Diego Matamoros

Diego Matamoros is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States. In 1998, he won a Gemini award for his performance as Dr. Goldman in CBC Television's miniseries The Sleep Room. Other film credits include: "Montreal Vu Par" directed by Denis Arcand (1990) and the film adaptation of Anne Michael's award-winning novel Fugitive Pieces directed by Jeremy Podeswa (2007). In 1998 he co-founded the Soulpepper Theatre Company with 11 other actors and has, since then, appeared in every season with the company, more than 70 roles over 22 seasons. In 2006 he co-founded and taught Soulpepper's advanced actors' year-round training program: The Soulpepper Academy. He has taught and/or directed at the National Theatre School of Canada, Ryerson University, George Brown Theatre School, and the University of Toronto. He has received the Dora Mavor Moore Award multiple times for his stage performances, which include, among many others, the fool in "King Lear" (2006), Clov in "Endgame" (1999 & 2015), the title role in Uncle Vanya"(2000,2001,2008), George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf" (2014) and Roy Cohn in "Angels in America" (2013 & 2014). He also co-created and performed two original works for the company: "The Aleph" (2012) and "Cage" (2017), which was also performed as part of Soulpepper's summer residency at the Signature Theatre, 42nd Street, in New York City. [2][3][4][5] He is also known for voicing Cluny the Scourge and Badrang the Tyrant in Redwall.

Diego Matamoros
Born
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActor
Years active1980–present

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1987The Big TownSid
1991Montreal StoriesHomme au verre de vin(segment "Vue d'ailleurs")
1998The Sleep RoomDr. Goldman
1998Bone DaddyBaxter
1999RedwallCluny the Scourge (voice)TV series
2001Martin the Warrior: A Tale of RedwallBadrang The Tyrant (voice)TV series
2003The Gospel of JohnNicodemus
2007Fugitive PiecesJozef

References
  1. Diego Matamoros at Soulpepper Theater
  2. Catherine Kustanczy, Spotlight: Diego Matamoros, Intermission Magazine, Retrieved Nov 20, 2016
  3. Brad Wheeler, Actor Diego Matamoros on Molière and on success, The Globe and Mail, August 14, 2014, Retrieved November 20, 2016
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2016-11-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Diego Matamoros, Encyclopedia.com
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