[1] Originally from North Battleford, Saskatchewan,[2] he first became prominent as a cofounder and artistic director of the 25th Street Theatre in Saskatoon in the 1980s.
[3] He has also had supporting or guest roles in the television films War Brides,[10] Ready for Slaughter, Best of Both Worlds, A Matter of Sex, The Marriage Bed, Glory!
and Giant Mine, the television series Harvest, Night Heat, Street Legal, E.N.G., Wind at My Back and This Is Wonderland, and the theatrical films Humongous and Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe.
[15] He received several Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations for his performances in The Al Cornell Story,[16] Public Lies,[17] As I Lay Dying[18] and The Walls of Africa.
[19] He has won two honorary Doras, including the George Luscombe Award for mentorship in 2005[20] and the Silver Ticket for outstanding contributions to the development of Canadian theatre.