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[td]He worked as an [[Audio engineer|audio technician]] for [[Music of Newfoundland and Labrador#Modern era|rock bands based in Newfoundland and Labrador]],<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Courtney |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Graham Greene: The RD Interview |url=https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/graham-greene-rd-interview/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Reader's Digest Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> and later related that musician [[Crowbar (Canadian band)#Members|Kelly Jay]] repeatedly encouraged him to try out for a play.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=August 15, 1994 |title=On Location Preview |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1994/08/15/3694-19940815/ |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]A common misconception is that he graduated from the Toronto-based [[Centre for Indigenous Theatre]]'s Native Theatre School program. As he noted in a 2012 interview, he said he "helped run it, as executive director of a school-supporting local arts organization".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=One of Canada's most gifted, iconic actors |url=https://playbackonline.ca/hall-of-fame/inductees/one-of-canadas-most-gifted-iconic-actors/ |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> By the 1970s, he began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England and in 1976 he participated in the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s touring workshop performance of [[James Reaney]]'s ''Wacousta.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Mary Jane |date=January 1, 1981 |title=James Reaney, "Wacousta!": A melodrama in three acts with a description of its development in workshops |url=https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71β75 |doi=10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |issn=1196-1198|url-access=subscription }}</ref>[/td]
[td]David Godkin, in a 2012 interview of Greene, states that contrary to other reports, Greene did not attend the Toronto-based [[Centre for Indigenous Theatre]]'s Native Theatre School program, but rather "helped run it, as executive director of a school-supporting local arts organization."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Godkin |first=David |date=2012 |title=One of Canada's most gifted, iconic actors |url=https://playbackonline.ca/hall-of-fame/inductees/one-of-canadas-most-gifted-iconic-actors/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Playback}}</ref> By the 1970s, he began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England and in 1976 he participated in the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s touring workshop performance of [[James Reaney]]'s ''Wacousta.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Mary Jane |date=January 1, 1981 |title=James Reaney, "Wacousta!": A melodrama in three acts with a description of its development in workshops |url=https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71β75 |doi=10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |issn=1196-1198|url-access=subscription }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]His television debut was in an episode of ''[[The Great Detective]]'' in 1979,<ref>{{Citation |title="The Great Detective" The Black Curse (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0768407/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1 |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> and his film debut was in 1983 in ''[[Running Brave]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Running Brave (1983) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086220/ |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> On viewing his first television role, Greene stated that it was "awful", and that it prompted him to start learning to act as a profession.<ref name=":3" />[/td]
[td]His television debut was in an episode of ''[[The Great Detective]]'' in 1979,<ref>{{Citation |title="The Great Detective" The Black Curse (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0768407/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1 |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> and his film debut was in 1983 in ''[[Running Brave]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Running Brave (1983) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086220/ |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> On viewing his first television role, Greene stated that it was "awful", and that it prompted him to start learning to act as a profession.<ref name=":3" />[/td]
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[td]He worked as an [[Audio engineer|audio technician]] for [[Music of Newfoundland and Labrador#Modern era|rock bands based in Newfoundland and Labrador]],<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Courtney |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Graham Greene: The RD Interview |url=https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/graham-greene-rd-interview/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Reader's Digest Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> and later related that musician [[Crowbar (Canadian band)#Members|Kelly Jay]] repeatedly encouraged him to try out for a play.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=August 15, 1994 |title=On Location Preview |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1994/08/15/3694-19940815/ |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>[/td]Revision as of 22:09, 2 September 2025
[/td][td]He worked as an [[Audio engineer|audio technician]] for [[Music of Newfoundland and Labrador#Modern era|rock bands based in Newfoundland and Labrador]],<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Shea |first1=Courtney |date=March 3, 2017 |title=Graham Greene: The RD Interview |url=https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/graham-greene-rd-interview/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Reader's Digest Canada |language=en-US}}</ref> and later related that musician [[Crowbar (Canadian band)#Members|Kelly Jay]] repeatedly encouraged him to try out for a play.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=August 15, 1994 |title=On Location Preview |url=https://playbackonline.ca/1994/08/15/3694-19940815/ |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]A common misconception is that he graduated from the Toronto-based [[Centre for Indigenous Theatre]]'s Native Theatre School program. As he noted in a 2012 interview, he said he "helped run it, as executive director of a school-supporting local arts organization".<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=One of Canada's most gifted, iconic actors |url=https://playbackonline.ca/hall-of-fame/inductees/one-of-canadas-most-gifted-iconic-actors/ |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> By the 1970s, he began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England and in 1976 he participated in the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s touring workshop performance of [[James Reaney]]'s ''Wacousta.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Mary Jane |date=January 1, 1981 |title=James Reaney, "Wacousta!": A melodrama in three acts with a description of its development in workshops |url=https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71β75 |doi=10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |issn=1196-1198|url-access=subscription }}</ref>[/td]
[td]David Godkin, in a 2012 interview of Greene, states that contrary to other reports, Greene did not attend the Toronto-based [[Centre for Indigenous Theatre]]'s Native Theatre School program, but rather "helped run it, as executive director of a school-supporting local arts organization."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Godkin |first=David |date=2012 |title=One of Canada's most gifted, iconic actors |url=https://playbackonline.ca/hall-of-fame/inductees/one-of-canadas-most-gifted-iconic-actors/ |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=Playback}}</ref> By the 1970s, he began performing in professional theatre in Toronto and England and in 1976 he participated in the [[University of Western Ontario]]'s touring workshop performance of [[James Reaney]]'s ''Wacousta.''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Miller |first=Mary Jane |date=January 1, 1981 |title=James Reaney, "Wacousta!": A melodrama in three acts with a description of its development in workshops |url=https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=71β75 |doi=10.3138/tric.2.1.71 |issn=1196-1198|url-access=subscription }}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]His television debut was in an episode of ''[[The Great Detective]]'' in 1979,<ref>{{Citation |title="The Great Detective" The Black Curse (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0768407/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1 |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> and his film debut was in 1983 in ''[[Running Brave]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Running Brave (1983) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086220/ |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> On viewing his first television role, Greene stated that it was "awful", and that it prompted him to start learning to act as a profession.<ref name=":3" />[/td]
[td]His television debut was in an episode of ''[[The Great Detective]]'' in 1979,<ref>{{Citation |title="The Great Detective" The Black Curse (TV Episode 1979) - IMDb |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0768407/?ref_=nm_flmg_eps_tt_1 |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> and his film debut was in 1983 in ''[[Running Brave]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Running Brave (1983) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086220/ |language=en-US |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> On viewing his first television role, Greene stated that it was "awful", and that it prompted him to start learning to act as a profession.<ref name=":3" />[/td]
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