Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners

The list Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners includes Joshua Jackson, Roy Dupuis, Jeremy Irons, Donald Sutherland and Christopher Plummer. The list consists of 48 members.

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Joshua Jackson

Actor

Overview: Joshua Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian-American actor. He is known for his starring role as Pacey Witter in the teen drama series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the science fiction ...

Date of birth: 11 June 1978

Age: 46

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Lupita Nyong'o (Dating)

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Male actors of Irish descent 681T

People charged with assault 21T

Actors from Wilmington, North Carolina 14T
2.

Roy Dupuis

Canadian actor

Overview: Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita. He portrayed Maurice ...

Date of birth: 21 April 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Christine Beaulieu (Long-Term)

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Male actors from Ontario 274T

Male actors from Quebec 171T

Canadian male voice actors 856T
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Jeremy Irons

British actor

Overview: Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Sinéad Cusack (Married)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Outstanding Narrator Primetime Emmy Award winners 6T
4.

Michael Greyeyes

Canadian actor

Overview: Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) is a Canadian actor, choreographer, director and educator. He is Plains Cree from the Muskeg Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan. His father was from the Muskeg Lake ...

Date of birth: 4 June 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Nancy Latoszewski (Married)

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First Nations male actors 42T

Male actors from Saskatchewan 38T

Canadian male voice actors 808T
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Paul Giamatti

American actor (born 1967)

Overview: Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti ( JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. Giamatti began his career as a character actor before establishing himself in leading roles in film and television ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Clara Wong (Dating)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of Irish descent 681T

Male actors of English descent 379T
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Donald Sutherland

Canadian, Actor

Overview: Donald McNichol Sutherland (17 July 1935 – 20 June 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over seven decades. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden ...

Date of birth: 17 July 1935

Date of death: 20 June 2024

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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2024 deaths 3,989T

Polio survivors 198T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
7.

Christopher Plummer

Canadian actor (1929–2021)

Overview: Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC (December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021) was a Canadian actor whose career spanned seven decades. He gained recognition for his performances in film, television, and t ...

Date of birth: 13 December 1929

Date of death: 5 February 2021

Age: 91 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of English descent 380T

2021 deaths 4,263T
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Jacob Tremblay

Canadian actor (born 2006)

Overview: Jacob Tremblay (born October 5, 2006) is a Canadian actor. His breakout performance was his starring role as Jack Newsome in Room (2015), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young ...

Date of birth: 5 October 2006

Age: 17

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 4' 7" (140 cm)

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Male actors from Vancouver 261T

Canadian male child actors 252T

Canadian male voice actors 884T
9.

Nick Mancuso

Canadian actor

Overview: Nicodemo Antonio Massimo Mancuso (born May 29, 1948) is an Italian-Canadian actor, artist, playwright, and director. Beginning his career as a stage actor, he had his breakthrough role in the 1981 drama ...

Date of birth: 29 May 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Canadian people of Calabrian descent 14T

Male actors of Italian descent 908T

Canadian male voice actors 808T
10.

Maury Chaykin

American-born Canadian character actor

Overview: Maury Alan Chaykin (July 27, 1949 – July 27, 2010) was an American-born Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of detective Nero Wolfe, as well as for his work as a character actor in many ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1949

Date of death: 27 July 2010

Age: 61 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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American Ashkenazi Jews 202T

Canadian Comedy Award winners 178T

Canadian Ashkenazi Jews 17T
11.

Brendan Fletcher

Canadian actor

Overview: Brendan Fletcher (born December 15, 1981) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter, and producer who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He first gained recognition as a child actor, winning a Leo Award ...

Date of birth: 15 December 1981

Age: 42

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Male actors from British Columbia 125T

Canadian male television actors 1,563T

Canadian male film actors 1,535T
12.

Ian Holm

British actor (1931–2020)

Overview: Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020), known as Ian Holm, was an English actor. He received the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his performance as Lenny in The ...

Date of birth: 12 September 1931

Date of death: 19 June 2020

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Disease-related deaths in London 33T

Neurological disease deaths in England 355T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
13.

Bob Hoskins

British, Actor

Overview: Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor. His work included lead roles in films and television series such as Pennies from Heaven (1978), The Long Good Friday (1980) ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1942

Date of death: 29 April 2014

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Actors from Hornsey 6T

Actors from Finsbury Park 12T

Actors from the London Borough of Haringey 75T
14.

James Cromwell

American actor

Overview: James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American character actor and activist. Some of his more notable films include Babe (1995), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997) ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 7" (201 cm)

Partner: Anna Stuart (Married)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T
15.

Len Cariou

Canadian actor and stage director (born 1939)

Overview: Leonard Joseph Cariou OC OM (born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and stage director, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet ...

Date of birth: 30 September 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

Partner: Heather Summerhayes (Married)

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Broadway actors 482T

Canadian artistic directors 79T

People from Saint Boniface, Winnipeg 79T
16.

Stephan James

Canadian actor

Overview: Stephan James (born December 16, 1993) is a Canadian actor. After starring in a string of television series as a teenager, he rose to prominence upon winning a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for ...

Date of birth: 16 December 1993

Age: 30

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Black Canadian male actors 83T

Male actors from Toronto 475T

Canadian male child actors 230T
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Roshan Seth

Actor

Overview: Roshan Seth OBE (Hindi: रोशन सेठ; born April 2, 1942) is a British-Indian actor, writer, and stage director who has worked in the United Kingdom, Hollywood, and India. He began his acting career in the ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Male actors from Patna 13T

British male actors of Indian descent 41T

Actors from Bihar 11T
18.

Gordon Pinsent

Canadian actor and writer (1930–2023)

Overview: Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He was known for his roles in numerous productions, including Away from Her, The R ...

Date of birth: 12 July 1930

Date of death: 25 February 2023

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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2023 deaths 1,234T

The Royal Canadian Regiment soldiers 6T

The Royal Canadian Regiment officers 24T
19.

Lothaire Bluteau

Canadian actor

Overview: Lothaire Bluteau (born 14 April 1957) is a Canadian actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and performs in both French and English. Bluteau has worked in theatre, film and television throughout Canada ...

Date of birth: 3 April 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Male actors from Montreal 269T

Canadian male stage actors 404T

20th-century Canadian male actors 567T
20.

Antoine Olivier Pilon

Canadian actor

Overview: Antoine Olivier Pilon (born 23 June 1997) is a Canadian actor.

Date of birth: 23 June 1997

Age: 27

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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Best Actor Jutra and Iris Award winners 21T

Male actors from Montreal 314T

Male actors from Quebec 196T