Judah Katz (born 23 June 1960) is a Canadian actor born in Montreal, Quebec. [1] He has worked in Toronto and Los Angeles [2] for more than 40 years, appearing in both TV series and films.
Winning a national "ACTRA Award" (now called a Canadian Screen Award) for his very first foray in front of a camera in 1983 as "best new actor in Canadian Television", [3] he also received a Gemini Award (now called a Canadian Screen Award) for "best supporting actor" for his role as Alan Eagleson [4] in the CBC mini-series Canada Russia '72 . [5] [6]
Katz studied acting for two years at Vanier College and a further three years at the Dome Professional Theatre School. [2] He has also studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts and with the "voice doctor" Robert Easton of Los Angeles. Method acting from 1992-1995 in the Master class and then privately with late renowned film and television acting coach and teacher David Rotenberg.[ citation needed ]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Movers & Shakers | Freddie | |
1988 | Switching Channels | Tillinger Sound Man | |
1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Marc | |
1996 | Crash | Salesman | |
1996 | The Long Kiss Goodnight | Harry (Perkin's Aide) | |
1996 | Goosebumps | Dr. Brewer/Dr. Brewer's Clone | 1 episode, Stay Out of the Basement |
2000, 2002 | Queer as Folk | Pancho Ryder, Marty Ryder | 4 episodes |
2001 | XChange | Lister | |
2003 | Owning Mahowny | Broker | |
2003 | Spinning Boris | Michael Kramer | |
2005 | Cinderella Man | Reporter #4 | |
2006 | Canada Russia '72 | Alan Eagleson | TV miniseries [7] |
2010 | Casino Jack | Abbe Lowell | |
2011 | Breakaway | Smitty | |
2012 | Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II | Alan Eagleson | |
2012 | Blood Pressure | Mike Trestman | |
2014 | Dr. Cabbie | James Whilcher | |
2015 | Gridlocked | Bill | |
2016 | Mayday | Captain Yitzhak Fuchs | 1 episode, High Rise Catastrophe |
2017 | High-Rise Rescue | Clay Pellington |
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