Kyle Rideout (born November 9, 1984) is a

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actor, writer, and director. He co-owns a production company called Motion 58 with business partner Josh Epstein. He co-wrote and directed the short films Hop the Twig and Wait for Rain as well as the feature films '' Eadweard'' and ''

Adventures in Public School ''Adventures in Public School'' is a 2017 Canadian teen comedy film directed by Kyle Rideout, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Epstein. It stars Judy Greer, Daniel Doheny, Siobhan Williams, Andrew McNee, Andrew Herr, Russell Peters, a ...

''. Rideout's film have garnered a nomination for the

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in 2017 for ''Adventures in Public School''.

Early life

Rideout was born in

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on November 9, 1984.

Career

As an actor, Rideout won a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award as Best Newcomer in 2005, for his performance in a production of Josh MacDonald's play ''Halo''. The following year, he won the award for Best Supporting Actor, Small Theatre Division, for his performance as Gordon in David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin's ''The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Production of A Christmas Carol''. In 2007, he starred as

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's production of '' Romeo and Juliet''. In 2010, he appeared in ''Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge'';

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, the subject of that play, would also become the subject of ''Eadweard'' the film."Eadweard is missing a supporting cast; The father of motion pictures not exactly a conventional man". '' Calgary Herald'', November 6, 2015. He also appeared in Minecraft Mini Series as Durango. Rideout has also had guest roles in ''

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'' and '' Supernatural'', and voice roles in '' Packages from Planet X'', ''

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'', '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'', and the English language edition of ''

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''. Rideout is set to voice Russell, an undercover agent from the upcoming CTV drama series Extroverted.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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