Tom McCamus

Tom McCamus has been a long-standing member of the acting ensembles of both the Shaw and Stratford Festivals and a familiar face on our movie and television screens for over three decades.

On stage, Tom most recently starred in Things I Know to be True (Mirvish/Theatre Company), King Lear and Goneril (Soulpepper), Desire Under the Elms, Devils Disciple, Man and Superman, Victory, The Madness of King George III and Saint Joan for the Shaw Festival, and Coriolanus, Napoli Millonaria, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe and Shakespeare in Love at the Stratford Festival. McCamus received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Actor for his performance in Theatre Plus’ production of Abundance.

McCamus won the Genie Award for Best Actor for his work in David Wellington’s feature film I Love a Man in Uniform I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM and received a Best Actor nomination for Wellington’s Long Day’s Journey Into the Night. 

Tom starred in the Oscar-winning feature film Room (Element Pictures) as well as many other feature films. On the small screen, he has performed on shows such as Mutant X (Firewords Entertainment), Orphan Black (BBC America/Space) and The Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftsbury Films).

Tom makes his home with wife Actress Chick Reid just outside of Toronto where they breed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers.