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Canadian actor
Nigel Shawn Williams
BornJamaica
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)film, television and stage actor, theatre director
Known forformer co-artistic director of Factory Theatre

Nigel Shawn Williams is a Canadian actor and theatre director from Toronto, Ontario.

Williams was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada with his family in childhood. A 1990 graduate of the University of Windsor, his early stage roles included Thomas Coyle's The Tyrant of Pontus, Suzan-Lori Parks' Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom, Robert E. Sherwood's The Petrified Forest and George Bernard Shaw's The Six of Calais.

Career

Williams won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Play in 1995 for his performance as Paul in John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation.

He won a second Dora as an actor in 2012 for his performance as Lincoln in Obsidian Theatre's production of Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, and was a nominee in 2013 for his performance as Henry in Canadian Stage's production of David Mamet's Race. As a director, he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Play/Musical in 2006 for his direction of Colleen Wagner's The Monument, and was nominated in 2011 for his direction of Anusree Roy's Brothel #9.

His film and television credits include the television series The City, The Famous Jett Jackson, The Jane Show, XIII: The Conspiracy and The Listener, and the films Phantom Punch, Down in the Delta, Vendetta, Jett Jackson: The Movie, John Q and Brown Girl Begins.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Tribulation Victor
2002 John Q. News Anchor
2008 Phantom Punch Toby Liston
2017 Brown Girl Begins Papa Legba / Jab-Jab / Brukfoot Sam
2020 Two Deaths of Henry Baker Carlos

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 E.N.G. Candidate Episode: "Full Disclosure"
1995 Forever Knight Harry Episode: "Partners of the Month"
1997 F/X: The Series Stickman Episode: "High Roller"
1998–2001 The Famous Jett Jackson Artemus / Nigel Essex 3 episodes
1999 Vendetta Samuel Foster Television film
1999 At the Mercy of a Stranger Ben Prentiss
1999 The City Detective White 4 episodes
2000 The Wonderful World of Disney Merle Brady Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"
2000 Deliberate Intent Judge Williams Television film
2001 Jett Jackson: The Movie Artemus / Nigel Essex
2002 Odyssey 5 Dr. Alex Stratton Episode: "Dark at the End of the Tunnel"
2006–2007 The Jane Show Desmond 14 episodes
2008 XIII: The Conspiracy Ellery Shipley 2 episodes
2010 Unnatural History Dr. Charles Wincott Episode: "The Griffin Gang"
2011 The Listener Wes Everdon Episode: "Desperate Hours"
2014 A Day Late and a Dollar Short George Television film
2014 Saving Hope Malcolm Eldente Episode: "The Way We Were"
2015 Heroes Reborn Dr. Don Mercer Episode: "The Lion's Den"
2017 Suits Judge Ward 2 episodes
2021 Death She Wrote Mr. Tollson Television film

References

  1. "The Interview: Factory Theatre’s artistic directors Nina Lee Aquino and Nigel Shawn Williams" Archived 2013-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Life, January 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Nigel Williams eschews all labels save one: good actor". Toronto Star, January 8, 1995.
  3. "Dora Winners". Toronto Star, June 27, 1995.
  4. "Dora Awards: Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-10-07.

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