Ted’s professional career began in Edmonton at the age of fifteen. Since then he has gone on to play leading roles on every major stage in Canada, often combining his musical skills in such roles as Mozart in Amadeus; Cale Blackwell, a character based on Jerry Lee Lewis, in Fire; Shostakovich in Master Class; Glenn Gould in An Evening with Glenn Gould; Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch; and Cousin Kevin in The Who’s Tommy. School children around the world know him as Bach in the film Bach’s Fight for Freedom. He is also a veteran of both the Shaw and Stratford Shakespeare festivals. He has appeared in dozens of films and tv shows and has also voiced dozens of cartoon characters. In 2000 he turned his attention to directing, and has since helmed many award-winning shows across the country, notably for Soulpepper Theatre, of which he is a founding member. He has also directed 2 Pianos 4 Hands across America and in Australia and Hong Kong. Recently, his performance and adaptation of Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata received accolades from critics and colleagues alike. He has received four Dora Mavor Moore Awards, a Gemini, an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award, a Robert Merritt Award, and a Chalmers Award for acting, writing, and directing.

All of the above, however, pales compared to being the proud father of Theo and Rosie.