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Thom Allison
Canadian actor

Thom Allison is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his regular recurring role as Pree in the television series Killjoys, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.

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Biography

Allison was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the son of a Black Nova Scotian father and a Mennonite mother.4

Education and career

Allison graduated from the acting program offered at Ryerson Theatre School .5 Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Allison eventually went on to act for film, television and theatre alike.6

Primarily a stage actor, he first attained prominence for his performance as Robin Turner in Canadian Stage's 2000 stage adaptation of Outrageous!,7 for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Musical in 2001.8 He has also frequently appeared in productions at the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival, and in touring productions of Rent and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,9 and appeared as drag queen Therese in the first episode of Kim's Convenience.10

In 2003, Allison produced a solo CD A Whole Lotta Sunshine covering famous songs including "Moon River" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".11

In 2019, Allison and Micah Barnes collaborated on Knishes 'n Grits, a stage show in which they explored the links between Jewish music and African American music.12

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Leaving MetropolisShannonFilm Debut Role
2003One Last DanceBabysitter
2008Repo! The Genetic OperaGossip Journalist
2017Miss Odette's Modern Handbook to MannersIanShort Film
201822 ChaserTeeny
2019Canadian StrainGary
2022Junior's GiantLeo
2023Queen Tut

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006The Road to ChristmasMicheleTV movie
Why I Wore Lipstick to My MastectomyQueen from QueensTV movie
2007I Me WedBillTV movie
2015–2019KilljoysPreeRecurring Role; 39 Episodes

Won Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

2016Private EyesGil Schmit1 Episode
Kim's ConvenienceTherese1 Episode
Murdoch MysteriesOscar Ducharme1 Episode
2017Odd SquadChef1 Episode
Your All Time Classic Hit Parade5 Episodes
2021Frankie Drake MysteriesRoger LeBlanc1 Episode
Canada's Drag RaceGuest mentor1 Episode
2022-presentPinecone & PonyGreymoon (voice)Recurring Role; 8 Episodes
2022-presentCoronerDr. Elijah ThompsonMain Role; 10 Episodes
2023SlasherGeorges RondeauMain Role; 8 Episodes

Stage

YearTitleRoleLocationNotesReference
1993–1995Miss SaigonEnsembleThe Princess of Wales TheatreMirvish Productions

National Premiere

13
1995The Who's TommyHawker

Ensemble

Elgin TheatreMirvish Productions

National Premiere

14
2002My Fair LadyCostermongerFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada15
The Threepenny OperaStreet Singer

Crookfinger Jake

Avon TheatreStratford Festival of Canada16
2003EvitaCheMax Bell TheatreTheatre Calgary17
The King and IThe KralahomeFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada18
The Adventures of PericlesLord GentlemanFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada19
2004MacbethDonalbainFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada20
King Henry VIII (All is True)Duke of SuffolkFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada21
2005Take Me OutDarren LemmingBluma AppelCanStage22
Into the WoodsThe Wolf

Cinderella's Prince

Avon TheatreStratford Festival of Canada23
Hello, Dolly!Rudolph ReisenweberFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada24
2007Elegies: A Song CycleBerkeley Street Theatre UpstairsActing Up Stage Theatre Company25
2008Wonderful TownChick ClarkFestival TheatreShaw Festival26
2009A New BrainRoger Delli-BoviBerkeley Street Theatre UpstairsActing Up Stage Theatre Company27
The Drowsy ChaperoneAldophoShoctor TheareCitadel Theatre28
2011Priscilla Queen of the Desert the MusicalThe Princess of Wales Theatre29
2011–2012Priscilla Queen of the Desert the MusicalEnsemble

Understudy for Bernadette, Miss Understanding, Jimmy

Palace TheatreBroadway30
2012RagtimeCoalhouse Walker, Jr.Festival TheatreShaw Festival31
2012His Girl FridayDiamond LouieFestival TheatreShaw Festival32
2014Elegies: A Song CycleDaniels Spectrum Aki Studio TheatreActing Up Stage Theatre Company33
2020The Louder We GetLonnie WynnMax Bell TheatreTheatre Calgary34

Awards and nominations

Allison won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Pree in the television series Killjoys.35 He was also the recipient of two Tyrone Guthrie Awards presented by the Stratford Festival Company.36

Over the course of his career, Allison was nominated for various Canadian Theatre Awards including three Dora awards, two Bettys, two Jessies, an Ovation, and a Sterling.37

References

  1. Richard Ouzonian, "Mad about the boy". Toronto Star, September 29, 2000. /wiki/Toronto_Star ↩

  2. S. E. Fleenor, "Killjoys' Pree is a gender-thwarting style icon". SyFy Wire, August 22, 2019. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/killjoys-pree-is-a-gender-thwarting-style-icon ↩

  3. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200606215950/https://etcanada.com/news/649789/canadian-screen-awards-winners-announced-for-scripted-drama-comedy-categories/ ↩

  4. Robert Crew, "Allison gives Outrageous character a new twist; Musical changed by actor's background". Toronto Star, September 24, 2000. /wiki/Toronto_Star ↩

  5. "Alumni Panel 1". Ryerson University. November 4, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.ryerson.ca/performance/news-events/2020/11/alumni-panel-1/ ↩

  6. Boisvert, Nick (February 13, 2019). "Toronto's first black theatre companies are gone, leaving a void that still hasn't been filled | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/black-theatre-companies-bhm-1.5014792 ↩

  7. Richard Ouzonian, "Mad about the boy". Toronto Star, September 29, 2000. /wiki/Toronto_Star ↩

  8. Michael Posner, "Iron Road tops the lot at Doras". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 2001. /wiki/Michael_Posner_(journalist) ↩

  9. Alison Mayes, "Putting the broad in Broadway". Winnipeg Free Press, July 29, 2010. /wiki/Winnipeg_Free_Press ↩

  10. Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, "Kim's Convenience stars pick their favorite episodes (and a recipe!) to celebrate season 4 debut". Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 2020. https://ew.com/tv/kims-convenience-netflix-season-4-stars-favorite-episodes-recipe/ ↩

  11. "Tracks on A Whole Lotta Sunlight - Thom Allison (November 2003) | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://secondhandsongs.com/release/266888 ↩

  12. Ruth Schweitzer and Kathryn Kates, "The links between African-American and Jewish music". Canadian Jewish News, May 17, 2019. https://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/the-links-between-african-american-and-jewish-music ↩

  13. "Thom Allison theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/293207-thom-allison ↩

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  31. "Thom Allison theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/293207-thom-allison ↩

  32. "Thom Allison theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/293207-thom-allison ↩

  33. "Thom Allison theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/293207-thom-allison ↩

  34. "Thom Allison theatre profile". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/293207-thom-allison ↩

  35. S. E. Fleenor, "Killjoys' Pree is a gender-thwarting style icon". SyFy Wire, August 22, 2019. https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/killjoys-pree-is-a-gender-thwarting-style-icon ↩

  36. "Alumni Panel 1". Ryerson University. November 4, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.ryerson.ca/performance/news-events/2020/11/alumni-panel-1/ ↩

  37. "Alumni Panel 1". Ryerson University. November 4, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-26. https://www.ryerson.ca/performance/news-events/2020/11/alumni-panel-1/ ↩