Jonathan Wilson (actor) explained

Jonathan Wilson
Birth Date:19 October 1963
Birth Place:Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Years Active:1988–present

Jonathan Wilson (born October 19, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian and playwright, who is best known for his 1996 play My Own Private Oshawa.[1] The play, a semi-autobiographical comedy about growing up gay in Oshawa, Ontario,[2] was also optioned by Sandra Faire's SFA Productions for production as a film, which won an award at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival in 2002 until being broadcast as a television film on CTV in 2005.[3]

Career

Wilson was a member of The Second City's Toronto cast in the early 1990s.[4] He later collaborated with fellow Second City alumni Kathy Greenwood and Ed Sahely on the stage show Not to Be Repeated, in which the three performed a two-act improvisational narrative comedy play in each performance.[5] The show was also later developed into a short-run television series, This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated, for The Comedy Network in 2001.[6] In 1998, he appeared on the LGBT-themed sketch comedy special In Thru the Out Door for CBC Television and the United States Showtime.[7]

In animation, Wilson's other acting credits include voice roles in Ned's Newt, Blaster's Universe, Mia and Me, Little Bear, Redwall, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Totally Spies!, Skatoony, Freaky Stories, Camp Lakebottom, Yin Yang Yo!, Get Ed, BeyWheelz, Iggy Arbuckle, and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. In live-action, recurring roles in Traders, The Endless Grind, and This Is Wonderland, film roles in House, Saint Ralph, New York Minute, PCU, Rubber Carpet and Brain Candy, commercials such as Rice Krispies, and stage productions of The Laramie Project, The Normal Heart and Disney's The Lion King.[8] He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role - Play or Musical for his performance as Timon in The Lion King.[9]

In 2022, Wilson and Daniel Krolik starred in the Toronto Fringe Festival play Gay for Pay with Blake and Clay, which was written by Krolik and Curtis Campbell.[10] They returned to the 2023 Fringe Festival with the sequel show Blake and Clay's Gay Agenda.[11]

Filmography

Film

Notes
1993Change of HeartMikey
1994PCUGay Activist
1995Tommy BoyMarty
1995HouseJohn
1996Panicky Assistant
1997Rubber CarpetAnsel
1997data-sort-value="Real Blonde, The" The Real BlondeYoung Man
2000Franklin and the Green KnightGobin
2003BlizzardJeremey
2004New York MinuteTrain Conductor
2004Saint RalphFather Gregg
2004Life by DefaultMr. Daniels
2007data-sort-value="Third Eye, The" The Third EyeCoroner

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Captain Power and the Soldiers of the FutureSoldier JackEpisode: "A Summoning of Thunder: Part 1"
1990Top CopsLarry MullaneEpisode: "Larry Mullane/John Benedict"
1991Captain Power: The BeginningSoldier JackTelevision film
1992data-sort-value="Valour and the Horror, The" The Valour and the HorrorJames MorrisonEpisode: "Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command"
1992–1993E.N.G.Various roles3 episodes
1994Side EffectsClerkEpisode: "Worth It"
1995SugartimeDeliverymanTelevision film
1995–1996Little BearVoice13 episodes
1996TradersPeter Fish2 episodes
1997–1998Freaky StoriesNarrator3 episodes
1997–1999Ned's NewtRusty / Various rolesVarious episodes
1998data-sort-value="Dumb Bunnies, The" The Dumb BunniesJack Junior / Tumtee2 episodes
1999Wind at My BackAngus HardyEpisode: "New Directions"
1999Total Recall 2070Rekall TechnicianEpisode: "Brightness Falls"
1999Monster by MistakeTommyEpisode: "Back in Time"
1999–2000Blaster's UniverseMax Blaster13 episodes
1999–2000RedwallVarious roles27 episodes
2000Virtual MomMomTelevision film
2000Chickenhound / Mingo
2001StuartEpisode: "Carrots"
2002DocEldon BigleyEpisode: "Love of the Game"
2002MonkYoung PromoterEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger"
2002–2004RoboRoachVoice7 episodes
2002-2004Henry's WorldEarl Wiggins, Ernest Wiggins52 episodes
2002–2004Howie Fines8 episodes
2003Miss Spider's Sunny Patch KidsAnt 1Television film
2003data-sort-value="Wonderful World of Disney, The" The Wonderful World of DisneyFrederic the Bellhop2 episodes
2004–2007Atomic BettyInfantor9 episodes
2004–2008Miss Spider's Sunny Patch FriendsNed19 episodes
2004–2010Franny's FeetVarious roles6 episodes
2005Totally Spies!Voice3 episodes
2005Naturally, SadieMr. TallyrandEpisode: "Off the Map"
2005Carl²VoiceEpisode: "Carl the Magnificent"
2005–2007Harry and His Bucket Full of DinosaursSteggy / Various roles17 episodes
2006Yin Yang Yo!VoiceEpisode: 'Dojo, Oh No!/Finding Hershel"
2007Iggy ArbuckleIggy Arbuckle26 episodes
2007–2008WaysideVarious roles
2007-2010Magi-NationCore Hyren 2 episodes
2008–2009World of QuestVarious roles25 episodes
2009Ned / EricEpisode: "The Black Widow"
2009data-sort-value="Good Germany, The" The Good GermanyPeteTelevision film
2009–2010PearlieLudwig6 episodes
2010Dan for MayorJohn WilsonEpisode: "The Return of Wheel-O"
2010–2013SkatoonyChudd Chudders39 episodes
2010–2011Bolts and BlipSteve26 episodes
2011data-sort-value="Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, The" The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!Buster / SpotEpisode: "Blue Feet Are Neat!/Reef Magic"
2011She's the MayorWilsonEpisode: "Heart and Hope"
2011Warehouse 13Courtney's ProducerEpisode: "Trials"
2011–2012Mia and MePhuddle26 episodes
2011, 2017Murdoch MysteriesDr. Kemp / Felix Roach2 episodes
2012BaihuEpisode: "The All-Out Mid-Air Battle"
2013Episode: "The Legend and the Evil Combine"
2013–2017Camp LakebottomRosebud16 episodes
2014ArthurWaldoEpisode: "The Friend Who Wasn't There/Surprise!"
2015data-sort-value="Adventures of Napkin Man!, The" The Adventures of Napkin Man!Uncle ChrisEpisode: "Special Soapstone"
2019Designated SurvivorHarlan RichterEpisode: "#identity/crisis"
2020Tiny Pretty ThingsAnthony TalmadgeEpisode: "Class Act"
2021Big BlueKing PuffyPants / Hermit Crab Stockist6 episodes

Notes and References

  1. Gary Smith, "Play explores realities of growing up gay". Hamilton Spectator, October 12, 1996.
  2. http://playbackonline.ca/1998/10/05/23313-19981005/ "SFA Productions has its Own Private feature"
  3. http://www.durhamregion.com/DurhamRegion/Article/1200127 "Oshawa gets 'star' role in new movie"
  4. [Sky Gilbert]
  5. http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_05.04.95/ARTS/co0504.php "A Brand-New Play Every Night? AIIEEE!"
  6. "Not your average funny Canuck". Toronto Star, June 3, 2001.
  7. Alan Conter, "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen". Montreal Gazette, June 20, 1998.
  8. http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/21/theatre-review-the-normal-heart-at-buddies-in-bad-times/ "Theatre Review: The Normal Heart at Buddies in Bad Times"
  9. http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=131928 "Well, Here Goes"
  10. Glenn Sumi, "Fringe review: Gay For Pay With Blake & Clay is straight-up brilliant". Now, July 12, 2022.
  11. Glenn Sumi, "They had a hit Fringe play about coaching straight actors to play gay. They’re back to send up the queer community". Toronto Star, July 1, 2023.

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