Noah Reid

Noah Nicholas Reid^[1] (born May 29,^[2] 1987^[3]) is a Canadian-American actor and musician, best known for his work on the television series Franklin and Schitt's Creek.^[4] In 2016, he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song for his work in the feature film People Hold On.^[5] In 2019, he received a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his work on Schitt's Creek.^[6]

Noah Reid
Reid performing at the Great Hall in Toronto in November 2019
Born	Noah Nicholas Reid (1987-05-29) May 29, 1987 (age 37) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship	Canada United States
Occupation(s)	Actor, musician
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Clare Stone ​ (m. 2020)​
Children	1

Early life

Reid was born^[7] and raised in Toronto, Ontario.^[8] The son of visual artists, he became involved in theatre around age six and regularly attended productions with his family throughout his childhood.^[9] He attended Etobicoke School of the Arts^[10] and is a 2008 graduate^[11] of the National Theatre School of Canada.^[8]

Career

Starting as a child actor, Reid did extensive voice work for Canadian and American children's television and was the original voice of the title character in Franklin from 1997 to 2004.^[12] While at Etobicoke School of the Arts, he co-starred in Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002–2006).

In 2005, Reid played Darrell Fox in the made-for-television movie Terry, dramatizing Terry Fox's historic run for cancer research. In 2007, he appeared in the Naturally, Sadie episode "As the Whirly Turns". In 2009, he guest-starred in the Degrassi: The Next Generation episode "Danger Zone".

Reid's first leading role in a feature film was Farley Gordon in Score: A Hockey Musical, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival.^[13] He then played several guest roles on television, including in the police drama Rookie Blue (2012, the project on which he met future wife Clare Stone^[14]) and the drama series Cracked (2013). In 2013, he also starred in the CW web series Backpackers.^[15] In 2015, Reid appeared briefly in the first episode of Annie Murphy's CBC television series The Plateaus.^[16] That year, he played the lead role in the ABC Family comedy series Kevin From Work,^[17] which was canceled after one season.^[18]

In 2016, Reid was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song for his work in the feature film People Hold On (2015), in which he also starred.^[5] He also released a self-produced full-length original album, Songs From a Broken Chair.^[19]

In 2017, Reid played the recurring role of Patrick in the third season of the CBC series Schitt's Creek.^[20] That year, he was also cast in the independent film Cardinals opposite Sheila McCarthy,^[21] which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.^[22]

In 2018, Reid was promoted to a series regular on Schitt's Creek, beginning with its fourth season.^[23] He also performed in a production of Hamlet at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.^[24] He appeared in the films Buffaloed and Disappearance at Clifton Hill, both released in February 2020.^[25][26] Also in February, Reid embarked on a sold-out tour across North America to support his then-upcoming second album. However, two-thirds of the original dates had to be indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[27] The album, Gemini, was released on May 29, 2020;^[28] the album's cover alluded to Reid's dual status as a musician and actor by depicting a Gemini Award statuette.^[29]

Reid made his Broadway debut in April 2022, joining the original Broadway cast of Tracy Letts's The Minutes,^[30][31] and released his third album, Adjustments, in June 2022.^[32]

On April 25, 2023, Reid announced a 26-city world tour, featuring stops in six countries, scheduled for the autumn of 2023.^[33] On May 2, 2023, dates in nine more cities were announced, extending the tour into January of 2024.^[34]

Personal life

Reid announced his engagement to former actress Clare Stone on December 31, 2018.^[35] They were married on July 25, 2020,^[36] and their first child, a son, was born in late summer 2022.^[37] Reid is a dual Canada-US citizen.^[38]

Discography

Albums

Album	Year	Notes
Songs From a Broken Chair	2016	Self-produced[39]
Gemini	2020	Baseline Music[28]
Adjustments	2022	Baseline Music[40]
T is for Tillerson EP	2024	Baseline Music[41]

Singles

Year	Title	Album
2016	"Runaway"	Songs From A Broken Chair
2018	"Simply the Best (From "Schitt's Creek")"	Simply the Best (From "Schitt's Creek")
2020	"Honesty"	Gemini
	"Jacob's Dream"
	"Hold On"
	"Got You"
2021	"A Case of You"	Performed for the Governor General's Awards in honour of Catherine O'Hara
2022	"Everyday"	Adjustments
	"Rivers Underground"
	"Minneapolis"
	"Statue's in the Stone"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company/Venue	Notes
1995–1997	Disney’s Beauty and the Beast	Chip	Princess of Wales Theatre	professional theatre debut
1999	Dave Carley's Big Box	Gilbert	Blyth Festival	originating the role
2000	Who Has Seen The Wind	Brian	Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton, Ontario	originating the role
2009	Three Sisters	Rhode	Stratford Festival
	Bartholomew Fair	Filcher	Stratford Festival
	Morris Panych's Tresspassers	Lowell	Stratford Festival	originating the role
2009	Miklós László's Parfumerie	Jancsi	Soulpepper Theatre Company	originating the role, also Music Director/Composer of this adaptation's original music
2010	Daniel Karasik's The Innocents	Aaron	SummerWorks Theatre Festival	originating the role
2013	David French's Jitters	Tom	Soulpepper Theatre Company
	John Logan's Red	Ken	Neptune Theatre
2014	George F. Walker's Dead Metaphor	Dean	Canadian Repertory Theatre / Panasonic Theatre
2015	Creditors	Adolf	Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto
	John Patrick Shanley's A Woman Is A Secret	Ricky	The Storefront Theatre, Toronto	originating the role
2017	Annie Baker's The Aliens	Jasper	Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto
2018	Hamlet	Hamlet	Tarragon Theatre	also original music composition
2022	The Minutes	Mr. Peel	Steppenwolf Theatre Company / Studio 54	Broadway debut
2024	Samuel D. Hunter's A Case for the Existence of God[42]	Ryan	Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	In Love and War	Boy
1997–1999	Pippi Longstocking	Tommy Settergren (voice)	22 episodes; credited as Noah Reed
1997–2004	Franklin	Franklin (voice)	31 episodes
1998	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	Timmy Brisby's Singing Voice (Uncredited)
2000–2001	In a Heartbeat	Mark	4 episodes
2000	Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall	Scurl Droptail (voice)
	Franklin and the Green Knight	Franklin Turtle (voice)	Direct-to-video
	Babar	Pom (voice)	13 episodes
	Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series	Spud (voice)	1 episode
2001	Martin the Warrior: A Tale of Redwall	Keyla (voice)
	Soul Food	Ritchie Stein	"Who Do You Know?"
	Franklin's Magic Christmas	Franklin Turtle (voice)	Direct-to-video
2001–2003	George Shrinks	Henry Cooper / Timmy Fortevoce (voice)	4 episodes
2001–2004	Rolie Polie Olie	Screwy (voice)	18 episodes
2002–2006	Strange Days at Blake Holsey High	Marshall Wheeler	41 episodes[43]
2002	Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun	Screwy (voice)	Direct-to-video
	The Strange Legacy of Cameron Cruz	Elmore "Tater" Brochet	Pilot
2005	Terry	Darrell Fox	Television film
2006	Jane and the Dragon	Gunther Breech (voice)	26 episodes
2007	Naturally, Sadie	Todd	"As the Whirly Turns"
2009	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Chris	"Danger Zone"
2010	Score: A Hockey Musical	Farley Gordon	Lead role; premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
2011	Three Inches	Walter Spackman	Television film
2012	Titanic	Harry Widener	Miniseries
	The Firm	Brian Strickland	"Chapter Three"
	Rookie Blue	Wyatt Cripton	"Class Dismissed"
	Alphas	Adam Gordon	"Gaslight"
	Old Stock	Stock Burton	Film
2013	Cracked	Mark Tisdale	"Voices"
	Backpackers	Ryan	Web television series
2014	Pride of Lions	Elliott Ackers
2015	The Plateaus	Gaille	1 episode: "Badger Trap"
	Kevin from Work	Kevin	Series regular
	People Hold On	Matthew
2016	House of Lies	Sam	"Tragedy of the Commons"
2017	Cardinals	Mark Loekner
2017–2020	Schitt's Creek	Patrick Brewer	Series regular; 39 episodes
2019	Disappearance at Clifton Hill	Marcus
	Buffaloed	JJ
2020	The Archivists	Will	Lead role; premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival[44]
2022–2024[45]	Outer Range	Billy Tillerson	Main cast[46]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2009	John Hirsch Award	Most Promising Young Actor, Stratford Festival	Morris Panych's Tresspassers	Won	[47]
2011	ACTRA Awards	Outstanding Performance – Male	Score: A Hockey Musical	Nominated	[48]
2016	Canadian Screen Awards	Achievement in Music – Original Song	People Hold On (Song: People Hold On)	Nominated	[49]
2017	My Entertainment World Critics' Picks Theatre Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor (Medium)	Jasper, Annie Baker's The Aliens at The Coal Mine Theatre	Won	[50]
2018	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Supporting or Guest Actor, Comedy	Schitt's Creek, Season 3	Nominated	[51]
2019	ACTRA Awards	Members' Choice Series Ensemble	Schitt's Creek, Season 4	Won	[52]
	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Supporting or Guest Actor, Comedy	Schitt's Creek, Season 4	Won	[53]
	Dorian Awards	TV Musical Performance of the Year	Schitt's Creek (Performance: Simply the Best)	Nominated	[54]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Schitt's Creek, Season 5	Nominated	[55]
2020	ACTRA Awards	Members' Choice Series Ensemble	Schitt's Creek, Season 5	Won	[56]
	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor, Comedy	Schitt's Creek, Season 5	Nominated	[57]
	Dorian Awards	TV Musical Performance of the Year	Schitt's Creek (Performance: Always Be My Baby)	Nominated	[58]
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Schitt's Creek, Season 6	Won	[59]
2021	ACTRA Awards	Members' Choice Series Ensemble	Schitt's Creek, Season 6	Won	[60]
	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor, Comedy	Schitt's Creek, Season 6	Nominated	[61]
2022	Canadian Folk Music Awards	English Songwriter(s) of the Year	Gemini	Nominated	[62]
	Canadian Folk Music Awards	New/Emerging Artist(s) of the Year	Gemini	Nominated	[63]
2023	Heritage Toronto	Public History Award	The History of the Danforth Music Hall	Nominated	[64]

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External links

• Official website
• Noah Reid at IMDb