Born in London, Ontario to a university health-services director and a mental-health nurse, he attended the Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts before honing his craft at Juilliard in New York City. Early television work placed him opposite Cynthia Nixon in Robert Altman’s “Tanner on Tanner,” followed by leading parts in FX’s “Over There” and the miniseries “Iron Road.” He later gained wider rec…