboy moment: 'BSG's' Aaron Douglas | year = 2011 | work = CNN }}{{Deaddead link|date=June 2020September 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot medic}}{{cbignore|fix-attemptedbot=yes medic}}</ref> He is also a self-confessed fan of ''[[The Ricky Gervais Show]]''.
 
==Filmography==
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| 2003 || ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' || Stryker Soldier #1 ||
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| 2003 || data-sort-value="Lizzie McGuire Movie, The" | ''[[The Lizzie McGuire Movie]]'' || Paparazzi #2 ||
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| 2003 || ''[[Paycheck (film)|Paycheck]]'' || Scientist #3 || Uncredited{{cn|reason=All uncredited roles must be secondarily sourced to something!|date=August 2022}}
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| 2004 || ''[[Walking Tall (2004 film)|Walking Tall]]'' || Casino Stickman ||
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| 2004 || data-sort-value="Chronicles of Riddick, The" | ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'' || Young Meccan Soldier ||
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| 2004 || ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' || USR Attorney #1 ||
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| 2005 || ''[[White Noise (2005 film)|White Noise]]'' || Frank Black ||
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| 2005 || data-sort-value="Exorcism of Emily Rose, The" | ''[[The Exorcism of Emily Rose]]'' || Assistant District Attorney #1 ||
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| 2006 || ''[[Chaos (2006 film)|Chaos]]'' || Police Officer || Uncredited{{cn|reason=All uncredited roles must be secondarily sourced to something!|date=August 2022}}
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| 2014 || ''[[Death Do Us Part]]'' || Harry Simpson || Direct-to-video film
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| 2015 || data-sort-value="Driftless Area, The" | ''[[The Driftless Area]]'' || Fireman ||
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| 2016 || data-sort-value="Monster, The" | ''[[The Monster (2016 film)|The Monster]]'' || Jesse || <ref>[https://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-monster-film-review-1201914092/ "Film Review: ‘The Monster’"] by Dennis Harvey at [[Variety (magazine)|variety.com]]</ref>
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| 2017 || ''[[Little Pink House]]'' || Governor ||
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| 2019 || ''Thunderbird'' || Officer Joe Fletcher ||
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| 2023 || ''Double Life'' || Sheldon Roberts ||
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| 2000 || ''[[Cold Squad]]'' || Dean Logan || Episode: "Root Cause"
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| 2000 || data-sort-value="Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence, The" | ''The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence'' || Worker || Television film
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| 2001 || ''Love and Treason'' || Paramedic || Television film
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| 2002 || ''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]'' || Hotel Clerk || Episode: "Exposure"
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| 2002 || data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]'' || Fender Bender Driver || Episode: "Mysterious Hearts
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| 2002 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || Deputy Michael Birtigo || Episode: "[[Smallville (season 1)#ep20|Obscura]]"
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| 2002 || ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' || Jaffa || Episode: "[[Stargate SG-1 (season 6)#ep112|Redemption: Part 2]]"
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| 2002 || data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' || Kevin Lockwood || Episode: "Free Spirit"
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| 2002 || ''[[Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction]]'' || Detective Dean Santoni || Episode: "The Flower Jury"
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| 2003 || ''Stealing Sinatra'' || Roadblock Patrolman || Television film
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| 2003 || data-sort-value="Stranger Beside Me, The" | ''The Stranger Beside Me'' || District Attorney Baines || Television film
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| 2003 || ''Lucky Seven'' || Steven || Television film
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| 2004 || data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''[[The Chris Isaak Show]]'' || Reader || Episode: "Criminal Favors"
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| 2004 || data-sort-value="L Word, The" | ''[[The L Word]]'' || Concerned Citizen || Episode: "Listen Up"
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| 2004 || ''[[Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' || Wezlow || Episode: "Time Out of Mind'
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| 2004 || data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | ''[[The Dead Zone (TV series)|The Dead Zone]]'' || Rob Coulter || Episode: "Total Awareness"
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| 2004 || ''[[Earthquake 10.5]]'' || Tent City Soldier || Television film
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| 2007 || ''[[Smallville]]'' || Pierce || Episode: "[[Smallville (season 1)#ep146|Traveler]]"
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| 2010 || data-sort-value="Bridge, The" | ''[[The Bridge (Canadian TV series)|The Bridge]]'' || Frank Leo || Main role
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| 2010 || ''[[Hellcats]]'' || Bill Curran || Recurring role; 9 episodes
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| 2010 || ''One Angry Juror'' || Frank Riley (Prosecutor) || Television film
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| 2011 || ''[[Eureka (American2006 TV series)|Eureka]]'' || Ray Darlton || Episode: "This One Time at Space Camp..."
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| 2011 || ''[[Flashpoint (TV series)|Flashpoint]]'' || Gil Collins || Episode: "Day Game"
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| 2011 || ''Killer Mountain'' || Ward Donovan || Television film
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| 2012 || data-sort-value="Firm, The" | ''[[The Firm (2012 TV series)|The Firm]]'' || Gerald Sykes || Episode: "Chapter Twelve"
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| 2012 || ''[[True Justice]]'' || FBI Agent Adrian Sloan || Episodes: "Fired, "The Shot"
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| 2013 || ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]'' || Sheriff Tom Sworn || Recurring role (season 1); 11 episodes
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| 2013 || data-sort-value="Killing, The" | ''[[The Killing (American TV series)|The Killing]]'' || Evan Henderson || Recurring role ([[The Killing (season 3)|season 3]])
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| 2014 || ''[[Falling Skies (TV series)|Falling Skies]]'' || Cooper Marshall || Episode: "Mind Wars"
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| 2014 || data-sort-value="Strain, The" | ''[[The Strain (TV series)|The Strain]]'' || Roger Luss || Episode: "For Services Rendered"
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| 2014 || ''[[Zodiac: Signs of the Apocalypse]]'' || Agent Woodward|| Television film
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| 2014 || data-sort-value="Mentor, The" | ''The Mentor'' || Paul Allenham || Television film
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| 2015 || ''[[Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce]]'' || Doug Franklin || Episode: "F-you, Rob Frumpkis!"
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| 2015 || data-sort-value="Returned, The" | ''[[The Returned (American TV series)|The Returned]]'' || Tony Darrow || Recurring role; 6 episodes
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| 2015, 2017 || ''[[iZombie (TV series)|iZombie]]'' || Chuck Bird || Episodes: "Dead Air", "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoothier"
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| 2016 || data-sort-value="Flash, The" | ''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' || [[Turtle (comics)|Russell Glosson / The Turtle]] || Episodes: "Potential Energy", "The Reverse-Flash Returns"
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| 2016 || data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | ''[[The X-Files]]'' || Lindquist || Episode: "[[Founder's Mutation]]"
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| 2016 || ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' || Fendrake the Healer || Episode: "[[Devil's Due (Once Upon a Time)|Devil's Due]]"
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| 2016 || ''[[Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (2016 TV series)|Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency]]'' || Gordon Rimmer || Main role<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency-940625/ "‘Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency’: TV Review"] by Tim Goodman at [[The Hollywood Reporter|www.hollywoodreporter.com]]</ref>
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| 2016 || ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' || Pierce Moncrieff || Episode: "[[Supernatural (season 12)#ep255|The Raid]]"
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| 2017 || ''[[Imposters (TV series)|Imposters]]'' || Gary Heller || Recurring role
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| 2018 || ''[[Salvation (TV series)|Salvation]]'' || Joe Riggs || Episode: "Fall Out"
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| 2018 || ''[[Unspeakable (TV series)|Unspeakable]]'' || Jim Krepke || Recurring role<ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/04/unspeakable-levi-meaden-brian-markinson-aaron-douglas-david-lewis-cast-cbc-sundance-miniseries-1202379381/ "‘Unspeakable’: Levi Meaden, Brian Markinson, Aaron Douglas & David Lewis Round Out Cast Of CBC/Sundance Miniseries"] by Denise Petski at [[Deadline Hollywood|deadline.com]]</ref>
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| 2019 || data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | ''[[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' || Mitch || Episode: "The Wunderkind"
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| 2022 || ''[[Motherland: Fort Salem]]'' || Colonel Jarrett || Recurring role (season 3); 5 episodes
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| 2024 || ''[[Resident Alien (TV series)|Resident Alien]]'' || General Devanney || Episode: "Avian Flu"
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| 2024 || ''[[Murder in a Small Town (TV series)|Murder in a Small Town]]'' || Sgt. Sid Sokolowski || 9 episodes
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| rowspan="2" | 2014 || ''[[Watch Dogs (video game)|Watch Dogs]]'' || Jordi Chin || Voice
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| 2014 || ''Ancient Space'' || Sgt. Major Powell || ▼
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|2017
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|2021
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| 2022 || ''[[Hardspace: Shipbreaker]]'' || Weaver ||
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