Bruce Dow is an award winning American-Canadian actor, best known for his four featured roles on Broadway, his 12 seasons in leading roles at the Stratford Festival, his Dora Mavor Moore Awards-winning performances at Buddies in Bad Times, the world's largest and longest running LGBTQ theatre, his voicing the character of Max for Total Drama Pahkitew Island Total Drama and his appearances on the Rick Mercer Report and Murdoch Mysteries. He is also a professional stage director, a produced composer/lyricist and an experienced theatre educator, specializing in Shakespeare and musical theatre", having taught at colleges and universities across Canada and the United States, including The National Theatre School of Canada, the Stratford Festival Department of Professional Theatre Training, SUNY Plattsburgh, Sheridan College and The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts. Dow made his Broadway debut in Jane Eyre, and has appeared on Broadway in The Music Man, Anything Goes and most recently as King Herod in the 2012 Tony-nominated revival of Jesus Christ Superstar which opened in the Avon Theatre in Stratford, Ontario. 

April 1st, 1963 in Seattle (Age 61)