Jonathan Wilson (actor)
{{short description|Canadian actor, comedian and playwright}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jonathan Wilson
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|19}}
| birth_place = Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- comedian
- playwright
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| years_active = 1988–present
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Jonathan Wilson (born October 19, 1963) is a Canadian actor, comedian and playwright, who is best known for his 1996 play My Own Private Oshawa.Gary Smith, "Play explores realities of growing up gay". Hamilton Spectator, October 12, 1996. The play, a semi-autobiographical comedy about growing up gay in Oshawa, Ontario,[http://playbackonline.ca/1998/10/05/23313-19981005/ "SFA Productions has its Own Private feature"]. Playback, October 5, 1998. was also optioned by Sandra Faire's SFA Productions for production as a film, which won an award at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival in 2002 until being broadcast as a television film on CTV in 2005.[http://www.durhamregion.com/DurhamRegion/Article/1200127 "Oshawa gets 'star' role in new movie"]. durhamregion.com, June 23, 2005.
Career
Wilson was a member of The Second City's Toronto cast in the early 1990s.Sky Gilbert, Ejaculations from the Charm Factory. ECW Press, 2000. {{ISBN|978-1550224320}}. He later collaborated with fellow Second City alumni Kathy Greenwood and Ed Sahely on the stage show Not to Be Repeated, in which the three performed a two-act improvisational narrative comedy play in each performance.[http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_05.04.95/ARTS/co0504.php "A Brand-New Play Every Night? AIIEEE!"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130620234213/http://contests.eyeweekly.com/eye/issue/issue_05.04.95/ARTS/co0504.php |date=2013-06-20 }}. Eye Weekly, May 4, 1995. The show was also later developed into a short-run television series, This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated, for The Comedy Network in 2001."Not your average funny Canuck". Toronto Star, June 3, 2001. In 1998, he appeared on the LGBT-themed sketch comedy special In Thru the Out Door for CBC Television and the United States Showtime.Alan Conter, "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen". Montreal Gazette, June 20, 1998.
In animation, Wilson's other acting credits include voice roles in Ned's Newt, Blaster's Universe, Mia and Me, Little Bear, Redwall, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Totally Spies!, Skatoony, Freaky Stories, Camp Lakebottom, Yin Yang Yo!, Get Ed, BeyWheelz, Iggy Arbuckle, and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends. In live-action, recurring roles in Traders, The Endless Grind, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye and This Is Wonderland, film roles in House, Saint Ralph, New York Minute, PCU, Rubber Carpet and Brain Candy, commercials such as Rice Krispies, and stage productions of The Laramie Project, The Normal Heart and Disney's The Lion King.[http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/21/theatre-review-the-normal-heart-at-buddies-in-bad-times/ "Theatre Review: The Normal Heart at Buddies in Bad Times"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130620233819/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/10/21/theatre-review-the-normal-heart-at-buddies-in-bad-times/|date=2013-06-20}}. National Post, October 21, 2011. He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role - Play or Musical for his performance as Timon in The Lion King.[http://www.nowtoronto.com/stage/story.cfm?content=131928 "Well, Here Goes"]. NOW, April 25, 2002.
In 2022, Wilson and Daniel Krolik starred in the Toronto Fringe Festival play Gay for Pay with Blake and Clay, which was written by Krolik and Curtis Campbell.Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/fringe-review-gay-for-pay-with-blake-clay-is-straight-up-brilliant "Fringe review: Gay For Pay With Blake & Clay is straight-up brilliant"]. Now, July 12, 2022. They returned to the 2023 Fringe Festival with the sequel show Blake and Clay's Gay Agenda.Glenn Sumi, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2023/07/01/they-had-a-hit-fringe-play-about-coaching-straight-actors-to-play-gay-theyre-back-to-send-up-the-queer-community.html "They had a hit Fringe play about coaching straight actors to play gay. They’re back to send up the queer community"]. Toronto Star, July 1, 2023.
In 2025 he premiered the autobiographical show A Public Display of Affection.Joshua Chong, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/a-forgotten-slice-of-toronto-lgbtq-history-is-brought-to-life-in-solo-show-a/article_391f862d-fc50-4701-9ea1-52a9095848ed.html "A forgotten slice of Toronto LGBTQ history is brought to life in solo show ‘A Public Display of Affection’"]. Toronto Star, March 31, 2025.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1993
|Mikey | |
| 1994
|PCU |Gay Activist | |
| 1995
|Marty | |
| 1995
|John | |
| 1996
|Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy |Panicky Assistant | |
| 1997
|Rubber Carpet |Ansel | |
| 1997
|data-sort-value="Real Blonde, The" | The Real Blonde |Young Man | |
| 2000
|Franklin and the Green Knight |Gobin | |
| 2003
|Jeremey | |
| 2004
|Train Conductor | |
| 2004
|Father Gregg | |
| 2004
|Life by Default |Mr. Daniels | |
| 2007
|data-sort-value="Third Eye, The" | The Third Eye |Coroner | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1988
|Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future |Soldier Jack |Episode: "A Summoning of Thunder: Part 1" |
| 1990
|Larry Mullane |Episode: "Larry Mullane/John Benedict" |
| 1991
|Captain Power: The Beginning |Soldier Jack |Television film |
| 1992
|data-sort-value="Valour and the Horror, The" | The Valour and the Horror |James Morrison |Episode: "Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command" |
| 1992–1993
|Various roles |3 episodes |
| 1994
|Clerk |Episode: "Worth It" |
| 1995
|Deliveryman |Television film |
| 1995–1996
|Voice |13 episodes |
| 1996
|Peter Fish |2 episodes |
| 1997–1998
|Narrator |3 episodes |
| 1997–1999
|Rusty / Various roles |Various episodes |
| 1998
|data-sort-value="Dumb Bunnies, The" | The Dumb Bunnies |Jack Junior / Tumtee |2 episodes |
| 1999
|Angus Hardy |Episode: "New Directions" |
| 1999
|Rekall Technician |Episode: "Brightness Falls" |
| 1999
|Tommy |Episode: "Back in Time" |
| 1999–2000
|Max Blaster |13 episodes |
| 1999–2000
|Various roles |27 episodes |
| 2000
|Virtual Mom |Mom | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2000
|Chickenhound / Mingo |
| 2001
|Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series |Stuart |Episode: "Carrots" |
| 2002
|Doc |Eldon Bigley |Episode: "Love of the Game" |
| 2002
|Monk |Young Promoter |Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger" |
| 2002–2004
|Voice |7 episodes |
| 2002-2004
|Earl Wiggins, Ernest Wiggins |52 episodes |
| 2002–2004
|Howie Fines |8 episodes |
| 2003
|Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids |Ant 1 |Television film |
| 2003
|data-sort-value="Wonderful World of Disney, The" | The Wonderful World of Disney |Frederic the Bellhop |2 episodes |
| 2004–2007
|Infantor | 9 episodes |
| 2004–2008
|Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends |Ned |19 episodes |
| 2004–2010
|Various roles |6 episodes |
| 2005
|Voice |3 episodes |
| 2005
|Mr. Tallyrand |Episode: "Off the Map" |
| 2005
|Voice |Episode: "Carl the Magnificent" |
| 2005–2007
|Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs |Steggy / Various roles |17 episodes |
| 2006
|Voice |Episode: 'Dojo, Oh No!/Finding Hershel" |
| 2007
|Iggy Arbuckle |26 episodes |
| 2007–2008
|Various roles | |
| 2007-2010
|Core Hyren |2 episodes |
| 2008–2009
|Various roles |25 episodes |
| 2009
|Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist |Ned / Eric |Episode: "The Black Widow" |
| 2009
|data-sort-value="Good Germany, The" | The Good Germany |Pete |Television film |
| 2009–2010
|Ludwig |6 episodes |
| 2010
|John Wilson |Episode: "The Return of Wheel-O" |
| 2010–2013
|Chudd Chudders |39 episodes |
| 2010–2011
|Steve |26 episodes |
| 2011
|data-sort-value="Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, The" | The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! |Buster / Spot |Episode: "Blue Feet Are Neat!/Reef Magic" |
| 2011
|Wilson |Episode: "Heart and Hope" |
| 2011
|Courtney's Producer |Episode: "Trials" |
| 2011–2012
|Phuddle |26 episodes |
| 2011, 2017
|Dr. Kemp / Felix Roach |2 episodes |
| 2012
| rowspan="2" |Baihu |Episode: "The All-Out Mid-Air Battle" |
| 2013
|Episode: "The Legend and the Evil Combine" |
| 2013–2017
|Rosebud |16 episodes |
| 2014
|Waldo |Episode: "The Friend Who Wasn't There/Surprise!" |
| 2015
|data-sort-value="Adventures of Napkin Man!, The" | The Adventures of Napkin Man! |Uncle Chris |Episode: "Special Soapstone" |
| 2019
|Harlan Richter |Episode: "#identity/crisis" |
| 2020
|Anthony Talmadge |Episode: "Class Act" |
| 2021
| Big Blue |King PuffyPants / Hermit Crab Stockist |6 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0933658}}
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