Thom Allison is a Canadian actor.Richard Ouzonian, "Mad about the boy". Toronto Star, September 29, 2000. He is best known for his regular recurring role as Pree in the television series Killjoys,S. E. Fleenor, "Killjoys' Pree is a gender-thwarting style icon". SyFy Wire, August 22, 2019. for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 27, 2020.
Biography Allison was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the son of a Black Nova Scotian father and a Mennonite mother.Robert Crew, "Allison gives Outrageous character a new twist; Musical changed by actor's background". Toronto Star, September 24, 2000.
Education and career Allison graduated from the acting program offered at Ryerson Theatre School . Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Allison eventually went on to act for film, television and theatre alike.
Primarily a stage actor, he first attained prominence for his performance as Robin Turner in Canadian Stage's 2000 stage adaptation of Outrageous!, for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Musical in 2001.Michael Posner, "Iron Road tops the lot at Doras". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 2001. He has also frequently appeared in productions at the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival, and in touring productions of Rent and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,Alison Mayes, "Putting the broad in Broadway". Winnipeg Free Press, July 29, 2010. and appeared as drag queen Therese in the first episode of Kim's Convenience.Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, "Kim's Convenience stars pick their favorite episodes (and a recipe!) to celebrate season 4 debut". Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 2020.
In 2003, Allison produced a solo CD A Whole Lotta Sunlight covering famous songs including "Moon River" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
In 2019, Allison and Micah Barnes collaborated on Knishes 'n Grits, a stage show in which they explored the links between Jewish music and African American music.Ruth Schweitzer and Kathryn Kates, "The links between African-American and Jewish music". Canadian Jewish News, May 17, 2019.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes2002Leaving MetropolisShannonFilm Debut Role2003One Last DanceBabysitter2008Repo! The Genetic OperaGossip Journalist2017Miss Odette's Modern Handbook to MannersIanShort Film201822 ChaserTeeny2019Canadian StrainGary2022Junior's GiantLeo2023Queen Tut
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2006 The Road to ChristmasMicheleTV movieWhy I Wore Lipstick to My MastectomyQueen from QueensTV movie2007I Me WedBillTV movie2015–2019KilljoysPreeRecurring Role; 39 EpisodesWon Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series2016Private EyesGil Schmit1 EpisodeKim's ConvenienceTherese1 EpisodeMurdoch MysteriesOscar Ducharme1 Episode2017Odd SquadChef1 EpisodeYour All Time Classic Hit Parade5 Episodes2021Frankie Drake MysteriesRoger LeBlanc1 EpisodeCanada's Drag RaceGuest mentor1 Episode2022–presentPinecone & PonyGreymoon (voice)Recurring Role; 8 Episodes2022–presentCoronerDr. Elijah ThompsonMain Role; 10 Episodes2023SlasherGeorges RondeauMain Role; 8 Episodes
Stage YearTitleRoleLocationNotesReference1993–1995Miss SaigonEnsembleThe Princess of Wales TheatreMirvish Productions National Premiere1995 The Who's TommyHawker EnsembleElgin TheatreMirvish Productions National Premiere2002My Fair LadyCostermongerFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada The Threepenny OperaStreet Singer Crookfinger JakeAvon TheatreStratford Festival of Canada2003EvitaCheMax Bell TheatreTheatre Calgary The King and IThe KralahomeFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada The Adventures of PericlesLord GentlemanFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada2004MacbethDonalbainFestival TheatreStratford Festival of CanadaKing Henry VIII (All is True)Duke of SuffolkFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada2005Take Me OutDarren LemmingBluma AppelCanStageInto the WoodsThe Wolf Cinderella's PrinceAvon TheatreStratford Festival of CanadaHello, Dolly!Rudolph ReisenweberFestival TheatreStratford Festival of Canada2007Elegies: A Song CycleBerkeley Street Theatre UpstairsActing Up Stage Theatre Company2008Wonderful TownChick ClarkFestival TheatreShaw Festival2009 A New BrainRoger Delli-BoviBerkeley Street Theatre UpstairsActing Up Stage Theatre Company The Drowsy ChaperoneAldophoShoctor TheareCitadel Theatre2011Priscilla Queen of the Desert the MusicalThe Princess of Wales Theatre2011–2012Priscilla Queen of the Desert the MusicalEnsemble Understudy for Bernadette, Miss Understanding, JimmyPalace TheatreBroadway2012RagtimeCoalhouse Walker Jr.Festival TheatreShaw Festival2012His Girl FridayDiamond LouieFestival TheatreShaw Festival2014Elegies: A Song CycleDaniels Spectrum Aki Studio TheatreActing Up Stage Theatre Company2020 The Louder We GetLonnie WynnMax Bell TheatreTheatre Calgary
Awards and nominations Allison won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Pree in the television series Killjoys. He was also the recipient of two Tyrone Guthrie Awards presented by the Stratford Festival Company.
Over the course of his career, Allison was nominated for various Canadian Theatre Awards including three Dora awards, two Bettys, two Jessies, an Ovation, and a Sterling.
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