Stuart Hughes (born June 9, 1959) is a

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known for his leading roles on the stages of many Canadian theatre companies, including

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and

Soulpepper Theatre Company Soulpepper is a theater company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest non-profit theater in the city. History Soulpepper was founded in 1998 by twelve Toronto artists aiming to produce lesser-known theatrical classics. Soulpepper has sinc ...

(of which he is a founding member).

Education

As a teenager, Hughes lived in London, Ontario, where he attended

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and played French horn and violin in the school orchestra and band. He performed in school drama productions and also had roles in plays at Theatre London.

Career

Hughes has received many award nominations for his work in film and television, and on stage. He has received three

Dora Award The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped estab ...

s for the roles of Billy in ''

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid ''The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-Handed Poems'' is a verse novel by Michael Ondaatje, published in 1970. It chronicles and interprets important events in the life of William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, and his conflict with Sheriff P ...

'', The Man in ''On the Verge'' (

Tarragon Theatre The Tarragon Theatre is a theatre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and one of the main centers for contemporary playwriting in the country.

) and Kit Carson in ''

The Time Of Your Life ''The Time of Your Life'' is a 1939 five-act play by American playwright William Saroyan. The play is the first drama to win both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. The play opened on Broadway in 1939. Cha ...

'' (

Soulpepper Soulpepper is a theater company based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the largest non-profit theater in the city. History Soulpepper was founded in 1998 by twelve Toronto artists aiming to produce lesser-known theatrical classics. Soulpepper has sinc ...

). He received an

ACTRA Award The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries.

for his lead role in the film ''

The Drawer Boy ''The Drawer Boy'' is a play by Michael Healey. It is a two-act play set in 1972 on a farm near Clinton, Ontario. There are only three characters: the farm's two owners, Morgan and Angus, and Miles Potter, a young actor from Toronto doing resea ...

''. He appeared in '' Mayday'' season 12 episode 1, as Commandant James Gibson (2012). He also played Oscar "Butch" Bowers in the 2017 film version of '' It''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1959 births Living people Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Dora Mavor Moore Award winners Canadian male stage actors Place of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-actor-stub