2008 - Yale Repertory TheatreA Woman of No Importance (Lord Illingworth)
GEORDIE JOHNSON most recently appeared in The Rainmaker at American Conservatory Theatre, where he also performed in Travesties. He has spent 11 seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, where his credits include Guys and Dolls, Troilus and Cressida, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, The Winter's Tale, The Comedy of Errors, The Cherry Orchard, Pride and Prejudice, Death of a Salesman, Sweet Bird of Youth, The Night of the Iguana and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Last season he coproduced and directed the hit one-woman play The Blonde, The Brunette, and The Vengeful Readhead, which returned this year for a second sold-out season. Other theatre credits in Canada and England include I am Yours (Dora Mavor Morre Award, Best Actor), Amadeus, Syncopation, Hosanna, Farther West, Holiday and The Taming of the Shrew. Film and television include The English Patient, Largo Winch, The City (Gemini Award, Best Actor in a Guest-Starring Role), Dracula: The Series, Traders and Liszt’s Rhapsody.
2007 - A.C.TThe Rainmaker (Starbuck)
Appeared most recently at A.C.T. in last season's Travesties (Henry Carr>. He has spent 11 seasons with the Stratford Festival of Canada, where his performances have included roles in Guys and Dolls (Nathan Detroit),Troilus and Cressida (Hector), Richard II(Richard II), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), King Lear (Edmund), The Winter's Tale (Autolycus), The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus), The Relapse (Worthy), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy), Death of a Salesman (Biff), Sweet Bird of Youth (Chance Wayne), The Night of the Iguana (Reverend Shannon) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick). Last season he coproduced and directed the hit one-woman play The Blonde, The Brunette, and The Vengeful Readhead, which returned this year for a second sold-out season. Other theatre includes Syncopation (Henry) at the Winter Garden; Hosanna (Hosanna) and Farther West (Thomas Shepherd) at Tarragon Theatre; Holiday (Nick Potter) at the Shaw Festival; and, in England, The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio) at the New Shakespeare Company. Film and television include Largo Winch (Kerensky), Dracula: The Series (Dracula), Traders (Daniel Booth), Liszt’s Rhapsody (Liszt), and The English Patient (Dr. Oliver). Johnson is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award for I Am Yours (Toilane) at the Tarragon Theatre and a Gemini Award for The City (Oliver) on CTV.
2004 - Stratford Festival
Ninth season: Nathan Detroit in Guys And Dolls.
Past Stratford credits include Troilus and Cressida(Hector), Richard II(Richard II), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), King Lear (Edmund), The Winter's Tale (Autolycus), The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy), Death of a Salesman (Biff), Sweet Bird of Youth (Chance Wayne), The Night of the Iguana (Reverend Shannon) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick). Other theatre includes Syncopation (Henry) at the Winter Garden; Hosanna (Hosanna) and Farther West (Thomas Shepherd) at Tarragon Theatre; Holiday (Nick Potter) at the Shaw Festival; and, in England, The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio) at the New Shakespeare Company .
Film and television include Largo Winch (Kerensky), Dracula: The Series (Dracula), Traders (Daniel Booth), Liszt’s Rhapsody (Liszt), and The English Patient (Dr. Oliver).
Mr. Johnson is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award for I Am Yours (Toilane) at the Tarragon Theatre and a Gemini Award for The City (Oliver) on CTV.
2003 - Stratford Festival
Eighth season: Hector in Troilus and Cressida.
Past Stratford credits include Richard II(Richard II), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), King Lear (Edmund), The Winter's Tale (Autolycus), The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy), Death of a Salesman (Biff), Sweet Bird of Youth (Chance Wayne), The Night of the Iguana (Reverend Shannon) and Oedipus Rex (Chorus), The Relapse (Worthy), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick). Other theatre includes Syncopation (Henry) at the Winter Garden; A Walk in the Woods(Honeyman) at the Citadel and NAC; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (David Craig) at Canadian Stage; Count Dracula (Dracula) at YPT; Hosanna (Hosanna) and Farther West (Thomas Shepherd) at Tarragon Theatre; Holiday (Nick Potter) at the Shaw Festival; and, in England, The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio) at the New Shakespeare Company and Death of A Salesman (Biff) at Theatre Clwyd.
Film and television include Largo Winch (Kerensky), Dracula: The Series (Dracula), Traders (Daniel Booth), Liszt’s Rhapsody (Liszt), and The English Patient (Dr. Oliver).
Mr. Johnson is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award for I Am Yours (Toilane) at the Tarragon Theatre and a Gemini Award for The City (Oliver) on CTV.
2002 - MTC/Elgin Theatre: Syncopation (Henry Ribolow)
Geordie Johnson has spent seven seasons at the Stratford Festival in productions including Richard II (Richard), Pride and Prejudice (Darcy), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Night of the Iguana (Shannon), King Lear (Edmund) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick). Productions in theatres across Canada and the U.K. include Death of a Salesman (Biff), Theatre Clwyd (Wales); The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), New London Shakespeare Co. (U.K.); and Holiday (Nick Potter), Shaw Festival. Most recent film and television work includes the ongoing series Largo Winch (Kerensky); eight episodes of Traders (Daniel Booth); The English Patient (Dr. Oliver); The Diviners (Brooke Skelton); Liszt's Rhapsody (Franz Liszt); and guest-starring roles in numerous productions. Geordie is the winner of the Dora Award, Best Actor, for I am Yours (Tarragon Theatre) and the Gemini Award, Best Actor in a Guest Star Role, for The City (CTV).
1999 - Stratford Festival
Seventh season: Richard II in Richard II and Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.
Past Stratford credits include The Night of the Iguana (Reverend Shannon), The Cherry Orchard (Yasha), The Winter's Tale (Autolycus), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), Death of a Salesman (Biff), Oedipus Rex (Chorus), King Lear (Edmund), Sweet Bird of Youth (Chance Wayne), The Relapse (Worthy), The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Brick). Other theatre credits include Transit of Venus (Le Gentil) at Gryphon Theatre; Dancing at Lughnasa (Gerry) at the Grand Theatre; Holiday (Nick Potter) at the Shaw Festival; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (David Craig) at Canadian Stage; A Walk in the Woods(Honeyman) at the Citadel; The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio) at the New Shakespeare Company; Death of A Salesman (Biff) at Theatre Clwyd; Count Dracula (Dracula), Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio) and The Taming of the Shrew (Lucentio) at Young People's Theatre; Hosanna (Hosanna) and I am Yours (Toilane - Dora Award) at the Tarragon Theatre.
Film and TV include Traders (Daniel Booth), The English Patient (Dr. Oliver), Liszt’s Rhapsody (Liszt), The Two Headed Man (Samuel), Dracula: the Series (Dracula)as well as Once a Thief, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Poltergeist and Highlander: The Raven.
1998 - Stratford Festival
Sixth season: Reverend Shannon in The Night of the Iguana, Yasha in The Cherry Orchard and Autolycus in The Winter's Tale. Past Stratford credits include Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Biff in Death of a Salesman,Chorus in Oedipus Rex,Edmund in King Lear, Chance Wayne in Sweet Bird of Youth, Worthy in The Relapse,Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Bassianus in Titus Andronicus, and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other theatre credits include James Highwood in Rough Justice (Citadel Theatre); Le Gentil in Transit of Venus (Gryphon Theatre); Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa and Andy in Woman in Mind (Grand Theatre); Toilane in I Am Yours, for which he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award, and the title role in Hosanna (Tarragon Theatre); Nick Potter in Holiday (Shaw Festival); David Craig in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Canadian Stage Company); John Honeyman in A Walk in the Woods (Citadel Theatre/National Arts Centre); Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (New Shakespeare Company) and Biff in Death of A Salesman (Theatre Clwyd). Young People’s Theatre credits include the lead in Count Dracula, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet and Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew. Mr Johnson’s television and film credits include Dr Oliver in The English Patient, Franz Liszt in Liszt’s Rhapsody, Samuel in The Two Headed Man, Dracula in Dracula: the Series and appearances on Spenser, Street Legal, E.N.G and John Woo's Once a Thief.
1997 - Stratford Festival
Fifth season: Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Biff in Death of a Salesman and Chorus in Oedipus Rex.
Past Roles at Stratford include Edmund in King Lear, Chance Wayne in Sweet Bird of Youth, Worthy in The Relapse, Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Bassianus in Titus Andronicus, and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other theatre credits include James Highwood in Rough Justice (Citadel Theatre); Le Gentil in Transit of Venus (Gryphon Theatre); Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa and Andy in Woman in Mind (Grand Theatre); Toilane in I Am Yours, for which he won a Dora Mavor Moore Award, and the title role in Hosanna (Tarragon Theatre); Nick Potter in Holiday (Shaw Festival); David Craig in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme(Canadian Stage); John Honeyman in A Walk in the Woods (Citadel Theatre/National Arts Centre); Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (New Shakespeare Company) and Biff in Death of A Salesman (Theatre Clwyd). Young People’s Theatre credits include the lead in Count Dracula, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet and Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew. Mr Johnson’s television and film credits include Dr Oliver in The English Patient, Franz Liszt in Liszt’s Rhapsody, Samuel in The Two Headed Man, Dracula in Dracula: the Series and appearances on Spenser, Street Legal and E.N.G.
1996 - Stratford Festival
Fourth season: Edmund in King Lear and Chance Wayne in Sweet Bird of Youth.
STRATFORD: Worthy in The Relapse, Antipholus of Syracuse/Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Bassianus in Titus Andronicus and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
OTHER THEATRE: James Highwood in Rough Justice (Citadel Theatre); Le Gentil in Transit of Venus (Gryphon Theatre); Gerry in Dancing at Lughnasa and Andy in Woman in Mind (Grand Theatre); Toilane in I Am Yours and the title role in Hosanna (Tarragon Theatre); Nick Potter in Holiday Shaw Festival); David Craig in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Canadian Stage Company); John Honeyman in A Walk in the Woods (Citadel Theatre/National Arts Centre);Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (New Shakespeare Company) and Biff in Death of A Salesman (Theatre Clwyd). Young People’s Theatre credits include the lead in Count Dracula, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet and Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew.
FILM/TELEVISION: Dr Oliver in The English Patient, Franz Liszt in Liszt’s Rhapsody, Dracula in Dracula the Series and appearances on Spencer, Street Legal and E.N.G.
ET CETERA: Recipient of a Dora Mavor Award for I Am Yours.
1996 - Citadel Theatre: Rough Justice (James Highwood)
FOR THE CITADEL: A Walk in the Woods.
ELSEWHERE: Gryphon Theatre, Transit of Venus; Grand Theatre, Dancing at Lughnasa and Woman in Mind; Theatre Clwyd, Death of a Salesman; New Shakespeare Company, The Taming of the Shrew; Stratford Festival, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Titus Andronicus, The Comedy of Errors and The Relapse; Young People's Theatre, Count Dracula, Of Mice and Men and Romeo and Juliet; Canadian Stage, Observe the Sons of Ulster...; Terragon Theatre, I Am Yours, Farther West (with Nora McLellan and directed by Duncan McIntosh) and Hosanna; Toronto Free Theatre, The Grace of Mary Traverse; Shaw Festival, Holiday (directed by Duncan McIntosh) and Tonight We Improvise.
FILM/TELEVISION: The English Patient; Liszt's Rhapsody, Kung Fu; Ray Bradbury; Street Legal; The Campbells; Dracula: The Series.
UPCOMING: Stratford Festival, King Lear and Sweet Bird of Youth.
AWARDS: Dora Mavor Moore Award for I Am Yours
1993 - New Shakespeare Company: The Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio)
Geordie Johnson comes to the Open Air Theatre after playing Biff to Timothy West's Willy Loman in Janet Suzman's production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN for Theatre Clwyd. One of Canada's leading actors Geordie has worked with the Stratford, Ontario Company (The Antipholi in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, Brick in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, Worthy in THE RELAPSE), The Shaw Festival (Nick in HOLIDAY), as well as appearing for regional companies (Harry/Martin in CLOUD 9 in Edmonton, Willy in THE SEA in Montreal) and in Toronto (David in OBSERVE THE SONS OF ULSTER..., Toilane in I AM YOURS and the title roles in HOSANNA and DRACULA. As well as starring in DRACULA: THE SERIES for American television, he has made many guest appearances on other series, features and radio. Geordie is a winner of Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding performance. He is now living in England.
1993 - Theatre Clwyd: Death of a Salesman (Biff)
One of Canada's leading actors, Geordie Johnson has worked with the Stratford, Ontario Company (The Antipholi in The Comedy of Errors, Brick in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Worthy in The Relapse), The Shaw Festival (Nick in Holiday), as well as appearing for regional companies (Harry/Martin in Cloud 9 in Edmonton, Willy in The Sea in Montreal) and in Toronto (David in Observe the Sons of Ulster..., Toilane in I Am Yours and the title roles in Hosanna and Dracula.
As well as starring in Dracula: The Series for American television, he has made many guest appearances on other series, features and radio.
Mr Johnson is a winner of Toronto's Dora Mavor Moore Award for outstanding performances. He is now living in England.
1990 - Citadel Theatre: A Walk in the Woods (John Honeyman)
Geordie Johnson comes to the Citadel from the Stratford Festival where he played Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the dual role of the identical Antipholi twins in Richard Monette's rollicking The Comedy of Errors, and Worthy in The Relapse. In Toronto, Mr. Johnson has played in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme (with Mr. Hewgill at CentreStage), The Grace of Mary Traverse (Toronto Free Theatre), Count Dracula (the title role at Young People's Theatre), and Hosanna (Title role), Farther West, and I Am Yours for which he received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Leading Actor (all at the Tarragon Theatre). Other productions include Holiday (Shaw Festival), The Sea (Centaur Theatre), and Cloud Nine (Phoenix Theatre in Toronto). He has appeared on film and television in The Boy in Blue, Street Legal, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Adderly, Chautauqua Girl, and The Campbells.Mr. Johnson will be seen next on the CBC in Stratford's production of The Comedy of Errors.
1989 - Stratford Festival
Geordie Johnson returns to Stratford to play Bassianus in Titus Andronicus, Antipholus of Syracuse/Antipholus of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors, Worthy in The Relapse and Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Last with the Festival in 1980, Mr Johnson was seen in Henry VI. In 1979 he appeared in King Lear and Richard II.
Trained at the University of Calgary, where he received his BFA in acting, Mr Johnson is the recipient of a 1988 Dora Mavor Moore Award for his performance in I Am Yours (Tarragon Theatre). He has worked for numerous Canadian companies including Young People’s Theatre, CentreStage, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto Free Theatre, Shaw Festival, The Phoenix Theatre and Centaur Theatre. His more recent credits include such roles as the title role in Count Dracula Young People’s Theatre);David Craig in Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme CentreStage); the title role in Hosanna and Thomas Shepherd in Farther West (Tarragon Theatre); Hardlong/Jack in The Grace of Mary Traverse (Toronto Free Theatre); Nick Potter in Holiday and Mangini in Tonight We Improvise (Shaw Festival)and Harry/Martin in Cloud 9 (Phoenix).
His television and film credits include Street Legal (CBC-TV), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Adderly (CBS), The Boy in Blue (Regatta Productions)and Skullduggery (Whittman-Richter Films).
Tarragon Theatre: Farther West (Thomas Shepherd)
At Tarragon: GEOMETRY. Other theatres include: Solar Stage (RAPTURES; LONE STAR [Dora Nomination]); Young People's Theatre (OF MICE AND MEN); Phoenix, Edmonton (CLOUD 9); Stratford Festival; Toronto Arts Productions; Phoenix, Toronto; Centaur; Theatre London. TV/film: THE CAMPBELLS, SKULLDUGGERY; CHATAUQUA GIRL; BY REASON OF INSANITY.
1980 - Stratford Festival
Previous Festival Roles: Lord of Westminster in Richard II, 2nd Drawer in The Second Part of Henry IV, The Woman, King Lear. 1979
1980 Season: Bates in Henry V, Titus Andronicus, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VI, King Lear.
Training: BFA in Acting, University of Calgary.
Other Theatre: Prometheus in Prometheus Bound, Oedipus in The Story of Oedipus, Company One, Victoria; Judas in Day One, Alternative Theatre Company, Calgary; Smitty in Fortune and Men's Eyes. Alice Through the Looking Glass and Cinderella, Theatre London; Willie in The Sea, Centaur Theatre; Arleccino in Scapin, Toronto Arts Productions; Sweet Bird of Youth, Hart House Theatre.
1979 - Stratford Festival
Geordie Johnson in his first season with the Stratford Festival appears in The Second Part of Henry IV, Richard II, The Woman and King Lear. A B.F.A. graduate of the University of Calgary, he has performed across the country for Company One Theatre in Victoria, Alternative Theatre Co. in Calgary, Hart House, Phoenix Theatre, TAP in Toronto, and the Centaur Theatre in Montreal.
Among his credits are Prometheus Bound, Day One, Sweet Bird of Youth, Fortune and Men’s Eyes, No Sex, Please -- We’re British, and The Sea. For Theatre London he has performed in Alice Through the Looking Glass and Cinderella. Last year he was featured in a TAP production of Scapin.
2008 - Yale Repertory Theatre A Woman of No Importance (Lord Illingworth)
2004 - Stratford Festival
2002 - MTC/Elgin Theatre: Syncopation (Henry Ribolow)
1997 - Stratford Festival
1993 - Theatre Clwyd: Death of a Salesman (Biff)
1990 - Citadel Theatre: A Walk in the Woods (John Honeyman) 
1980 - Stratford Festival
1979 - Stratford Festival
