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 30 years, appearing in both TV series and films.

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Winning an ACTRA award (now called a Gemini 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 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. Since 1992 he has trained with 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
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
2012Blood PressureMike Trestman
2014 Dr. Cabbie James Whilcher
2015 Gridlocked Bill
2016 Mayday Captain Yitzhak Fuchs1 episode, High Rise Catastrophe
2017High-Rise RescueClay Pellington

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