Thomas Antony Olajide
Thomas Antony Olajide, sometimes also credited as Thomas Olajide, is a Canadian actor from Vancouver, British Columbia.[1] He is most noted for his performance in the 2021 film Learn to Swim, for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022,[2] and as co-creator with Tawiah M'carthy and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff of Black Boys, a theatrical show about Black Canadian LGBTQ+ identities which was staged by Buddies in Bad Times in 2016.[3] Olajide, M'carthy, and Jackman-Torkoff were collectively nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2017.[4]
His other stage roles have included productions of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale for The Dream in High Park;[5] King Lear,[6] A Midsummer Night's Dream[7] and Love's Labour's Lost[8] for the Stratford Festival; Lynn Nottage's Ruined for Canadian Stage;[9] and Michel Nadeau's And Slowly Beauty for the Belfry Theatre and the National Arts Centre.[10]
In film he also starred in the short film Mariner[11] and the feature film White Lie.[12][13] In television he had regular roles in the web series Inhuman Condition[14] and Nomades, and received a Prix Gémeaux nomination for Best Actor in a Youth Digital Series in 2020 for Nomades.[1]
He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and of the Actors Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Thomas Olajide". Northern Stars.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Black Boys is a timely mix of monologues, sketches and dance that resists cohesion". The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2016.
- ^ "Nomination Announcements: 38th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards". Intermission, May 30, 2017.
- ^ Martin Morrow, "The Winter's Tale: A rewarding way to pass a summer's night". The Globe and Mail, July 7, 2011.
- ^ "Character is key in stripped-down Lear". Stratford Gazette, May 28, 2014.
- ^ Bruce Urquhart, "Dream come true; Midsummer Night imbued with playful irreverence". London Free Press, June 2, 2014.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Stratford Festival updates Shakespeare classic with modern casting". The Globe and Mail, August 19, 2015.
- ^ Ashante Infantry, "Ruined's soundtrack offers gentle respite: Play tells dark tale of ethnic cleansing, rape set in Congo Republic". Toronto Star, February 3, 2011.
- ^ Vivian Moreau, "Belfry's Beauty: story somehow lost in translation". Victoria News, October 5, 2011.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF shorts 2016: what to check out at this year’s fest". Now, September 9, 2016.
- ^ Stephen Dalton, "‘White Lie’: Film Review | TIFF 2019". The Hollywood Reporter, September 9, 2019.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "10 Canadian films we’re excited to see at TIFF 2021". Now, September 3, 2021.
- ^ Jordan Pinto, "Shaftesbury/Smokebomb launches Inhuman Condition". Playback, July 6, 2016.
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