Stephen Ouimette
{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}}
{{for|the musician|Steve Ouimette}}
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Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director. Although mostly known for his stage work, particularly at the Stratford Festival of Canada and on Broadway in La Bete, he achieved TV fame (and a Gemini Award) as the ghostly Oliver Welles in the drama Slings and Arrows.{{Cite web |last=Lilieholm |first=Lucas |date=July 15, 2011 |title=PHOTO CALL: Brian Dennehy is 'Sir Toby Belch' in Twelfth Night at Stratford Festival |url=https://playbill.com/article/photo-call-brian-dennehy-is-sir-toby-belch-in-twelfth-night-at-stratford-festival-com-180958 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Playbill |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Content |first=Contributed |date=May 17, 2012 |title=Canadian actor Stephen Ouimette on being Harry in Iceman Cometh |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/05/17/canadian-actor-stephen-ouimette-on-being-harry-in-iceman-cometh/ |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=July 15, 2011 |title=Brian Dennehy Bites Into Twelfth Night, Opening at Stratford Festival July 15 |url=https://playbill.com/article/brian-dennehy-bites-into-twelfth-night-opening-at-stratford-festival-july-15-com-180920 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Playbill |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Kenneth |date=June 27, 2006 |title=Drowsy Co-Creator's Slings & Arrows, Another Love Letter to Theatre, Gets DVD Release |url=https://playbill.com/article/drowsy-co-creators-slings-arrows-another-love-letter-to-theatre-gets-dvd-release-com-133416 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Playbill}} From 2016 to 2019, Ouimette was the head of Stratford's Birmingham Conservatory, a training program for young actors.{{Cite web |last=Yeo |first=Debra |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Stephen Ouimette to lead Stratford Festival training program |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/stephen-ouimette-to-lead-stratford-festival-training-program/article_d935176a-5aa8-590b-b230-6a1f2628e4cb.html |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Grapes |first=Patrick |date=February 4, 2016 |title=Stephen Ouimette named Director of the Festival's Birmingham Conservatory |url=https://www.mystratfordnow.com/31854/stephen-ouimette-named-director-of-the-festivals-birmingham-conservatory/ |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=My Stratford Now |language=en-US}}
Ouimette is also a voice actor, and is known for voicing Beetlejuice in the eponymous animated series, Angel in X-Men: The Animated Series, and Pompadour in Babar.{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Gordon |date=September 6, 2024 |title=You Can Now Stream the Beetlejuice Cartoon Free on Tubi |url=https://gizmodo.com/all-4-seasons-of-the-beetlejuice-cartoon-are-now-available-to-stream-on-tubi-2000495744 |access-date=February 25, 2025 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Stephen Ouimette (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Stephen-Ouimette/ |access-date=February 25, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Filmography
= Film =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
1989
|Gus Victor | |
1989
|Destiny to Order |J. D. Baird | |
1991
|Larry | |
2000
|Gideon Wood | |
2005
|The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie |Too Loud Bear (voice) |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
1986
|Matthew Greener |Episode: "Heaven Sent" |
1988
|Michie | |
1988–1990
|Sean McGillivray, Waiter |2 episodes |
1989–1991
|Beetlejuice (voice) |
1989–1991
|Pompadour (voice) |
1992
|The Trial of Red Riding Hood |Television film |
1992–1993
|Mad Dog (voice) |
1992–1996
|Warren Worthington III / Angel / Archangel, Cameron Hodge (voice) |10 episodes |
1993–1994
|Chuck (voice) |
1993–1997
|The Busy World of Richard Scarry |Mr. Frumble, Mr. Raccoon, Doctor Lion, additional voices |Recurring cast |
1999–2000
|Dionysus (voice) |2 episodes |
2000
|The Avengers: United They Stand |Nicholas Scratch (voice) |Episode: "The Sorceress's Apprentice" |
2000
|Mr. Coyote (voice) |
2000
|L'ecuyer #1 |Episode: "Swing Your Partner" |
2000–2002
|Maggie and the Ferocious Beast |Beast (voice) |
2001
|Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series |Cartographer (voice) |Episode: "Lost and Found" |
2001
|Wheedle |3 episodes |
2001
|Mr. Saruyama (voice) |
2001
|Episode: "Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of" |
2003–2006
|Oliver Welles |18 episodes |
2004
|Dr. Galileo |Episode: "Dan and the Necrophiliac" |
2006
|Frederick Fellicile (voice) |
2018
|Frederick Bell |6 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0653554}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080624014606/http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/whatson/index.cfm?Jump=company&CType=souimetteDown Stratford bio of Ouimette]
- [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Ouimette%2C%20Stephen Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia bio of Ouimette]
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Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male Shakespearean actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Dora Mavor Moore Award winners