• Source: Graham Abbey

      • Graham Abbey (born Graham Robert Thomson Abbey, March 24, 1971) is a Canadian film, television and stage actor, who is best known for his role as Gray Jackson in TV drama The Border.


      History


      At the then Stratford Festival of Canada, the eleven-year-old Graham Abbey took up small parts in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In the following season, he returned with roles in As You Like It and Macbeth. His first role was as a forest gnome at the Festival Theatre, and he explained his interest as: "there was a room full of doughnuts and I got to get out of school".
      After two years at Stratford, he gave up acting. He left Stratford Central Secondary School, moved to Kingston, Ontario, and in 1994, graduated from Queen's University with a degree in political science.
      In 1997, he rejoined the Stratford Festival with a leading role (Happy Loman in Death of a Salesman), a supporting role (Paris in Romeo and Juliet), and an ensemble role (the Chorus in Oedipus Rex). He has performed in over 30 productions at the Festival, and continues to be a part of the company as of 2016, during which season he debuted his adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad, Breath of Kings
      In August 2008, he married former Stratford colleague Michelle Giroux.


      Credits




      = Film and television credits

      =
      As You Like It (1984), based on the 1983 production at the Stratford Festival of Canada—Page
      John Woo's Once a Thief (1998) — Special Agent Elk Diller in episode "The Director Files"
      Offstage, Onstage: Inside the Stratford Festival (2002), the National Film Board behind-the-scenes at the Stratford Festival of Canada's 49th season — himself
      The Madness of King Richard (2003), interviews with members of the theatre community, regarding the Stratford Festival of Canada under artistic director Richard Monette — himself
      'Til Death Do Us Part (2007) — Slade in episode "Funeral Parlour Murder"
      The Jane Show (2007) — Richard in episode "Who's Got Spirit?"
      Billable Hours (2007) — Scott in episode "Monopoly Man, the Second"
      Heartland (2007) — Steve Redding in episode "Coming Home"
      Degrassi: The Next Generation — Glen Martin
      The Border (2008) — Gray Jackson
      Othello: The Tragedy of the Moor (2008) — Michael Cassio
      A Wake (2009) - Tyler
      Stealing Paradise TV film (2011) - Steven Collier
      Republic of Doyle (2012) — George
      King John (2015) — King Philip
      Angels and Ornaments (2014) - Dave
      Frontier (2016) - MacLaughlan
      Stay the Night (2022)


      = Stratford Festival credits

      =
      Much Ado About Nothing (2023) -- Benedick
      "Coriolanus" (2018) -- Tullus Aufidius
      "Tartuffe" (2017) -- Orgon
      King John (play) (2014) -- Philip the Bastard
      Othello (2013) -- Iago
      Coriolanus (2006) -- Tullus Aufidius
      The Lark (2005) -- Warwick, Earl of Beauchamp
      As You Like It (2005) -- Jacques
      King Henry VIII (All is True) (2004) -- King Henry VIII
      Macbeth (2004) -- Macbeth
      Love's Labour's Lost (2003) -- Berowne
      The Taming of the Shrew (2003) -- Petruchio
      Richard III, Reign of Terror (2002) -- King Henry VII, Earl of Richmond
      The Scarlet Pimpernel (2002) -- Lambert
      Romeo and Juliet (2002) -- Romeo
      Henry V (2001) -- King Henry V
      Henry IV, Part 2 (2001) -- Henry, Prince of Wales
      Henry IV, Part 1 (2001) -- Henry, Prince of Wales
      The Three Musketeers (2000) -- D'Artagnan
      The Importance of Being Earnest (2000) -- Algernon Montford
      Hamlet (2000) -- Laertes
      The School for Scandal (1999) -- Sir Toby Bumper
      The Tempest (1999) -- Ferdinand
      A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) -- Lysander
      Two Gentlemen of Verona (1998) -- Valentine
      The Winter's Tale (1998) -- Florizel
      A Man for All Seasons (1998) -- William Roper
      Oedipus Rex (1997) -- Chorus
      Death of a Salesman (1997) -- Happy Loman
      Romeo and Juliet (1997) -- Paris
      As You Like It (1983) -- Page
      Macbeth (1983) -- Young Macduff (understudy)
      A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982) -- Appears in
      The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) -- Forest Gnome


      = Other theatre credits

      =
      The Pessimist, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto (2007) -- Philip
      Long Day's Journey Into Night, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg (2005) -- Jamie
      Death of a Salesman, Theatre Aquarius (2004) -- Biff Loman
      The Molière Comedies, Shubert Theatre, Chicago (2003) -- Valère
      Robin Hood: The Merry Family Musical, Elgin Theatre, Toronto (2002) -- Robin Hood
      Snow White and the Magnificent Seven, Elgin Theatre, Toronto (2001) -- Prince Don "Squeeze the" Charming
      Proposals, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg/Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto (1998) -- Ray Dolenz
      Hello, Dolly!, York Minstrels, Toronto (1995) -- Cornelius Hackl
      The School for Scandal, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre—Charles Surface
      A Midsummer Night's Dream, Festival of Classics, Toronto—Demetrius
      The Baker's Wife, Equity Showcase, Toronto—Antoine
      A Streetcar Named Desire, Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, Ontario—Stanley Kowalski
      Guys and Dolls, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario—Nicely-Nicely
      Fiddler on the Roof, Grand Theatre, Kingston, Ontario—Motel the Tailor


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Graham Abbey at IMDb
      Abbey speaking on "CBC Radio: Q The Podcast" episode for Monday, January 7, 2008
      Stratford Theatre Festival biography


      = In the news

      =
      "Stratford Festival: Much Ado About Nothing is really something else with a little Shields added to the Shakespeare", The Globe and Mail, June 17, 2023
      "Border star steady with sword as well as gun", The Toronto Star, September 27, 2008
      "Graham Abbey makes a run for The Border", The Kingston Whig-Standard, January 26, 2008
      "Crossing those acting borders", The Windsor Star, January 7, 2008
      "Investigating The Border", Metro Canada, January 7, 2008
      "From the Bard to Border guard", The Globe and Mail, January 5, 2008
      "The Border's Niagara connection", St. Catharines Standard, December 13, 2007
      "Abbey not pessimistic as he leaves Stratford", The Toronto Star, April 22, 2007

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