Jonathan Wilson is an award-winning LGBT+ Canadian actor, comedian, and playwright whose work encompasses film, television, animation, and stage theater.
Having been active in the entertainment industry since 1988, Jonathan Wilson is best known writing the 1996 play My Own Private Oshawa, a semi-autobiographical comedy about his experiences growing up gay in Oshawa, Ontario that was later adapted into an award-winning movie by SFA Productions that aired on CTV in 2005. Other plays of his creation include 1990's 34 Calibre Testing, 2000's Kilt, 2002's Well, and 2008's That Gay Guy. He's also performed in quite a few stage productions, notably the 2002 North America tour of The Lion King, which won him won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his performance as Timon.
Jonathan Wilson was also a member of the Toronto cast of the improvisational theater group known as The Second City, later collaborating with fellow Second City performers Kathy Greenwood and Ed Sahely to create a stage show called Not to Be Repeated, in which the three performed a two-act improvisational narrative comedy play in each performance. Said show was later developed into a television series called This Sitcom Is... Not to Be Repeated, which aired on The Comedy Network in 2001. He also appeared on the LGBT-themed sketch comedy special In Thru the Out Door, which aired on CBC and Showtime in 1998.
Outside of stand-up comedy and stage theater, Jonathan Wilson has done quite a bit of voice acting for cartoons, as well as a few live-action appearances. He tends to be more prominent in the former, with notable appearances including Iggy Arbuckle, Get Ed, Blaster's Universe, and Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs. He's also the voice of the TV in the famous Canadian children's PSA "Smart as You"
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Jonathan Wilson's acting roles include:
Animation Roles
- Baihu Xiao in Metal Fight Beyblade
- Chickenhound in Redwall
- Chudd Chudders in the Canadian edition of Skatoony
- Eradicus, Mirrors, and Pondscum in Yin Yang Yo!
- The eponymous character of Iggy Arbuckle
- Infantor in Atomic Betty
- King Pufferpants in Big Blue
- Ludwig in Pearlie
- Max Blaster in Blaster's Universe
- Morrison the Monkey in Franny's Feet
- A Narrator in Freaky Stories ("Rugs R Us", "Dog from Mexico", "Panty Raid")
- Ned in Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends
- Phuddle in Mia and Me
- Rosebud in Camp Lakebottom (one of his few female roles)
- Rusty in Ned's Newt
- Mr. Simon Bedlam in Get Ed
- Steggy in Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
- Steve in Bolts & Blip
Film Roles
- Ansel in Rubber Carpet
- Father Gregg in Saint Ralph
- A gay activist in PCU
- John in House
- Mickey in Change Of Heart
- Mr. Daniels in Life By Default
- A panicky assistant in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
- Pete in The Good Germany
- A train conductor in New York Minute
Television Roles
- Angus Hardy in Wind At My Back
- Anthony Talmadge in Tiny Pretty Things
- Dr. Kemp and Felix Roach in Murdoch Mysteries
- Eldon Bigley in Doc
- Frederic the Bellhop in The Wonderful World of Disney
- Harlan Richter in Designated Survivor
- Howie Fines in Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
- John Wilson in Dan for Mayor
- Larry Mullane in Top Cops
- Mr. Tallyrand in Naturally, Sadie
- Peter Fish in Traders
- Soldier Jack in Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
- Uncle Chris in The Adventures Of Napkin Man
- Wilson in Shes The Mayor
