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Canadian actor, producer and writer
Josh Epstein
Epstein in 2018
Nationality Canadian Occupations
Josh Epstein is a
Canadian actor, producer and writer. He produced, co-wrote and acted in Public Schooled starring
Judy Greer ,
Russell Peters ,
Grace Park and Daniel Doheny which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival in 2017.
[1] He received a
Canadian Screen Award nomination for
Best Adapted Screenplay at the
4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, as cowriter with
Kyle Rideout of the film
Eadweard ;
[2] he also had a supporting role in the film as
Thomas Edison .
[3]
As a stage actor in Canada, his roles have included Michael Darling in a 1988 production of
Peter Pan ,
[4] Charlie in
Marvin's Room ,
[5] Speed in
Two Gentlemen of Verona ,
[6] Joey in
Pal Joey ,
[7] LeFou in
Beauty and the Beast ,
[8] Leo Bloom in
The Producers ,
[9] one of the gangster pastry chefs in
The Drowsy Chaperone ,
[10] Barfee in
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ,
[11] Freddy Benson in
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ,
[12] Barnaby in
The Matchmaker
[13] , Berowne in
Love's Labour's Lost ,
[14] and Lensky in Onegin.
[15] He won
Jessie Theatre Richardson Awards for his acting as Barfee
[11] and Lensky.
[16]
He has also appeared in guest roles on the television series
The X-Files ,
Breaker High ,
So Weird and
Package Deal , and as a chorus dancer in the 2007 film
Hairspray .
He has also written two one-man plays, Walking Away and Wow, I Didn't Know She Was Jewish .
[17]
References
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"Toronto: Netflix's 'Alias Grace,' Judy Greer's 'Public Schooled' Added to Lineup" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
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"2016 Canadian Screen Awards nominees: ‘Rookie Blue,’ ‘Vikings,’ ‘Big Brother Canada’ nominated" .
Global News , January 19, 2016.
^ "The odd eadweardian era; Madman. Genius. Murderer. Film inventor not a conventional person".
Edmonton Journal , October 16, 2015.
^ "Handsome but flawed Peter Pan".
Vancouver Sun , May 14, 1988.
^ "Tears with laughter: Marvin's Room has its poignant moments".
Vancouver Sun , May 20, 1994.
^ "Ungentlemanly Shakespeare: Director Dean Paul Gibson wrestles with a bunch of badly behaved Bard characters in The Two Gentlemen of Verona".
Vancouver Sun , July 12, 2001.
^ "Tough Pal Joey a gritty success".
Vancouver Sun , March 18, 2004.
^ "Enchanting fairy tale a delight at Arts Club".
Vancouver Sun , December 18, 2007.
^ "Broadway has a history of turning movies into stage musicals".
The Province , July 3, 2008.
^ "Drowsy? Not this production; Talented cast, stellar choreography make Canadian musical soar".
Ottawa Citizen , October 18, 2009.
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b
"Spelling Bee scores w-i-n at Vancouver theatre awards" . The Globe and Mail . June 20, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
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"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: A delightful romp on the French Riviera" . The Globe and Mail . November 27, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
^ Isherwood, Charles (August 26, 2012).
" 'The Matchmaker' at Stratford Shakespeare Festival" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
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"Love's Labour's Lost boasts a heap of talent" . Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly . June 29, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
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"Onegin hits musical highs but love stories feel off: review" . The Toronto Star . May 19, 2017.
ISSN
0319-0781 . Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
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"Onegin the big winner at 34th Annual Jessie Awards" . Vancouver Sun . 2016-06-28. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
^ "Performance festival packs plenty of Chutzpah!".
Vancouver Sun , February 24, 2005.
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