Ronald Pederson was born on January 8,1978 and is a Canadian, Metis actor, comedian and theatre director who has worked extensively throughout Canada and in the United States.
23 Facts About Ron Pederson
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Ron Pederson has performed at most of Canada's major theatres including The Stratford Festival, The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, The Arts Club, The Vancouver Playhouse, The Young Centre, The Canadian Stage Company, The Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Soulpepper and The SummerWorks Festival.
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Ron Pederson appeared at the Citadel Theatre, The Phoenix Theatre, playwright Stewart Lemoine's Teatro La Quindicina and the Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
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In 1995, at the invitation of Dana Andersen, Ron Pederson joined the cast of the live improvised soap opera Die-Nasty.
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In 2002, Ron Pederson won a Sterling Award for his portrayal of Ray Dooley in Martin McDonagh's play The Beauty Queen of Leenane.
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Ron Pederson gained attention from Hollywood in March 2002, while performing at The Second City with Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara and Fred Willard in Joe Flaherty's improvised show The Soap Also Rises.
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Ron Pederson performed with them for three seasons and his work on the show's tenth season was recognized with a nomination for Best Television Performance at the Canadian Comedy Awards.
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Ron Pederson moved to Toronto in 2007 and played Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors at The Canadian Stage Company.
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Ron Pederson played Quasimodo in Catalyst Theatre's Hunchback in Edmonton and Vancouver, and James in the world-premiere of the award-winning play Extinction Song in Edmonton, Toronto and Halifax.
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Ron Pederson joined the acting company of the Stratford Festival in 2013, playing Lancelot Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice.
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In October 2011, Ron Pederson won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Improviser for his work with the National Theatre of the World.
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Ron Pederson left the National Theatre of the World in 2012 and co-founded a new company called the Theatre Department with Daniela Vlaskalic.
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Ron Pederson speaks Lemoine's period-infused lines with exactly the right intonation and emphasis.
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In 2016, Pederson appeared for an extended run with renowned improvisation company English Lovers in Vienna, starred in the acclaimed improvised musical One Night Only at the Factory Theatre in Toronto, and produced and starred in a remount of Extinction Song at the Highland Arts Theatre in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
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Ron Pederson was nominated for a 2016 Dora Award for Best Actor in a Musical for One Night Only; the Greatest Musical Never Written.
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The nomination was unprecedented as Ron Pederson was the first nominee in the category to have entirely improvised his performance.
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In 2018 Ron Pederson returned to the Stratford Festival as an assistant director.
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Ron Pederson co-created The Wonder Pageant with Kayla Lorette for Coal Mine Theatre which earned a 2019 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination and win for Best Ensemble.
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In 2019 Pederson appeared in Four Chords and Gun by John Ross Bowie in Toronto and Chicago, Illinois.
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I'm 2021 Ron Pederson created and directed A Miracle on Queen Street for The Capitol Theatre in Port Hope.
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In 2021 Ron Pederson was commissioned by Winnipeg's Shakespeare in the Ruins to write what would become his first play The Player King, which he subsequently directed for the company in 2022.
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In 2023 Ron Pederson joined the MainStage cast of Toronto's Second City.
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Ron Pederson played Frank in the family film Vampire Dog.