Juan Chioran

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Juan Chioran
Born (1963-06-18) June 18, 1963 (age 60)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present

Juan Chioran (born June 18, 1963) is an Argentine-born Canadian actor primarily associated with stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. He is based in Stratford, Ontario.

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Chioran is also known for his voice acting roles, such as Doji in Beyblade: Metal Fusion (the first 31 episodes, succeeded by Andrew Jackson), King Caradoc in Jane and the Dragon , and Barry Bullevardo in the animated series Iggy Arbuckle .

Stratford Shakespeare Festival credits

Chioran has played these major stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival: [1] [2]

Film and television

Chioran has had various film and television roles, including Lance Boil on Grossology . He also played the role of Francobollo Garibaldi, the father of Raven-Symoné's character in the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls in 2003. In Cyberchase Season 3, he was the voice of Nero The Animal Hero, and the voice of "Art Wurst" on Detentionaire. He also played Laurie in The Perfect Son film in 2000 and Venomous Drool in Fangbone! . In Totally Spies! , he voiced the uncredited role of Ice Cream Man in the episode "Evil Ice Cream Man Much?". He was Snow Miser in the 2008 movie A Miser Brothers Christmas and Mr. Mansour in Miss BG. He is known for his work on the CGI series PAW Patrol , where he voiced Raimundo the Ringmaster. He also voices Señor Tapir, a Mexican-born musical tapir who appears in Elinor Wonders Why .

Awards and nominations

Chioran won a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series in 2000 for a televised showing of his portrayal of Count Dracula in Dracula: A Chamber Musical . [3] He was nominated for a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for The Three Musketeers at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

Video clips

TorontoStage.com interview for "The Madonna Painter"

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References

  1. Stratford Shakespeare Festival Visitors' Guides from 1993 to 2013. Stratford, Ontario, Canada
  2. Stratford Shakespeare Festival production history
  3. Brioux, Bill. "Gemini Award: Early Winners". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)