John Boylan

John Boylan is a Canadian actor and acting teacher who has also worked as a coach. After completing his training at Canada's National Theatre School, he established Toronto's Centre for the Arts and now serves as its director. His screen credits include The Story of Luke, The Don Cherry Story, The Kennedys, and Servitude. Teaching has been a major part of his work; he has taught at Ryerson Theatre School, served as a guest tutor at London's Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, and worked at George Brown Theatre School. He gave a master class to performers at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. His instruction has also reached students at New York University's Graduate Film School, the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theatre, and the Yale School of Drama, where he led the school's first on-camera class. He has also taught in Dublin, Edinburgh, London, and Zimbabwe, and designed workshops for ACTRAWORKS in Vancouver, St. John's, and Halifax.