Who Is Steve Bacic?
Steve Bacic is a Canadian actor who has worked steadily in film and television since 1991. He is best known for playing Gaheris Rhade and Telemachus Rhade in the science fiction series Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, but his résumé is much wider than one show. It includes crime dramas, fantasy, horror, superhero stories and a long run of Hallmark movies.
His last name is pronounced “BAY-sik,” which is useful to know because many people see the name written and are unsure how to say it. In Croatian the family name is written Bačić. Because he has appeared in so many productions, viewers often recognise his face before they remember his name, and that is why many people search for him online after watching a show.
Search results for his name currently contain a lot of low-quality pages that repeat each other and disagree on basic facts. This article sticks to details that could be confirmed and leaves out anything that could not.
Early Life and Education
Steve Bacic was born in Lisičić, a village in Croatia, which was then part of Yugoslavia. His birth date is widely listed as March 13, 1965. He grew up in Windsor, Ontario, where he spent his childhood in the Drouillard Road area and attended Walkerville Collegiate.
After school he studied human kinetics, a field closely related to kinesiology, at the University of Windsor. Acting was not his first plan. Sports were his main interest, and he once imagined a future as an athlete, a coach or a physical therapist. His love of sport has stayed with him, and he enjoys basketball, football and UFC, with the Detroit Lions as his favourite team.
How He Became an Actor
The path into acting began almost by accident. In his mid-twenties, Bacic took a road trip with friends that ended in Vancouver, British Columbia. The city already had a large television and film industry, and he became curious about it. He decided to stay and started taking acting classes.
His first big opportunity came quickly. He went to read for a small part in the fifth season of 21 Jump Street, and instead of that part he was given a lead guest-starring role, playing Tommy Boylan Jr. in the 1991 episode “Wasted.” Soon afterwards he appeared in Street Justice, where he played “Loco” Louis Parades across three episodes in 1991 and 1992. Vancouver has been his professional base ever since.
The Andromeda Years
Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda is the role that made Bacic a familiar name among science fiction fans. He first appeared in the show in 2000 and played two linked characters, Gaheris Rhade and Telemachus Rhade. After guest starring in the first three seasons, he joined the main cast early in season four as Telemachus. He appeared in about 44 of the series’ 110 episodes, though the exact number is counted slightly differently from one listing to another.
During the same period he also worked on Stargate SG-1, where he played Major Michael Patrick Coburn and later the villain Camulus. He returned to the Camulus role in the 2008 film Stargate: Continuum, which gave that character a longer life than most guest villains get.
Other Notable Television Roles
Bacic built a reputation in the 1990s as a reliable guest actor on genre shows, and his résumé from that decade reads like a tour of cult television. He appeared in The X-Files, Highlander: The Series, The Outer Limits, Viper, Millennium, The Sentinel and First Wave. In one X-Files episode he played a SWAT officer who douses himself with gasoline, a scene that fans still remember.
His most important Canadian role came in The Guard, a drama about the Canadian Coast Guard that premiered on January 22, 2008, on Global Television. He played Miro Da Silva, one of four leads, across 22 episodes. His performance earned him Leo Award nominations for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series in both 2008 and 2009. These are the awards given for film and television made in British Columbia, and they remain his best-documented award recognition.
Around the same time he played Prince Barin in the 2007 Flash Gordon series. In 2010 he appeared in Smallville as Vordigan, also known as the Dark Archer, and in the same period he took a part in the HBO drama Big Love, where he played Goran. Later credits include Republic of Doyle, The 100, Arrow (as Sean Sonus), Julie and the Phantoms, Supernatural, Maid, Nancy Drew and Wilderness. His most recent listed credit at the time of writing is a 2025 guest role in Sight Unseen.
Since 2020 he has also been part of Virgin River, where he plays identical twin brothers, Wesley and Vince Logan, a role that shows the range he has built over three decades.
Hallmark and Mystery Movies
For many viewers, Steve Bacic is a familiar face from Hallmark. His first major roles of this kind came in the mid-2000s with films such as The Colt and Deck the Halls (both 2005), and the work grew steadily from there. Beginning in 2013 he co-starred as Jason Shannon in the Garage Sale Mystery series of TV films on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, a role that continued through 2019 and brought him a loyal audience.
He has since appeared in many more Hallmark and similar productions, including A Christmas to Remember, readers interested in television stars might also enjoy our profile on Alexis Bledel, All for Love, Love, Classified, Fourth Down and Love and an Aurora Teagarden Mysteries movie in 2023. Fans of cosy mysteries and holiday romances are often the people who know him best.
Film Work
Although television is his main home, Bacic has appeared in a number of films. He had a role in the science fiction thriller The 6th Day (2000) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, played an FBI agent in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002), and made a brief cameo as Hank McCoy, better known as Beast, in X2 (2003). He also appeared in comedies such as John Tucker Must Die and Good Luck Chuck, and in more recent films such as Wonder (2017), Lemonade (2018) and 2 Hearts (2020).
Career Timeline at a Glance
| Period | Highlights |
|---|---|
| 1991–1995 | Debuts on 21 Jump Street and Street Justice; early guest roles |
| 1996–1999 | The X-Files, Highlander, The Outer Limits, Millennium |
| 2000–2005 | Andromeda and Stargate SG-1; film roles in The 6th Day and X2 |
| 2006–2011 | Flash Gordon, The Guard, Smallville, Big Love |
| 2013–2019 | Garage Sale Mystery, Republic of Doyle, The 100, Arrow |
| 2020–present | Virgin River, Julie and the Phantoms, Hallmark movies, Wilderness |
Personal Life
Bacic is based in Vancouver, where he lives with his family. He has also begun teaching young actors in the city, which suggests he wants to pass on what he has learned over a long career.
Beyond that, he keeps much of his private life out of public view, and this is where many websites go wrong. Different pages name different wives and partners, list different children, and quote exact net worth and salary figures with no proof. Those details contradict each other and cannot be traced to a reliable interview or record, so they are deliberately left out here. If you want to follow him, the safest route is his official channels and interviews rather than copied biography sites.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Steve Bacic from?
He was born in Lisičić, Croatia, and raised in Windsor, Ontario, so he is usually described as a Canadian actor of Croatian origin.
What is Steve Bacic best known for?
Most fans know him as Telemachus Rhade in Andromeda, as Miro Da Silva in The Guard, and as Jason Shannon in the Garage Sale Mystery movies.
Has Steve Bacic won any awards?
He has been nominated twice for a Leo Award, in 2008 and 2009, for his lead role in The Guard. No wins are recorded.
Is Steve Bacic in Virgin River?
Yes. He has appeared since 2020 and plays the twin brothers Wesley and Vince Logan.
How do you pronounce his name?
It is pronounced “BAY-sik.”
Final Thoughts
Steve Bacic’s career shows how a person can find an unplanned path and build something lasting from it. He went from studying human movement and dreaming of sport to becoming one of Vancouver’s most dependable working actors, with more than three decades of credits that cover science fiction, crime, fantasy and family entertainment. Whether you know him from deep space, a coast guard boat or a cosy mystery, his work offers plenty to explore.
Disclaimer
This article is for general information only. It is based on publicly available information and was checked as of October 2026. Filmographies and episode counts can differ slightly from one listing to another, and details may change as new projects are released. We have no connection to Steve Bacic or his representatives. Personal details such as family members, relationships, income and net worth are not included because they could not be verified. For the most current information, please check his official profiles.
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