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Actor & Entrepreneur: Mixing Show & Biz
Peter Dillon has been a professional actor and member of ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artists) since 1988.
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Peter Dillon, President of BigTime Productions
Peter Dillon, BigTime's founder and President-At-Large, is a recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal 2005 Top Forty Under 40 award, and was named one of Ottawa Life Magazine's Top 50 People.
Peter has extensive experience working in Feature Film ("The Bone Collector" for Universal Pictures, Sidney J. Furie's "The Collectors," Derek Diorio's "Taste of Jupiter" and "Kiss of Debt," "Crook" for WTN, "House of Luk" on TMN, ZED Filmworks “Smash Cut,” “Summer Blood,” & “Sacrifice,” along with over a dozen Lifetime Movies of the Week), TV (CBC’s “18 To Life”, NBC’s “The Last Templar”, " YTV's "Lassie," The Comedy Network's "The Endless Grind,"), commercials (McDonalds, Canada Revenue Agency, Labatt Dry and numerous others), Industrial Videos, Interactive CD-ROMs and Animation (Teletoon's "Hoze Hounds" and "Untalkative Bunny", and YTV's "Just Jamie").
In 2001, Dillon co-founded A.C.T. (Acting for Cinema and Television), a company that offers screen training courses, and does its part to introduce local performers to casting agents and producers. Peter performs in as many BigTime shows as he can fit into his schedule; he can usually be seen playing the hardcase gumshoe 'Special' Officer Torque Penderloin, dumb waiter Corey Timlinsonfindan and game show host Bobby Rayburn Jr. Learn more about Pete at www.PeteDillon.com. |
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Norm Berketa
Norm can be seen opposite Ben Affleck in "The Sum Of All Fears," Edward Norton in "The Score" and Neve Campbell in "Lost Junction". His voice can be heard in the Teletoon and Family Channel animated series "Toad Patrol" and on CHRI 99.1 FM in Ottawa. BigTime audiences know him as Officer Rawling Stone in our Full Corporate Murder Mysteries, Chip Rockwell in Silence of the Hams, E.Z. McPherson in Tales from the Script and Chad Biltmore in our 1940s Radio Play Interactive Theatre.
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Harvey Chartrand
Harvey has appeared in the film "House of Luk," the TV series "Butch Patterson Private Dick," the Trudeau mini-series and in more than 300 BigTime Murder shows across North America. The former editor of Ottawa Life magazine, he is also a busy freelance writer, having contributed to numerous national and international newspapers and magazines. Look for Harvey in the made-in-Ottawa feature film "Kiss of Debt," starring Ernest Borgnine. |
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Karl Claude
Karl Claude is a professional actor/comedian who's been active in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre productions since 1997. Karl joined BigTime in 2001 as both a performer and event host. Audiences love his low-key sense of humor and interactivity. Look for Karl as John Dooley and various other characters in Silence of the Hams and Skippy in our 1940s Radio Play Interactive Theatre. |
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Sally Clelford
Several clients of BigTime know Sally Clelford as Sandy Beach in Silence of the Hams. Sally's feature film debut was in "Posers" with Adam Beach; she has since appeared in "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" directed by George Clooney. Other credits include "Salem Witch Trials" for Alliance Atlantis, multiple roles on The Comedy Network's "The Endless Grind" and herself on CBC's weekly program, "Switchback." |
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April Cruz
April Cruz has enjoyed singing up a storm as Carmen Sandiego in BigTime Idol and Hari-Karaoke. April has been a radio broadcaster in Vancouver and Ottawa for the past 10 years. She has been 'hamming' it up since she could walk and talk. With The Orpheus Society, she has appeared in "Meet Me In St. Louis" and is the lead singer of "Star Fire," an Ottawa Caribbean Band. |
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Derick Fage
Derick's film credits include starring in Rob Thompson's dark comedy "Intercourse with a Martyr" and Peter Hebert's "Lucky or Not." His television credits include "County" and numerous commercials. Derick has done voice-over work for such CD-ROM games as "Monopoly," "Wheel of Fortune," the "Guess Who Detective Series" and "Scrabble." Derick has played over thirty different characters with BigTime and seen the world as part of our touring cast. |
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Kim Fletcher
Kim plays Judy Rockwell in Silence of the Hams and Patricia Du Possion in The Codfather. She has also performed in voiceovers, live performances as well as corporate and video work. |
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Diana Galligan
A graduate of Ryerson University's Theatre School, Diana has spent several years on Toronto's improv comedy scene, most notably producing her clown character Vivi in a series of one-woman shows which took her to theatre festivals in San Francisco and Hamilton. For BigTime, she excels at being everybody's favorite social drinker, Judy Rockwell, in Silence of the Hams. |
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Kim Giles
Kim portrayed Buttercup in "HMS Pinafore" with the Savoy Society of Ottawa and resonates vocally with SATB quartet, Mid Life Harmony. A graduate of Dramatic Scriptwriting, Kim has penned her first screenplay. Outrageous and colorful, but always endearing, Kim is known to BigTime audiences as Judi Rockwell in Silence of the Hams, Patricia DuPoisson in The Codfather, Jessica Conduct in Tales from the Script and Carmen San Diego in Hari Karaoke |
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Sarah Hearn
Sarah has been with BigTime since 1992. When not playing a drunken ex-boxer in Silence of the Hams or an art-gallery owner in The Codfather, Sarah acts and directs at the Ottawa Little Theatre. In 2002, she won Best Actress in a Major Role at the Eastern Ontario Drama Festival for her performance with the Tara Players. She participated in the 2003 Acting Irish International Theatre Festival in Florida. |
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Shannon Hill
Shannon Hill has enjoyed playing Sandy Beach and Fanny Tastik in Silence of the Hams and Sandra Sands in The Codfather. Shannon studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Ryerson University. She has been tap and jazz dancing for 13 years. With the Richmond Hill Curtain Club, she has appeared in "Intermission," "This Year, Next Year," "Fantasy by Appointment" and "Filthy Rich," winner of the 2003 ACT-CO THEA award for Best Production. |
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Brett Kelly
Brett Kelly has performed in over twenty theatre productions including "The Importance of Being Earnest," "The Woman in Black" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," many of with Kanata Theatre. He is perhaps best known for his work as a director/actor of independent films such as "The Bonesetter," "The Feral Man" and the horror/comedy "My Dead Girlfriend." For BigTime, Brett often appears as John Dooley in Silence of the Hams and as Angel in The Codfather. |
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Colette Kendall
Colette has toured two one-woman shows internationally - Who's Afraid of Tippi Seagram? and Tippi Seagram's Happy Hour, both nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards. She was a Top 10 Finalist in the Canada-wide Corner Gas Comic Genius Contest and performed in the Stage West production of The Vagina Monologues, alongside Cindy Williams (Laverne and Shirley) and Joyce DeWitt (Three's Company). She can also be seen in HBO's "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" (Official Selection, 2009 Sundance Film Fest) and on all Air Canada flights as Marnie in "Marnie Love". |
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Mike Kennedy
After more than a decade with BigTime, Mike never fails to have fun playing Gil Browser in The Codfather, Pete Bloom in Diamonds in the Bluff, Harold Holden in Joker's Wild, Kirk Wheeler in Hari Karaoke and Chad Biltmore in our 1940s Radio Play Interactive Theatre. He also keeps busy at the Ottawa Little Theatre, having performed in such plays as "The Rainmaker," "A Midsummer's Night Dream," "Rexy" and "Opening Night." |
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Ross Kippen
Ross is an Ottawa area writer, actor and veteran BigTime performer. He has performed with several theater troupes, including Nepean Little Theatre and Lakeside Players, and has appeared on many Rogers television productions. BigTime clients will of course know Ross as Donnie Cocktail and John Dooley in Silence of the Hams and Sammy Bonetti and Angel Delivista from The Codfather. |
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Dave Kittle
Dave has done countless voice-overs for television and radio. Listeners of Ottawa's CHEZ 106 FM radio station would undoubtedly recognize his voice as "The Afternoon Guy." BigTime audiences have enjoyed his renditions of Chip Rockwell in Silence of the Hams, Pete Bloom in Diamonds in the Bluff, Gil Browser in The Codfather and Robert Simpleton in Joker's Wild. |
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Jodi Larratt
Jodi has landed roles in such independent films as "The Design of Human Kind," "The Puppet" (NMB Productions), "Billy" (Rob Thompson/Winter Films) and "The Bonesetter." She can also be seen in the feature film "Decoys," with Nicole Eggert, and the CBC mini-series, "H2O," starring Paul Gross. She hits the BigTime stage (and often, floor) as Carmen San-Diego in Hari-Karaoke, Judy Rockwell and Sandy Beach in Silence of the Hams and Dorothy Allice Stewart in Dial NHL for Murder: Radio Play. |
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Venetia Lawless
Venetia has been acting for more than half her life, appearing in such plays as Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca." She received a 2002 Theatre Ontario Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in George F. Walker's "Filthy Rich," produced by the Richmond Hill Curtain Club. A BigTimer since the beginning, she revels in such roles as Sandy Beach and Judi Rockwell in Silence of the Hams, Patricia Du Poisson and Dr. Sandra Sands in The Codfather and Molly Hoover in our Small Dinner Party Mysteries. |
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Rob Lethbridge
Rob Lethbridge was "discovered" by two cast members during a performance of one of our dinner theatre productions. He has since played John Dooley and Donny Cocktail in Silence of the Hams, Sammy 'The Squid' Bonnetti in The Codfather and Skippy, the Assistant Director of our 1940s Radio Play Interactive Theatre. Rob is also a member of the Bytowne Fire Brigade and has appeared in circa 1920's fire fighter clothing in numerous public events. |
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Alan MacDonald
Alan is an actor, comedian and musician living in Ottawa. He is also a writer, an artist and has broken into the restaurant trade. When not performing with BigTime, Alan may be found pursuing his Hawaiian Studies or enjoying the excellence of early morning TV programming. He has performed wonders as John Dooley and Donny Cocktail in Silence of the Hams, Sammy Bonetti and Gil Browser in The Codfather and Chris Peacock in Tales from the Script. |
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Gabrielle MacKenzie
Gabrielle had the pleasure to play opposite Eli Wallach in the film "A Taste of Jupiter." She has appeared in "The RCMP Story," "Undercover Angel," "Kiss of Debt" and the TV series "Kevin Spencer" and "Butch Patterson." A BigTimer since our inception, her most prominent character has been Sandy Beach from Silence of the Hams and our BigTime IDOL Variety Show; she has also given stellar performances as Jessica Conduct in Tales from the Script, Dorothy Alice Stewart in our 1940s Radio Play Interactive Theatre and Gina the Italian-French maid in our Small Dinner Party Mysteries. |
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Carilynn Nicholson
An accomplished stand-up comedienne, Carilynn appears regularly in Toronto at the Laugh Resort, Comedywood, Yuk Yuk's and has twice performed at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival. She has taken her mirth to radio on CBC's "Madly Off In All Directions" and "Brave New Waves" and to television on WTN's "She's So Funny" and Global TV's "Night Vision." Carilynn loves making the rounds as punch drunk Judi Rockwell in Silence of the Hams and Sister Cyster in our Small Dinner Party Mysteries. |
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Steve Patterson
Steve joined BigTime in 2002 and has been working as an actor and comedian in the Ottawa area for the past two years. His most recent credits include Harland Williams' TV pilot "Enter at Your Own Risk" and the movies "Outrage," starring Alexandra Paul, and "Decoys" with Nicole Eggert. He is also a regular at Yuk-Yuks and can be seen in comedy clubs across Ontario. |
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Dave Pearce
Dave Pearce is a three-time Canadian Comedy Award-winning actor for his work with Slap Happy Improvisational Theatre Company. He has performed with The Second City @ Sea on the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas. Credits include "Undercover Brother", "Looking for Angelina", "Madly Off in All Directions" and "Out of Bounds with John Oakley". Dave has put pen to paper for Prenup Challenge on VisionTV and CBC's Metro Morning. |
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KP Proulx
Kraig-Paul is a graduate of Sheridan Colleges Musical Theatre Performance Program. Some professional credits include Sweeney Todd, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Peter Pan. KP spends his spare time working at Suzart Productions as a Director, Choreographer and Costume Designer. Big Time Audiences know him as Davey Nantucket, Angel, Nick Richards and, his favorite, the beautiful Judi Rockwell! |
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George Santino
After training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, George veered into comedy, playing at the Laugh Factory and the Comedy Store in L.A. and The Second City in Toronto. On TV, he has appeared in "La Femme Nikita" and "Adventure Inc." and on the silver screen in Miramax's "Company Man." For BigTime, George has been Chip Rockwell and Donny Cocktail in Silence of the Hams and has done some of his finest work not playing with a full deck as Gil Browser in The Codfather. |
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Brenda Scherloski
Brenda Scherloski has entertained audiences from Midland to Ottawa in such plays as "The Curious Savage," "Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii," "Murder by the Book" and "Departures and Arrivals." She has recently finished the TV comedy pilot called "County" and the independent short film "Good for the Soul." Brenda has also played the role of Judi Rockwell in Silence of the Hams and Patricia DuPoisson in The Codfather to rave reviews. |
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Cary West
Cary is a comedic actor with much improv training and experience with The Second City and Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto. As a founding member of the Canadian Comedy Award-nominated sketch troupe The Closet Primadonnas, he has performed in Fringe Festivals throughout Canada. Cary is an accomplished stage actor with many lead credits to his name including Roger Nash in Norm Foster's 'The Long Weekend'. He can be seen in a variety of roles, in BigTime's Full Corporate Murder Mysteries, Small Dinner Party Mysteries & BigTime Idol Variety shows. |
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