Jonathan Crombie
Biography
Born in Toronto, Jonathan Crombie began his screen career with no acting experience, landing the part of Gilbert Blythe after submitting a photo taken at a Toronto train station kiosk. He gained recognition for that role in the adaptation Anne of Green Gables (1985), then returned to it in the sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) and in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000), along with a 1992 episode of Road to Avonlea. His other television work included a guest spot on 21 Jump Street, voicing the lead in The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, and playing Lionel Train in Slings & Arrows. On stage he spent four seasons at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, where he appeared as Romeo, and received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for a 1997 production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. He made his Broadway debut in The Drowsy Chaperone in 2007. He co-wrote and directed the documentary Waiting for Ishtar.
48years old at death
- Born Toronto
- Died New York City
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 28 years1985 to 2013
Every film, newest first
- 2013Cottage CountryIMDb rating 5.6
- 1987Anne of Green Gables: The SequelIMDb rating 8.4
- 1985Anne of Green GablesIMDb rating 8.6
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First role
Crombie had no prior acting work when he tried out for Gilbert Blythe in the 1985 TV miniseries Anne of Green Gables, and for the audition he used a photo taken at a kiosk in Union Station.
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Kevin Sullivan directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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