May 10, 2023
Neil will appear as Dr. Kannengiser in the feature film Everything's Going to be Great starring Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney



April 20, 2023
Neil will appear as Mr. Greenwich in My Boss' Wedding 2 for Good Soldier Films



April 15, 2023
Neil will star as Tony Brooks in Country Hearts and A Country Hearts Christmas for Brain Power Studios



March 15, 2023
Neil Whitely will appear as Judge Kittworth on the new series Cross for Amazon Studios.


February 13, 2023
Neil will Guest Star as Judge Raines on the new series Accused on Fox.


January 31, 2023
Neil will appear this season as Principal Lewis in the groundbreaking new series Beyond Black Beauty on Amazon.


September 15, 2022
Neil's film Diaspora will premier at the Toronto International Film Festival.


September 10, 2022
Neil will appear in a supporting role in the made for TV movie All Aboard for Love.


June 27, 2022
Neil will Guest Star in the landmark TV series The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu.


June 24, 2022
Neil will co-star in The Christmas Farm.  This is Neil's second project for GACFamily.


April 24, 2022
Neil has agreed to play the role of Sydney in the new Holiday movie Homestead for Christmas.  His second project for the new GAC Family network.



March 31, 2022
Neil will appear as George in the horror film Diaspora.



March 21, 2022
Neil will appear as Mr. Johnson in the Made for TV movie Sappy Holiday.



November 17, 2021
Neil's Christmas by Chance premiers on Lifetime TV in the US December 16.



November 16, 2021
Neil has landed the recurring role of Harley West in the hit TV series When Hope Calls on GACFamily.



November 15, 2021
Neil has a string of Holiday movies coming out this December.  Some of them are Christmas by Chance, An Ice Wine Christmas and A Sisterly Christmas.



April 15, 2021
Neil will appear in a supporting role as Colton Fisher in the movie A Sisterly Christmas.  This is Neil's first role in a Harpo Production.



March 30, 2021
Neil will appear as Dr. Grayson in the Hallmark movie Love and Ice Wine.



December 22, 2020
Neil will appear as Dale Tyree in the new CBS series Clarice.



September 5, 2020
Neil will appear as Mayor Greg Berns in the made for TV movie Riverfront Romance.


August 17, 2020
Neil will appear as Ned in the Made for TV Movie Ice Wine Christmas.


August 17, 2020
Neil's film Itchy has been nominated for an award for Best Short by Unofex.


August 13, 2020
Neil will appear as Mr. Davis in the TV movie Christmas by Chance.


May 28, 2020
Neil's film Kid Gloves has been accepted into the Hollywood North Film Awards Festival.



February 11, 2020
Neil will appear in the thriller Nightmare Alley directed by Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro.


February 10, 2020
Neil will appear in an ad for BMO directed by Oscar nominee Hubert Davis.  His third ad for the bank.


September 26, 2019
Neil will appear as Dennis Jones in the long running docudrama series Mayday (Air Emergency).


May 30, 2019
Neil will appear in a new episode of Impulse on YouTube Red.


April 11, 2019
Neil will appear in a recurring role as Quito in the new Hulu series Utopia Falls.


March 1, 2019
Neil will appear as Eddy in the web series Running with Violet.



January 15, 2019
Neil will appear in Home for Harvest, his third movie for the Hallmark Channel.



October 15, 2018
Neil's film Pyewacket was named one of the top ten horror films of 2018 by Rotten Tomatoes



August 23, 2018
Neil will appear as Principal Lee in the new series In the Dark for CBS.



June 18, 2018
Neil will appear in the new series Jett starring Carla Gugino.



February 14, 2018
Neil will star as Guion Bluford Sr. in the film Guion, a biopic about Guion Bluford Jr. the first African American astronaut.


January 2, 2018
Neil's movie Flint has been nominated for 3 Image Awards and 2 Critic's Choice Awards.



November 15, 2017
Neil will appear in the TV movie The Magical Christmas Ornament.  His second film for Hallmark.



August 17, 2017
Neil's film Pyewacket will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).



April 5, 2017
Neil will appear in the made for TV movie Flint directed by Oscar nominee Bruce Beresford.



February 16, 2017
Neil will appear in an ad for Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP).


January 20, 2017
Neil Will appear in a Public Service Announcement for Diabetes Canada


January 15, 2017
Neil will appear in an ad for Highmark Insurance.


November 16, 2016
Neil has accepted a Principal role in the crime drama Bad Blood to be shot in Sudbury, Ontario.


October 15, 2016
Neil has accepted a Principal role in the feature film thriller Pyewacket to be shot in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario.



September 26, 2016
Netflix has picked up Neil's film Shimmer Lake.



September 9, 2016
Neil will play the Crown Attorney in the new series 2nd Generation.



September 8, 2016
Neil will appear in an ad for Honda.


August 2, 2016
Starz! has just announced that The Girlfriend Experience has been renewed for Season 2.


July 21, 2016
Neil will play the Director of the FBI in the new series Eyewitness.


May 6, 2016
Neil will appear as Jacob in the Sci Fi thriller Our House.


January 7, 2016
Neil's series The Girlfriend Experience will premier at the Sundance Film Festival this year.


October 9, 2015
Neil has been added to the cast of the feature film thriller Shimmer Lake.



September 4, 2015
Neil has been asked to join the cast of the new film American Riot.



August 4, 2015
Neil will appear in the TV Movie Christmas Inc for the Hallmark Network.



April 3, 2015
Neil will be introduced as a new character named Randolph on the Netflix series Hemlock Grove.



February 27, 2015
Neil is very pleased to have landed the recurring role of Emery Wright in Steven Soderbergh's new TV series The Girlfriend Experience.


November 24, 2014
Neil's commercial for Neutrogena will be featured in the latest episode of "The World's Funniest Commercials" on Spike TV.


November 14, 2014
Neil has participated in an online casting call for the feature film Straight Kill to be shot in Toronto in 2015.


October 15, 2014
Neil has accepted a role in Between, the first Canadian series produced for Netflix.


September 13, 2014
Neil will appear in an ad for BMO.


August 27, 2014
Neil's TV movie "How to Build a Better Boy" is the highest rated show of the night in its premier on The Disney Channel.


August 21, 2014
Neil will appear in an ad for Rogers with hockey legend Mark Messier.


June 16, 2014
Neil will appear in an ad for General Motors.


May 10, 2014
Neil will appear in an ad for Neutrogena.


Feb 4, 2014
Neil will appear in an ad for Kit Kat.


September 1, 2013
Neil will appear as Douglas Miller in the BravoFact short film Acapulco.


July 18, 2013
Neil has accepted an offer to play Chief of Police in the Disney TV movie How to Build a Better Boy.


July 6, 2013
Neil is proud of the corporate films he has appeared in for Keywest.  A great production company based in Toronto.


April 15, 2013
Neil has accepted a recurring role as Police Chief Charles Hart in the new series Kid's Town.


January 5, 2013
Neil will appear as a physician in an industrial training film.


December 10, 2012
Neil will appear in ad for Cialis.


November 28, 2012
Neil will play a building superintendent in the new CW TV series Beauty and the Beast.


July 26, 2012
Neil will be playing a politician in the hit series Nikita on the CW Network.



April 11, 2012
Neil has been added to the cast of the groundbreaking TV series Defiance which will be broadcast on the SyFy Network


March 23, 2012
Neil will play a United Nations Rep in the blockbuster Sci-Fi film Pacific Rim.


March 07, 2012
Neil's film Seven Years has won the Royal Reel Award at the Canada International Film Festival.


February 24, 2012
Neil's film A Little Bit Zombie was awarded The Rising Star in Filmmaking prize at the Canada Film Festival.


February 9, 2012
Neil's Tim Horton's commercial is now online.


February 5, 2012
Neil's film A Little Bit Zombie had its World Premier at the Victoria Film Festival in Victoria BC.


January 16, 2012
Neil will play Walter Barnes Head of the Criminal Division for the Justice Department in the new NBC series The Firm.

December 16, 2011
Neil will appear in a Tim Horton's ad being shot in Montreal


November 7, 2011
Neil will play a Public Service Worker in an ad for PSAC.


September 24, 2011
Neil has been added to the cast of the TV movie Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town which features a stellar Canadian cast.


August 30, 2011
Neil will play a teacher in a promo ad for The Sports Network


July 20, 2011
Neil will appear in an ad for the Heart and Stroke Lottery.


June 24, 2011
Neil's scene from Rookie Blue is now available online.  Check it out.


June 12, 2011
The Hollywood Reporter has an article about Neil's new film A Little Bit Zombie.


June 5, 2011
Neil plays a construction worker in the comedy Seven Years starring Kevin Jubinville and Shauna McDonald


June 3, 2011
Neil will play a Professor in the feature length comedy A Little bit Zombie shooting  this Spring. 


April 12, 2011
Neil's episode of Breakout Kings airs this Sunday on A&E.


March 18, 2011
Neil's Yellow Pages commercial is now available online.


January 27, 2011
Neil's 2008 Diet Pepsi commercial is now available online, bleeps and all.



January 5, 2011
Neil's film Integrating Talent will be shown at a special screening at the National Film Board of Canada on January 11.


November 6, 2010
Neil will play the Chief of Police in the new A&E series Breakout Kings.


October 28, 2010
Neil will appear in an ad campaign for Bank of Montreal.


October 14, 2010
Neil's episode of Lost Girl airs Sunday October 24.


October 11, 2010
Neil just shot an ad for the Ministry of Health promoting the proper treatment of Diabetes.


September 21, 2010
Neil will appear in an ad campaign for Expedia Travel.


August 23, 2010
Neil's film Red opens in theatres October 15.


July 6, 2010
Neil's episode of the new TV series Rookie Blue airs this Thursday.


June 12, 2010
Neil's film I Didn't do Anything will air on Bravo Sunday June 13.


May 13, 2010
Neil's film The Pickle and the Patriarch has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the Yorkton Film Festival.


May 10, 2010
Neil's film Afia was awarded "Best Children's Film" by Black International Cinema in Berlin.


May 7. 2010
Neil will reprise his role of Henry Sutherland in a new film by award winning Canadian writer Sugith Varughese.

March 17, 2010
Neil will be playing the Head of Security in the new series Lost Girl on Showcase.


March 1, 2010
Neil's film The Pickle and the Patriarch has won the Gifted Storyteller Award at the Stepping Stone Film Festival in Bangolore, India.


February 18, 2010
Neil makes his first appearance as Nigel Goldman in the new TV series Cra$h & Burn on Showcase.


February 1, 2010
neilwhitely.com was just recognized as one of the best actor websites by respected LA casting director and coach Marci Liroff.

January 11, 2010
Neil just shot a commercial for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation.

December 17, 2009
Neil will play the FBI Commander in the feature film Red starring Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren.

December 3, 2009
Neil's film The Pickle and the Patriarch was accepted into the Whistler Film Festival.


November 13, 2009
Neil has just booked a principal role playing Nigel Goldman on the new cable series
Cra$h & Burn.


August 23, 2009
Neil will appear in the feature film Repo Men! starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker to be released early in 2010.


August 22, 2009
Neil will appear as a Police Officer/MC in the new ABC series Rookie Blue.


July 22, 2009
Neil will play the role of Henry Sutherland in the film Crossing Barriers written by award winning Canadian writer Sugith Varughese.


May 16th, 2009
Neil will appear in a national ad campaign for Rogers Cable.


April 20th, 2009
Neil will appear in a music video for the song "Oh My My" by award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Jill Barber directed by award winning director Jonathan Bensimon.


March 1, 2009
Neil was recently interviewed by Matthew Toffolo for Wildsound.  Listen here.


February 27, 2009
Neil just booked a National commercial for Wal-Mart


February 09, 2009
Neil's film Speed Limit has just been accepted into the Beverly Hills Short Film Festival.


February 4, 2009
Neil's film Plantation has been accepted into the Wildsound Film Festival in Toronto


December 21, 2008
Neil recently completed an industrial training film for Petitt Integrated Solutions.


December 10, 2008
Neil's film Afia was chosen Best Narrative Short Film at the Roxbury Film Festival


September 13, 2008
Neil's film God's Own Country will be shown at the afterparty of the Toronto International Film Festival before being screened at Film Pop in Montreal.

August 7, 2008
Neil has just booked a national commercial for Sears. Watch for it later this year.

May 11, 2008
Neil's short film Afia was recently screened at the Reel World Film Festival in Toronto.

February 24, 2008
Neil has been cast in a national commercial for Rona.

February 10, 2008
Neil has just been cast in the thriller The Gauntlet to be shot in Los Angeles.  He was selected from hundreds of submissions by actors from all over the world in a history-making online audition process. Watch Neil's winning audition.

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