DANIEL JELANI ELLIS
- CAEA
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FILM & TELEVISION | ||
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THE SKYJACKER’S TALE |
Actor |
TIFF/ Jamie Kastner |
IT’S NOT YOU |
Principal |
TIFF/ Don McKellar |
STONEWALL |
Extra |
Centropolis/ Roland Emmerich |
HOME AGAIN |
Voice-Over |
Hungry Eyes/ Sudz Sutherland |
THIRD WORLD COP |
Supporting |
IslandJamaicaFilms/ChrisBrowne |
THEATRE | ||
THE FIRST STONE |
Boy |
Great Canadian Theatre Co/ |
Yvette Nolan |
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THE BRIDGE (World Premiere) * |
Samuel Moses |
Neptune Theatre/ 2B Theatre Co |
SPEAKING OF SNEAKING ** |
Creator/ Performer |
Why Not Theatre |
/d’bi.young anitafrika |
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RISKY PHIL |
Phil |
YPT/ Stewart Arnott |
LUKUMI: A DUB OPERA |
Featured Performer |
Watah Theatre/Eugene Williams |
THE BRIDGE |
Samuel |
Obsidian Theatre & |
2b Theatre/ Anthony Black |
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OBLIVION |
Morgan |
3rd Street Thtr/ T.B. M’Carthy |
TRIGONOMETRY |
Jackson |
Factory Theatre/ Rob Kempson |
THE CIRCLE |
Will |
Tarragon Theatre/ Peter Pasyk |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM |
Puck |
Pacific Opera Vic./Tom Diamond |
BLACK BOYS |
Assistant Director |
Buddies/ Jonathan Seinen |
DARK LOVE |
Assistant Director |
Buddies/ Virgilia Griffith |
PLAYWRIGHTS UNIT |
Playwright |
Obsidian Theatre/ Mel Hague |
THE ANDERSONS |
Monster/ Postman Pete |
NTS/ Ann-Marie Kerr |
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE |
Simon |
NTS/ Micheline Chevrier |
THE LIAR |
Ottavio |
NTS/Tadeusz Bradecki |
SCORCHED |
Antoine/ Militiaman |
NTS/Djanet Sears |
THE WINTER’S TALE |
Antigonus |
NTS/David Latham |
CLOUD 9 |
Edward (Act 2) |
NTS/Djanet Sears |
MARIA GETS A NEW LIFE… *** |
Baby |
Cardinal/ Elizabeth Kantor |
PICASSOS BLACK CANVAS |
Lucian |
ProjectHumanity/Andrew Kushnir |
HUMAN CANNON |
Judge 1/ Chorus |
NTS/Alan Dilworth |
SPEAKING OF SNEAKING |
Ginnal |
Buddies/ Evalyn Parry |
33 |
Divadata |
Buddies/ Ange Loft |
* 2020 MERRITT AWARD Nomination |
Outstanding Performance |
in a Supporting Role |
** 2019 5 Dora Award Nominations |
including Outstanding Performer, |
Outstanding New Play, |
Outstanding Production |
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*** Theatre Centre Emerging Artist Award |
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AWARDS & GRANTS | ||
Ontario Arts Council, Theatre Creator’s Reserve |
– Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, |
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The Cabaret Company, |
Obsidian Theatre |
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Canada Council for the Arts’, |
Peter Dwyer Scholarship – NTS |
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Theatre Centre Emerging Artist Award – |
Maria Gets A New Life, SummerWorks Fest |
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TRAINING | ||
NATIONAL THEATRE SCHOOL OF CANADA |
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U OF T |
Acting, Physical Theatre,Performance Art |
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Physical Characteristics / Measurements |
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Height: 5'7" |
Weight: |
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SPECIAL SKILLS Dialects (R.P., Cockney, American South, Caribbean, East African), Acrobatics, Bouffon, Clown, Dub Poetry, Djembe, Puppetry, Theatre of the Oppressed, Jeu, Mask