Graham Abbey

11th season: Posthumus in Cymbeline and Aigisthos in Elektra. Stratford: Henry V, Macbeth, Romeo, Henry VIII, Prince Hal in Henry IV, Jaques in As You Like It, D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Aufidius in Coriolanus, Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Hap Loman in Death of a Salesman. Elsewhere: Hamlet in Hamlet (Resurgence), Jeff Skilling in Enron (Theatre Calgary), Sam Byck in Assassins (Talk Is Free/Birdland), Charles in The School for Scandal and Valère in The Molière Comedies (Chicago Shakespeare), Jamie in Long Day’s Journey into Night (MTC). Film/TV: Series lead on CBC’s The Border. Recurring roles on Degrassi, Murdoch Mysteries, Covert Affairs, Republic of Doyle. Guest star on Flashpoint, Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, Warehouse 13, Heartland and Bomb Girls. Recent films: Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz opposite Sarah Silverman, Othello, Defendor, Stealing Paradise, Secrets of Eden. Radio: Series regular on Afghanada (CBC Radio). Awards: Dora Award, Monte Carlo Television Festival nomination. Et cetera: Graham is Artistic Director of Groundling Theatre (Groundlingtheatre.com), a new Shakespeare company in Toronto. “For Heapie.”

Meet Graham Abbey at Meet the Festival on Wednesday, July 11.