Craig Lauzon, author portrait
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Craig Lauzon

Craig Lauzon is well known to television audiences as a comedic actor on AIR FARCE. His send-ups of Canadian political figures and cultural icons are spot-on and hilarious. Some of his most memorable characters have included Donald Trump, Andrew Scheer, Stephen Harper and George Stroumboulopoulos. Craig is a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe Tonto's Nephews. Originally from Ottawa, he is of Ojibway descent.
 
Craig is an accomplished stage actor recently returning from a very successful run of Sweeney Todd in London England with Talk is Free Theatre.
 
Other resent theatre credits include: Orlando (Soulpepper Theatre) The Drawer Boy (Theatre Passe Muraille) Where the Blood Mixes (Theatre Aquarius), Thunderstick (Native Earth Performing Arts), King Lear (National Arts Centre) and Trudeau and Levesque (VideoCabaret). 
 
Television credits include Murdoch Mysteries, The Guilt Free Zone, Fool Canada, The Ron James ShowThe Winnipeg Comedy Festival and several voices on the animated series Beyblade and feature Beyblade: The Movie.

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