Hugh Dillon

Ed Lane

Ed is the alpha male of Team One. He's outgoing, charming, competitive and a risk-taker. Like a kid who's used to getting what he wants, Ed is the best in a group of elite cops, and he knows it. When he's not on the job, he's with the team, drinking beer with them in the "Man-Cave," or playing his guitar, alone, in his basement. Those choices come at a cost to his relationship with his wife and his son. But it's easier that way for a cop with Trauma-Bond - someone addicted to life-and-death drama, someone who finds it easier to get back into the fray than face his neighbors at a backyard barbecue.

It's not often that Ed has to use lethal force on the job - but every time he does, he feels sick about it: after all, it's his bullet that ended some guy's life. But this is the path he's chosen, and this is the job he's been training for all his life. It's somehow easier for Ed to shoulder that unspoken responsibility than to ask his son how his day was at school. The last thing he wants to do is bring this job home with him - but his decision to not involve his family in his professional secrets comes at a serious price.

Parker is the one who sees most clearly that a sense of balance is missing in Ed's life - but he's been there, and knows this is something a man must learn for himself. But that doesn't mean he's not going to watch Ed closely...

About Hugh Dillon

Combining acting with a distinguished career as a singer-songwriter, Hugh Dillon is a dark horse who has been galvanized as one of North America's most respected performers.

Dillon first earned notoriety in Canada and abroad as the lead singer in the now defunct rock 'n' roll band The Headstones. Signed to Universal Music in the early 90s, the band released six albums before disbanding in 2003. It was early on in the Headstones' career that Dillon landed his first big-screen part in notorious director Bruce McDonald's Dance Me Outside (1994). Next came his critically-acclaimed lead performance as Joe Dick in McDonald's 1996 feature film, Hard Core Logo. The film, and in particular Dillon's performance, caught the eye of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and his company, Rolling Thunder Pictures, who distributed the movie and brought international attention to the revered indie classic and its lead actor.

The Genie-nominated actor has since starred in the critically-acclaimed Sundance Film Festival award-winning movie, Down To The Bone alongside Vera Farmiga (The Departed), as well as notable roles in feature films Lone Hero, Assault On Precinct 13, The Trailer Park Boys: The Big Dirty and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.

Dillon's ability to capture honest, realistic portrayals of complicated characters has been his calling card. In 2007, he starred as Mike Sweeney in the dark and twisted serial Durham County. His performance as Ed Lane in the CTV/CBS co-production Flashpoint is his first step across the border in network primetime. Other television appearances have included episodes of The Eleventh Hour, ReGenesis and Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Dillon has never strayed far from his musical roots, bringing his music with him to film and television. Durham County, the upcoming Jennifer Lynch-directed movie Surveillance, and Trailer Park Boys: The Big Dirty, have all featured some of his latest music. In between on-screen takes he retreated to The Tragically Hip's Bathouse Studio near his hometown of Kingston, Ontario, and recorded new tracks with Hip-ster Paul Langlois (producer). Dillon's aptly-titled album, Works Well With Others, will be out soon.

Dillon currently splits his time between Toronto and Los Angeles.