Graham Abbey

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Graham Abbey
Born
Graham Robert Thomson Abbey

(1971-03-24) March 24, 1971 (age 52)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active1983-present
Spouse Michelle Giroux

Graham Abbey (born Graham Robert Thomson Abbey, March 24, 1971) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor, who is best known for his role as Gray Jackson in TV drama The Border .

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History

At the then Stratford Festival of Canada, the eleven-year-old Graham Abbey took up small parts in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor . In the following season, he returned with roles in As You Like It and Macbeth . [1] His first role was as a forest gnome at the Festival Theatre, and he explained his interest as: "there was a room full of doughnuts and I got to get out of school". [2] [3]

After two years at Stratford, he gave up acting. He left Stratford Central Secondary School, moved to Kingston, Ontario, and in 1994, graduated from Queen's University with a degree in political science.

In 1997, he rejoined the Stratford Festival with a leading role (Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman ), a supporting role (Paris in Romeo and Juliet), and an ensemble role (the Chorus in Oedipus Rex ). He has performed in over 30 productions at the Festival, and continues to be a part of the company as of 2016, during which season he debuted his adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad, Breath of Kings

In August 2008, he married former Stratford colleague Michelle Giroux. [4]

Credits

Film and television credits

Stratford Festival credits

Other theatre credits

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References

  1. "Border star steady with sword as well as gun"
  2. "From the Bard to Border Guard"
  3. "As You Like It, Stratford 1983
  4. OUZOUNIAN, Richard (2008-09-27). "Border star steady with sword as well as gun". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

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