Michael Therriault

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Michael Therriault (born in Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, Sheridan College in Oakville, and was a member of the inaugural season of the Birmingham Conservatory for Classical Theatre Training in Stratford, Ontario.

After spending seven seasons at the Stratford Festival of Canada, Mr Therriault left the classical repertoire theatre for musical theatre, starring as Leopold Bloom in the short-lived Toronto production of The Producers. For the performance Mr Therriault won a Dora Award for Principal Actor in a Musical^[1].

In 2006, Mr Therriault became Tommy Douglas for the CBC Television special Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. He was subsequently nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series. The show received a total of nine nominations, including Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series and Best Dramatic Mini-Series.

While on Broadway in a revival of Fiddler on the Roof, Mr Therriault got news that he had secured the role of Gollum in the Toronto premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Musical. He received his second Dora^[2] for the performance.

When it closed, he returned to Saskatchewan to film the made-for-television adaptation of Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy (it aired in two parts on March 2 and 9, 2008, and is now available on DVD).

In May 2007, the The Lord of the Rings moved to London, with Mr Therriault reprising the role he originated. The production will close on July 19, 2008, after 492 performances^[3].

Contents 1 Stratford Festival Credits 2 Other Credits 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Stratford Festival Credits

• Quiet in the Land (2003) -- Yock Bauman
• The Adventures of Pericles (2003) -- Boult
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2003) -- Jehan
• The Two Noble Kinsmen (2002) -- Doctor/Schoolmaster/Speaker
• King Henry VI, Reign of Terror (2002) -- King Henry VI
• King Henry VI, Revolt in England (2002) -- King Henry VI
• King Henry VI, Revenge in France (2002) -- King Henry VI
• The Seagull (2001) -- Konstantin'
• Henry V (2001) -- Montjoy
• Twelfth Night (2001) -- Sir Andrew Aguecheek
• As You Like It (2000) -- Silvius
• Fiddler on the Roof (2000) -- Motel
• The Alchemists (1999) -- Drugger
• The Tempest (1999) -- Ariel
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) -- Francis Flute
• The Miser (1998) -- Cleante
• Much Ado About Nothing (1998) -- George Seacole
• Julius Caesar (1998) -- Lucius
• Filumena (1997) -- Umbreto
• The Taming of the Shrew (1997) -- Pietro
• Camelot (1997) -- Mordred

[edit] Other Credits

• The Englishman's Boy, CBC Television (2008) -- Harry Vincent
• The Lord of the Rings, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (2007) -- Gollum
• The Lord of the Rings, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto (2006) -- Gollum
• Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story, CBC Television (2006) -- Tommy Douglas
• The Producers, Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto (2003) -- Leo Bloom

[edit] See also

• Stratford Festival of Canada

[edit] References

1. ^ TAPA - Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras
2. ^ TAPA - Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts - Doras
3. ^ Summer curtain for Lord of the Rings musical in London

• VIA Destinations article, August 2006 [1]
• NOW Magazine article, March 2006 [2]
• Star!Bio [3]
• Playbill article, September 2003 [4]
• Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival, a documentary made over the course of the 2001 Season [5]

[edit] External links

• Michael Therriault at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Therriault at the Internet Broadway Database