Andrew Moodie

Andrew Moodie is an Ottawa-born actor, director, and writer who got his start in theater. His first professional job was in David Fennario's Nothing to Lose, directed by Zack Crane at the Lafayette House. He then performed at Canadian Stage Company, Second City, LKTYP, Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre, and Great Canadian Theatre Company. He earned a Dora Award nomination for Othello and won a Dora for David Craig's Health Class with Roseneath's Theatre. In 1995 the Factory Theatre mounted his play Riot, which took the Chalmers award for Best New Production; he also wrote A Common Man's Guide to Loving Women, Oui, The Lady Smith, The Real McCoy, and Toronto the Good. He helped create CBC radio's Afghanada, a Writers Guild of Canada award winner in 2007, and hosted TVO's Big Ideas. He has worked with directors Jeremy Podeswa, Donald Petrie, and Sarah Polley.