J.D. Nicholsen, author portrait

J.D. Nicholsen

J. D. NICHOLSEN has been a professional actor for over thirty years. During his career he has appeared on stage in countless productions at theatres across Canada, most recently at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Blyth festival in Huron County Ontario, The Citadel in Edmonton, Theatre Calgary (winner of Calgary Theatre Critics Award for best performance by a lead in a musical) and The Charlottetown Festival. As well as his many stage credits, J.D. has an extensive career in Film, Television and voice. His credits in the recording arts include TV shows such as Frontier, Copper, Mayday, Murdoch Mysteries, Flashpoint, Haven and Falling Skies among many others. Notable film credits include Falls Around Her (soon to be released), The Shape of Rex, Lies and Crimes, Sixteen Blocks, Blizzard and Roughing It. He has been the voice for a number of commercial product over the years. As well as being an actor he is also an accomplished musician/singer/songwriter with a love for classic and alt-country. He was a founding member the Juno Award winning band The Leslie Spit Treeo and his band The Cameron Family singers played their brand of acoustic country music at The Cameron House for 13 years.

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