Albert Schultz

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Albert Schultz (born 1963 in Port Hope, Ontario) is a Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company.

Schultz studied drama at Toronto's York University and at the London (UK) Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. His theatre career as an actor includes several roles at the Stratford Festival, including Romeo in Robin Phillips' production of Romeo and Juliet, and at Soulpepper, including the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Chekhov's Platonov, the Stage Manager in Our Town, Henry in The Real Thing and Macheath in The Threepenny Opera.

Schultz's television career includes the CBC Television hit drama Street Legal, the medical drama Side Effects, and the role of Conrad Black in CTV's Shades of Black.

His directing credits include Soulpepper's productions of The Caretaker, Waiting for Godot, No Man's Land, A Chorus of Disapproval and Susan Coyne's Kingfisher Days for the Tarragon Theatre. He is married to Susan Coyne.

Schultz is the recipient of several awards including a Gemini Award, the Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction, the Salute to the City Award, the Toronto Life Award, the Barbara Hamilton Award and the William Kilbourn Award.

Schultz has two children: James Schultz, 16 and Julia Schultz, 12.