Brendan Gall

Brendan Gall (born September 2, 1978) is a Canadian writer, actor and producer living in Los Angeles, California.

Early life and education

Gall graduated from the George Brown Theatre School.

Career

Gall has written and/or produced for the television series '' Blindspot'', '' Open Heart'', and '' The L.A. Complex'', the CBC Radio drama series ''Afghanada,'' the feature films '' The Lovebirds'', ''The Go-Getters,'' and ''Dakota'', and stage plays such as ''Panhandled'', ''A Quiet Place'', ''Alias Godot'' and ''Wide Awake Hearts''.

As an actor, he has had lead or recurring roles on the series '' Remedy'', '' Good God'', ''Overruled!'', and '' Men With Brooms'', and guest appearances on ''Covert Affairs'', '' The L.A. Complex'', '' Against The Wall'', '' Flashpoint'', '' Murdoch Mysteries'', and '' Stargate: Atlantis''. He has also appeared in the films ''Remember'', '' The Captive'', ''Stag'', ''Let's Rap'' and ''Dakota'', and in numerous theatrical works, including the world premiere (and subsequent remounts) of Hannah Moscovitch's ''East of Berlin'' and the 2014 Toronto production of Duncan Macmillan's ''Lungs'' which garnered him a 2014 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Actor.

A playwright in residence at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre from 2007 to 2017 and artistic director of his own theatre companies Single Threat and The Room, he has been nominated for four Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play: twice in 2008 for ''Alias Godot'' and ''A Quiet Place'', again in 2009 for ''The Gladstone Variations'', and finally in 2011 for ''Wide Awake Hearts''. ''Wide Awake Hearts'' and ''A Quiet Place'' were published by Coach House Books in 2010 under the title ''Minor Complications: Two Plays''. The title was a shortlisted nominee in the English-language drama category of the 2011 Governor General's Awards. Gall has also been nominated twice for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award.

Bibliography

; Screenplays
* 2020: '' The Lovebirds''
* 2017: '' The Go-Getters'' (with Aaron Abrams)
* 2007: ''Dakota''
; Teleplays
* 2017: ''Blindspot'' (7 episodes)
* 2015: ''Open Heart'' (2 episodes)
* 2012: ''The L.A. Complex'' (6 episodes)
; Stage Plays
* 2010: ''Wide Awake Hearts''
* 2010: ''Red Machine: Under The Knife'' (collective creation)
* 2010: ''300 Tapes'' (collective creation)
* 2009: ''Red Machine: Part One'' (contributing writer: "First & Last")
* 2008: ''Alias Godot''
* 2008 ''The Sound Plays'' (contributing writer: "A Book On Tape")
* 2007: ''The Gladstone Variations'' (contributing writer: "The Card Trick")
* 2007: ''I Keep Dropping Sh*t'' (collective creation)
* 2006: ''Don't Wake M''e (collective creation)
* 2006: ''Autoshow'' (contributing writer: "Hawk Limited")
* 2005: ''A Quiet Place''
* 2005: ''Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump'' (collective creation)
* 2004: ''Panhandled''
* 2003: ''The Awesome Club Presents "It's Raining Fun!"'' (contributed sketches)
; Collections
* 2010: ''Minor Complications: Two Plays'', Coach House Books;

Awards and nominations

* 2015: ''Lungs'' - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best Actor
* 2014: ''Lungs'' - My Theatre Award nomination, Best Actor
* 2014: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
* 2011: ''Minor Complications: Two Plays'' - Governor General's Literary Award for Drama nomination, English-Language Category
* 2011: ''Wide Awake Hearts'' - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
* 2011: ''Men With Brooms'' - Canadian Comedy Awards nomination, Best Ensemble
* 2010: K.M. Hunter Artist Award nomination, Theatre
* 2009: ''Alias Godot'' - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
* 2009: ''East of Berlin'' - Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nomination, Best Actor
* 2008: ''A Quiet Place -'' Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
* 2008: ''The Gladstone Variations'' - Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination, Best New Play
* 2003: ''A Quiet Place'' - Herman Voaden National Playwriting Award, Honourable Mention

References

External links

*
Brendan Gall at the Playwrights Guild of Canada

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gall, Brendan
1978 births
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male stage actors
21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Canadian screenwriters
Canadian television writers
Canadian radio writers
Living people
Male actors from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Writers from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Canadian male writers
Canadian Film Centre alumni
Canadian male television writers
21st-century Canadian screenwriters