Thom Allison is a Canadian actor.^[1] He is best known for his regular recurring role as Pree in the television seriesKilljoys,^[2] for which he won theCanadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the8th Canadian Screen Awards.^[3]

Allison was born and raised inWinnipeg, Manitoba as the son of aBlack Nova Scotian father and aMennonite mother.^[4]

Allison graduated from the acting program offered atRyerson Theatre School .^[5] Beginning his career in the early 1990s, Allison eventually went on to act for film, television and theatre alike.^[6]

Primarily a stage actor, he first attained prominence for his performance as Robin Turner inCanadian Stage's 2000 stage adaptation ofOutrageous!,^[1] for which he received aDora Mavor Moore Award nomination forOutstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role – Musical in 2001.^[7] He has also frequently appeared in productions at theShaw Festival and theStratford Festival, and in touring productions ofRent andPriscilla, Queen of the Desert,^[8] and appeared as drag queen Therese in the first episode ofKim's Convenience.^[9]

In 2003, Allison produced a solo CDA Whole Lotta Sunlight covering famous songs including "Moon River" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".^[10]

In 2019, Allison andMicah Barnes collaborated onKnishes 'n Grits, a stage show in which they explored the links betweenJewish music andAfrican American music.^[11]

Allison won theCanadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Pree in the television seriesKilljoys.^[2] He was also the recipient of twoTyrone Guthrie Awards presented by theStratford Festival Company.^[5]

Over the course of his career, Allison was nominated for various Canadian Theatre Awards including threeDora awards, twoBettys, twoJessies, an Ovation, and aSterling.^[5]

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