Thom Allison
Thom Allison is a Canadian actor.[1] He is best known for his regular recurring role as Pree in the television series Killjoys,[2] for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards.[3]
Primarily a stage actor, he first attained prominence for his performance as Robin Turner in Canadian Stage's 2000 stage adaptation of Outrageous!,[1] for which he received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Musical in 2001.[4] He has also frequently appeared in productions at the Shaw Festival and the Stratford Festival, and in touring productions of Rent and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,[5] and appeared as drag queen Therese in the first episode of Kim's Convenience.[6]
In 2019, Allison and Micah Barnes collaborated on Knishes 'n Grits, a stage show in which they explored the links between Jewish music and African American music.[7]
Allison was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba as the son of a Black Nova Scotian father and a Mennonite mother.[8]
References
- Richard Ouzonian, "Mad about the boy". Toronto Star, September 29, 2000.
- S. E. Fleenor, "Killjoys' Pree is a gender-thwarting style icon". SyFy Wire, August 22, 2019.
- Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced For Scripted Drama, Comedy Categories". Entertainment Tonight Canada, May 27, 2020.
- Michael Posner, "Iron Road tops the lot at Doras". The Globe and Mail, May 19, 2001.
- Alison Mayes, "Putting the broad in Broadway". Winnipeg Free Press, July 29, 2010.
- Lacey Vorrasi-Banis, "Kim's Convenience stars pick their favorite episodes (and a recipe!) to celebrate season 4 debut". Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 2020.
- Ruth Schweitzer and Kathryn Kates, "The links between African-American and Jewish music". Canadian Jewish News, May 17, 2019.
- Robert Crew, "Allison gives Outrageous character a new twist ; Musical changed by actor's background". Toronto Star, September 24, 2000.