Judah Katz

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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.

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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 ]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 Clone1 episode, Stay Out of the Basement
1999 Boy Meets World Chadookie (uncredited)2 episode, The Honeymooners
2000, 2002 Queer as Folk Pancho Ryder, Marty Ryder4 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
2012Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II Alan Eagleson
2012Blood PressureMike Trestman
2013 Jack Brian Topp
2014 Dr. Cabbie James Whilcher
2015 Gridlocked Bill
2016 Mayday Captain Yitzhak Fuchs1 episode, High Rise Catastrophe
2017High-Rise RescueClay Pellington

References

  1. "Katz captures the Summit eagle" by Matthew Romanada, National Post (8 April, 2006) [Toronto Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   330407249
  2. 1 2 "Katz is getting catcalls - and that's fine with him" by Mike Boone, The Montreal Gazette (9 Feb, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   434304591
  3. "Air Farce, Billy Bishop big ACTRA winners" by Rick Groen, The Globe and Mail (18 April, 1983) Retrieved from ProQuest   386548824
  4. "Documentary or drama: Hockey on TV" by Alex Strachan, The Sudbury Star (8 April, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   349137598
  5. "Ex-Kid McKinney picks up two wins at Gemini Awards" by Alex Strachan, Nanaimo Daily News (19 Oct, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest   361707945
  6. "Canada Russia '72" by Andrew Ryan, The Globe and Mail (8 April, 2006) Retrieved from ProQuest   383567310