Peter Donaldson

Described as “one of the pillars of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival,” Peter Donaldson was married to Sheila McCarthy. He won a Genie Award in 1996 for his role as Jamie in the film version of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. He died in Toronto losing a battle with lung cancer. A partial list of his stage credits includes Caesar and Cleopatra, To Kill a Mockingbird, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Hello Dolly!, Guys and Dolls, Antony and Cleopatra, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet and King Lear.

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

In This Corner (YV-1985)

The Getaway (1993)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Escape Clause (TV-1996)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (TV-1996)
Top of the Food Chain (1999)

Virtual Mom (TV-2000)
Deeply (2000)
The Last Debate (TV-2000)
Jewel (TV-2000)
Othello (TV-2008)
Caesar and Cleopatra (2009)

TV Series – Cast:
Road to Avonlea (1990-1992)
Liberty: The American Revlution (1997)
Emily of New Moon (1998-2000)

Benjamin Franklin (2002, mini-series)

TV Series – Guest Appearances:
Night Heat (1985)
Street Legal (1993, 1994)
Forever Knight (1995)

Twice in a Lifetime (2000)
The Eleventh Hour (2004)
Puppets Who Kill (2005)

Little Mosque on the Praire (2010)
Living in Your Car (2010)