Greg Kean
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Gregory Kean Williams is a Canadian television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Clancy Lass in the television series Dead Like Me
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Kean was born in Oshawa, Ontario
, the son of Dorothy and Rex Williams. He earned an M.F.A. from Cornell University
.
His first acting role was either a dancing rabbit named "Nibbles" in a grade 5 presentation of the operetta
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
" or as another bunny in an Easter play both at Adelaide McLaughlin Public School in Oshawa, Ontario in 1973.
As a stage actor, Greg has been a resident company member of the Alley Theatre
in Houston Texas
. He also has worked with the Los Angeles Theater Centre and the New Mexico Rep as well as the first Actor's Equity Association sanctioned production of Tony and Tina's Wedding in Los Angeles. Greg is also an acting teacher and one of the owners of the William Davis Centre for Actors Study
in Vancouver, British Columbia along with Dead Like Me colleague Christine Willes
. Mr. Kean is currently teaching drama at Southpointe Academy, a private school located in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me was an American-Canadian comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime network, where it ran for two seasons...
.
Kean was born in Oshawa, Ontario
Oshawa, Ontario
Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...
, the son of Dorothy and Rex Williams. He earned an M.F.A. from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
.
His first acting role was either a dancing rabbit named "Nibbles" in a grade 5 presentation of the operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White
"Snow White" is a fairy tale known from many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm...
" or as another bunny in an Easter play both at Adelaide McLaughlin Public School in Oshawa, Ontario in 1973.
As a stage actor, Greg has been a resident company member of the Alley Theatre
Alley Theatre
The Alley Theatre is a Tony Award-winning indoor theatre in Downtown Houston, Texas, and hosts two stages. The "Hubbard" is the main stage with seating for 824; the more intimate "Neuhaus" seats 310. Nine towers and open-air terraces give the Alley Theatre a castle-like quality. Inside, a staircase...
in Houston Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. He also has worked with the Los Angeles Theater Centre and the New Mexico Rep as well as the first Actor's Equity Association sanctioned production of Tony and Tina's Wedding in Los Angeles. Greg is also an acting teacher and one of the owners of the William Davis Centre for Actors Study
William Davis Centre for Actors Study
The William Davis Centre for Actors Study is an acting school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1989 by William B. Davis, best-known for his role as the 'cigarette smoking man' on "The X-Files". Davis no longer owns the school, but does still teach there.Original classes...
in Vancouver, British Columbia along with Dead Like Me colleague Christine Willes
Christine Willes
Christine Willes is a Canadian television, theatre and film actress who is best known for her roles as Delores Herbig on the Showtime comedy-drama Dead Like Me and Gladys the DMV demon on the CW supernatural drama television series Reaper...
. Mr. Kean is currently teaching drama at Southpointe Academy, a private school located in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada.
TV appearances
- Saved By the BellSaved by the BellSaved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
(1990), Adam Trask - The Chris Isaak ShowThe Chris Isaak ShowThe Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems...
(2001), Lou - AndromedaAndromeda (TV series)Andromeda is a Canadian-American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett Roddenberry. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt...
(2002) - Dead Like MeDead Like MeDead Like Me was an American-Canadian comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for the Showtime network, where it ran for two seasons...
(2003–2004), Clancy Lass - SmallvilleSmallville (TV series)Smallville is an American television series developed by writers/producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar based on the DC Comics character Superman, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The television series was initially broadcast by The WB Television Network , premiering on October...
(2004) - The Dead ZoneThe Dead Zone (TV series)The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
(2005) - Black ChristmasBlack ChristmasBlack Christmas is a 1974 Canadian slasher film directed by Bob Clark and written by A. Roy Moore, and largely based on a series of murders that took place in Quebec, Canada around Christmas time. The film's score is by Carl Zittrer. It was distributed by Ambassador Film Distributors in Canada and...
(2006), Kelli's Father
TV Movies
- Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990), Brian Wilson
- Baby of the BrideBaby of the BrideBaby of the Bride is a 1991 TV movie directed by Bill Bixby. The film premiered in 1991 and was released on DVD in 2003. The film was preceded by Children of the Bride and followed by Mother of the Bride .-Cast:...
(1991), Nick - Mother of the Bride (1993), Nick