Christopher Gaze

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Christopher Gaze

Born
Christopher Bower Gaze

(1952-05-12) 12 May 1952 (age 71)
Guildford, Surrey, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • host
  • director
Years active1973–present

Christopher Bower Gaze OBC MSM (born 12 May 1952) is an English actor, host, artist, theatre and opera director residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

History

Born in Guildford, Surrey, England, Gaze trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975, spending three seasons at the Shaw Festival.

Career

Gaze moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded

Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Equus
at The Playhouse. As an Olympic ambassador, Gaze was honored to run with the Olympic flame for the 2010 Games. A public speaker with the National Speakers Bureau, Gaze frequently shares his insights on Shakespeare and theatre with students, service organizations and businesses.

Gaze also narrated season 3 of Emmy Award-winning animation series Madeline (after Christopher Plummer stepped down).

Additionally, he has also performed voiceover roles for animation, most notably as Turaga Vakama in the first three

Diagnostic Drone in Beast Machines and Major Mint in Barbie in the Nutcracker
.

Gaze was awarded the Order of British Columbia (OBC) announced on 18 May 2012 by the Premier of British Columbia and the Civil Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) (Canada Gazette 17 May 2005) from the Canadian Government in 2005.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1983 Running Brave Aussie Sportscaster
1990 Deep Sleep Grey-Haired Man
1993 Cool Runnings British Official
1997 The Fearless Four Narrator English version
1998 Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins Voice, direct-to-video
2000 Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Quincy
2001 Barbie in the Nutcracker Major Mint
2002 Barbie as Rapunzel King Wilhelm
2003 Bionicle: Mask of Light Turaga Vakama
2004 Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui Turaga Vakama
Narrator
2005 Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows
2006 Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia Fungus Maximus
2006 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses King Randolph Voice
2007 Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow Fungus Maximus Voice
2007 Barbie as the Island Princess Sagi Voice
2007 The Ten Commandments Aaron Voice
2009 Stranger with My Face Henry
2014 Hattie's Heist Archie

Television

Video games

References

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