Thomas Olajide
His other stage roles have included productions of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale for The Dream in High Park; King Lear, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Love's Labour's Lost for the Stratford Festival; Lynn Nottage's Ruined for Canadian Stage; and Michel Nadeau's And Slowly Beauty for the Belfry Theatre and the National Arts Centre.
Olajide has also starred in the short film Mariner and the feature film White Lie. He had regular roles in the web series Inhuman Condition and Nomades, and received a Prix Gémeaux nomination for Best Actor in a Youth Digital Series in 2020 for the latter.
In 2023, he played a regular supporting role in the television series The Spencer Sisters as police officer Zane Graham. That year, he also starred in the Canadian sports film Backspot, which premiered in the Discovery program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
He is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and of the Actors Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.
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