Dennis O'Connor is a bilingual actor born and raised in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec, Canada.
He received his acting training at the prestigious Actor's Studio in Montreal.
Throughout his career, O'Connor has showcased his linguistic versatility in numerous productions across Canada, premiering roles written by renowned playwrights such as Michel Tremblay, John Murrell, George F. Walker, David Fennario, and Daniel MacIvor.
On television, film, and stage, O'Connor has played a wide range of characters, including the quintessential everyman and bumbling cops.
As a character actor, O'Connor tends to find his artistic challenges on the stage, where he has taken on classical roles such as Tartuffe for Théâtre français de Toronto and Falstaff in an indie production of Henry IV, Part One.
For several summers, O'Connor portrayed Leopold Bloom in the James Joyce ''Ulysses'' / Bloomsday celebrations in Toronto, requiring great verbal and emotional dexterity.
He is most notably remembered for his role as Gaston Talbot in Larry Tremblay's The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi and created the English language premiere of Michel Tremblay's Narrator in For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (Encore une fois, si vous le permettez).
O'Connor has also performed in numerous solo pieces, including "disguise room" written by e. hughes for SeeshoplaytrickS, in Berlin, Germany.
As a veteran, O'Connor has narrated hundreds of radio dramas for CBC / Radio-Canada and has provided commercial voiceovers.
Throughout his career, O'Connor has received four Best Actor nominations for Toronto's Dora Theatre Awards.
