Jonathan Wilson is a

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actor, comedian and playwright, best known for his 1996 play '' My Own Private Oshawa''. The play, a semi-autobiographical comedy about growing up

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

in Oshawa,

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,"SFA Productions has its Own Private feature"
'' Playback'', October 5, 1998. was also optioned by Sandra Faire's SFA Productions for production as a film, which won an award at the

Columbus International Film & Video Festival The Columbus International Film + Animation Festival is a Columbus, Ohio, United States annual film festival which is designed to encourage and promote the use of film and video in all forms of education and communication. It is the first and ol ...

in 2002 before being broadcast as a

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on CTV in 2005.

Career

Wilson was a member of

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's Toronto cast in the early 1990s. He later collaborated with fellow Second City alumni

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and Ed Sahely on the stage show ''Not to Be Repeated'', in which the three performed a two-act

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narrative comedy play in each performance. The show was also later developed into a short-run television series, '' This Sitcom Is...Not to Be Repeated'', for

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in 2001."Not your average funny Canuck". ''

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'', June 3, 2001. In 1998 he appeared on the LGBT-themed sketch comedy special ''

In Thru the Out Door ''In Thru the Out Door'' is a Canadian comedy special, which aired on CBC Television on June 22, 1998.Alan Conter, "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen". ''Mo ...

'' for CBC Television and

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.Alan Conter, "Show tackles sex, gender full-tilt: Born at Just for Laughs, CBC's In Thru the Out Door brings gay comedy to the small screen". ''

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'', June 20, 1998. Wilson's other acting credits include voice roles in ''

Mia and Me ''Mia and Me'' is a German children's series created by Gerhard Hahn. In the United States, it aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. channel from May 3, 2014, to December 25, 2016. The show mixes live action with computer animation. ''Mia and Me'' is e ...

'', '' Little Bear'', ''

Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs ''Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs'' is a series of children's books written and drawn by Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds. The series is about a five-year-old boy named Harry, who has a bucket full of six dinosaurs named Taury, Trike, Patsy ...

'', ''

Totally Spies! ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian c ...

'', ''

Skatoony ''Skatoony'' (stylized as ''SkatoonY'') is a children's live action/animated game show, pitting live-action kids against cartoons. The series was co-produced with Talent TV and FremantleMedia Animation (for the British version), Blink Studios (fo ...

'', '' Camp Lakebottom'', ''

Yin Yang Yo! ''Yin Yang Yo!'' is a flash-animated television series created by Bob Boyle for Jetix. Produced by Jetix Animation Concepts as the third Jetix original series, it first aired on August 26, 2006, as a sneak peek and premiered on September 4, 2006 ...

'', ''

Get Ed ''Get Ed'' is a computer-animated television series about a genetically engineered teenage delivery boy who fights industrial crime in Progress City. The show aired as a part of the Jetix programming block on the United States cable television ...

'', ''

BeyWheelz ''BeyWheelz'' is an anime series, a spin-off of the series ''Beyblade''. While produced in Japan, the series has yet to be aired in Japanese. Originally commissioned by Nelvana to make up for '' Beyblade: Metal Fury's'' sho ...

'', ''

Iggy Arbuckle ''Iggy Arbuckle'' is an animated series that premiered in Canada on Teletoon in June 2007. Based on a comic strip from National Geographic Kids, the show is created by Guy Vasilovich, and focuses on a pig (Iggy Arbuckle) who happens to be a for ...

'', ''

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends ''Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends'', sometimes shortened to ''Sunny Patch'', is a CGI-animated children's television series produced by Nelvana in association with AbsoluteDigital Pictures and Callaway Arts & Entertainment as a follow-up to ' ...

'', recurring roles in '' Traders'', ''

Freaky Stories ''Freaky Stories'' is a Canadian animated anthology television series, which was originally broadcast by YTV in English and Canal Famille in French (five-minute versions using the French title ''Frissons''). It is an animated show about urban ...

'', '' The Endless Grind'', '' Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye'' and '' This Is Wonderland'', film roles in '' House'', ''

Saint Ralph ''Saint Ralph'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Michael McGowan. Its central character is a teenage boy who trains for the 1954 Boston Marathon in the hope a victory will be the miracle his mother needs to awaken from ...

'', '' New York Minute'', '' PCU'', ''Rubber Carpet'' and ''

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'', commercials such as '' Rice Krispies'', and stage productions of ''

The Laramie Project ''The Laramie Project'' is a 2000 play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sara Lambert, ...

'', ''

The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...

,'' and ''

The Normal Heart ''The Normal Heart'' is a largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer. It focuses on the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay founder of a pro ...

''. He won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role - Play or Musical for his performance as

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in ''

''. In 2022, Wilson and Daniel Krolik starred in the

Toronto Fringe Festival The Toronto Fringe Festival is an annual theatre festival, featuring un-juried plays by unknown or well-known artists, taking place in the theatres of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Several productions originally mounted at the Fringe have later been ...

play ''Gay for Pay with Blake and Clay''.Glenn Sumi
"Fringe review: Gay For Pay With Blake & Clay is straight-up brilliant"
''

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'', July 12, 2022.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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