Markian Tarasiuk

Markian Tarasiuk (born April 2, 1993) is a Ukrainian Canadian actor, director, editor and producer. He was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for work in the television movie Christmas Jars.
== Life and career ==
Tarasiuk is a Manitoba native, born in Winnipeg. He had had a keen interest in performing from a young age. Markian got his start performing after being scouted by the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre and was cast to play the lead of Rudy Pazinski in Tom Dudzik's stage play Over the Tavern where he made his professional stage debut. After performing throughout his teens at various local stages in Winnipeg, Markian attended Studio 58 at Langara College in Vancouver, BC and graduated in 2014.
As a teenager, Tarasiuk made his film debut in Fresh I.E's music video Crystal and television debut voicing the character of Totobory in the animated series Noonbory and the Super Seven. for CBS Kids. While attending theatre school, Markian made his on screen television debut playing Brogan Van Skioh in the Disney XD movie Bunks. His television credits include roles on IZombie (TV series)|iZombie, Supernatural, Take Two, The Murders, 50 States of Fright, The Magicians, and recurring roles on Shut Eye, Virgin River, Project Mc2, and Surface. His television movies include playing Wade Robson in Britney Ever After and appearances on the Hallmark Channel.
Tarasiuk made his theatrical screen debut in Christmas Jars that had a limited run in theatres before its release on BYU TV in 2019. Markian received a 2021 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Lead Actor in in a Television Movie for his portrayal of Ian Maxwell in the film. In 2021, Tarasiuk's role as Jackson Pace, in the feature film There's Someone Inside Your House garnered an ACTRA/UBCP nomination for an Actor in a Supporting Role in 2022. Tarasiuk will appear in the upcoming E! television movie Why Can't I be Molly Ringwald? in 2023.
In 2015, Tarasiuk founded SpeakEasy Theatre, a theatre based production company in Vancouver, BC. As acting General Manager of the company, Tarasiuk produced Young Jean Lee's The Shipment, 3..2..1 and the original play Gross Misconduct. During his time with SpeakEasy Theatre, Markian produced four instalments of the Pull Festival: Vancouver's 10-minute play festival. In 2021 Tarasiuk produced, wrote and directed episodes of the No Way Podcast.
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2008	Fresh I.E Crystal 	Teenager 	Video
2014	Perfect Sisters 	Student 	
2018	Status Update 	Brian Massey	
2020	The Quieting 	Bobby 	Short Film
2021	There's Someone Inside Your House	Jackson Pace	
2021	Stories That Transform Us 	Editor 	Documentary Feature
2022	Before We Were Told 	Editor 	Short Film
=== Television ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2009	Noonbory and the Super Seven 	Totobory 	Animated Series (CBS Kids)
2009	Kung Fu Dino Posse 	Jerome 	Animated Series (Cookie Jar Entertainment)
2013	Bunks 	Brogan Van Skioh 	Television Film (Disney XD)
2016	iZombie 	Burdick/Jordna 	"Method Head" (The CW)
2016	A Time to Dance 	Young John 	Television Film (Hallmark Channel)
2016	Shut Eye 	Crest 	Recurring role (Hulu)
2017	Britney Ever After 	Wade Robson 	Television film (Lifetime)
2017	Project Mc2 	Uli 	Recurring role (Netflix)
2018	The Magicians 	Prince Micah 	"A Life if the Day" (Syfy)
2018	Take Two 	Eric Quinn Fisher 	"Taken" (ABC)
2019	The Murders 	Brent Singer 	"The Long Black Veil" (Global Television)
2019	Christmas Jars 	Ian Maxwell 	Television Film (BYUtv)
2019	Supernatural 	Andy May 	"Proverbs 17:3" (The CW)
2019	A Homecoming for the Holidays 	Taylor 	Television Film (Hallmark Channel)
2020	50 States of Fright 	Eric Felt 	Recurring role (Quibi)
2020	Fast and Furious Crossroads 	Actor (motion capture - Kai)	Video Game (Slightly Mad Studios)
2021	Wedding Cake Dreams 	Jason Hawkins 	Television film (CityTV)
2021	Virgin River 	Parker 	Recurring role (Netflix)
2021	Hannah Swensen Mysteries 	Tad 	"Sweet Revenge" (Hallmark Channel)
2021	No Way! 	Director, Writer, Producer 	Podcast
2022	Surface 	Elliot 	Recurring role (AppleTV+)
2022	Our Italian Christmas Memories	Dr. Greg 	Television Film (Hallmark Channel)
2022	Christmas at the Golden Dragon	Blake 	Television Film (Hallmark Channel)
2023	Why Can't I be Molly Ringwald?	Rich Hawthorne 	Television Film (E!)
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Association 	Category 	Work 	Result
2018	Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards	Outstanding Costume Design 	The Shipment 	
2021	Canadian Screen Awards 	Best Lead Performance in a TV Movie 	Christmas Jars 	
2022	UBCP/ACTRA Awards 	Best Performance by an actor in a Supporting Role	There's Someone Inside Your House	
Category:Canadian people
Category:Canadian actors
Category:1993 births