Lee MacDougall is a Canadian actor, writer and theatre director.[1] Originally from Kirkland Lake, Ontario,[2] he studied at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University before launching his career as an actor.[1]

He acted primarily on stage, as well as having guest roles in film and television, until writing his first play, High Life, in the early 1990s.[1] A comedy-drama based on a group of drug addicts he met while acting in a regional theatre production, the play won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play, Mid-Sized Theatre Division, in 1996,[3] and was a shortlisted Governor General's Award finalist for English-language drama at the 1997 Governor General's Awards.[4] He later wrote the screenplay for the 2009 film adaptation High Life, for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 31st Genie Awards.[5]

His later plays have included The Gingko Tree, Resistance, Her Wonders and an adaptation of W. O. Mitchell's novel Who Has Seen the Wind.[6] He has also published a number of short stories.

As an actor, he is now most noted for his role in the original cast of the musical Come from Away.[7]

He lives in Stratford, Ontario with his husband, theatre director and choreographer Tim French.[6]

Filmography

Television and Film
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Dracula: The Series Dr. Benedict (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Boffin"
1991 Beyond Reality Perry (TV Series), 1 episode: "Asylum"
Mark Twain and Me Porter (Disney TV Movie)
The Making of Monsters The teacher (Short film)
1993 The Incredible Crash Dummies Ted (voice role) (Computer animated TV Movie)
1998 Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension Mr. Covington (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Goody Two-Shoes People"
1999 The Lady in Question (Unnamed role) (TV Movie)
Twice in a Lifetime Stage Manager '79 (TV Series), 1 episode: "What She Did for Love"
2004 Doc Logan (TV Series), 1 episode: "Daddy Dearest"
2005 Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Doobner Dad (Film)
The Newsroom Rick - Professor (TV Series), 1 episode: "Lolita"
2007 Love You to Death Minister (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Bog Murder"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "High Life? Absolutely: Stratford actor Lee MacDougall is enjoying success and honors as a playwright". Waterloo Region Record, November 1, 1997.
  2. "Kirkland Laker has write stuff". Northern News, February 11, 2002.
  3. "Dora Mavor Moore Awards announced". Montreal Gazette, June 25, 1996.
  4. "More than 60 nominees for Governor General's literary awards". Hamilton Spectator, October 23, 1997.
  5. "A look at some of the key Genie Award categories". Canadian Press, February 2, 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Actor's Björn again". Now, May 11, 2000.
  7. "Three Canadians cast in Come From Away's premiere: Story of passengers stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11 written by married writers". Toronto Star, April 19, 2015.
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