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Juan Chioran (born June 18, 1963) is an Argentine-born Canadian actor primarily associated with stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada. He is based in Stratford, Ontario.
Chioran is also known for his voice acting roles, such as Doji in Beyblade: Metal Fusion (the first 31 episodes, succeeded by Andrew Jackson), King Caradoc in Jane and the Dragon, and Barry Bullevardo in the animated series Iggy Arbuckle.
Chioran has played these major stage roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival:[1][2]
- The Adventures of Pinocchio (1986) by Carlo Collodi — Father (ep. 6, 14, 21, 29)
- The Mikado (1993) by Gilbert and Sullivan — Poo-Bah
- Man of La Mancha (1998) by Dale Wasserman — Don Quixote
- The Winter's Tale (1998) by William Shakespeare — Polixenes
- Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1999) — Count Dracula
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) by William Shakespeare — Oberon
- As You Like It (2000) by William Shakespeare — Jaques
- Hamlet (2000) by William Shakespeare — Gravedigger
- All's Well That Ends Well (2008) by William Shakespeare — Parolles
- Bartholomew Fair (2009) by Ben Jonson — Zeal-of-the-land Busy
- The Three Sisters (2009) by Anton Chekhov — Solyony
- Evita (2010) by Arthur Laurents — Juan Perón
- Kiss Me, Kate (2010) based on a play by William Shakespeare — Fred Graham
- The Misanthrope (2011) by Molière — Philinte
- Twelfth Night (2011) by William Shakespeare — Fabian
- Much Ado About Nothing (2012) by William Shakespeare — Don Pedro
- Henry V (2012) by William Shakespeare — Montjoy
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Chioran has had various film and television roles, including Lance Boil on Grossology. He also played the role of Francobollo Garibaldi, the father of Raven-Symoné's character in the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls in 2003. In Cyberchase Season 3, he was the voice of Nero The Animal Hero, and the voice of "Art Wurst" on Detentionaire. He also played Laurie in The Perfect Son film in 2000 and Venomous Drool in Fangbone!. In Totally Spies!, he voiced the uncredited role of Ice Cream Man in the episode "Evil Ice Cream Man Much?". He was Snow Miser in the 2008 movie A Miser Brothers Christmas and Mr. Mansour in Miss BG. He is known for his work on the CGI series PAW Patrol, where he voiced Raimundo the Ringmaster. He also voices Señor Tapir, a Mexican-born musical tapir who appears in Elinor Wonders Why.
In 2024 he appeared in the film Mother Father Sister Brother Frank as Frank.[3]
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Chioran won a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series in 2000 for a televised showing of his portrayal of Count Dracula in Dracula: A Chamber Musical.[4] He was nominated for a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for The Three Musketeers at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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