Greg Spottiswood is a

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actor and television producer.Vit Wagner, "Actor experienced at looking innocent". ''

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'', April 27, 1990. He is most noted for his leading performance in the 1989 television film '' Looking for Miracles'', for which he won the

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for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special, and received a

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nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the

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, in 1990.

Acting career

Originally from

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, he studied acting at the

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.Robert Crew, "Nothing to fear but fear itself; 1918 flu epidemic at core of play; Greg Spottiswood returns to stage". ''

'', April 22, 2004. He began his career as a stage actor, with his early roles including productions of

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's ''Girls in the Gang'', Laurie Fyffe's ''Bush Fire'', Peter Anderson's ''Rattle in the Dash'', George F. Walker's '' Nothing Sacred'', and

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's ''

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''. Spottiswood and

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were cast together in ''Looking for Miracles'' after producer Kevin Sullivan noticed their camaraderie when he saw them horsing around together in the waiting room at the auditions. Although he was already 25 years old, he noted that his youthful appearance, which enabled him to credibly play a teenager, opened up acting opportunities for him where he wouldn't have to compete against more established actors in his age range like Michael Riley,

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or Maurice Godin. Following ''Looking for Miracles'' he made guest appearances in film and television, but continued to be more prominent as a stage actor, including in Storey's ''The Saints and Apostles'', Walker's '' Escape from Happiness'' and '' Theatre of the Film Noir'',

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's ''

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'', and

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's ''All Fall Down''. He also began directing stage plays in this era, beginning with a 1991 production of Sean Dixon's ''End of the World Romance''.

Writing and production

In the late 1990s, he began working more in film and television writing and production, making his directorial and screenwriting debut with the 2000 short film ''Learning to Swim''. He followed up in 2005 with the short film ''

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'', which was a

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

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in 2006. He made a return to the stage, for the first time in six years, in a 2004 production of Kevin Kerr's ''Unity (1918)''. He was a writer for the television series ''

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'', '' Shattered'', '' Endgame'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2009, he won a

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in the Radio category for an episode of the

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drama series '' Afghanada''."Corner Gas, 22 Minutes pick up TV screenwriting honours"

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, April 20, 2009. Beginning in 2019 he was the creator and showrunner of the American drama series '' All Rise'', but was fired from the show in 2021 following allegations of misconduct in his leadership of the show's writing room, involving racially and sexually offensive comments.Abid Rahman
"‘All Rise’ Creator, Co-Showrunner Greg Spottiswood Fired After Misconduct Investigation"
''

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'', March 25, 2021.

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