Shawn Doyle(I)

Born in Wabush, a mining town in Northern Canada. Father began an amateur drama group that traveled the world, representing Canada at festivals.

[on playing Akady Balagan, a chess master, in the series 'Endgame'] The accent alone was something I had to really pay attention to. It had to be accurate, but it also had to be understandable. So much of that Russian accent happens at the back of your throat. It's hard to be really expressive from way back there.