George Krissa

George Krissa is a Canadian performer who works as an actor and singer. He grew up in Lashburn, Saskatchewan, and his music studies were at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta. His career began on the musical theater stage, with roles in Western Canadian productions of Rent, West Side Story and Million Dollar Quartet. He later drew notice in Eastern Canada as Rocky in the Stratford Festival staging of The Rocky Horror Show in 2018 and as Tommy Albright in the Shaw Festival's Brigadoon in 2019. In 2022 he played Jason DeVito in the romantic comedy The Holiday Sitter (2022). He has also appeared in supporting screen roles, among them Murdoch Mysteries and Coroner. His cabaret debut came in New York City in November 2023. He also starred as Anatole in the Canadian premiere of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 in Toronto and as Jimmy Ray Dobbs in Bright Star.