Juan Chioran

Stage

Chioran is especially associated with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival where he is based in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. To date he has appeared in 18 seasons at the Festival, performing in comedies, Gilbert and Sullivan operattas,musicals and, of course, Shakespeare. Chioran appears in filmed performances of several Stratford productions, including two of Richard Monette's productions of Shakespeare's plays, which were performed and shot on-stage, produced by Norman Campbell of CBC Television, and released as television movies. In addition to non-televised stage roles, he played a Servant in The Taming of the Shrew (1988),^[1] and the Spanish Merchant in The Comedy of Errors,^[2] which were his earliest screen appearances.

Screen

Chioran has had numerous film and television roles. One of his earliest screen roles occurred in 1993, portraying Nicky, an art forger who gets caught up in a murder committed by his patron Eve (Roberta Bizeau), on the Canadian crime-fighting series Counterstrike in the episode, "French Twist." He played Laurie in the theatrical film The Perfect Son (2000).^[3] Chioran's television roles include Dr. Christian Vezza, the corrupt and criminal personal physician to billionaire gangster "Dale the Whale" in the 2002 Monk episode, "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale."^[4][5] He played the role of Francobollo Garibaldi, the father of Raven-Symoné's character in the Disney Channel original television movie, The Cheetah Girls (2003).^[3]

More recently he appeared in the 2024 film Mother Father Sister Brother Frank as Frank.^[6]

Voice acting

Chioran is known for his voice acting roles, such as Lance Boil on Grossology (2006–2009),^[7] King Caradoc in Jane and the Dragon (2006),^[7] Barry Bullevardo in the animated series Iggy Arbuckle (2007), and Doji in Beyblade: Metal Fusion (the first 31 episodes, succeeded by Andrew Jackson).

In Totally Spies!, he voiced the uncredited role of Ice Cream Man in the 2006 episode "Evil Ice Cream Man Much?"^{[citation needed]}

He was Snow Miser in the 2008 movie A Miser Brothers' Christmas,^[7] and Mr. Mansour in Miss BG.^{[citation needed]} He voiced Nero the Animal Hero in Cyberchase (2010),^{[citation needed]} Raimundo the Ringmaster on the CGI series PAW Patrol (2013),^[7] Art Wurst on Detentionaire (2014), and Venomous Drool in Fangbone! (2014 and 2016).^[7]

More recently, he voices Señor Tapir, a Mexican-born musical tapir who appears in Elinor Wonders Why (2020–2024).^[4][5]

Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Chioran has played the following roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.^[9][10]

Filmography