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MICHAEL MCMANUS BIOGRAPHY
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VITAL STATS:
BORN: LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA
APRIL 15, 1962
HEIGHT: 6'1" and half
HAIR COLOR: GRAY
EYE COLOR: HAZEL
TRAINING:
1986 Graduating Class, University of Alberta/BFA Acting
1981 Banff Center for the Fine Arts
Nephew of renowned Actor/Director Helen Shaver
SKILLS:
Stage
fighting, dance, singing (low Baritone)
Music: Piano and guitar
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TV APPEARANCES
LEXX: THE SERIES [1998-2002] Kai
LEXX : TALES FROM A PARALLEL UNIVERSE
1.4 GIGASHADOW [1997] Kai
1.2 EATING PATTERN [1997] Kai
1.3 SUPERNOVA [1997] Kai
1.4 GIGASHADOW [1997] Kai
Secret Adventures of Jules Verne: Sir Nigel Hartwell "Book of Knowledge' Scifi 2000
King Lear: A Taste of Shakespeare /Edmund BravoTV 1998/2001
Nothing Sacred: Viktor CBC Variety/Robet Sherrin 1998
The Very Dead of Winter: Son FilmCentre/ Maya Gallus
Family Pictures: Phillip O'Casey/Power Pictures/Phillip Seville 1993
Forever Knight: Fr.Pierre Rochefort "For I have sinned" Scifi 1992
Inside Stories: Terry Dempsey/Toronto Talkies Ken Girotti 1990
The Killing Ground: Randell/CBC/Brian McKenna 1998
Nothing Sacred: Viktor /CBC 1998
The Squamish Five: Brent Taylor/CBC/Paul Donovan 1998
FILM APPEARANCES:
Blissestrasse:
Pastor William/Germany/Paul
Donovan 2009
Alle Lieben Ihre Kinder: Hitman/Germany 2004
Plump Fiction: Voiceover/Gerardo Schmidtler 2000
Hard to Forget: John Gilman/Alliance/Vic Sarin 1998
Dog Park: Dog Park/ Bruce McCullough 1998
Paint Cans: Jeff Burns/Potota Films/Paul Donovan 1994
Sound and the Silence: Bert Grosvenor/ Screen Star/John Harrison 1992
Speaking Parts: Lance/Ego Film/Atom Egoyan 1989
(Genie Nominated for Best Actor in Leading Role)
THEATER APPEARANCES:
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All Our Happy
Days Are Stupid: Videofag ,Jordan Tannahill
Oct.-Nov. 2013
Bluebeard's Wife: Caravan Theater BC McIntosh Bluebeard Oct 28-31-2008
Carnaval: Ernesto- Nakai Theater YK.-Miyasawa/May 2007
Macbeth: Macbeth/Caravan Farm Theater/ BC July-Aug Estelle Shook/2006
Home is My Road: Broker/Ken Gass/Factory Theater/April-May 2003
Crimson Veil: Tor Factory Theater/Alan Cole/ July 2000
Three Days of Rain: Walker/Richard Greenberg Canadian Stage March-April 1999
Ashes: Colin/ Grand Theater 1999
District of Centuries: Seamus/Factory Studio Cafe/Peter Hinton 1998
Mad Boy Chronicles: Mad Boy Horvendahl/ Kinsgston Fest./Michael O'Brien/ Grand Theater Aug-Sept 1997
Sir John Eh?: Various Kingston Fest. Grand Theater/Lane Coleman Aug-Sept 1997
Fool For Love: Eddie/Kingston Festival Grand Theater 1997
The Crucible: Reverend Hale Mamitoba Theater Centre 1997
The Glass Menagerie: Tom/Tarragon Theater/Diana Leblanc 1997
The Beggars Opera: MacHeath/The Caravan Theater/Peter Hinton
The Painting: St. Sebastian/Factory Studio Cafe/Tanya Jacobs 1995
Arabian Nights: Various roles/Tarragon Theater/Bill Lane
Whale Riding Weather: Auto/Grand Theater/Charlie Tomlinson 1992
Nothing Sacred: Viktor/Elgin Winter Garden/Patrick MacDonald 1989
The Real World: Claude/Tarragon Theater/Bill Glassco 1989
Zastrozzi: Verezzi/Factory Theater/George Walker 1987
My Fair Lady: Various/High School of Commerce Ottowa 1983
October: Claudio/Tarragon Theater/John Murrell/Nov-Dec 1988
Love's Labour's Lost: Boyet/Davina Stewart
Colours in the Storm: Tom Thompson//Tapestry Music Richard Greenblatt
Fire: Cale/Neptune Theater, Bryden MacDonald
Ceili House: Jerome/Blyth Festival/P.Vandstone
Stillborn Lover: Greg/Grand Theater/NAC/Peter Moss
Miss Julie: Jean/Grand Theater/Martha Henry
Warriors: Giles/ Grand Theater/Charles Tomlinson
How Could you, Mrs. Dick?: Keith Edwards/Tivoli Theater/Guy Sprung
Twelfth Night: Feste/ Skylight Theater, L.Baumander
Fire: Cale/Grand Theater/Martha Henry
Alligator Pie: Various/Theater Passe Muraille/Janet Ames
Unidentified Human Remains: Robert/Crow's Theater/Jim Millan
Mill Fire; Minister/Riverside Studios-Bush Theater/UK
The Tempest: Ferdinand/Toronto Free Theater/R. Greenblatt
Mirandolina: Marquise/Manitoba Theater Ctr./B. Hopkins
Romeo and Juliet: Tybalt/Toronto Free Theater/Guy Sprung
Vanity Press: Andrew/Tarragon Theater/Andy McKim/March 1987
(Dora nomination for Best Actor in a Featured Role)
CBC RADIO PLAYS:
Commedia Del 'Arte: Arrachino/Harlequin
Press:
Reading the Material Theater:p.137./Ric Knowles-Cambridge Univ Press 2004
The OTHER Michael McManus:
There is an American actor using the same name, and many of the internet databases out there have conflicting information for both actors.
These are some of the films that the Canadian actor, has NOT done that are attributed to him:
POLICE ACADEMY
, POLTERGEIST, FAMILY VIEWING, JANE AUSTEN'S MAFIA ,HOT SHOTS PART DEUX ,BLUE WATER WHITE DEATH,MR. BILL'S ADVENTURES, BEANTOWN, SURRENDER, HEAD OFFICE, MOVING VIOLATIONS, COLUMBO, MASH, AND OTHERS.
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