Jason Cadieux is a

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film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his performance in the 1996 film ''

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'', for which he was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 17th Genie Awards."Local theatre group comes to Centre for the Arts"
'' Brock News'', February 28, 2011.

Career

Cadieux's other credits have included the films '' Iron Eagle on the Attack'', '' Sins of Silence'' and '' Joe's So Mean to Josephine'', the television series ''

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'' and ''

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'', and stage productions of

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's ''Poor Super Man''"Belly up to The Fringe"
. '' Eye Weekly'', July 3, 2003. and

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's ''Play Murder'' and ''Bad Acting Teachers'' at

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."Bad Acting Teachers a witty depiction of three power trips"
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''. He has also written a number of stage plays, including ''Unleavable'', ''Hard Ways'',"Gripping and entertaining; Play by Pelham's Jason Cadieux set in Niagara Falls"
. ''Welland Tribune'', November 19, 2007. ''Somnambulists in Love''"'From page to stage'"
. ''

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'', May 3, 2012. and ''17.5''.

Personal life

Originally from

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, Cadieux moved to Niagara Region in 1998. He and actor and playwright Stephanie Jones co-founded and continue to run the Essential Collective Theatre company in St. Catharines.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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