Biografie
One of Canada’s most unique and sought-after actors, Tom McCamus has been a long-standing member of the acting ensembles of both the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. Over a period of more than twenty years he has played such roles as ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Richard the Third,’ ‘Mack the Knife,’ ‘King Arthur,’ ‘Vladimir,’ ‘Edmund Tyrone’ and ‘Hamlet’ to name a few.
Tom starred in “Misery” (Canadian Stage), “An Ideal Husband” and “The Comedy of Errors” (Stratford Festival) “The Unanswered Question” (NAC), “Thom Paine: Based on Nothing” (Tarragon Theatre), and “Mathilde” (Nightwood Theatre) for which he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award. Other favourites include ‘Darryl Plate’ in “The Innocent Eye Test” (Mirvish Productions) and ‘Lovborg’ in “Hedda Gabler” (Volcano). McCamus received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Actor for his performance in Theatre Plus’ production of “Abundance.”
In the world of feature film McCamus won the Genie Award for Best Actor for his work in David Wellington’s feature film I Love a Man in Uniform and received a Best Actor nomination for Wellington’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, in which he reprised his role as Edmund Tyrone from the Stratford Festival’s critically-acclaimed production. A role in Atom Egoyan’s feature film, The Sweet Hereafter, earned Mr. McCamus a Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination.
His film credits include Shake Hands With the Devil (Barna Alper), Killshot (MGM), Heyday! (Pope Productions), Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (Disney Pictures), Ginger Snaps: The Prequel (40th Parallel), Perfect Pie (Rhombus), Possible Worlds (In Extremis Images), Century Hotel (Victorious Films), and Beautiful Dreamers.
On the small screen, his performance in Waking Up Wally (Accent Entertainment) garnered him a Gemini award for Best Actor. He is featured in the Gary Burns’ series Northern Town (CBC) and played a leading role in the series Mutant X (Fireworks Entertainment).
Samson Films
Schauspieler
Dokumentationen | |
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2006 |
Im Reich der Krieger: Die indischen Mogule (Fernsehfilm) - Erzähler |
1998 |
Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles |
Theateraufzeichnung | |
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2015 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
Kurzfilme | |
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1999 |
Don't Think Twice |
Mitwirkende
Sendungen | |
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1971 |
Great Performances |