Schultz, Albert 1963-

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Schultz, Albert 1963-

PERSONAL

Born July 30, 1963, in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada; married Susan Coyne (an actress); children: two. Education: Attended York University; trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Career:

Actor. Soulpepper Theatre Company, Toronto, cofounder and artistic director.

Awards, Honors:

Gemini Award nomination, best supporting actor, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 1987, for Going Home; Gemini Award, best host of a lifestyle information, variety, or performing arts program or series, 1995, for The 1994 Gemini Awards; Gemini Award nomination, best actor in a continuing leading dramatic role, 1996, for Side Effects; Gemini Award nomination, best writing in a comedy or variety program or series, 1997, for The 1996 Gemini Awards.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Rob Diamond, Street Legal, CBC, 1991-94.

Dr. Noah Knelman, Side Effects, CBC, 1994-96.

Arnie Dogen, a recurring role, The Red Green Show (also known as The New Red Green Show), PBS, 1996-98.

Jake, Jake and Jill, CBC, 2001.

Narrator, True Crime Scene, 2006.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dog, The Squamish Five, CBC, 1986.

Phillip, Mafia Princess, ABC, 1986.

Uncle Kurt, Beethoven Lives Upstairs, 1989.

Peter Hamm, The Last Best Year, ABC, 1990.

Captain Aubrey Buxton, Le peloton d'execution (also known as The Firing Squad), CTV, 1991.

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

Andy, Critical Choices, Showtime, 1996.

(Uncredited) The Absolute Truth, CBS, 1997.

Byron, Balls Up, 1997.

Bob Cratchitt, Ebenezer, TNT, 1998.

Alan Green, White Lies, CBC, 1998.

Derek Smythe, Blackjack (also known as John Woo's "Blackjack"), USA Network, 1998.

Paul Jurgensen, Deep in My Heart, CBS, 1999.

Vincent Buckner, Drive Time Murders (also known as Breakfast with Dick and Dorothy), PAX, 2001.

Conrad Black, Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story, CTV, 2006.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Doc MacNooder, The Lawrenceville Stories: The Prodigious Hickey (also known as The Lawrenceville Stories: The Return of Hickey, The Prodigious Hickey, and The Prodigious Mr. William Hicks), PBS, 1987.

Doc MacNooder, The Lawrenceville Stories: The Beginning of the Firm, PBS, 1989.

Host, The 1994 Gemini Awards, 1994.

Host, The 1996 Gemini Awards, CBC, 1996.

Narrator, Courage & Compassion: The Story of Dr. Joseph Wong, 2004.

Youkali Hotel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lucas Rothman, The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, NBC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Greg Turner, "The Initiation," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1987.

Peter McGrattan, "Freefall/The Presence," PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, syndicated, 1996.

"God Bless America," Prince Street, NBC, 1997.

Voice of Walter, "The Critic," Foolish Heart, CBC, 1999.

Adam Reese, "Buy the Book," Made in Canada (also known as The Industry), CBC, 1999.

Hiram Beecher, "Faith Healer," Wind at My Back, CBC, 2000.

Alexander Mackenzie, "The Pathfinders," Canada: A People's History, CBC, 2001.

Narrator, "A Criminal Mind: The Life and Times of Edward Greenspan," Life and Times, CBC, 2005.

Narrator, "Satisfaction: The Life & Times of Michael Cohl," Life and Times, CBC, 2006.

Guest, Canada A.M. (also known as Canada A.M. Weekend), CTV, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Lance Corporal Millen, Going Home (also known as Soldats en transit), 1987.

Luke, Street Justice, Warner Bros., 1989.

Edgar, Where the Heart Is, Buena Vista, 1990.

Doctor John Burgys, Beautiful Dreamers, Hemdale, 1990.

Nick, Psychic, Trimark Pictures, 1992.

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

Richard, The Circle Game, Panorama Entertainment, 1994.

Anderson, Maximum Risk (also known as Bloodstone and The Exchange), Columbia, 1996.

Second male dog owner, Dog Park (also known as Reserve aux chiens), New Line Cinema, 1998.

Sheena's date, The Life Before This, First Look Pictures, 1999.

Interviewee, Hamlet (Solo), 2007.

Stage Appearances:

The Music Man, Citadel Theatre, Edmonten, Alberta, Canada, 1995.

Private Lives, Canadian Stage Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, then Grand Theatre, London, 1996.

Posa, Don Carlos, Soulpepper Theatre Company, du Maurier Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1998.

Alceste, The Misanthrope, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Du Maurier Centre, 1998.

Title role, Platonov, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1999, 2000.

Sam Craig, Our Town, Soulpepper Theatre Company, 1999.

Jerry, Betrayal, Soulpepper Theatre Company, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2000.

Dr. Astrov, Uncle Vanya, Soulpepper Theatre Company, 2001, 2002.

Also appeared as Touchstone in As You Like It, Mr. Puff in The Critic, Edgar in King Lear, Creon in Oedipus, and Feste in Twelfth Night, all Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

WRITINGS

Television Specials:

The 1996 Gemini Awards, CBC, 1996.

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