Tony Nardi

rdf:langString Tony Nardi

rdf:langString Tony Nardi

rdf:langString Tony Nardi

rdf:langString Carolei, Calabria, Italy

rdf:langString Canadian

rdf:langString Actor, playwright, stage director

rdf:langString Tony Nardi (born 1958) is an Italian-Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director based in Toronto, who has performed on stage and in film and television. Fluent in four languages; he has appeared in French, Italian and English-language productions, including over 60 plays and 70 films and television series. He won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role twice, for La Sarrasine (which he co-wrote) and My Father's Angel, with three additional nominations. His series of monologues, Two Letters...And Counting!, was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and earned Nardi a nomination for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre long list. He has worked with Théâtre français de Toronto, Persephone Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, and the Stratford Festival. He has also taught Acting and Directing courses at the University of Toronto and York University.