{{Short description|Canadian television personality}} {{Infobox person | name = Sid Bobb | image = Sid Bobb (14174606282) (cropped).jpg | image_upright = 0.8 | caption = Bobb in 2014 | birth_date = | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|presenter}} | mother = Lee Maracle | relatives = Columpa Bobb (sister) | awards = Gemini Award (2009) | website = https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/about/ }}
'''Sid Bobb''' is a Canadian actor and television presenter. He is the co-artistic director at Aanmitaagzi in North Bay, Ontario and an instructor at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre. From 2007 to 2016, he, along with Patty Sullivan, hosted the programming block ''Kids' CBC''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/sid_bobb| title = CBC.ca - Program Guide - Personalities}}</ref> Bobb is of Coast Salish ancestry and has family roots in the Sto:lo First Nations.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life, personal life and education == Bobb is originally from the Vancouver Island area located in British Columbia.<ref name=":0" /> Bobb is the child of Raymond Bobb and Indigenous author Lee Maracle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2018 |title=Why actor Sid Bobb loved Lee Maracle's novel Ravensong |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/why-actor-sid-bobb-loved-lee-maracle-s-novel-ravensong-1.4693858 |website=CBC Books}}</ref> Other notable members of his family are his sister, actress Columpa Bobb, his aunt, politician Joan Phillip, and his great-grandfather, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief and actor Dan George.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Drew Hayden |date=2021-11-17 |title=Inspiring and uncompromising, Lee Maracle could raise you up or eviscerate you |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-inspiring-and-uncompromising-lee-maracle-could-raise-you-up-or/ |access-date=2022-12-09}}</ref>
Bobb is a graduate of the University of Toronto's sociology and drama programs (2001) and attended the Second City school of training, the Banff Centre for the Arts' Aboriginal Dance Project and the Centre for Indigenous Theatre.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sid Bobb, Co-Artistic Director |url=https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/about/founding-members/sid-bobb/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Aanmitaagzi: He/She Speaks |language=en-US}}</ref>
Bobb is currently based in North Bay, Ontario, and the father of two children.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Bobb has been a professional actor since 1993.<ref name=":1" /> Sid Bobb has performed in Canada's largest theatres across the country; storytelling, in plays, and dancing. For three seasons, he was co-host of the internationally broadcast Canadian Geographic Kids, and from 2007 to 2016 he co-hosted Kids' CBC with Patty Sullivan.<ref name=":1" />
In 2007, Bobb, alongside his wife Penny Couchie, founded Aanmitaagzi in Penny's home community of Nipissing First Nation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/about/history/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Aanmitaagzi: He/She Speaks |language=en-US}}</ref> Since then Bobb has been Co-Artistic Director of Aanmitaagzi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Team |url=https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/about/our-team/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Aanmitaagzi: He/She Speaks |language=en-US}}</ref> In this role Bobb has been a part of multiple theatrical productions with Aanmitaagzi and other studios including Spiderwoman theater and Centre for Indigenous Theatre.
==Filmography==
===Film=== * ''The Pathfinder'' (1998) - Young Warrior * ''Song of Hiawatha'' (1997) - Young Huron Warrior * ''O-Getche Tahk: The Lost Warriors'' (2015) - Wasageshik * ''Bloodlines'' (2025) - Announcer
===Television=== * ''Canada: A People's History'' (2000) - Taignoagny (Season 1, Episode 1 "When the World Began") * ''Relic Hunter'' (2002) - Shaman (Season 3, Episode 13 "Fire in the Sky"); Anasazi Man (Season 3, Episode 16 "Under the Ice") * ''Kids' CBC'' (2007-2016) - Host * ''Hard Rock Medical'' (2018) - Fergus (Episodes "White Coats" and "Too Close for Comfort")<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0090293/|title=Sid Bobb|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>
=== Theatre ===
* Stories of Nipissing (2006–08) * Women In Violence II (2012)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Past Projects & Activities |url=https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/archives/past-projects-and-activities/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Aanmitaagzi: He/She Speaks |language=en-US}}</ref> * When Will You Rage? (2013)<ref name=":2" /> * Dances of Resistance (2012 – 2014)<ref name=":2" /> * Serpent People (2015 – 2018)<ref name=":2" /> * That's Not Funny (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=THAT'S NOT FUNNY |url=https://artoftimeensemble.com/concert/that-s-not-funny |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Art of Time Ensemble |language=en-US}}</ref> * Material Witness (2016 – 2019) * Where Does Art Begin? (2019 – 2020) * Tonto’s Nephews (2004 - 2011; 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |title=TOLive Portal |url=https://tolive.com/Event-Details-Page/reference/Tonto-Nephews-2024 |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=tolive.com}}</ref> * All My R(el)ations (2023-2026)<ref>{{Cite web |title=All My R(el)ations |url=https://www.aanmitaagzi.net/projects/all-my-relations/ |access-date=2026-03-31 |website=Aanmitaagzi: He/She Speaks |language=en-US}}</ref>
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