David LeReaney
Birth Name:
David Lereaney
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Founded the non-profit organization Performing Arts Lodge Calgary to benefit disadvantaged and disabled performing artists
- Won a Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Supporting Role for "Shakespeare's Dog" in 2010
- Won an Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Association Award for his narration of "The Cult of Walt" in 2007
- Won the Harry and Martha Cohen Award in 2000 for his significant contributions to the Calgary theatre community
- Began his acting career in professional theatres in Alberta in 1979 and has appeared in or directed more than 200 plays, including "Mephisto," "Billy Bishop Goes to War," and "Twelfth Night․"
- Made his screen acting debut in the film "Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star" in 1986
- Best known for his role as Sam Beattie in "High Noon" and as Mr․ Patterson in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show․"
- Founded Dial/Act Inc․, his acting and dialect coaching business, in 1999