Diego Matamoros

Diego Matamoros is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States. In 1998, he won a Gemini award for his performance as Dr. Goldman in CBC Television's miniseries The Sleep Room. Other film credits include: "Montreal Vu Par" directed by Denis Arcand (1990) and the film adaptation of Anne Michael's award-winning novel Fugitive Pieces directed by Jeremy Podeswa (2007). In 1998 he co-founded the Soulpepper Theatre Company with 11 other actors and has, since then, appeared in every season with the company, more than 70 roles over 22 seasons. In 2006 he co-founded and taught Soulpepper's advanced actors' year-round training program: The Soulpepper Academy. He has taught and/or directed at the National Theatre School of Canada, Ryerson University, George Brown Theatre School, and the University of Toronto. He has received the Dora Mavor Moore Award multiple times for his stage performances, which include, among many others, the fool in "King Lear" (2006), Clov in "Endgame" (1999 & 2015), the title role in Uncle Vanya"(2000,2001,2008), George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" (2014) and Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" (2013 & 2014). He also co-created and performed two original works for the company: "The Aleph" (2012) and "Cage" (2017), which was also performed as part of Soulpepper's summer residency at the Signature Theatre, 42nd Street, in New York City. [2][3][4][5] He is also known for voicing Cluny the Scourge and Badrang the Tyrant in Redwall.

Diego Matamoros
Born	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Big Town	Sid
1991	Montreal Stories	Homme au verre de vin	(segment "Vue d'ailleurs")
1998	The Sleep Room	Dr. Goldman
1998	Bone Daddy	Baxter
1999	Redwall	Cluny the Scourge (voice)	TV series
2001	Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall	Badrang The Tyrant (voice)	TV series
2003	The Gospel of John	Nicodemus
2007	Fugitive Pieces	Jozef

References

1. Diego Matamoros at Soulpepper Theater
2. Catherine Kustanczy, Spotlight: Diego Matamoros, Intermission Magazine, Retrieved Nov 20, 2016
3. Brad Wheeler, Actor Diego Matamoros on Molière and on success, The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2014, Retrieved November 20, 2016
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. Diego Matamoros, Encyclopedia.com

External links

• Diego Matamoros at The Internet Movie Database