Dean Armstrong

Dean Armstrong
Born	April 24, 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 38) Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor, acting coach
Years active	1999–present
Website
http://www.deanarmstrong.ca/

Dean Armstrong (born April 24, 1973) is a Canadian television and stage actor and acting coach.

Armstrong was born in Owen Sound, Ontario. An actor and coach for film and television, his varied career includes 5 seasons in his critically acclaimed portrayal of Blake on Showtime's Queer as Folk, as well as roles in Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, The Listener, Saw 3D, and Haven. Armstrong was also the host of the CBC 6-part mini-series Triple Sensation II and spent 2 years on Broadway starring in Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical Rent.

The Founder and Executive Producer of Appulse Films, the company's first feature entitled Verona, directed by Laurie Lynd (Breakfast with Scot), is scheduled for release in 2011.

Director of Armstrong Acting Studios, Armstrong is one of Canada's most sought-after episodic and feature film pre-production and on-set coaches. Credits include:

• Ice Castles
• The Best Years
• Bitten
• Da Kink in My Hair
• Fugitive Pieces
• How She Move
• Darcy's Wild Life
• Saint Ralph
• The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico

Founded in 1998, Armstrong Acting Studios boasts over 10,000 of Toronto's regular working film and television actors as graduates and ongoing students of personal and studio training. His alumni include:

• Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana)
• Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries)
• Devon Bostick (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
• Miriam McDonald (Degrassi: The Next Generation)
• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (The Bold and the Beautiful and Final Destination 5)
• Brittany Allen (All My Children)

References

External links

• Official website
• Armstrong Acting Studios
• Dean Armstrong at the Internet Movie Database
• Dean Armstrong at the Internet Broadway Database

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Name	Armstrong, Dean
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Date of birth	1973-04-24
Place of birth	Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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