Andrew Moodie

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Andrew Moodie (born November 30, 1967) is a Canadian actor and playwright. [1] He is most noted for his plays Riot, which was a winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1996, [2] and Toronto the Good, which was a Dora Mavor Moore Award nominee for Best Original Play (General Theatre) in 2009. [3]

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Early life

Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, [4] he is the brother of actress Tanya Moodie. [5]

Career

Moodie began his career as an actor with Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company in the 1980s. [1]

His other plays have included Oui (1998), [6] Wilbur County Blues (1998), [7] A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women (1999), [8] The Lady Smith (2000) [9] and The Real McCoy (2006). [10] He was also a writer of the CBC Radio drama series Afghanada . [11]

As an actor, Moodie is best known for his recurring supporting roles as Simon Frontenac in Orphan Black and Teku Fonsei in Dark Matter . He won a Dora Award in the Youth Theatre division for his performance in David S. Craig and Robert Morgan's Health Class, [12] and was nominated in the Independent division in 2003 for his performance in Othello . [13]

From 2006 to 2011 Moodie was the host of TVOntario's documentary series Big Ideas . [1]

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Andrew Moodie in 2013

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof, "Moodie, Andrew". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, November 16, 2021.
  2. "Moodie play Riot captures $10,000 Chalmers Award". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , May 15, 1996.
  3. Robert Cushman, "The play is the thing, not artificial categories; Dora stipulations make for some odd award nominees". National Post , June 27, 2009.
  4. Lynn Saxberg, "Daisy blooms again: Ottawa-born actor Andrew Moodie stars in revived GCTC play". Ottawa Citizen , November 26, 2021.
  5. Robert Crew, "Canada's loss is England's gain; Tanya Moodie longed to return home to Canada, but lauded actress found better roles overseas". Toronto Star , February 8, 2004.
  6. Kate Taylor, "Oui never rises above level of sitcom: Play about bilingual Ottawa family's reaction to referendum bland and cliched". The Globe and Mail , January 17, 1998.
  7. Vit Wagner, "Countrified sitcom anything but a Riot". Toronto Star , July 5, 1998.
  8. Janice Kennedy, "Laugh riot brings tears". Ottawa Citizen , March 4, 1999.
  9. Sharon Younger, "Janet Bailey sings the blues, but only on stage: Busy actor says Moodie knows how to write for women". National Post , March 18, 2000.
  10. Ashante Infantry, "Toronto director busy keeping it 'Real'; Art imitates life for this multi-talented actor and playwright". Toronto Star , January 29, 2006.
  11. Greg Quill, "Welcome to Afghanada; A new radio drama yes, radio drama focuses on the Canadian military opposing the Taliban". Toronto Star , November 3, 2006.
  12. Nicholas Davis, "Who was the 'real' McCoy?". Toronto Sun , October 15, 2007.
  13. "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star , May 22, 2003.