# Daniel Krolik

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{{Short description|Canadian actor (born 1977)}}
'''Daniel Krolik''' (born September 8, 1977) is a Canadian actor and playwright.<ref>Glenn Sumi, [https://nowtoronto.com/culture/fringe-review-gay-for-pay-with-blake-clay-is-straight-up-brilliant/ "Fringe review: Gay For Pay With Blake & Clay is straight-up brilliant"]. ''[Now](/source/Now_(newspaper))'', July 12, 2022.</ref> He is most noted for his 2022 [Toronto Fringe Festival](/source/Toronto_Fringe_Festival) play ''Gay for Pay with Blake & Clay'', which he cowrote with [Curtis Campbell](/source/Curtis_Campbell) and co-starred in with [Jonathan Wilson](/source/Jonathan_Wilson_(actor)).<ref>Karen Fricker, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2022/07/13/pitch-perfect-fringe-festival-satire-takes-aim-at-straight-cultures-representation-of-lgbtq-experience.html "Pitch-perfect Fringe festival satire takes aim at straight culture’s representation of LGBTQ+ experience"]. ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', July 13, 2022.</ref>

Krolik and Campbell received a [Dora Mavor Moore Award](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award) nomination for [Outstanding Original Play, Independent Theatre](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Best_Original_Play_(Independent_Theatre)) in 2023.<ref>Hélène Crowley, [https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/doras/2023-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/ "Announcing the 2023 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners"]. ''Intermission Magazine'', June 27, 2023.</ref> They returned to the 2023 Fringe Festival with the sequel show ''Blake and Clay's Gay Agenda''.<ref>Glenn Sumi, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2023/07/01/they-had-a-hit-fringe-play-about-coaching-straight-actors-to-play-gay-theyre-back-to-send-up-the-queer-community.html "They had a hit Fringe play about coaching straight actors to play gay. They’re back to send up the queer community"]. ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', July 1, 2023.</ref>

Krolik was previously a Dora nominee, alongside Colin Asuncion, Hume Baugh, Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, [Keith Cole](/source/Keith_Cole_(artist)), [daniel jelani ellis](/source/daniel_jelani_ellis), [Jeff Ho](/source/Ho_Ka_Kei), Michael Hughes, Indrit Kasapi, Eric Morin, G Kyle Shields, Chy Ryan Spain and Geoffrey Whynot, for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble, Independent Theatre in 2020, for [Buddies in Bad Times](/source/Buddies_in_Bad_Times)'s production of [Brian Francis](/source/Brian_Francis_(writer))'s ''Box 4901''.<ref>Mae Smith, [https://www.intermissionmagazine.ca/awards/2020-dora-mavor-moore-award-winners/ "2020 Dora Mavor Moore Award Winners"]. ''Intermission Magazine'', June 29, 2020.</ref>

He has also had supporting and guest roles in film and television. Originally from [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), he is an alumnus of the theatre program at [Sheridan College](/source/Sheridan_College).<ref>"Sheridan students win top honours". ''[Hamilton Spectator](/source/Hamilton_Spectator)'', September 16, 1999.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1616856}}

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Category:1977 births
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Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:21st-century Canadian male writers
Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male stage actors
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Category:Canadian gay actors
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Category:Male actors from Montreal
Category:Writers from Montreal
Category:Sheridan College alumni
Category:Canadian LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights
Category:Gay dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people

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