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Quinlan Shearer is an actor and musician based in Toronto. He is a graduate of the acting program at TMU and has spent his spare time in the last few years honing his skills as a songwriter. He loves working on Theatre that incorporates music into the storytelling. Quinlan has a passion for Shakespeare and other classical texts, appearing recently in Shakespeare in the Ruffs production of The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers. He has also been expanding his repertoire into film and television, appearing in Gen V and Murdoch Mysteries.
Quinlan Shearer
Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
Height: 6’2’’ ACTRA Member
Selected Theatre
The Tempest: A Witch in Algiers Ferdinand/Stefano Kwaku Okyere/Shakespeare in the Ruff
Smiland (European tour) 04CR/George Xavier Hock/ Emerald Isle Theatre Company
Hot Spud (European tour) Square/VSA Arnaud Cramoisan/ Emerald Isle Theatre Company
Rabbit Hole Pastor Nina Lee Aquino, David Yee/ TMU
Love and Information Cast Dustin Wills/ TMU
The Revengers Tragedy Ambitioso James Wallis, Julia Nish-Lapidus/ TMU
The Duchess of Malfi Count Malateste/Madman James Wallis, Julia Nish-Lapidus/ TMU
Torch Song (Staged Reading) David Randy Read/ New Stages Theatre Company
As You Like It Amiens Dievan Steele/ Bard in the Park
Transit of Venus Le Gentil Diana Reis/ TMU
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Egeus Tim Welham/ TMU
Twelfth Night Sebastian Bruce Dow/ Festival Players of PEC
When You Cure Me James Sydney Herauf/ ABAT Productions
American Idiot Miguel Dane Shumak/ Cordwainer Productions
Late Company (Staged Reading) Curtis Randy Read/ New Stages Theatre Company
Winslows of Derryvore Thomas Winslow Robert Winslow/ 4th Line Theatre
Selected Media
Murdoch Mysteries Principal Shaftesbury/ Sherren Lee
Gen V. Actor Sony/Amazon/Steve Boyum
Metamorphosis Ltd. Supporting Bogdan Markov
Marco’s Last Fight Supporting Connor Forrest
Track Records ` Lead Faith Clark
Mia Supporting Kirsten Brass
Union Forever Music Video Lead Kurtis Watson
Milkweed Supporting Matthew Hayes
Training
Graduate School of Performance at Toronto Metropolitan University Class of 2021: BFA Acting
Classical Text James Wallis, Julia Nish-Lapidus, Tim Welham, Bruce Dow
Acting Jonathan Higgins, Diana Reis, Marianne McIsaac, Cynthia Ashperger, Lisa Cox
Clown Leah Cherniak
Improv Linda Kash
Movement Philippa Domville, Kelly Arnsby
Voice Irene Pauzer, Peggy Jane Hope
Dance Kelly Arnsby, Susie Clarke,
Singing Paul Moody, Allen Cole, Barbara Monahan
Basic Actor Combatant Steve Wilsher (ADC)
Workshops Michael Chekhov School of Europe, Shakespeare (Festival Players
of PEC Inaugural Academy)
Special Skills
Guitar (Acoustic and electric), Martial Arts Training, Fencing, Horseback Riding, Hip Hop dance
Accents: English (RP), Scottish, New Zealand, Australian