{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=April 2017}} {{Promotional|date=June 2020}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Diego Matamoros | birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<ref>[https://soulpepper.ca/about-us/the-company/actors/diego-matamoros/756 Diego Matamoros] at Soulpepper Theater</ref> | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1980–present }} '''Diego Matamoros''' is a Canadian actor who has performed in theatre, television, film, radio, and voice animation, both across Canada and in the United States. In 1998, he voiced the character, William Birkin, in the video game, ''Resident Evil 2'', and won a Gemini Award for his performance as Dr. Goldman in CBC Television's miniseries, ''The Sleep Room''. Other film credits include: "Montreal Vu Par" directed by Denys Arcand (1990) and the film adaptation of Anne Michaels' award-winning novel, ''Fugitive Pieces,'' directed by Jeremy Podeswa (2007). In 1998 he co-founded the Soulpepper Theatre Company with 11 other actors and has, since then, appeared in every season with the company, with more than 70 roles over 22 seasons.
==Career== In 2006, he co-founded and taught Soulpepper's advanced actors' year-round training program: The Soulpepper Academy. He has taught and directed at the National Theatre School of Canada, Ryerson University, George Brown Theatre School, and the University of Toronto. He had also received the Dora Mavor Moore Award multiple times for his stage performances, which include The Fool in King Lear (2006), Clov in Samuel Beckett's Endgame (1999 and 2015), the title role in "Uncle Vanya" (2000, 2001 and 2008), George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (2014) and Roy Cohn in Angels in America (2013 and 2014). He also co-created and performed two original works for the company: an eponymous adaptation of ''The Aleph'' (2011)<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/arts/theatre-review-diego-matamoros-dazzles-again-in-the-aleph Robert Cushman, Theatre Review: Diego Matamoros dazzles again in The Aleph],''The National Post'', 21 May 2011, Retrieved 3 March 2024</ref> and "Cage" (2017), which was also performed as part of Soulpepper's summer residency at the Signature Theatre, 55th Street, in New York City.<ref>[http://intermissionmagazine.ca/spotlight/diego-matamoros/ Catherine Kustanczy, Spotlight: Diego Matamoros], ''Intermission Magazine'', Retrieved Nov 20, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/actor-diego-matamoros-on-moliere-and-on-success-if-the-public-disregards-it-then-youre-not-an-artist/article20069127 Brad Wheeler, Actor Diego Matamoros on Molière and on success], ''The Globe and Mail'', August 14, 2014, Retrieved November 20, 2016</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=titleYear&step=2&byty-award-v=2&byty-winners-v=True&byty-title-v=The+Sleep+Room&byty-year-v=0 |title=About the Academy - Academy |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121165909/http://www.academy.ca/About-the-Academy/Awards-Database?flow=titleYear&step=2&byty-award-v=2&byty-winners-v=True&byty-title-v=The+Sleep+Room&byty-year-v=0 |archivedate=November 21, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/matamoros-diego Diego Matamoros, Encyclopedia.com]</ref> He is also known for voicing Cluny the Scourge and Badrang the Tyrant in ''Redwall''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1987|| ''The Big Town'' || Sid || |- |1991|| ''Montreal Stories'' || Homme au verre de vin || (segment "Vue d'ailleurs") |- |1998|| ''Resident Evil 2'' || William Birkin || video game |- |1998|| ''The Sleep Room'' || Dr. Goldman || |- |1998|| ''Bone Daddy'' || Baxter || |- |1999|| ''Redwall'' || Cluny the Scourge (voice)|| TV series |- |2001|| ''Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall''|| Badrang The Tyrant (voice)|| TV series |- |2003|| ''The Gospel of John'' || Nicodemus || |- |2007|| ''Fugitive Pieces'' || Jozef || |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0558080}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Matamoros, Diego}} Category:20th-century Canadian male actors Category:21st-century Canadian male actors Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries Canadian Screen Award winners Category:Canadian male film actors Category:Canadian male television actors Category:Canadian male voice actors Category:Canadian male stage actors Category:Brazilian emigrants to Canada Category:Canadian people of Brazilian descent Category:Male actors from Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Dora Mavor Moore Award winners