{{Short description|Canadian actor}} {{Use Canadian English|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} '''Judah Katz''' (born 23 June 1960) is a Canadian actor born in Montreal, Quebec.<ref>"Katz captures the Summit eagle" by Matthew Romanada, ''National Post'' (8 April, 2006) [Toronto Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|330407249}}</ref> He has worked in Toronto and Los Angeles<ref name=GazetteCatcallsRef>"Katz is getting catcalls - and that's fine with him" by Mike Boone, The Montreal Gazette (9 Feb, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|434304591}}</ref> for more than 40 years, appearing in both TV series and films.
Winning a national "ACTRA Award" (now called a Canadian Screen Award) for his very first foray in front of a camera in 1983 as "best new actor in Canadian Television",<ref>"Air Farce, Billy Bishop big ACTRA winners" by Rick Groen, ''The Globe and Mail'' (18 April, 1983) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|386548824}}</ref> he also received a Gemini Award (now called a Canadian Screen Award) for "best supporting actor" for his role as Alan Eagleson<ref>"Documentary or drama: Hockey on TV" by Alex Strachan, ''The Sudbury Star'' (8 April, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|349137598}}</ref> in the CBC mini-series ''Canada Russia '72''.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/this-hour-has-22-minutes-slings-arrows-winners-in-geminis-final-gala-1.579845] </ref><ref>"Ex-Kid McKinney picks up two wins at Gemini Awards" by Alex Strachan, ''Nanaimo Daily News'' (19 Oct, 2006) [Final Edition] Retrieved from {{ProQuest|361707945}}</ref>
Katz studied acting for two years at Vanier College and a further three years at the Dome Professional Theatre School.<ref name=GazetteCatcallsRef/> He has also studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts and with the "voice doctor" Robert Easton of Los Angeles. Method acting from 1992-1995 in the Master class and then privately with late renowned film and television acting coach and teacher David Rotenberg.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1985|| ''Movers & Shakers'' || Freddie || |- |1988|| ''Switching Channels'' || Tillinger Sound Man || |- |1995|| ''Moonlight and Valentino'' || Marc || |- |1996|| ''Crash'' || Salesman || |- |1996|| data-sort-value="Long Kiss Goodnight, The" | ''The Long Kiss Goodnight'' || Harry (Perkin's Aide) || |- |1996|| ''Goosebumps'' || Dr. Brewer/Dr. Brewer's Clone || 1 episode, Stay Out of the Basement |- ||1999|| ''Boy Meets World'' || Chadookie (uncredited) || 2 episode, The Honeymooners |- |2000, 2002|| ''Queer as Folk'' || Pancho Ryder, Marty Ryder ||4 episodes |- |2001|| ''XChange'' || Lister || |- |2003|| ''Owning Mahowny'' || Broker || |- |2003|| ''Spinning Boris'' || Michael Kramer || |- |2005|| ''Cinderella Man'' || Reporter #4 || |- |2006|| ''Canada Russia '72'' || Alan Eagleson || TV miniseries<ref>"Canada Russia '72" by Andrew Ryan, ''The Globe and Mail'' (8 April, 2006) Retrieved from {{ProQuest|383567310}}</ref> |- |2010|| ''Casino Jack'' || Abbe Lowell || |- |2011|| ''Breakaway'' || Smitty || |- |2012|| ''Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story II'' || Alan Eagleson || |- |2012|| ''Blood Pressure'' || Mike Trestman || |- |2013|| ''Jack'' || Brian Topp || |- |2014|| ''Dr. Cabbie'' || James Whilcher || |- |2015|| ''Gridlocked'' || Bill || |- |2016|| ''Private Eyes'' || Jack Cutler || The Money Shot|| |- |2016, 2019, 2020|| ''Mayday'' || Captain Yitzhak Fuchs,
NTSB Investigator,
TSB Investigator Cunningham || 3 episodes, High Rise Catastrophe,
Nuts and Bolts,
Atlantic Ditching |- |2017|| ''High-Rise Rescue'' || Clay Pellington || |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0441754}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Katz, Judah}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian male film actors Category:Canadian male television actors Category:Male actors from Montreal Category:Jewish Canadian male actors Category:Best Supporting Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries Canadian Screen Award winners