ABOUT JEREMY

Jeremy Proulx is an award-winning actor and multi-disciplined (actor, writer, filmmaker) First Nation artist of Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and Haudenosaunee (Oneida) descent originally from the community of Neyaashiinigmiing, simply translated from Ojibwe as "point of land surrounded on three sides by water".  He has been based in the city of Toronto for the past decade but has also worked, taught and performed all across various parts of Canada and the United States. His acting career has also taken him globally to such countries as Brazil, United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Macedonia and Greece.

Jeremy is a proud member of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) and holds both a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Film from York University and certificate of professional theatre training from the Centre for Indigenous Theatre's (CIT) full-time conservatory program.  He has collaborated with many renowned and Tony Award-winning theatre companies and artists across the country, is a former Artistic Associate with the Olivier Award-nominated theatre company, Belarus Free Theatre, and is Artistic Director of ab-ORIGINAL Productions.

Theatre credits: BONES: An Aboriginal Dance Opera, An Aboriginal Journey with Brecht, Miinigooweziwin...The Gift and From the Aztlan to the Zocalo (Banff Centre), The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (Western Canada Theatre and the National Arts Centre), King Lear (National Arts Centre), Where the Blood Mixes (Teesri Duniya Theatre), Only Drunks and Children Tell The Truth and A Christmas Carol (Magnus Theatre).  International theatre credits: Red Forest (The Young Vic in London, UK; Teatro Vascello in Rome, Italy and Teatro Ermanno Fabbi in Modena, Italy) for Belarus Free Theatre and the MOT International Theatre Festival in Skopje, Macedonia, Of Mice and Men (Maples Repertory Theatre in Macon, Missouri), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia) for which Jeremy won a BroadwayWorld.com award for Best Actor in a Play. The following year, Jeremy reprised his award-winning performance as Chief Bromden in an entirely new production with the Cardinal Stage Company in Bloomington, Indiana as well as premiered the role internationally in the United Kingdom to great critical acclaim with Sheffield Theatres on their historic Crucible Stage. Most recently, Jeremy won a Wilde Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Play for his professional debut with Flint Repertory Theatre in Michigan back in 2020.

Select television/film credits: feature documentary "Just Another Dead Indian" for Thunderbird Productions, TV documentary "Along the Wabash" produced and directed by Susanne Schwibs and the short film "In the Beginning was Water and Sky" directed by Genie-nominated writer/director, Ryan Ward, for Heart Shaped Movies.

Most recently, Jeremy was nominated for a META (Montreal English Theatre Award) alongside his wonderfully talented cast for the stage production of Feather Gardens written by Jimmy Blais with Hudson Village Theatre.  The production won the META for Outstanding New Text!

CURRENT NEWS

Jeremy is returning to the role  of Arthur Copper in the play COTTAGERS AND INDIANS written by Drew Hayden Taylor, a role he performed more than 4 years ago with Persephone Theatre back in 2021. This comedic two-hander will be performed at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario this upcoming summer from August 8-30, 2025. 

Play Sypnopsis:

For more information about Thousand Islands Playhouse, the creative team for the show, and how to purchase tickets to come see Jeremy perform live onstage this summer can be found by clicking on the following link...www.1000islandsplayhouse.com/cottagers-and-indians/

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