[1] He attended high school at Lisgar Collegiate Institute, and later studied drama at Concordia University.
[3] He acted in theatre roles in both Ottawa and Montreal, including productions of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap,[3] Jack Todd's The Day Luzinski Stole Home[4] and William Mastrosimone's Shivaree,[5] participated in Montreal's first bilingual theatresports competition,[6] and appeared in the television film The Boys of St. Vincent as Brother Peter.
[2] The cast included Joe de Paul, Susan Glover, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Patrick Brosseau and Pauline Little.
[2] The play was favourably reviewed, with Montreal Gazette theatre critic Pat Donnelly writing that "it should be a kickoff, not a swan song".
[2] Cureton died on March 2, 1994, aged 28, at his family's home in Ottawa,[2] while working on a planned production of Passages in Toronto.