Kyle Rideout is a Canadian actor, writer, and director. He co-owns a production company called Motion 58 with business partner Josh Epstein. He co-wrote and directed the short films Hop the Twig and Wait for Rain as well as the feature films Eadweard and Adventures in Public School. Rideout's film have garnered a nomination for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2017 for Adventures in Public School.[1]

Kyle Rideout
Born
NationalityCanadian
EducationCanadian Film Centre
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director
Years active2004–present

Career

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As an actor, Rideout won a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award as Best Newcomer in 2005,[2] for his performance in a production of Josh MacDonald's play Halo.[3] The following year, he won the award for Best Supporting Actor, Small Theatre Division, for his performance as Gordon in David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin's The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Production of A Christmas Carol.[4] In 2007, he starred as Romeo in Bard on the Beach's production of Romeo and Juliet.[5]

In 2010, he appeared in Studies in Motion: The Hauntings of Eadweard Muybridge;[6] Eadweard Muybridge, the subject of that play, would also become the subject of Eadweard the film.[7] He also appeared in Minecraft Mini Series as Durango.

Rideout has also had guest roles in Da Vinci's Inquest and Supernatural, and voice roles in Packages from Planet X, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and the English language edition of The Story of Saiunkoku.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role Notes
2006 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Additional voices English dub
2007 Sword of the Stranger Feng-Wu English dub
2010 Hop the Twig Woodsman
2013 Barbie and the Pink Shoes Hilarion / Ballet Scout #2 (voice)
2013 Lawrence & Holloman Gravy Lovin' Co-Worker
2015 Eadweard Leapfrogger Jack
2015 Elves: Unite the Magic Farran / Johnny Baker (voice)
2015 The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story Editor
2016 Deadpool Super Soldier #1
2016 Boy Attic Ed Brinson
2016 Warcraft Officer
2017 Adventures in Public School director

Television

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Year Television Voice Notes
1998–2005 Da Vinci's Inquest Mike Season 6, episode 10
2007–2008 The Story of Saiunkoku Kokajun Sa
2012–2016 Littlest Pet Shop Vinnie Terrio, additional voices Voice
2013–2014 Packages from Planet X Terrance Buckshot
2014 Supernatural Prisoner in closet
2013–2015 Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures Danny Vainglory Season 2, episode 6
2015 Lego Elves Farran Leafshade, Johnny Baker
2015–2018 Dinotrux Crunk Season 3, episode 11
2015–2019 iZombie Alpha Dale Season 3, episode 8
2016–2019 Ready Jet Go! Carrot [8]
2016 Legends of Tomorrow Stein's father Season 1, episode 12
2016–present Beat Bugs Ants
2016–2019 My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Thorax Voice
2017 The Arrangement Connor
2018 Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own Quincy Voice
2019 The Bravest Knight Itty Bitty Yeti Episode "Cedric & the Cave" [9]
2020–2021 My Little Pony: Pony Life Dishwater Slog Voice

References

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  1. ^ Barry Hertz, "Directors Guild of Canada reveals long list for Discovery Award". The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Michelle Riml's Rage takes top honours at annual Jessies". Vancouver Sun, June 21, 2005.
  3. ^ "Halo". Vancouver Sun, December 2, 2004.
  4. ^ "The musical Urinetown wins top Jessie award". Vancouver Sun, June 20, 2006.
  5. ^ "Love is in the air at Bard on the Beach". The Globe and Mail, May 30, 2007.
  6. ^ "Studies in Motion is a big picture that's missing 1,000 words". Toronto Star, November 26, 2010.
  7. ^ "Eadweard is missing a supporting cast; The father of motion pictures not exactly a conventional man". Calgary Herald, November 6, 2015.
  8. ^ "Credits". Pbskids.org. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Shabnam Rezaei Produces New Hulu Kids' Series That's Among First To Feature Openly Gay Main Character". Women You Should Know. 2020. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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