| Illya Woloshyn | |
| Birth Name: | Illya Symon Woloshyn |
| Birth Date: | December 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Years Active: | 1986–1999 |
| Spouse: | [1] |
Illya Symon Woloshyn (– January 19, 2023) was a Canadian actor of Ukrainian descent.[2]
Woloshyn started acting at a very young age, playing the role of Jacob in Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang at Young People's Theatre in Toronto, and later Gavroche in the original Toronto production of Les Misérables at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in 1988. He did later join the touring production and performed the role in theatres across Canada.[3]
After leaving Les Misérables, he landed the role of Jay in the national Canadian television series The Odyssey in 1992.
Woloshyn retired from acting in 1999.
He died suddenly at home in Barrie, Ontario, on January 19, 2023, at age 43.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Last Season | Tommy Shannon | |
| 1987 | A Nest of Singing Birds | Gregor | TV movie |
| 1989 | Exposed | Short | |
| 1991 | Johann's Gift to Christmas | Johann | |
| 1992 | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Christoph | TV movie |
| I'll Never Get to Heaven | Mario | ||
| 1994 | Hush Little Baby | Dylan | TV movie |
| 1999 | Vanished Without a Trace | Johnny | |
| Letters to a Street Child | Derek | Short, final film role | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Night Heat | episode: False Witness | |
| The Twilight Zone | Chad Judson | episode: The Hellgramite Method | |
| 1989 | Danny Green | episode: The Playhouse | |
| War of the Worlds | Torri | episode: Seft of Emun | |
| 1992 | Forever Knight | Daniel | episode: Father Figure |
| 1992, 1994 | The Kids in the Hall | son, Chad | episode: #3.19 (son), #4.16 (Chad) |
| 1992–1994 | The Odyssey | Jay Ziegler | Main role (39 episodes) |
| 1993 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Augie Wilson | episode: The Tale of the Hatching |
| 1998 | Teen Onetor | episode: Daedalus and lcarus | |