# Gregory Prest > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Prest > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gregory_Prest.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Prest > Source revision: 1247615687 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Actor, playwright and theatre director}} '''Gregory Prest''' is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) actor, playwright and theatre director. He is most noted for his role as Simon in the comedy television series ''[Pillow Talk](/source/Pillow_Talk_(Canadian_TV_series))'', for which he and his castmates received an ensemble nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the [11th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/11th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2023,{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2023 |title=Nicola Correia-Damude, Adam DiMarco, Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Sydney Scotia, Gregory Prest, Paolo Santalucia, Chris Robinson, Kwasi Thomas, Andrew Wheeler, Sharon Crandall, Vanessa Lauren Fox |url=https://www.academy.ca/2023/nicola-correia-damude-2/ |website=Academy.ca |language=en-US}} and as a [Dora Mavor Moore Award](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award) winner for Best Direction in a Musical in 2019 for [Soulpepper](/source/Soulpepper)'s musical ''Rose''.Karen Fricker, "Soulpepper's Rose grabs four Dora Awards". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', June 26, 2019. In 2012, he collaborated with [Ins Choi](/source/Ins_Choi), Raquel Duffy, Ken MacKenzie and Mike Ross on a theatrical adaptation of [Dennis Lee](/source/Dennis_Lee_(poet))'s children's poetry book ''[Alligator Pie](/source/Alligator_Pie)'',Victoria Ahearn, "Alligator Pie lifted from page to stage; Lee's ever-popular children's poem takes on new life form". ''[Kamloops Daily News](/source/Kamloops_Daily_News)'', October 29, 2012. for which they received ensemble Dora nominations for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Direction in the Theatre for Young Audiences division in 2013. He has also been a two-time Dora nominee as an actor, receiving nods for [Best Leading Actor, General Theatre](/source/Dora_Mavor_Moore_Award_for_Best_Leading_Actor_(General_Theatre)) in 2014 for ''[Of Human Bondage](/source/Of_Human_Bondage)'' at Soulpepper, and Best Actor in a Featured Performance in 2022 for the [Mirvish Productions](/source/Mirvish_Productions) staging of ''[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child](/source/Harry_Potter_and_the_Cursed_Child)''.[J. Kelly Nestruck](/source/J._Kelly_Nestruck), "The Dora Awards return in person: Back in full force after a hiatus, the performing arts honours celebrate the best in Toronto theatre, dance and opera". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', August 30, 2022. His credits as a director have included productions of [Anita Majumdar](/source/Anita_Majumdar)'s ''Fish Eyes'',Unnati Gandhi, "Inspired by Bollywood overkill". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', June 18, 2005. [Simon Stephens](/source/Simon_Stephens)'s ''[Punk Rock](/source/Punk_Rock_(play))'',[J. Kelly Nestruck](/source/J._Kelly_Nestruck), "Soulpepper's Gregory Prest on bullying, on stage and off: The well-known actor and director tackles Simon Stephens's Punk Rock in Toronto after standing in the eye of the storm at his theatrical home". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', April 5, 2018. [Michel Tremblay](/source/Michel_Tremblay)'s ''[Hosanna](/source/Hosanna_(play))'',Karen Fricker, "Emotional truth elicits Hosanna's brilliance". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', October 15, 2016. and [Wendy Wasserstein](/source/Wendy_Wasserstein)'s ''[The Heidi Chronicles](/source/The_Heidi_Chronicles)''.Trish Crawford, "The Heidi Chronicles, relevant as ever: Popular music woven into the narrative is key to this prize-winning, feminist play". ''[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)'', May 21, 2016. He is in a relationship with actor [Paolo Santalucia](/source/Paolo_Santalucia), who was one of his costars in ''Pillow Talk''.[https://more.ctv.ca/marilyn/entertainment/pillow-talk-stars-on-what-its-like-bringing-audiences-into-the-privacy-of-the-bedroom.html "'Pillow Talk' stars on what it's like bringing audiences into the privacy of the bedroom"]. ''[The Marilyn Denis Show](/source/The_Marilyn_Denis_Show)'', April 1, 2022. The couple first became known for their performances in [Soulpepper Theatre](/source/Soulpepper_Theatre)'s 2018 production of [Mark Crawford](/source/Mark_Crawford_(playwright))'s ''Bed and Breakfast'', in which Santalucia and Prest played all 22 of the play's characters themselves.[Peter Knegt](/source/Peter_Knegt), [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/this-new-play-queering-small-towns-offers-something-we-all-need-a-little-more-of-optimism-1.4784672 "This new play queering small towns offers something we all need a little more of: optimism"]. [CBC Arts](/source/CBC_Arts), August 15, 2018. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|3297554}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prest, Gregory}} Category:21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights Category:21st-century Canadian male actors Category:21st-century Canadian male writers Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people Category:Canadian male dramatists and playwrights Category:Canadian male stage actors Category:Canadian male television actors Category:Canadian gay actors Category:Canadian gay writers Category:Canadian LGBTQ dramatists and playwrights Category:Canadian people of Italian descent Category:Writers from Nova Scotia Category:Gay dramatists and playwrights Category:Canadian theatre directors Category:Male actors from Nova Scotia Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:LGBTQ theatre directors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gregory Prest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Prest) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Prest?action=history)). 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