Brent Carver Biography (1951-)

Born November 17, 1951 (some sources cite 1952), in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada; son of Ken (a trucker) and Lois (a clerk) Carver. Education: Attended the University of British Columbia, 1969-72. Addresses: Office-- Soulpepper Theatre Company, du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2Z3. Career: Actor. StratfordFestival, Stratford, Ontario, member of company, 1985-88; Soulpepper TheatreCompany, Toronto, Ontario, performer, beginning in 1998; also performed in children's theatre productions. Awards, Honors: Etrog Award, 1978,for One Night Stand; Dora Mavor Moore Award, best actor, 1982, for Bent; Antoinette Perry Award and Drama Desk Award, both best actor in a musical, and Theatre World Award, outstanding New York debut, all 1993,for Kiss of the Spider Woman. Addresses: Office: Soulpepper Theatre Company, du Maurier Theatre Centre, 231 Queens Quay W., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 2Z3.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: November 17, 1951; Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1972
Ariel, The Tempest, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1978-79
Pirate king, The Pirates of Penzance, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, 1985
Emcee, Cabaret, Stratford Festival, 1987
Tartuffe, Toronto, Ontario, 1992
Luis Molina, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Toronto, 1992 then London,England, later Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1993-95
Donnie, High Life, World Stage Festival, du Maurier Theatre Centre, Toronto, 1996 returned to du Maurier Theatre Centre, 1997 then produced off-Broadway, 1997
Title role, Don Carlos, Soulpepper Theatre Company, du Maurier Theatre Centre, 1998
Parade, Broadway production, 1999
Tevye, Fiddler on the Roof, Canadian production, 2000
Appeared as Horst, Bent; as Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma; and as Jesus, Godspell; also appeared in productions of The Beggar's Opera, Comedians, Fool for Love, Foxfire, Hamlet, The Importance of Being Earnest, Long Day's Journey into Night, Mother Courage, Much Ado about Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love, and A View from the Bridge.
Major Tours
Donnie, High Life, Canadian cities, 1997
Film Appearances
Robert Ross, The Wars, International Spectrafilm, 1983
John Forrest, Cross Country, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Alexei Karnov, Shadow Dancing, Source Productions, 1988
Coventry, Millennium, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Kevin, The Shower,1992
Countess Marie Laure de Tilly, Lilies, Turbulent Arts, 1996
Porter, Deeply, Myriad Films, 2000

Television Appearances
Series
Inside Canada, CBC, 1973-74
Tony (some sources cite Leo), Leo and Me,1976
Movies
Rafe, One Night Stand,1977
Aaron Kornylo, Crossbar,1979
Anne's Story,1984
Love and Larceny,1985
Don John, Much Ado about Nothing,1987
Gunther, Spies, Lies, and Naked Thighs, CBS, 1988
Selmo, The Song Spinner, Showtime, 1995
Title role, Whiskers, Showtime, 1997
Geoff, Balls Up,1997
Ichabod Crane, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Odyssey Network, 1999
Maurice, The Tale of Teeka,1999
Miniseries
Tony Merchant, Love and Hate: The Story of Colin and Joanne Thatcher(also known as Love and Hate: A Marriage Made in Hell), NBC, 1989
Episodic
Josef, "Room 2426," The Twilight Zone, syndicated, 1988
Jesse, "Unto Us a Child Is Born," War of the Worlds, syndicated, 1989
Bruce Spender, "I Coulda Been a Defendant," Due South, CBS, 1997
Harry, "The Trouble with Harry," Twice in a Lifetime,2000
Also appeared in Street Legal, CBC.
Specials
Pirate king, The Pirates of Penzance, CBC, 1985
The 47th Annual Tony Awards,1993
Leonardo da Vinci, "Leonardo: A Dream of Flight," The Inventors' Specials, HBO, 1997
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards,1999
RECORDINGS
Albums
Kiss of the Spider Woman(original cast recording), RCA Victor, 1992

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Maclean's, June 7, 1993 , pp. 58-59; March 10, 1997, p. 67.
Time, May 3, 1993 , p. 70.

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