Colm Feore on Learning Other Languages
Channel: Canada's Theatre Museum
Date: 2017-11-08

Colm Feore talks about going to French schools when he first moved to Windsor and later attending Anglican school to learn that culture. Feore talks about the expectations that arrive that he is truly bilingual and how learning French opened doors for his acting career as well as navigating Francophone cities in Canada. Part 16 of 20.

Interviewed by R.H. Thomson on August 31st, 2016 in Stratford.
Filming location courtesy of the Stratford Festival.

Colm Feore is a well-known Canadian actor. A 15-year veteran of the Stratford Festival, he spent 17 seasons at Stratford where he rose from small roles to leading roles, including Romeo, Hamlet, Richard III, and Cyrano. Feore is also known for his Gemini-winning role as Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the CBC miniseries Trudeau (2002), his portrayal of Glenn Gould in Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993), and for playing Detective Martin Ward in Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) and its 2017 sequel. Other roles include Martin Harrison in Chicago (2002), Laufey in Thor (2011), General Ted Brockhart on House of Cards (2016–2017) and Sir Reginald Hargreeves on The Umbrella Academy (2019–present) to name a few. Feore is also a Prix Iris and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and a Genie Award nominee.

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