ACTOR • WRITER • FILMMAKER
Jeremy Proulx
CURRENT NEWS
BEAUTIFUL SCARS is Returning to the Stage - September 2026
Jeremy returns to the role of Bear this September in Beautiful Scars, remounting at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. He originated the role in the show's world premiere at Theatre Aquarius in Hamilton in 2024. Watch the stage production trailer to the right. Information about the cast, creatives and how to purchase tickets can be found by clicking on 'MORE INFO' link below.
UPCOMING NEWS
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST in Melbourne, Australia - Fall 2026!
Jeremy will be making his Australian stage debut opposite stage, tv and music star Jason Donovan in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST at the Athenaeum Theatre in Melbourne, Australia this Fall 2026. Information about the cast, creatives and how to purchase tickets can be found by clicking on the 'MORE INFO' link below. Watch a special behind-the-scenes promo video with actor Jason Donovan on the right.
ACCLAIM
"...a standout performance," "...magnetic"
— Arifa Akbar, The Guardian (UK)"...commanding," "...a mesmerizing watch"
— Karl Hornsey, Yorkshire Magazine (UK)"...finds the perfect balance between comedy and tenderness that tugs at the old heart strings."
— Robyn Grant-Moran, Hamilton Spectator
"...a larger-than-life [performance]..."
— Ben Waldman, Winnipeg Free Press"Proulx's talent is a rare one, indeed... bursts with an emotional power guaranteed to haunt you."
— Chris Elston, Missouri theatre critic
ABOUT
Jeremy Proulx is an award-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Haudenosaunee (Oneida) descent, originally from Neyaashiinigmiing—simply translated from Ojibwe as "point of land surrounded on three sides by water." He has been based in Tkaronto (Toronto) for the past 27 years, and has worked, taught, and performed across Canada, the United States, and internationally, including in the UK, Brazil, Poland, Italy, Macedonia, and Greece.Jeremy is a proud member of both the Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) and Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Film from York University, and trained at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre's full-time conservatory program. He is Artistic Director of ab-ORIGINAL Productions and a former Artistic Associate with Olivier Award-nominated Belarus Free Theatre."I would like to be remembered as someone who always led with integrity, kindness, empathy and compassion in whatever project I was a part of."
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
In The Shadow Beyond The Pines
Beautiful Scars
Headshot
CREDITS
Theatre
**upcoming Fall 2026 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia)
**upcoming Spring 2028 - The Children of the Bear (Outside The March / National Arts Centre)
In The Shadow Beyond The Pines (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre)
Mischief (Neptune Theatre/Tarragon Theatre)
The Secret To Good Tea (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre / Grand Theatre / National Arts Centre)
Beautiful Scars National Arts Centre / Theatre Aquarius (originating cast, world premiere 2024)
Feather Gardens (Hudson Village Theatre) — META nomination; production won META for Outstanding New Text
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Flint Repertory Theatre, MI) — Wilde Award, Best Supporting Actor
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — Chief Bromden — Cardinal Stage Company (Bloomington, IN) and Sheffield Theatres, Crucible Stage (UK)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest — BroadwayWorld.com Award, Best Actor in a Play (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta)
Of Mice and Men (Maples Repertory Theatre, Macon, MO)
The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (Western Canada Theatre / National Arts Centre)
King Lear (National Arts Centre)
Where the Blood Mixes (Teesri Duniya Theatre)
Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth / A Christmas Carol (Magnus Theatre)
BONES: An Aboriginal Dance Opera; An Aboriginal Journey with Brecht; Miinigooweziwin...The Gift; From the Aztlan to the Zocalo (Banff Centre)
International
Red Forest — Belarus Free Theatre — The Young Vic (London), Teatro Vascello (Rome), Teatro Ermanno Fabbi (Modena), MOT International Theatre Festival (Skopje, Macedonia)
Film & Television
Just Another Dead Indian — feature documentary (Thunderbird Productions)
Along the Wabash — TV documentary (dir. Susanne Schwibs)
In the Beginning Was Water and Sky — short film (dir. Ryan Ward, Heart Shaped Movies)