Giles Panton (born September 13, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He has worked in television, film, stage, and web media, and is also known for his voice-over work.
Career
Giles Panton trained as an actor at the
William Davis Centre of Vancouver's VanArts (Vancouver Institute of Media Arts), graduating in 2005. He has also studied at acting studios in New York.
Panton is the voice of
Keith, a lead character in the
Nicktoons
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Since ...
series ''
Voltron Force''. He is also his role as detective Joe Wylee in ''
Flash Gordon
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'', and starred in the 2011 web series ''Soldiers of the Apocalypse'' as Twosev.
His first film was the 2005 short production, ''Bedridden''. A later short film, ''On the Bus'' (2008) was presented at Oklahoma's ''
Bare Bones International Film Festival
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'' in 2009.
Panton has also been active in Vancouver's alternate theatre scene. He was a headliner for Spectral Theatre Studio's 2009-10 season trio of paranormal plays, ''Deadends 666''. And in 2006, he received the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
for his work in the
I'm a Little Pickled Theatre Company production of ''The Book of Liz'', by
David Sedaris
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and
Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She played Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central comedy series '' Strangers with Candy'' (1999–2000) and the prequel film '' Strangers with Candy'' (2005), wh ...
.
In 2018, Panton joined the cast of ''
The Man in the High Castle'' as the Nazi advertiser Billy Turner.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Miscellaneous
References
External links
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1982 births
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian male voice actors
Living people
Male actors from Vancouver
Place of birth missing (living people)