Gregory Prest is a

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actor, playwright and theatre director. He is most noted for his role as Simon in the comedy television series ''

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'', for which he and his castmates received an ensemble nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the

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winner for Best Direction in a Musical in 2019 for Soulpepper's musical ''Rose''. In 2012, he collaborated with

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, Raquel Duffy, Ken MacKenzie and Mike Ross on a theatrical adaptation of Dennis Lee's children's poetry book '' Alligator Pie'', for which they received ensemble Dora nominations for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Direction in the Theatre for Young Audiences division in 2013. He has also been a two-time Dora nominee as an actor, receiving nods for Best Leading Actor, General Theatre in 2014 for ''

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'' at Soulpepper, and Best Actor in a Featured Performance in 2022 for the

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staging of ''

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''. His credits as a director have included productions of

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's ''Fish Eyes'',

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'', and

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's ''

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''. He is in a relationship with actor Paolo Santalucia, who was one of his costars in ''Pillow Talk''. The couple first became known for their performances in

Soulpepper Theatre Soulpepper is a theatre company based in Toronto, Ontario.Keith Garebian"Soulpepper Theatre" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 4, 2010. History Soulpepper was founded in 1998 by twelve Toronto artists aiming to produce lesser-known theatri ...

's 2018 production of Mark Crawford's ''Bed and Breakfast'', in which Santalucia and Prest played all 22 of the play's characters themselves. Peter Knegt
"This new play queering small towns offers something we all need a little more of: optimism"

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, August 15, 2018.

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