Richard Chevolleau

Richard Chevolleau is a Jamaican–Canadian actor,^[1] best known for playing Augur on Earth: Final Conflict from 1997 to 2002.^[2]

Early life

Chevolleau was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and raised in Toronto.^[2] After completing high school, he studied the Meisner Technique of acting with Paul Bardier.

Career

He began his career in the late 1980s with guest parts in the television series My Secret Identity and Friday the 13th: The Series, before having his first major starring role in the 1989 television film Pray for Me, Paul Henderson.^[3]

In 1994 he had a starring role in the television series Boogies Diner.^[4]

In 1995 he starred in Clement Virgo's film Rude.^[5] He also starred in Virgo's 1997 film The Planet of Junior Brown.^[6]

He has appeared in supporting roles in the television series Street Time, This Is Wonderland, 'Da Kink in My Hair, Lost Girl, She's the Mayor, Saving Hope, Hannibal, Blood and Water, Killjoys, Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries, the films Lulu (1996), The Wrong Guy (1997), Narc (2002), Lie with Me (2005), Four Brothers (2005), Talk to Me (2007), The Gospel According to the Blues (2010),^[7] and Home Again (2012), and on stage as Cory in a production of August Wilson's Fences for Theatre Calgary and the National Arts Centre.^[8]

In 2004, he had a guest appearance in the CTV series The Eleventh Hour as Gilbert Brown, a prison inmate who had been victimized by a brutal gang rape. He won the Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004,^[9] and the ACTRA Award for Best Actor in 2005.^[10]

References

^ Rita Zekas, "Actor's win-win-lose situation". Toronto Star, May 13, 2005.
^ ^a ^b Chris Krejlgaard, "Black actor hoping to play a superhero". Times and Transcript, May 14, 1999.
^ Greg Quill, "Pray for a sequel to Paul Henderson". Toronto Star, November 5, 1989.
^ Eric Kohanik, "Boogies Diner CHCH jumps into teen-sitcom business with 65 episodes". Hamilton Spectator, February 7, 1994.
^ Peter Birnie, "Director's first feature indicates Virgo is rising". Vancouver Sun, November 9, 1995.
^ Louise Leger, "The 10th planet: Clement Virgo explores new worlds in The Planet of Junior Brown". The Globe and Mail, August 2, 1997.
^ Marla Cranston, "Fitzgerald lands big names for film". Halifax Daily News, March 28, 2003.
^ Martin Morrow, "A flawed hero fills stage with story and song". Calgary Herald, March 15, 1992.
^ "Miniseries on Halifax Explosion takes number of honours at Geminis". Peterborough Examiner, December 13, 2004.
^ "ACTRA honours Gross". Calgary Herald, February 21, 2005.