Diego Matamoros

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Diego Matamoros
Born
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Diego Matamoros is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States. In 1998, he won a Gemini award for his performance as Dr. Goldman in CBC Television's miniseries The Sleep Room. Other film credits include: "Montreal Vu Par" directed by Denis Arcand (1990) and the film adaptation of Anne Michael's award-winning novel Fugitive Pieces directed by Jeremy Podeswa (2007). In 1998 he co-founded the Soulpepper Theatre Company with 11 other actors and has, since then, appeared in every season with the company, more than 70 roles over 22 seasons. In 2006 he co-founded and taught Soulpepper's advanced actors' year-round training program: The Soulpepper Academy. He has taught and/or directed at the National Theatre School of Canada, Ryerson University, George Brown Theatre School, and the University of Toronto. He has received the Dora Mavor Moore Award multiple times for his stage performances, which include, among many others, the fool in "King Lear" (2006), Clov in "Endgame" (1999 and 2015), the title role in "Uncle Vanya" (2000, 2001 and 2008), George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (2014) and Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" (2013 and 2014). He also co-created and performed two original works for the company: "The Aleph" (2012) and "Cage" (2017), which was also performed as part of Soulpepper's summer residency at the Signature Theatre, 55th Street, in New York City. [2][3][4][5] He is also known for voicing Cluny the Scourge and Badrang the Tyrant in Redwall.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1987 The Big Town Sid
1991 Montreal Stories Homme au verre de vin (segment "Vue d'ailleurs")
1998 The Sleep Room Dr. Goldman
1998 Bone Daddy Baxter
1999 Redwall Cluny the Scourge (voice) TV series
2001 Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall Badrang The Tyrant (voice) TV series
2003 The Gospel of John Nicodemus
2007 Fugitive Pieces Jozef

References[]

  1. ^ Diego Matamoros at Soulpepper Theater
  2. ^ Catherine Kustanczy, Spotlight: Diego Matamoros, Intermission Magazine, Retrieved Nov 20, 2016
  3. ^ Brad Wheeler, Actor Diego Matamoros on Molière and on success, The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2014, Retrieved November 20, 2016
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Diego Matamoros, Encyclopedia.com

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