Kyle Rideout (born November 9, 1984) is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He co-owns a production company called Motion 58 with business partner

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. 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''. Rideout's film have garnered a nomination for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2017 for ''Adventures in Public School''.

Early life

Rideout was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 9, 1984.

Career

As an actor, Rideout won a

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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 Romeo in Bard on the Beach's production of ''

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''. In 2010, he appeared in ''Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge''; Eadweard Muybridge, 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". ''

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'', November 6, 2015. He also appeared in Minecraft Mini Series as Durango. Rideout has also had guest roles in '' Da Vinci's Inquest'' and ''

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'', and voice roles in ''

Packages from Planet X ''Packages from Planet X'' is an animated television series produced by DHX Media Vancouver and American Greetings. The series premiered on Disney XD on July 13, 2013 and later on Teletoon and Télétoon on January 16, 2014 as part of their "Can't ...

'', '' Littlest Pet Shop'', ''

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' is an animated children's television series based on the fourth incarnation of Hasbro's ''My Little Pony'' franchise. The series follows a studious unicorn (later an alicorn) pony named Twilight Spark ...

'', and the English language edition of '' The Story of Saiunkoku''. Rideout is set to voice Russell, an undercover agent from the upcoming

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drama series Extroverted.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rideout, Kyle 1984 births Canadian male television actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male voice actors Canadian male screenwriters 21st-century Canadian male actors Male actors from Vancouver Writers from Vancouver Living people Film directors from Vancouver Canadian male Shakespearean actors Canadian Film Centre alumni