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Christopher Gaze

British actor

Actor
host
director

Years active1973–present

Christopher Bower Gaze OBC MSM (born 12 May 1952) is an English actor, host, artist, theatre and opera director residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

History

Born in Guildford, Surrey, England, Gaze trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975, spending three seasons at the Shaw Festival.

Career

Gaze moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded Bard on the Beach which in 2014 achieved attendance exceeding 100,000. In addition to performing and directing for Bard, Gaze's voice is heard regularly in cartoon series, commercials and on the radio. He also hosts Vancouver Symphony's popular Tea and Trumpets series and their annual Christmas concerts. His many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada's Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Equus at The Playhouse. As an Olympic ambassador, Gaze was honored to run with the Olympic flame for the 2010 Games. A public speaker with the National Speakers Bureau, Gaze frequently shares his insights on Shakespeare and theatre with students, service organizations and businesses.

Gaze also narrated season 3 of Emmy Award-winning animation series Madeline (after Christopher Plummer stepped down).

Additionally, he has also performed voiceover roles for animation, most notably as Turaga Vakama in the first three Bionicle movies, as well as Diagnostic Drone in Beast Machines and Major Mint in Barbie in the Nutcracker.

Gaze was awarded the Order of British Columbia (OBC) announced on 18 May 2012 by the Premier of British Columbia and the Civil Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) (Canada Gazette 17 May 2005) from the Canadian Government in 2005.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Running Brave	Aussie Sportscaster
1990	Deep Sleep	Grey-Haired Man
1993	Cool Runnings	British Official
1997	The Fearless Four	Narrator	English version
1998	Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins		Voice, direct-to-video
2000	Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer	Quincy
2001	Barbie in the Nutcracker	Major Mint
2002	Barbie as Rapunzel	King Wilhelm
2003	Bionicle: Mask of Light	Turaga Vakama
2004	Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui	Turaga Vakama Narrator
2005	Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows	Turaga Vakama Narrator
2006	Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia	Fungus Maximus
2006	Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses	King Randolph	Voice
2007	Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow	Fungus Maximus	Voice
2007	Barbie as the Island Princess	Sagi	Voice
2007	The Ten Commandments	Aaron	Voice
2009	Stranger with My Face	Henry
2014	Hattie's Heist	Archie