Scott Bellis is a Vancouver-based Canadian actor, director and theatre instructor. He has been working out of Vancouver since 1987. He was appointed as President of Canadian Actors' Equity Association in November 2017, having served as Councillor since 2012.
He is a founding member and Artistic Associate at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.
His television appearances have included Vancouver-based series such as The X-Files (as Max Fenig), The Dead Zone and MacGyver.
Training Bellis attended Studio 58 at Langara College in January 1985, graduating in 1987. He is the director and an instructor for the Arts Club's annual Actor's Intensive.
Bard on the Beach Scott Bellis first joined Bard on the Beach for their inaugural season in 1990, as an actor and supporter. He is considered one of the original founding members and has been involved in over 40 productions with the company. He became an Artistic Associate of Bard in 2004.
Productions Scott Bellis has been involved in over 130 productions across the country. Select companies include Bard on the Beach, Arts Club Theatre, Carousel Theater, Ruby Slippers, The Virtual Stage, Touchstone Theatre, Blackbird Theatre (Vancouver), Persephone Theatre (Saskatoon), Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops), Canadian Stage (Toronto), Vertigo (Calgary), and Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg).
+Select Production CreditsPlayRoleCompanyYear The RivalsLucius O'TriggerBlackbird2015King LearFoolBard on the Beach / Theatre Calgary2015Midsummer Night's DreamBottomBard on the Beach2006/2014Avenue QArts Club2013/2015HamletHamletBard on the Beach1995Bat Boy: The MusicalPatrick Street2010Art of MurderJackVertigo2009Aprés MoiRuby Slippers2015Hotel BethlehemRuby Slippers2013James and the Giant PeachCarousel2015St. JoanArts Club2014Educating RitaArts Club2014EquivocationPersephone2014God of CarnagePersephone2011Tear the Curtain!Electric Company2010Pride and PrejudiceArts Club2016Good PeopleArts Club2016As You Like ItTouchstoneBard on the Beach2005Julius CaesarBrutusBard on the Beach2007Taming of the ShrewPetruchioBard on the Beach2001Henry VHenry VBard on the Beach2002King JohnKing JohnBard on the Beach2012Merry Wives of WindsorMaster Ford/Dr. Caius (2004)Bard on the Beach1994/ 2004/
2012/
2016MacbethDuncanBard on the Beach2018Romeo and JulietFriar LawrenceBard on the Beach2016Comedy of ErrorsEgeonBard on the Beach2015 The TempestAlonsoBard on the Beach2014Henry VIRichard Duke of YorkBard on the Beach2011Richard IIIDuke of BuckinghamBard on the Beach2011All's Well that Ends WellParollesBard on the Beach2009Richard IINorthumberlandBard on the Beach2009 The Leisure SocietyRuby Slippers2006True Story(r)EvolutionCyrano de BergeracArts Club2008Poster BoysArts Club2008 The OptimistsArts Club2007 +Select Directing CreditsPlayCompanyYearTwo Gentlemen of VeronaBard on the Beach2017 The Comedy of ErrorsBard on the Beach2015Antony and CleopatraBard on the Beach2010 A Midsummer Night's DreamStudio 58Julius CaesarStudio 58Richard IIIStudio 58 The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmonPersephone2013Twelfth NightCarousel Theatre
Film credits Bellis has participated in many television series including The Outer Limits, Smallville, and The Dead Zone, television movies and feature films such as Little Women, Timecop, and Antitrust. His role in The X-Files was that of the alien abductee Max Fenig in the episodes of "Fallen Angel," "Tempus Fugit," and "Max."
Awards Scott Bellis has been nominated for 20 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. He has received awards for his performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Bard, 2007), All's Well that Ends Well (Bard, 2010), Avenue Q (Arts Club 2014), Aprés Moi (Ruby Slippers, 2016).
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