B: March 29, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario
Jeff Parazzo went to high school in Oakville where he first became interested in acting after appearing in various plays. After high school, he moved to Toronto where he found work performing in local theatre. |
Features & TV Movies: Sugar (2004) Black Cadillacs (2011, short) March (2020, short) TV Series – Guest appearances: Flashpoint (2010) Private Eyes (2021) |
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B: March 29 in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Hall developed an interest in writing while working as a script supervisor at several of the top commercial production houses in Toronto. He has won a number of awards for both stage and screen, including a 3rd place finish at the first Sci-Fi Screenplay Competition at the Slamdance Film Festival for The Cassini Effect. His 2004 film, Messengers, should not be confused with the 2006 movie, The Messengers which was shot in Canada and featured a large cast of Northernstars. His 2010 screenplay, A Sliver of Light, won Yale University’s annual writing competition. |
Features & TV Movies: Sightlines (2002, short) Baptizing a Drunk (VR-2010, short) Cherrywood (2020, short) |
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B: March 28, 1972 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Cameron Cronin is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Acting program and is now the Administrator, Department of Theatre and Film at UBC’s Vancouver campus. |
Features & TV Movies: Greener Fields (TV-1998) Cabin by the Lake (TV-2000) Hitched for the Holidays (TV-2012) TV Series – Guest appearances: Beggars and Choosers (2000) Supernatural (2011) |
B: March 27, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta
Nathan Fillion grew up wanting to be a teacher just like his mom and dad, but became interested in acting while still in school. He took classes at Edmonton`s Theatresports Workshops, and while appearing in that city`s famous Fringe Festival, he was spotted by an agent who offered to represent the young actor. At first he landed small roles, but in 1994 when he was in his early 20s, he accepted an offer to join the cast of the TV soap, One Life to Live and spent the next few years as Joey Buchanan. He is pictured above as Richard Castle, a bestselling crime-horror novelist who helps solve real crimes, in the ABC/CTV series, Castle. |
Features & TV Movies: Ordeal in the Arctic (TV-1993) Dracula 2000 (2000) Super (2010) Firefly (2002-2004) Assassin Banana (voice, 2015, mini-series) TV Series – Guest appearances: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2003) The Venture Bros. (voice, 2010, 2018) Celebrity D&D (2020) |
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Laara Sadiq has been a professional actor since 1992. A graduate of UBC with a BFA in Acting, she works extensively in theatre, film, TV and voice-over across Canada. She is a two-time Jessie Richardson Theatre Award winner and multiple nominee. She has also been nominated for a Leo Award. Sadiq has volunteered with the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, served on the board of directors for the Jessie Richardson Society and Women in View, juried for the BC Arts Council, and actively lobbied on behalf of numerous cultural and political organizations over the years. |
Features & TV Movies: Live Bait (1995) They Nest (TV-2000) The Dick Knost Show (2013) TV Series – Cast: Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (voice, 2012-2015) TV Series – Guest Appearances: Fringe (2010) The Magicians (2020) |
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B: March 27, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
D: May 23, 1991 in Pasadena, California
Fletcher Markle began his career in radio the late 1930s and early 1940s in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was part of a loosely knit group that included John Drainie, Lister Sinclair, Bernard Braden and Alan Young. With the outbreak of WWII in 1939, the group began to gravitate to Toronto. Fletcher became one of about 70 Canadian writers who wrote scripts for Andrew Allan’s Stage series on CBC radio, one of the major factors in CBC’s drama revolution. He also wrote for a weekly wartime drama series called Comrades in Arms. Markle moved on to New York City where, among other things, he contributed to the CBS radio anthology, Studio One, which he later brought to television. These are his credits as a Director. |
Features & TV Movies: Jigsaw (1949) Night Into Morning (1951) The Incredible Journey (1963) TV Series: Thriller (1960) |
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B: March 24, 1979 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Jud Tylor is pictured at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. She had been nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series for an episode of Good God. |
Features & TV Movies: Y2K (TV-1999) A Good Burn (2000) Carnal Innocence (TV-2011) The Perfect Party Planner (TV-2020) Good God (2012) TV Series – Guest appearances: |
B: March 23, 1969 in Thetford Mines, Québec
Anick Lemay in a publicity still from the movie, Cheech. Lemay is a graduate of the Conservatoire d’art dramatique de Québec. |
Features & TV Movies: L’Île de sable (1999) La mystérieuse mademoiselle C. (2002) The High Cost of Living (2010) TV Series – Cast: Gypsies (2000) Mauvais Karma (2010-2012) TV Series – Guest appearances: 11 Règles (2010) |
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B: March 22, 1998 in Québec
Marie-Ève Beauregard began her acting career when she was just 6-years-old and was cast to appear in the short, Les adieux. She played the role of Chloé Olyphant-Dupire in 16 episodes of Toi & Moi between 2014 and 2016. |
Features & TV Movies: Aurore (2005) Monsieur Lazhar (2011) L’Arracheuse de temps (2021) Makinium (2021-2022) TV Series – Guest appearances: Trauma (2012) Marie-Ève Beauregard is represented by: |
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B: September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon
There are probably enough people living in North York, a suburb of Toronto, who claim to have seen, gone to Avondale High with, or been served in a restaurant by Keanu Reeves to fill the world’s largest cinema. Oddly enough the chances that he started out in Toronto are probably the same as the chances that he was conceived at all. His family history is a bit complicated. Keanu Reeves made his directorial debut with the film Man of Tai Chi, which screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. In August 2019 it was announced that a new Matrix movie was in the works at Warner Bros. In 2021 Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprised their roles as Neo and Trinity and Lana Wachowski wrote and directed the 2.5 hour Matrix – The Resurrections. |
Features & TV Movies: One Step Away (1985) Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1990) The Replacements (2000) Henry’s Crime (2010) The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (voice, 2020) |
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B: March 20, 1971 in London, Ontario
Ingrid Kavelaars moved to New York when she was 18 to attend The American Music and Dramatic Academy. She began acting in theatre in New York and Toronto and it was in Toronto that she made her television debut as a recurring character in the series Street Legal followed by her feature film debut in Dave Thomas’s Ghost Mom. In 1996, Kavelaars moved to Vancouver and landed a guest starring role in The Outer Limits within her first week in town. She appeared in 26 episodes of Whistler between 2006 and 2007. |
Features & TV Movies: Ghost Mom (TV-1993) Romantic Comedy 101 (TV-2001) Harm’s Way (2010) TV Series – Cast: Living in Your Car (2010-2012) TV Series – Guest appearances: Lost Girl (2012) |
B: September 2, in Toronto, Ontario
John Cassini pictured as Ronnie Delmonico in a still from the series, Intelligence. A lifetime member of the prestigious Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles, Cassini splits his time between Vancouver and LA. He was nominated for a Best Actor Gemini for his work on Da Vinci’s Inquest. In addition to playing the lead role in Break A Leg, Cassini also produced and co-wrote the film. He recently won Best Actor at The Marco Island Film Festival. The film also won the Audience Award at the CineVegas Film Festival, Best Independent Feature at the Santa Fe Film Festival and opened the San Francisco Independent Film Festival. Cassini also directed and co-wrote the short Freedom Park. Also see: Frank Cassini. |
Features & TV Movies: The Girl from Mars (TV-1991) Chain of Fools (2000) The Traveler (2010) Broil (2020) Continuum (2013-2014) TV Series – Guest appearances: Neon Rider (1990, 1991) The Practice (2000) The Bridge (2010) Next (2020) |
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B: in Niagara Falls, Ontario
A mixed Anishinaabe director, actress, and producer, April Mullen studied at the prestigious Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto where she received a B.F.A. with Honours. She moved to the United Kingdom to train at the Royal Welsh College of Drama. She was nominated for Best Actress by the Young Artist Awards for her work in the made-for-TV movie, Cavedweller. She co-founded Wango Films in 2005, producing and directing the company’s first two feature films, Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser and GravyTrain. Both films were theatrically released in Canada. Her 2020 feature Wander, was written by Tim Doiron and costars Aaron Eckhart and Tommy Lee Jones. We list her credits as a Director first. |
Features & TV Movies: Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Way of the Tosser (2007) Gravy Train (2010) Wander (2020) TV Series – at least 1 episode of: Tiny Pretty Things (2020) Credits as a Producer: Gravy Train (2010) Wander (2020) Credits as an Actor: GravyTrain (2010) TV Series – Cast: Good God (2012) TV Series – Guest appearances: Scare Tactics (2011) April Mullen is represented by: |
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B: March 20 in Wabasca, Alberta
Gerald Auger is a 1995 graduate of the Grande Prairie Regional College. He was discovered in the opening ceremonies of the 1995 Canada Winter Games and began his career on-camera in 1998. Some of his high-profile credits include a supporting role in the Steven Spielberg-produced Into the West; the ABC mini-series DreamKeaper, and a starring role alongside Adam Beach and Jason Priestley in CTV’s Luna: Spirit of the Whale. He is the founder of Black Eagle Entertainment; a production company geared towards increasing the awareness of First Nations people and dispelling stereotypes associated with the culturally rich community. In 2012 he wrote and produced the series The Ancients for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. More recently, he played the role of Chief Wandering Spirit in the feature Bones of Crows. We list his credits as an actor. |
Features & TV Movies: My West (aka Gunslinger’s Revenge, 1998) Lewis & Clark: The Journey West (2000) Fubar II (2010) Bones of Crows (2022) TV Series – Cast: Lewis and Clark (2016, mini-series) TV Series – Guest appearances: The Secret History Of… (2020) |
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B: April 19, 1980 in Vancouver, BC
Mayko Nguyen grew up in Vancouver and before working on the feature Going the Distance she appeared in a number of short films including Great Expectations, Sophisticated Boom Boom, and Devitrified. She plays the role of Delle Seyah Kendry on the series Killjoys and Sarah Truong on the series Hudson & Rex. |
Features & TV Movies: Going the Distance (2004) This Movie is Broken (2010) Simulant (2023) TV Series – Cast: Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010) TV Series – Guest appearances: Good God (2012) |
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B: June 24, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario
Liane Balaban’s career began when she appeared in A Divine Film. It was produced and directed by friends and she was offered a small role as a dead body. Her only other acting experience was in three short high school plays. Her 2002 film, Happy Here and Now was directed by Michael Almereyda who tracked Balaban down and offered her the starring role after seeing New Waterford Girl at the Sundance Film Festival. Balaban played the role of Natasha Petrovna in the Covert Affairs TV series. She is pictured at the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards. |
Features & TV Movies: New Waterford Girl (1999) Saint-Jude (2000) The Future is Now! (2010) Lullaby (2021) TV Series – Cast: Rouge Brésil (2013, mini-series) TV Series – Guest Appearances: NCIS: Los Angeles (2010) Covert Affairs (2010, 2014) Alphas (2011, 2012) |
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B: March 17, 1975 in Smithers, British Columbia
Gina Holden is best known for roles such as Coreen Fennel in Blood Ties, Shea Allen in Harper’s Island and for her role as Dale Arden in the 2007 series Flash Gordon, which starred fellow Northernstar, Eric Johnson. |
Features & TV Movies: Roughing It (TV-2002) Mysterious Island (2010) Fame at a Deadly Cost (TV-2020) TV Series – Cast: TV Series – Guest appearances: Legend of the Seeker (2010) |
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B: March 16, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario
Ted Ludzik is a Canadian actor, writer and game designer. |
Features & TV Movies: TC 2000 (1993) Bruiser (2000) Darken (2017) 24 Hour Rental (2014) TV Series – Guest appearances: Warehouse 13 (2010, 2011, 2012) Titans (2021) |
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B: March 16, 1949 in London, Ontario
Victor Garber was interested in acting from a very early age and was involved with children`s theatre at the age of 9. At 15 he became the youngest member of the University of Toronto’s Hart House troupe. At 18 he formed a folk band, The Sugar Shoppe which signed a recording contract with Capital Records, and enjoyed appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show. A chance visit by the band to the rock opera, Godspell in Los Angeles re-ignited his love of the stage. After the band broke up he returned to Toronto and joined Toronto Workshop Productions. Shortly after he landed the lead for the Toronto production of Godspell, film director, David Greene happened to attend the opening night and when he was hired to direct the film version he hired Garber to reprise his role of Jesus for the screen. He was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini-series or a Movie for his role in Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for an appearance on an episode of Frasier. Garber played Canadian diplomat Ken Taylor in the Academy Award-winning film, Argo. He plays the role of Harry Svensson in the TV series Family Law. |
Features & TV Movies: Godspell (1973) Private Sessions (TV-1985) Light Sleeper (1991) Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV-2001) The Town (2010) Funny Face (2020) TV Series – Cast: Queen (1993, mini-series) Alias (2001-2006) Charlie’s Angels (2011) Family Law (2021-) TV Series – Guest appearances: Tales from the Darkside (1985) I’ll Fly Away (1992) Frasier (2000) Murdoch Mysteries (2011) Schitt’s Creek (2020) |
B: March 15, 1942 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sybil Adelman Sage wrote for the television shows Northern Exposure, Maude and The New Dick Van Dyke Show, among others. |
Features & TV Movies: The Shape of Things (TV-1973) TV Series – at least 1 episode: Magnum, P.I. (1985) Northern Exposure (1991) |
