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Michael Mahonen
Canadian actor, director and screen writer
Michael Mahonen | |
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| Born | (1964-04-27) 27 April 1964 (age 60) Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Michael Mahonen (born 27 April 1964) is a Canadian actor, director, and screen writer.
History
Mahonen has Finnish ancestry.[2] After graduating from the Theatre Arts Program at George Brown College in 1989, he auditioned for a young company formed for the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. His first job as a professional actor involved the role of James Keller in "The Miracle Worker," as well as the roles of Lucius and Popilious Lena in "Julius Caesar."
In 1990, Mahonen was chosen for the role of Gus Pike for the CBC Television program Road to Avonlea.[1] He garnered three Gemini Award nominations in 1993, 1994, and 1995 for his work on the television series. In 1992, he starred as a jazz trumpet player with Billy Dee Williams in the film Giant Steps. He then played Lee Colgan in the CBC
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Michael Mahonen was born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada, gold mining town in Northern Ontario. He graduated from George Brown Theatre School in 1989. In 2004 he wrote, directed and co-produced "Sandstorm" a feature based on the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Sandstorm won 29 awards including 11 for Best Feature or Best of Festival as well as awards for Best Director, Best First Feature and Best Actress. Seven of the awards are among the festivals listed on IMDB's specific list of certified festivals, although attempts to update the listed number have not been successful.
Michael has won Canada's national Gemini Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Movie or Mini-Series" as well as receiving three other acting nominations for the Gemini.
Michael has also written, directed, story boarded, done animatic, sound, music editing, environment design, artistic direction and composition and vocals for two pilot episodes of a 3D animation series called "If Mountains Could Speak".
BornApril 27, 1964
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Real world article
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Michael Mahonen
Birth name:
Michael Mahonen
Place of birth:
Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada
Mahonen graduated from the Theatre Arts Program at George Brown College in 1989 and has started to appear in stage plays such as The Miracle Worker and Julius Caesar. In 1990, he was cast in the role of Gus Pike in the family series Road to Avonlea where he portrayed this character in twenty-eight episodes until 1996. This role earned him three Gemini Award nominations in the category Best Performance by a Supporting Actor/Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in 1993, 1996, and 1997.
Other television work includes the mini
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