Scott Bellis

{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}}

Scott Bellis is a Vancouver-based Canadian actor, director and theatre instructor. He has been working out of Vancouver since 1987. He was appointed as President of Canadian Actors' Equity Association in November 2017, having served as Councillor since 2012.{{Cite web|url=http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/Governance/Governance.aspx|title=Equity Governance|website=www.caea.com|access-date=2018-04-22}}

He is a founding member and Artistic Associate at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.{{Cite news|url=http://vanmag.com/uncategorized/scott-bellis-q-a/|title=Scott Bellis: Q & A - Vancouver Magazine|date=2014-06-03|work=Vancouver Magazine|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en-US}}

His television appearances have included Vancouver-based series such as The X-Files (as Max Fenig), The Dead Zone and MacGyver.

Training

Bellis attended Studio 58 at Langara College in January 1985, graduating in 1987. He now teaches Scene Study and Acting Fundamentals at Studio 58, and is currently the lead instructor for the Arts Club's annual Actor's Intensive.{{Cite web|url=http://artsclub.com/education/the-actors-intensive|title=The Actor's Intensive – Arts Club Theatre Company|website=Arts Club Theatre Company |access-date=2018-04-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://langara.ca/studio-58/learn-about-us/advisory.html|title=Langara Studio 58: Learn more about us: Advisory Committee|website=langara.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-04-13}}

Bard on the Beach

Scott Bellis first joined Bard on the Beach for their inaugural season in 1990, as an actor and supporter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.straight.com/arts/86571/bard-beach-celebrates-25-years|title=Bard on the Beach celebrates 25 years|date=2014-06-04|work=Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en}} He is considered one of the original founding members and has been involved in over 40 productions with the company. He became an Artistic Associate of Bard in 2004.

Productions

Scott Bellis has been involved in over 130 productions across the country. Select companies include Bard on the Beach, Arts Club Theatre, Carousel Theater, Ruby Slippers, The Virtual Stage, Touchstone Theatre, Blackbird Theatre (Vancouver), Persephone Theatre (Saskatoon), Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops), Canadian Stage (Toronto), Vertigo (Calgary), and Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg).

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|+Select Production Credits

!Play

!Role

!Company

!Year

data-sort-value="Rivals, The" | The Rivals

|Lucius O'Trigger

|Blackbird

|2015

King Lear

|Fool

|Bard on the Beach / Theatre Calgary

|2015

Midsummer Night's Dream

|Bottom

|Bard on the Beach

|2006/2014

Avenue Q

|

|Arts Club

|2013/2015

Hamlet

|Hamlet

|Bard on the Beach

|1995

Bat Boy: The Musical

|

|Patrick Street

|2010

Art of Murder

|Jack

|Vertigo

|2009

Aprés Moi

|

|Ruby Slippers

|2015

Hotel Bethlehem

|

|Ruby Slippers

|2013

James and the Giant Peach

|

|Carousel

|2015

St. Joan

|

|Arts Club

|2014

Educating Rita

|

|Arts Club

|2014

Equivocation

|

|Persephone

|2014

God of Carnage

|

|Persephone

|2011

Tear the Curtain!

|

|Electric Company

|2010

Pride and Prejudice

|

|Arts Club

|2016

Good People

|

|Arts Club

|2016

As You Like It

|Touchstone

|Bard on the Beach

|2005

Julius Caesar

|Brutus

|Bard on the Beach

|2007

Taming of the Shrew

|Petruchio

|Bard on the Beach

|2001

Henry V

|Henry V

|Bard on the Beach

|2002

King John

|King John

|Bard on the Beach

|2012

Merry Wives of Windsor

|Master Ford/Dr. Caius (2004)

|Bard on the Beach

|1994/

2004/

2012/

2016

Macbeth

|Duncan

|Bard on the Beach

|2018

Romeo and Juliet

|Friar Lawrence

|Bard on the Beach

|2016

Comedy of Errors

|Egeon

|Bard on the Beach

|2015

data-sort-value="Tempest, The" | The Tempest

|Alonso

|Bard on the Beach

|2014

Henry VI

|Richard Duke of York

|Bard on the Beach

|2011

Richard III

|Duke of Buckingham

|Bard on the Beach

|2011

All's Well that Ends Well

|Parolles

|Bard on the Beach

|2009

Richard II

|Northumberland

|Bard on the Beach

|2009

data-sort-value="Leisure Society, The" | The Leisure Society

|

|Ruby Slippers

|2006

True Story

|

|(r)Evolution

|

Cyrano de Bergerac

|

|Arts Club

|2008

Poster Boys

|

|Arts Club

|2008

data-sort-value="Optimists, The" | The Optimists

|

|Arts Club

|2007

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|+Select Directing Credits

!Play

!Company

!Year

Two Gentlemen of Verona

|Bard on the Beach

|2017

data-sort-value="Comedy of Errors, The" | The Comedy of Errors

|Bard on the Beach

|2015

Antony and Cleopatra

|Bard on the Beach

|2010

data-sort-value="Midsummer Night's Dream, A" | A Midsummer Night's Dream

|Studio 58

|

Julius Caesar

|Studio 58

|

Richard III

|Studio 58

|

data-sort-value="Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, The" | The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon

|Persephone

|2013

Twelfth Night

|Carousel Theatre

|

Film credits

Bellis has participated in many television series including The Outer Limits, Smallville, and The Dead Zone, television movies and feature films such as Little Women, Timecop, and Antitrust. His role in The X-Files was that of the alien abductee Max Fenig in the episodes of "Fallen Angel," "Tempus Fugit," and "Max."

Awards

Scott Bellis has been nominated for 20 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. He has received awards for his performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bard, 2007), All's Well that Ends Well (Bard, 2010), Avenue Q (Arts Club 2014), Aprés Moi (Ruby Slippers, 2016).

References

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