Brent Carver

Brent Carver was best known for his Tony Award winning performance as Molina in the hit stage production, Kiss of the Spider Woman. He was equally known on television or in film for his remarkable versatility. Critically acclaimed for his role as the Countess in the feature film Lilies, and for his title role in Whiskers, which earned him an Emmy nomination, Brent Carver had major roles in Richard III, Cyrano de Bergerac, Tartuffe, Jacques Brel, Cabaret, Much Ado About Nothing, and Mother Courage. For his work in 1996’s High Life, he was given a coveted Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Actor. He won his first Dora in 1981 for his portrayal of Horst in Martin Sherman’s Bent at Toronto’s Bathurst Street Theatre, a play about the Nazi persecution of homosexuals. In 2011 he played the role of Pontius Pilot in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar to great acclaim. When his family announced that he had died they wrote, in part, “His love of performing was matched only by his zest for life and lifetime devotion to family, friends and treasured pets.”