McCamus, Tom 1955-

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McCamus, Tom 1955-

PERSONAL

Some sources cite full name as John Thomas McCamus; born July 25, 1955, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; raised in London, Ontario, Canada; son of John (an accountant) and Betty (a professor) McCamus; married Chick Reid (an actress). Education: University of Windsor, B.F.A., 1977. Avocational Interests: Science fiction.

Career:

Actor. Held various jobs, including work at Oakridge Secondary School, London, Ontario, Canada.

Member:

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

Awards, Honors:

Genie Award, best performance by an actor in a leading role, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and Mystfest Award, best actor, both 1993, for I Love a Man in Uniform; Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as a Dora Award), outstanding performance by a male in a play, Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, 1994, for Abundance; Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, 1996, for Long Day's Journey into Night; Stage Door Award nomination, best actor, 1996, for Waiting for Godot; National Board of Review Award (with others), best acting by an ensemble, and Genie Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a leading role, both 1997, for The Sweet Hereafter; Stage Door Award, best actor in a musical, 1997, for Camelot; Gemini Award, best performance by an actor in a leading role in a dramatic program or miniseries, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and ACTRA Toronto Award, outstanding performance—male, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), both 2006, for Waking up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story; Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as a Dora Award), outstanding performance by a male in a principal role—play, 2006, for Mathilde.

CREDITS

Stage Appearances:

Ahtushmit, Central Library Auditorium, 1974.

The Donnellys, London, Ontario, Canada, 1974.

Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), 1978.

Title role, Ichabod Crane, 1979.

Equus, London, Ontario, Canada, 1979.

From Saigon to Sudbury, 1980.

Brother Martin, Saint Joan, Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 1981.

Napoleon, Man of Destiny, Shaw Festival, 1981.

Le vicomte, Camille, Shaw Festival, 1982.

The microbe, Too True to Be Good, Shaw Festival, 1982.

A Christmas Carol, London, Ontario, Canada, 1982.

Jodelet, Cyrano de Bergerac, Shaw Festival, 1982, 1983.

Bruce Fairlight, The Vortex, Shaw Festival, 1983.

The Persian, Caesar and Cleopatra, Shaw Festival, 1983.

Androcles, Androcles and the Lion, Shaw Festival, 1984.

Bumstead, 1984, Shaw Festival, 1984.

Doctor and conventioneer, The Skin of Our Teeth, Shaw Festival, 1984.

Drunken citizen, The Lost Letter, Shaw Festival, 1984.

Deaf mute, The Madonna of Chaillot, Shaw Festival, 1985.

Smith, Murder on the Nile, Shaw Festival, 1985.

Basil Bingley, Banana Ridge, Shaw Festival, 1986.

Member of the heavenly choir, Passion, Poison and Petrifaction, Shaw Festival, 1986.

Ned Seton, Holiday, Shaw Festival, 1986.

Salvador Dali (title role), Dali, Shaw Festival, 1986.

Scotty Schwartz, Marathon 33, Shaw Festival, 1987.

Title role, Peter Pan, Shaw Festival, 1987, 1988.

Lawrence Vail, Once in a Lifetime, Shaw Festival, 1988.

Benefactors, Canadian Stage Company, 1990.

Hamlet, Hamlet's Room, Theatre Plus Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1991.

Gerald Harvie, Taking Liberties, Factory Theatre Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1992.

The Affections of May, London, Ontario, Canada, 1992.

Jean-Francois, Writing with Our Feet, Factory Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993.

Abundance, Theatre Plus Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, c. 1994.

Horatio, Hamlet, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1994.

Mr. Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1994, 1995.

Edmund Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Tom Patterson Theatre, 1994, 1995, and Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center, Waterford, CT, 1996.

Horner, The Country Wife, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1995.

Lucky and Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1996.

The soldier, The Soldier's Story, SONiC BOOM, University of Toronto, MacMillan Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1996.

Tom, Jr., Sweet Bird of Youth, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1996.

Title role, Coriolanus, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Tom Patterson Theatre, 1997.

King Arthur, Camelot (musical), Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Stratford Festival Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1997.

Don John, Much Ado about Nothing, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1998.

Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1998.

Vladimir, Waiting for Godot, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Tom Patterson Theatre, 1998.

Four Wishes, London, Ontario, Canada, 1998.

George Barber, Possible Worlds, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1999.

Johann Sebastian (J. S.) Bach, Joys and Sorrows of Bach, Aradia, 1999.

Marc Blitzstein, It's All True, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999.

The Jones Boy, UrbanImage Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999.

Three Plays in a Day, 1999.

Stephen Guest and Mr. Stelling, The Mill on the Floss, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, Love Letters, Warkworth Town Hall, Centre for the Arts, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada, 2001.

Romain Tournel, A Flea in Her Ear, Elgin Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2001.

Tom Tooley (some sources cite Tim Tooley), Novecento (solo show), Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001, and World Stage Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Macheath (Mack the Knife), Threepenny Opera, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 2002.

Title role, Richard III, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Avon Theatre, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

The Passion of Narcisse Mondoux, Warkworth, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Apemantus, Timon of Athens, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 2004.

Dodge, Capture Me, Tarragon Theatre, 2004.

Hubert, King John, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 2004.

Eilert Lovborg, Hedda Gabler, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005.

Darryl Plate, The Innocent Eye Test, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Main Stage, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, both 2006.

Pierre, Mathilde, Nightwood Theatre, Young Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2006.

Thom Pain, Thom Pain (based on nothing) (solo show; also known as Thom Pain), Tarragon Theatre, Extra Space, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2006.

Antipholus of Ephesus, The Comedy of Errors, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, Avon Theatre, 2007.

Dog, Glenn's Pets, Part One and Two, Stratford Summer Music, City Hall Auditorium, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 2007.

Leonard Bernstein, The Unanswered Question, National Arts Centre, Studio Theatre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2007.

Sir Robert Chiltern, An Ideal Husband, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 2007.

Benedick from Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare: If Music Be …, Art of Time Ensemble, Harbourfront Centre, Enwave Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008.

Paul Sheldon, Misery, Canadian Stage Company, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, Bluma Appel Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008.

Appeared in Jitters, On the Razzle, and Tartuffe, all Canadian Stage Company; in Dancing at Lughnasa and Sinners, both National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; in Summer and Smoke, Theatre Plus Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and in Burn This. Participated in a theatrical reading at an evening of the works of Brahms, a concert in the Bostonian Bravo Series, at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2003. Appeared in productions of the Young Company at Theatre London (later the Grand Theatre), London, Ontario, Canada; appeared in productions at other venues, including the Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and the Phoenix Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Film Appearances:

Norman, Norman's Awesome Experience (also known as A Switch in Time), South Gate Entertainment, 1987.

Leonard Thomas, Beautiful Dreamers, Hemdale Films, 1990.

Snipe, Heart Songs (short film), Film Four International, 1992.

Henry Adler, I Love a Man in Uniform (also known as A Man in Uniform), IRS Media, 1993.

Ray Schiff, Guilty as Sin, Buena Vista, 1993.

Frank, The Circle Game, Shadowlife Films, 1994.

Amos Turzo, First Degree, Norstar Entertainment, 1995.

Edmund Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night (also known as Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night"), Rhombus Media, 1996, broadcast on Great Performances (also known as Great Performances: Long Day's Journey into Night), PBS, 1996.

Sam Burnell, The Sweet Hereafter (also known as De beaux lendemains), Fine Line Features, 1997.

Voice of radio deejay, Last Night (also known as Minuit), Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Reader, Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (documentary), Mongrel Media, 1998, Zeitgeist Films, 1999.

Jake, Don't Think Twice (short film), Tangles Productions, 1999.

George Barber, Possible Worlds (also known as Mondes possibles), Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2000.

Johnnie Gault, The Spreading Ground, Tsunami Entertainment, 2000.

Mr. Burn, The Claim (also known as Redemption and Le maitre de Kingdom Come), United Artists, 2000.

Warren, Hindsight (short film), Canada Council for the Arts/National Film Board of Canada/Ontario Arts Council, 2000.

Dr. Clerval, Trinity, Worldmark Films, 2001.

Nicholas, Century Hotel, TVA International, 2001.

Don Rayford, Perfect Pie (also known as La voie du destin), Odeon Films, 2002.

Father, The Nature of Nicholas, Domino Film & Television International, 2002.

Jerry, Riders (also known as Steal, Team Riders, and Extreme inconduite), Alliance Atlantis Communications, 2002.

Calum, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (also known as Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva), Buena Vista, 2004.

Mr. Phillips, Siblings (also known as Secret de famille), Monarch Home Video, 2004.

Wallace Rowlands, Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (also known as Ginger Snaps 3, Hellwolf: You Will Be Eaten Alive, and Entre soeurs 3—Le debut), Lions Gate Films, 2004.

Detective Pressman, Black Widow, Rhombus International, 2005.

Major Phil Lancaster, Shake Hands with the Devil, Seville Pictures, 2007.

Mark, Cairo Time, Foundry Films, 2009.

Television Appearances; Series:

Mason Grey Eckhart, Mutant X, CanWest Global Television and syndicated, 2001-2003.

Tom, It's Me … Gerald, Showcase, 2005.

Voice of the X of Evil, Funpak (animated), YTV (Canada), beginning 2005.

Heinz, Northern Town, CBC, beginning 2006.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Chief executive officer Wayne Hollit, More Tears, CBC, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Peter, The Cuckoo Bird, CBC, 1985.

Reverend Elliot, Mary Silliman's War (also known as The Way of Duty and L'appel du devoir), Lifetime, 1994.

Salvatore Falcone, Web of Deceit (also known as I Know My Son Is Alive), NBC, 1994.

Mr. Schlesinger, Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story, Lifetime, 1995.

Detective Sean Exley, Murder Most Likely, CTV (Canada) and TNT, 1999.

Rembrandt van Rijn, Rembrandt: Fathers & Sons, HBO and HBO Family, 1999.

Richard, The Passion of Ayn Rand, Showtime, 1999.

Crown prosecutor Rigney, Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story (also known as Torso and Le torse), CTV (Canada), 2002.

Walter "Wally" Gretzky, Waking up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story (also known as La longue absence), CBC, 2005.

Joe Neal, Heyday!, CBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Edmund Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night (also known as Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night"), broadcast on Great Performances (also known as Great Performances: Long Day's Journey into Night), PBS, 1996, released as a feature film, Rhombus Media, 1996.

Death, Death and the Maiden, broadcast on Opening Night, CBC, c. 2003.

Narrator, Warrior Empire: The Mughals of India (documentary), History Channel (United Kingdom), 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, 21st Annual Genie Awards, CBC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Frank Edwards, "The Baron's Bride," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse, Friday the 13th: The Series, The 13th Hour, Aaveita ja kummituksia, Erben des Fluchs, Kauhun kammio, L'entrepot du diable, Misterio para tres, Pentek 13, Perjantain kirous, and Vendredi 13), syndicated, 1988.

Atticus Rock, "Eye of Death," Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse, Friday the 13th: The Series, The 13th Hour, Aaveita ja kummituksia, Erben des Fluchs, Kauhun kammio, L'entrepot du diable, Misterio para tres, Pentek 13, Perjantain kirous, and Vendredi 13), syndicated, 1989.

Tony Pope, "Presumed Toxic," Street Legal, CBC, 1991.

Dr. Freshman, "Lefter Than Thou," Street Legal, CBC, 1992.

Dr. Richard DeVries, "Woman of His Dreams," Beyond Reality, USA Network, 1992.

David Gilberto, "Sing Wah," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1994.

Jimmy Donnelly, "The Gift of the Wheelman," Due South (also known as Due South: The Series and Direction: Sud), CTV (Canada) and CBS, 1994.

Paul Camilleri, "Social Diseases," Side Effects, CBC, 1994.

Paul Camilleri, "Worth It," Side Effects, CBC, 1994.

Miles Connor, "Alter Ego," TekWar (also known as Tek-War: The Series), USA Network, 1995.

Paul Camilleri, "Heart Choices," Side Effects, CBC, 1995.

Brambly Wilson, "Something from Nothing," Wind at My Back, CBC, 1997.

Johann Sebastian (J. S.) Bach, "Six Gestures" (also known as "Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures"), Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach, PBS, c. 1997 (some sources cite 1998).

David Craymore, "Chiller," F/X: The Series (also known as F/X, F/X: Efeitos mortais, F/X, effets speciaux, and F/X—murha tilauksesta), CTV (Canada) and syndicated, 1998.

Ned Campbell, "Eye of Heaven," Emily of New Moon, CBC, 1998.

Priest, "The Trial," Foolish Heart, CBC, 1999.

Dean, "The Life of Reilly," Twitch City, CBC and Bravo, 2000.

Vargas, "The Black Glove of Melchizedek," The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Sci-Fi Channel and CBC, 2000.

First judge, "The Award," Foreign Objects, CBC, 2001.

Howard, "Celebrity," Foreign Objects, CBC, 2001.

Detective Linus Goslings, "Hall of Mirrors," The Eleventh Hour, CTV (Canada), 2003.

"Madness in Great Ones," Slings & Arrows, The Movie Network (Canada), 2003.

Detective Linus Goslings, "Nadir," The Eleventh Hour, CTV (Canada), 2004.

Detective Linus Goslings, "Special Delivery," The Eleventh Hour, CTV (Canada), 2005.

Mr. Gabriel, "Episode 503," Queer as Folk (also known as Q.A.F. and Queer as Folk USA), Showtime, 2005.

Hit man, "Joyride," Puppets Who Kill, The Comedy Network, 2006.