{{short description|Canadian poet, musician and actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Kris Demeanor''' is a Canadian poet, musician and actor, who received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for his performance in the film ''The Valley Below''.<ref>"Calgary's former poet laureate, Kris Demeanor, gets Canadian Screen Award nomination". ''Calgary Herald'', January 13, 2015.</ref>
Prior to his performance in the film, Demeanor worked primarily as a musician and poet,<ref>"Meet Kris Demeanor, Calgary's new poet laureate". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 31, 2012.</ref> releasing six CDs and serving a term as poet laureate of Calgary, Alberta from 2012 to 2014.<ref>[https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Kris+Demeanor+named+Calgary+first+poet+laureate/6324477/story.html "Kris Demeanor named Calgary’s first poet laureate"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022130506/http://www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/Kris+Demeanor+named+Calgary+first+poet+laureate/6324477/story.html |date=2020-10-22 }}. ''Calgary Herald'', March 18, 2012.</ref> His song "I Have Seen the Future" formed the basis of Cam Christiansen's animated film of the same name,<ref>"Animator draws on subjects' inner lives". ''Calgary Herald'', June 17, 2011.</ref> which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list in 2007.<ref name=newshorts>"Cronenberg, Arcand make Hogtown film festival's top Canadian movies list". ''Daily Gleaner'', December 12, 2007.</ref>
In 2021 he appeared in ''Range Roads'', the second film by ''The Valley Below'' director Kyle Thomas.<ref name=volmers>Eric Volmers, [https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/local-arts/the-quiet-road-calgary-filmmakers-sophomore-film-range-roads-a-subtle-drama-about-estranged-siblings "The Quiet Road: Calgary filmmaker's sophomore film, Range Roads, a subtle drama about estranged siblings"]. ''Calgary Herald'', April 16, 2021.</ref> In 2024 he appeared in Alexander Carson's mockumentary film ''Alberta Number One''.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/event/alberta-number-one/ "Alberta Number One"]. ''Now'', November 17, 2025.</ref> Demeanor lives in Calgary with his partner, author Deborah Willis, and their daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/books/calgary-author-deborah-willis-explores-abandonment-fame-and-space-travel-in-debut-novel|title=Calgary author Deborah Willis explores abandonment, fame and space travel in debut novel|access-date=January 30, 2026|last=Volmers|first=Eric}}</ref>
==Discography== *''Kris Demeanor'' (1999) *''Lark'' (2001) *''Party All Night'' (2004) *''Go Away (With Me)'' (2007) *''The Guilt and the Shame: Tales of the Canadian West'' (2007) *''These United States'' (2009)
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==External links== *[http://www.krisdemeanor.com/ Kris Demeanor]
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