Graham Abbey

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Graham Abbey
Born	March 24, 1971 (1971-03-24) (age 37)

Graham Abbey was born on March 24, 1971. He considers Stratford, Ontario his hometown, although he didn’t move there until grade school.

1 History
- 1.1 Current projects
2 Credits
3 In the news
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

At the then Stratford Festival of Canada (now Stratford Shakespeare Festival), an eleven year-old Graham Abbey took up small parts in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In the following season, he returned with roles in As You Like It and Macbeth.

Despite the thrilling start as a forest gnome – not a fairy – at the Festival Theatre, where “there was a room full of doughnuts and I got to get out of school”,^[1] the young Mr. Abbey stopped acting. He left Stratford Central Secondary School, moved to Kingston, Ontario, and graduated from Queen's University with a degree in political science.

That was in 1997, when he rejoined the Stratford Festival with a leading role (Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman), a supporting role (Paris in Romeo and Juliet), and an ensemble role (the Chorus in Oedipus Rex).

Eleven years later, Mr. Abbey still has the acting bug. He left the Stratford Festival in 2006, after performing in Coriolanus in his eighth consecutive season, and has since been focusing on film and television and a writing project of his own.

[edit] Current projects

Mr. Abbey's current projects include:

Starring as Detective Sergeant Gray Jackson in the CBC drama The Border. Season one begins again on Monday, June 23, at 9 ET;
Appearing in the two-hour CBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, slated to air June 8, 2008;
Developing a script for a series tentatively titled Brunswick Avenue.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Film and television credits

The Border (2008) -- Gray Jackson
Heartland (2007) -- Steve Redding in episode “Coming Home”
Billable Hours (2007) -- Scott in episode “Monopoly Man, the Second”
The Jane Show (2007) -- Richard in episode “Who's Got Spirit?”
'Til Death Do Us Part (2007) -- Slade in episode “Funeral Parlour Murder”
The Madness of King Richard (2003), interviews with members of the theatre community, regarding the Stratford Festival of Canada under Artistic Director Richard Monette -- Himself
Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival (2002), the National Film Board behind-the-scenes at the Stratford Festival of Canada's 49th season -- Himself
John Woo's Once a Thief (1998) -- Special Agent Elk Diller in episode “The Director Files”
As You Like It (1984), based on the 1983 production at the Stratford Festival of Canada -- Page

[edit] Stratford Festival credits

Coriolanus (2006) -- Tullus Aufidius
The Lark (2005) -- Warwick, Earl of Beauchamp
As You Like It (2005) -- Jacques
King Henry VIII (All is True) (2004) -- King Henry VIII
Macbeth (2004) -- Macbeth
Love's Labour's Lost (2003) -- Berowne
The Taming of the Shrew (2003) -- Petruchio
Richard III, Reign of Terror (2002) -- King Henry VII, Earl of Richmond
The Scarlet Pimpernel (2002) -- Lambert
Romeo and Juliet (2002) -- Romeo
Henry V (2001) -- King Henry V
Henry IV, Part 2 (2001) -- Henry, Prince of Wales
Henry IV, Part 1 (2001) -- Henry, Prince of Wales
The Three Musketeers (2000) -- D'Artagnan
The Importance of Being Earnest (2000) -- Algernon Montford
Hamlet (2000) -- Laertes
The School for Scandal (1999) -- Sir Toby Bumper
The Tempest (1999) -- Ferdinand
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) -- Lysander
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1998) -- Valentine
The Winter's Tale (1998) -- Florizel
A Man For All Seasons (1998) -- William Roper
Oedipus Rex (1997) -- Chorus
Death of a Salesman (1997) -- Happy Loman
Romeo and Juliet (1997) -- Paris
As You Like It (1983) -- Page
Macbeth (1983) -- Young Macduff (understudy)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) -- Appears in
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) -- Forest Gnome

[edit] Other theatre credits

The Pessimist, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto (2007) -- Philip
Long Day's Journey Into Night, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg (2005) -- Jamie
Death of a Salesman, Theatre Aquarius (2004) -- Biff Loman
The Molière Comedies, Shubert Theatre, Chicago (2003) -- Valère
Robin Hood: The Merry Family Musical, Elgin Theatre, Toronto (2002) -- Robin Hood
Snow White and the Magnificent Seven, Elgin Theatre, Toronto (2001) -- Prince Don “Squeeze the” Charming
Proposals, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg/Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto (1998) -- Ray Dolenz
Hello, Dolly!, York Minstrels, Toronto (1995) -- Cornelius Hackl
The School for Scandal, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre -- Charles Surface
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Festival of Classics, Toronto -- Demetrius
The Baker's Wife, Equity Showcase, Toronto -- Antoine
A Streetcar Named Desire, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario -- Stanley Kowalski
Guys and Dolls, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario -- Nicely-Nicely
Fiddler on the Roof, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario -- Motel the Tailor