TOM SCHOLTE
An Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia where he teaches Screen Acting, Theatre Acting Styles, Theatre Directing Styles, and Devised Performance, Tom Scholte is, perhaps, best known for his starring roles in the films of Bruce Sweeney: LIVE BAIT (Winner of the City Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival), DIRTY (Opening film of the Panorama Section of the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival) and LAST WEDDING (Opening Film of the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival) for which he received a Genie (Canadian Oscar) nomination for Best Supporting Actor. As a writer, he co-authored the story for Sweeney’s DIRTY and his play THE SPOILER earned him a place on the Canadian Delegation to the International Festival of Young Playwrights in Sydney, Australia in 1988.
As a feature-film producer, he was part of the team behind Larry Kent’s THE HAMSTER CAGE (in which he also starred) which had its premiere at the 2005 Montreal World Film Festival before appearing at international festivals around the world including Denmark’s NatFilm where it opened the Another View section of the festival.
On television, Tom has been seen in many internationally broadcast television series and movies including THE X-FILES, THE DEAD ZONE, GOLDRUSH (THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY), and a Gemini (Canadian Emmy) winning performance on the acclaimed crime drama DA VINCI’S INQUEST.
On stage, he has performed with a number of Canada’s top theatre companies in both Vancouver and Toronto. He was also one of the founding members of Vancouver’s Neworld Theatre and directed the company’s first two productions: EVENING IN A STRANGE LAND by Bahram Beyzai and HONEYMOON by Gholamhoseyn Sa’edi. He also founded Vancouver’s Theatreshop where he produced and directed I AM YOURS and THE CRACKWALKER both by celebrated Canadian playwright Judith Thompson. CRIME is his feature-film directing debut.