Brendan Gall Canadian writer, actor and producer
Brendan Gall
Gall (back) with Shawn Myrick and Rob Scarborough (front)
Born (1978-09-02 ) September 2, 1978 (age 47) Occupation film and television writer, producer, actor, playwright Period 2000s-present Notable works Blindspot, The L.A. Complex, The Go-Getters, Dakota, Wide Awake Hearts, Alias Godot, A Quiet Place imdb
Brendan Gall (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian writer, actor and producer living in Toronto, Ontario .
Career
Gall has written and/or produced for the television series Blindspot Open Heart The L.A. Complex CBC Radio drama series Afghanada ,The Lovebirds The Go-Getters, and Dakota , and stage plays such as Panhandled , A Quiet Place ,[ 1] Alias Godot [ 2] Wide Awake Hearts .[ 3]
As an actor, he has had lead or recurring roles on the series Remedy Good God Overruled! Men With Brooms Covert Affairs The L.A. Complex Against The Wall Flashpoint Murdoch Mysteries Stargate: Atlantis Remember The Captive Stag , Let's Rap [ 4] Dakota , and in numerous theatrical works, including the world premiere (and subsequent remounts) of Hannah Moscovitch 's East of Berlin Duncan Macmillan 's Lungs which garnered him a 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Actor.[ 5] [ 6]
A playwright in residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2007 to 2017 and artistic director of his own theatre companies Single Threat and The Room, he has been nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play : twice in 2008 for Alias Godot and A Quiet Place , again in 2009 for The Gladstone Variations , and finally in 2011 for Wide Awake Hearts . Wide Awake Hearts and A Quiet Place were published by Coach House Books in 2010 under the title Minor Complications: Two Plays . The title was a shortlisted nominee in the English-language drama category of the 2011 Governor General's Awards . Gall has also been nominated twice for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award.
Bibliography
Screenplays Teleplays 2017: Blindspot (7 episodes)
2015: Open Heart (2 episodes)
2012: The L.A. Complex (6 episodes) Stage Plays 2010: Wide Awake Hearts
2010: Red Machine: Under The Knife (collective creation)
2010: 300 Tapes (collective creation)
2009: Red Machine: Part One (contributing writer: "First & Last")
2008: Alias Godot
2008 The Sound Plays (contributing writer: "A Book On Tape")
2007: The Gladstone Variations (contributing writer: "The Card Trick", with Mike McPhaden , Rick Roberts , Julie Tepperman )
2007: I Keep Dropping Sh*t (collective creation)
2006: Don't Wake M e (collective creation)
2006: Autoshow (contributing writer: "Hawk Limited")
2005: A Quiet Place
2005: Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (collective creation)
2004: Panhandled
2003: The Awesome Club Presents "It's Raining Fun!" (contributed sketches) Collections Awards and nominations
2015: Lungs - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best Actor
2014: Lungs - My Theatre Award nomination, Best Actor
2014: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
2011: Minor Complications: Two Plays - Governor General's Literary Award for Drama nomination, English-Language Category
2011: Wide Awake Hearts - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2011: Men With Brooms - Canadian Comedy Awards nomination, Best Ensemble
2010: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
2009: Alias Godot - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2009: East of Berlin - Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nomination, Best Actor
2008: A Quiet Place - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2008: The Gladstone Variations - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
2003: A Quiet Place - Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award, Honourable Mention External links
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