Landon Liboiron

Landon Liboiron (born March 10, 1991^[1]) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Declan Coyne in Degrassi: The Next Generation and his lead role as Peter Rumancek in Netflix's original series Hemlock Grove (2013–15).

Landon Liboiron
Landon Liboiron directing his first short film THEO
Born	(1991-03-10) March 10, 1991 (age 34)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Early life

Liboiron grew up in a small farming community in Jenner, Alberta. He has two older brothers.^[2] His mother, an artist,^[3] supportive of his desire to act, once drove her son to Vancouver for acting classes and auditions.^[4]

After graduating high school, he moved to Vancouver to pursue acting full time.^[5]

Career

Liboiron was cast in TV films before his breakout role in the Canadian teen drama television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.

In 2011, Liboiron played Josh Shannon in the sci-fi television series Terra Nova, the son of the lead character, played by Jason O'Mara, and his wife, played by Shelley Conn.^[6] That same year, he appeared in the horror film The Howling: Reborn.^[7]

In 2013, Liboiron was cast in a lead role opposite Bill Skarsgård and Famke Janssen as high school student and Romani werewolf Peter Rumancek in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove.^[8] Liboiron reprised his role in the second and third season of the series.^[9]

From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Michael Smyth in the western drama series Frontier.^[10] In 2017, Liboiron was cast as Carter / Sam Meehan in the Blumhouse supernatural thriller film Truth or Dare (2018).^[11][12]

In 2021, he starred in the drama film Hands That Bind.^[13]

In 2022, Liboiron co-directed and wrote the gothic satire short film Soul of a Man with Bill Skarsgård, starring Stellan and Gustaf Skarsgård. The film was based on Edgar Allen Poe's short story Bon-Bon.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Broken House	Brandon	Short film
2007	Moondance Alexander	Freddie
2008	Passchendaele	Young German soldier
	Run Rabbit Run	Skate Park Kid
2009	Zombie Punch	Mo Learner
2010	Altitude	Bruce Parker
	Daydream Nation	Paul
2011	The Howling: Reborn	Will Kidman	Direct to video
2012	Girl in Progress	Trevor
	Love Written in Blood	Michael Simon
2014	MacKenzie Porter: If You Ask Me To	Wedding Attendant	Short film
2015	Forsaken	Will Pickard
	Burning Bodhi	Dylan
2016	Of Dogs and Men	E	Short film
2018	Truth or Dare	Carter / Sam Meehan
2020	Come True	Jeremy
2021	Hands That Bind	Dirk Longridge
2023	Door Mouse	Kelly

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness	Brody Murakami	TV film
	Don't Cry Now	Sam
	The Dark Room	Brody Russell
2008	Flashpoint	Simon Strachan	Episode: "He Knows His Brother"
	Mayerthorpe	Brian Ranfield	AKA Menace
2009	Wild Roses	Jude	6 episodes
2009–2010	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Declan Coyne	Regular role; 67 episodes
2010	Degrassi Takes Manhattan		TV film
2010–2011	Life Unexpected	Sam Bradshaw	5 episodes
2011	Terra Nova	Josh Shannon	Regular role; 13 episodes
	Shattered	Ron Kelly	Episode: "Finding the Boy"
	The Haunting Hour: The Series	Josh	Episode: "The Perfect Brother"
2013–2015	Hemlock Grove	Peter Rumancek	Lead role; 33 episodes
2016–2019	Frontier	Michael Smyth	Lead role; 18 episodes

Audio dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022-2023	Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife	John Keats / Sir Isaac Newton / Uncle Alex	2 episodes

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Last Teenagers of the Apocalypse	Grim	4 episodes

Filmmaking

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2020	Theo	Yes	Yes	Short film
2022	Soul of a Man	Yes	Yes	Short film; Co-director w/ Bill Skarsgård

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Notes	Ref.
2008	Alberta Film & Television Awards	Best Performance by an Alberta Actor	Mayerthorpe	Won	Film aka Menace	[15]
2009			Wild Roses	Won		[16]
2010	Gemini Award	Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Nominated		[17]
2017	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	Frontier	Nominated		[18]