Robert A. Silverman (born February 24, 1938) is a Canadian actor known for his collaborations with director David Cronenberg. Silverman received a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980 for The Brood, and was nominated in 2003 for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series in The Eleventh Hour. Silverman has been cast by Cronenberg in the following films: eXistenZ (1999) as D'Arcy Nader Naked Lunch (1991) as Hans Scanners (1981) as Benjamin Pierce The Brood (1979) as Jan Hartog Rabid (1977) as Man In Hospital (Via Wikipedia)