Dean Haglund

His parents, he jokes, always wondered why he went into acting, "...when I had such a burgeoning animation career." Though he has done cartooning and even played in a rock band ("We were terrible!" he admits), he always returned to his first love – the stage.

His acting career began early, with roles in school plays and community theater at the Prairie Theatre Exchange in Winnipeg. When he was old enough to get into bars, he started doing stand-up comedy acts to help pay for acting classes. He eventually moved to Vancouver and began attending Simon Fraser University, getting a Bachelor of Arts in multidisciplinary studies (theatre, dance, and video production). He also joined the Vancouver TheatreSports League; an improv group that was to be his "day job" for many years. While at the Vancouver TheatreSports League, he started scripting some of the group’s routines, including several festival and corporate stage shows for them. This eventually led to his cowriting the pilot for a situation comedy called "Channel 92," which aired on UTV. About the same time, he began to get bit parts in television shows such as "Sliders," "Lonesome Dove: The Return," and "Street Justice" and this led to his being hired on for a one-time bit part on a show called "The X-Files."

And the rest, as they say, is history – the history of a hacker-dude named Ringo Langly.

Haglund, who in real life is the most tech savvy of the Lone Gunmen actors, says that while he can't hack his way into top-level security systems, he does have a good basic knowledge of computers and often has friends call him to help fix their systems. The difference between him and Langly, he says, is that Langly, "... has that really cool software where he can just sit around reading books and drinking Tab while it works!" When he has the time (and he hasn’t had much time lately), Haglund enjoys working on his computer.

And yes, he says he IS a Ramones fan.

Ringo Langly

Wiry and kinetic, a study in perpetual motion, Langly is the D'Artagnan of this unlikely trio of Musketeers. Gamer, artist, sysghodd, his attitude seems to be that no challenge is too outrageous for him and no computer system is absolutely intruder-proof against his skills.  Even the bureaucratic boondoggle, the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles, is an easy crack for his quick fingers and eclectic collection of programs.

While his abilities are the stuff of legend, they're countered by his nervous impatience and his cocky Wylie E. Coyote type of self-confidence that gets out of control at times. Langly takes short cuts and skips steps, and the results (such as equipment shorting out and causing a fire) can be pretty unpredictable.

Filmography

Television: Channel 92

 (pilot episode) - Writer
 

Langly - Wetwired (1996)
Langly - Apocrypha (1996)
Langly - Nisei (1995)
Langly - Paper Clip (1995)
Langly - The Blessing Way (1995)
Langly - Anasazi (1995)
Langly - Fearful Symmetry (1995)
Langly - One Breath (1994)
Langly - Blood (1994)
Langly - E.B.E. (1994)
 

 Voice of Dr. Cornelius Neumeier
 

Mr. Coolidge - Honey, It's No Fun Being An Illegal Alien
 

Episode #54
Episode #55
Episode #65
 

Stockboy - Fever
 

Junkie - The Wall
 

Zack Malone - Working Girls
 

himself - Val Goes To Town
himself - Throw Val From the Train
 

himself (and his dog) - You Lie Like A Dog 
 

A Family Owned Business - Wilbur a.k.a The Black Myst
Aardvark! (a "mockumentary") 
Dangerous Indiscretion - Crackhead
Lonesome Dove: The Return - Nathan Silas
Mask of Death (aka "Payback) - Dealer
The X-Files: Fight The Future - Richard "Ringo" Langly
Tom Sawyer (animated) - Voice of Sid
Radio Free Steve (role not known)