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Brent Carver

Canadian actor · Canada · On the map · Actors · Lived 1951 to 2020 · aged 68

Brent Carver was a Canadian actor best known internationally for performances in Kander and Ebb's Kiss of the Spider Woman. He played the central role of Molina in the premier production in Toronto, in London's West End and on Broadway for which he won the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

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2020Died4 August 20202017Save MeSeries, Dr. Jason Bowman2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To DoFilm2014Brent Carver: Home Through the NightFilm2007Hamlet {Solo}Film2006Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas StorySeries, Secretary Balsam2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilm, Molina (segment "Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (archive footage)2004This Is WonderlandSeries2003The EventFilm, Brian Knight2002AraratFilm, Philip1999Twice in a LifetimeSeries, HarryThe Legend of Sleepy HollowFilm, 1999Ichabod Crane1998The Tale of TeekaFilm, Maurice (English version)1996Leonardo: A Dream of FlightFilm, Leonardo DaVinci1994Due SouthSeries, Bruce Spender1993Theatre World AwardAwardTony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward1992The ShowerFilm, Kevin1988War of the WorldsSeries, JesseMuch Ado About NothingFilm, 1988Don John1985The Twilight ZoneSeriesLove & LarcenyFilm, 1985Charles Chadwick1979CrossbarFilm, Aaron Kornylo1978Leo and MeSeriesOne Night StandFilm, 1978Rafe1976For the RecordSeries1956Tony AwardsSeries1951Born17 November 1951

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Close ties

  • Lilies 1997
  • Ararat 2002
  • Millennium 1989

Filmography 28

40 credits on file

Television 11

Awards

Theatre World Award1993
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical1993
Dora Mavor Moore Awards
Governor General's Performing Arts Award
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical

About this person

A subsequent Broadway appearance in 1999 in Parade as Leo Frank, led to a second Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. Most of his career, however, was spent on Canadian stages and in Canadian film and television, work which was greeted with much acclaim and many awards, including the Governor General's Performing Arts Award.

Country
Canada
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1951 to 2020 · aged 68