Albert Schultz
Canadian actor
Albert Hamilton Schultz ( SHUULTS; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz became public in January 2018.
Education
Albert Hamilton Schultz was born in Port Hope, Ontario, on July 30, 1963. He is the son of Virginia and Peter Schultz, the publisher of the Port Hope Evening Guide. He has an older brother (Henry) and sister (Amanda). His father died of leukemia when he was six, and his mother moved the family to Napanee, Ontario. He grew up in Okotoks, Alberta. Schultz studied drama at Toronto's York University from 1981 to 1982, and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1984 to 1985. He received an honorary doctorate at Queen's University in 2008 and from Bishop's University in 2009, which has since been rescinded.
Theatre
His theatre career as an actor includes several roles at the Stratford Festival, including Romeo in Robin Phillips' production of Romeo and Juliet, and at Soulpepper, including the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Chekhov's Platonov, and Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.
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