- Albert Schultz
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name = Albert Schultz
birthname =
birthdate = birth date and age|1963|7|30
birthplace =Port Hope, Ontario ,Canada Albert Schultz (born
July 30 ,1963 inPort Hope, Ontario ) is a Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's celebrated Soulpepper Theatre Company.Schultz studied drama at
Toronto 'sYork University and at theLondon Academy of Music and Dramatic Art . His theatre career as an actor includes several roles at theStratford Festival , including Romeo in Robin Phillips' production of "Romeo and Juliet ", and at Soulpepper, including the title roles in Shakespeare's "Hamlet " and Chekhov's "Platonov", the Stage Manager in "Our Town ", Henry in "The Real Thing" and Macheath in "The Threepenny Opera ". He received an honorary doctorate at prestigious Queen's University on June 2, 2008.Schultz's television career includes the
CBC Television hit drama "Street Legal", the medical drama "Side Effects", and the role ofConrad Black in CTV's "Shades of Black".His directing credits include Soulpepper's productions of "
The Caretaker ", "Waiting for Godot ", "No Man's Land ", "A Chorus of Disapproval ", "The Time of Your Life ", andSusan Coyne 's "Kingfisher Days" for the Tarragon Theatre.Schultz is the recipient of several awards including a
Gemini Award , the Joan Chalmers National Award for Artistic Direction, the Salute to the City Award, the Toronto Life Award, the Barbara Hamilton Award and the William Kilbourn Award.References
* [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Albert%20Schultz Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia]
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