Richard Chevolleau
{{short description|Jamaican-Canadian actor (b.10/11 1966)}}
Richard Chevolleau is a Jamaican–Canadian actor,Rita Zekas, "Actor's win-win-lose situation". Toronto Star, May 13, 2005. best known for playing Augur on Earth: Final Conflict from 1997 to 2002.Chris Krejlgaard, "Black actor hoping to play a superhero". Times and Transcript, May 14, 1999.
Early life
Career
He began his career in the late 1980s with guest parts in the television series My Secret Identity and Friday the 13th: The Series, before having his first major starring role in the 1989 television film Pray for Me, Paul Henderson.Greg Quill, "Pray for a sequel to Paul Henderson". Toronto Star, November 5, 1989.
In 1994 he had a starring role in the television series Boogies Diner.Eric Kohanik, "Boogies Diner CHCH jumps into teen-sitcom business with 65 episodes". Hamilton Spectator, February 7, 1994.
In 1995 he starred in Clement Virgo's film Rude.Peter Birnie, "Director's first feature indicates Virgo is rising". Vancouver Sun, November 9, 1995. He also starred in Virgo's 1997 film The Planet of Junior Brown.Louise Leger, "The 10th planet: Clement Virgo explores new worlds in The Planet of Junior Brown". The Globe and Mail, August 2, 1997.
He has appeared in supporting roles in the television series Street Time, This Is Wonderland,
the films Lulu (1996), The Wrong Guy (1997), Narc (2002), Lie with Me (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Talk to Me (2007), The Gospel According to the Blues (2010),Marla Cranston, "Fitzgerald lands big names for film". Halifax Daily News, March 28, 2003. and Home Again (2012), and on stage as Cory in a production of August Wilson's Fences for Theatre Calgary and the National Arts Centre.Martin Morrow, "A flawed hero fills stage with story and song". Calgary Herald, March 15, 1992.
In 2004, he had a guest appearance in the CTV series The Eleventh Hour as Gilbert Brown, a prison inmate who had been victimized by a brutal gang rape. He won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004,"Miniseries on Halifax Explosion takes number of honours at Geminis". Peterborough Examiner, December 13, 2004. and the ACTRA Award for Best Actor in 2005."ACTRA honours Gross". Calgary Herald, February 21, 2005.
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External links
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Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning actors
Category:Male actors from Toronto
Category:Black Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent