Tony Nardi

Tony Nardi

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. Scholastically-versed and 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 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. 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.

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