Canadian actor who played Captain Christopher Pike, Kirk's mentor, in Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness.
Bruce Greenwood (born 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer who has appeared in several films by Atom Egoyan, including The Sweet Hereafter, and played President John F. Kennedy in Thirteen Days.
In Star Trek (2009) Greenwood played Captain Christopher Pike, who challenges the young James Kirk to enlist in Starfleet and commands the newly built Enterprise until he is captured by Nero. Pike becomes a mentor and father figure to Kirk, and his death in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) during John Harrison's attack on a Starfleet meeting drives Kirk's pursuit of Khan.