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Jonathan Crombie

ACTOR

1966 - 2015

Jonathan Crombie

Jonathan Crombie (October 12, 1966 – April 15, 2015) was a Canadian actor and voice-over artist, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in CBC Television's 1985 telefilm Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jonathan Crombie has received more than 1,685,029 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Crombie is the 9,267th most popular actor (down from 8,153rd in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from Canada (down from 695th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 16

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  • 3.01

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jonathan Crombie ranks 9,267 out of 13,578. Before him are Park So-yeon, Gail Patrick, Hong Seok-cheon, Max Thieriot, Angela Cavagna, and David Brian. After him are Matthew Daddario,

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Jonathan Crombie

Jonathan Crombie was born on Wednesday, October 12th, 1966, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was the baby of the family (he had two older sisters). His parents are David and Shirley Ann. Jonathan never intended on becoming an actor but he was spotted in a high school production of "The Wizard of Oz" by casting director Diane Polley. She suggested casting him as Gilbert Blythe in both A Judgment in Stone (1986), Anne of Green Gables (1985) & its sequel, Anne of Avonlea (1987) (it was titled "Anne of Avonlea" when it was first released on VHS). It is the role that won him recognition and is the role for which he is best remembered and loved.

Jonathan graduated from the University of Toronto's Victoria College in 1995. He had numerous performances at the prestigious Stratford Festival Theatre to his credit. His performance in the role of Valentine Coverly at the Canadian Stage Company's Arcadia earned Crombie a 1997 Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding Performance, a well deserved honor.

Jonathan Crombie's life

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Jonathan Crombie




Biography:

Jonathan David Crombie was born on October 12, 1966 in Toronto, Canada, a brother for his two older sisters. His father is ex-mayor of Toronto, David Crombie, and his mother's name, Shirley Ann, was perhaps prophetic of the role that was to begin his career. As a child he not only grew up in the political spotlight, but was weaned on Hank Williams and old musicals, recalling that he used to dance around the living room, dreaming that he would be the next Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. Jonathan never intended on being a professional actor but was spotted in a high school production of The Wizard of Oz by casting director Diane Polley, late mother to Road To Avonlea's Sarah Polley. She advised for his casting in both Judgement In Stone as well as in the role of Gilbert Blythe in Anne Of Green Gables. Needless to say, he won both roles, but it is the role of Gilbert that he is best known, and perhaps the role for which he is best loved. Jonathan, who is know by friends to be a board game aficionado, graduated fr

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