Ron Canada

Canada was born in New York City on May 3, 1949. Following completion of the Michele Clark broadcast journalism program{{cn|date=July 2024}} at Columbia University, under the guidance of producer Fred Friendly, Canada commenced his career as a television news reporter in 1971 at WBAL-TV. In 1974, he began his three-year tenure at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. For his work in the nation's capital, Canada was nominated twice for Regional Emmy Awards, receiving the award in 1977. The following year he received an A.P. Award for Outstanding Reporting.{{Cite web |title=Ron Canada |url=https://en.kinorium.com/name/102193/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Kinorium |language=en}} While making the career transition he worked part-time as a broadcaster for Voice of America. He studied acting at The Folger Theatre Group under the tutelage of Franchelle Stewart Dorn. He moved from D.C. to New York in 1985.

Canada became the second actor to play the role of 'Troy Maxson' in August Wilson's Fences at The GeVa Theatre in Rochester, New York (January 1986).{{cite web|url=https://www.cwnyi.org/spin-off |title= Spin Off - Ron Canada |website=Creative Women NY |access-date=March 31, 2020}}

Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known primarily for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers,{{cite web|title=Ron Canada|url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ron_canada/ |publisher= Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2 October 2022 }} and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Canada received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.

He played the role of Iago in a "photo negative" version of Shakespeare's Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/othello-twist-on-timeless-tragedy/2013/04/09/19856f18-a159-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130802152108/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/1997-11-18/entertainment/38399088_1_desdemona-patrick-stewart-othello |url-status= live |archive-date= August 2, 2013 |newspaper= The Washington Post |first= Lloyd |last= Rose |title= Theater & Dance |date= April 9, 2013}} Other notable stage credits include his role as Emmet Tate in Zooman and the Sign at New York's Signature Theatre{{cite news|last=Isherwood|first=Charles|title=A Cold Soul, and the Society That Put It on Ice|url=http://theater2.nytimes.com/2009/03/25/theater/reviews/25zoo.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 25, 2009}} and originating the role of Duncan Troy in Headstrong at The Ensemble Studio Theatre, which earned him an Audelco Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.{{cite web|title=2012 'Viv' Nominees|url= http://www.audelco.net/2012vivnominees.html|publisher=Audience Development Committee, Inc|url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130816083044/http://audelco.net/2012vivnominees.html|archive-date=August 16, 2013}}

Off Broadway - In Old Age - playing Azell Abernathy, at New York Theatre Workshop, N.Y.C

Broadway play - Network - with Bryan Cranston, Tony Goldwyn, and Tatiana Maslany. Mr. Canada portrayed UBS network chieftain Edward George Ruddy.

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| Episodes: "Paradise", "The Wedding", and "The Invisible Man"

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