Gharrett Patrick Paon is a Canadian actor and film producer.Kelly Townsend, "Wildhood’s long, tumultuous journey to production". Playback, August 24, 2020. He is most noted as a producer of the 2021 film Wildhood, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
An alumnus of Dalhousie University and the Canadian Film Centre,"Cape Breton-Richmond MLA touts Nova Scotia talent trust". Port Hawkesbury Reporter, December 20, 2017. he is the president of Rebel Road Films.
As an actor, he first became known for the 2014 short film I Am Syd Stone; however, when the short film was rebooted as a web series in 2019, he remained associated as a producer but agreed to recast the lead role with a different actor.Sam Fraser, "Syd Stone rolls on with new web series". The Coast, December 26, 2019. His other acting roles have included supporting appearances in the television series Life Unexpected, The Killing, Haven, The Book of Negroes, Forgive Me, Sex & Violence, Diggstown and The Sinner, and the films The Tenth Circle, Pokémon Apokélypse, Relative Happiness and North Mountain. He is a three-time ACTRA Award nominee from Screen Nova Scotia for his performances in I Am Syd Stone,Kimber Lubberts, "Screen Nova Scotia awards nominees announced". The Coast, April 29, 2015. Forgive Me and Sex & Violence.Tara Thorne, "Screen Nova Scotia's 2018 awards nominees announced". The Coast, April 24, 2018.
He is the son of Alana Paon, a former member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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