David's Bio

David LeReaney has been acting, directing, coaching and teaching for a living since 1979, appearing in or directing over 200 plays at most of the professional theatres in Alberta. Most notably performing featured roles in MEPHISTO at the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton), BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR (Workshop West, Edmonton), TWELFTH NIGHT (Theatre Calgary), 7 STORIES (Alberta Theatre Projects), GUYS AND DOLLS (Stage West Calgary), CABARET (Theatre Calgary), FOR THE PLEASURE OF SEEING HER AGAIN (ATP) SLEUTH and Black Coffee as Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot (Vertigo Theatre , Calgary) to name just a few.

He has a busy career in film and TV, appearing in MORE THAN 50 productions such as HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS, JAKE AND THE KID, CAITLINS WAY, HIGH NOON, AFTER THE HARVEST (appearing with Sam Shepard), RATRACE (appearing with John Cleese), THE CLAIM, JOHNSON COUNTY WAR, ROUGHING IT, BURN: THE ROBERT WRAIGHT STORY, THE INCREDIBLE MRS RITCHIE, DANGEROUS AQUAINTANCES and TOM STONE, LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, COMEBACK SEASON, THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES and PASSCHENDAELE.

David is a respected coach and teacher of dialects and accents through his company, Dial/Act Inc. having taught at almost every college and university in Alberta. He has been the dialect coach on many made in Alberta films such as PAPA’S ANGELS, JOHNSON COUNTY WAR, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF NANCY EATON, LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME, INTO THE WEST, BROKEN TRAIL, AND CAROLINA MOON, coaching Eva Marie Saint, Jessica Pare, Rachel Ward, Cynthia Nixon, Brenda Fricker, Matthew Modine, Kerri Russel, Skeet Ulrich, Joely Richardson, Greta Scacchi, Clair Forlani and Jacqueline Bisset and many others. David is also founder and president of the Calgary chapter of Peforming Arts Lodges of Canada, (www.palcalgary.ca) dedicated to the goal of providing affordable housing for low income members of the performing arts community. David is also a standardized patient trainer at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Medicine

AWARDS: 1993 - Best actor AMPIA (Alberta Motion Pictures Industry Association) award
for THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT,

2000 - HARRY AND MARTHA COHEN Award (for sustained and significant contribution to theatre in Calgary).

2007 - AMPIA for his narration of THE CULT OF WALT