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Mel Tuck

Actor & Coach

Mel Tuck
Mel is a highly regarded pioneer of Canadian theatre, a director of international reputation and an innovator in acting training technique and philosophy. In a career spanning 55 years, he has performed in dozens of plays, founded 9 theatre companies and has directed over 300 shows across Canada. 
 
He headed the drama department at Ryerson University for 13 years and originated and ran the Gastown Actors Studio conservatory for 12 years. Mel taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity for 3 years and has also been periodically teaching at VanArts for the past 5 years. He has taught advanced scene study at his Austin-Tuck Studios for the last 18 years. Mel holds a BFA from the University of Alberta.
 
He has been recognized in 2019 with the John Juliani Award for Excellence / Lifetime Achievement Award by UBCP/ACTRA. He has been nominated for two ACTRA Awards, a Canadian Film Award, and has won two film festival awards.
 
Mel was most recently seen in the TV series Family Law with Victor Garber as Judge Pennyfeather, as well as TV movie A Christmas for the Ages.
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Working students

Mel has taught, coached and mentored thousands of Canadian actors across the country spanning three generations. He has been gratified to watch his students gain exposure and win awards in the North American film industry and London’s West End, including Eric McCormack, Barry Pepper, Molly Parker, Jared Keeso, David James Elliott, Nia Vardalos, John Pyper-Ferguson, Hiro Kanagawa, Steve Bacic, Scott McNeil, Ian Tracey, Martin Cummins, Teryl Rothery, Matt Hill, Paul McGillion, Daniel Bacon, John Cassini, Brent Stait, Benjamin Ratner, Roger Cross, William MacDonald, John Novak, Catherine Lough Haggquist, Roman Podhora, Peter Bryant, Lynda Boyd, Rachel Hayward, Nicholas Lea, David Cubitt, Jill Teed, Johannah Newmarch, Mark Brandon,Ken Tremblett, Lynne Griffin, Jed Rees, Jeff Wincott, John Destry, Bart Anderson, Eli Gabay, William S. Taylor, Larissa Laskin, Tom Pickett, Noah Beggs, Troy Ruptash, Gary Hetherington, Bronwen Smith, John Prowse, Nancy Sivak, Danny Wattley, Bill Marchant, Robert Wisden, Maurice Godin, Christianne Hirt, Tannis Burnett, Chad Willett, Linda Ko, Rick Tae, Jennifer Clement, Akiko Morison, Karen Elizabeth Austin, Kelsey Gillis, Suzy Joachim, Morgan Brayton, Scott Heindl, Debbie Podowski, Kaaren de Zilva, Mercedes de la Zerda, Max Lloyd-Jones, Andrew Herr, Rob Raco, Anna Maiche, A.J. Buckley, Keenan Tracey, as well as award-winning casting directors Candice Elzinga and Jon Comerford.