André Simoneau (actra caea uda/s wgc)

André Simoneau began his career in theatre at the age of 10, starring as the lead in Echo Art's production of Pinnocchio at Theatre Lac Brome in 1996. He starred in dozens more productions as a child actor – playing among others the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist (also at Theatre Lac Brome), and Sergeant Tibbs in Mandragore's 101 Dalmatians – before joining the theatre program at École Secondaire Massey-Vanier. Under the supervision of teachers Éric Jacques and Denis Thériault, André wrote, directed and starred in two plays, Au Clair de la Lune, and Le Sort du Roi, for which he won the awards for best actor and best director at the Festival de Théâtre Amateur Massey-Vanier in 2002. He also starred in a number of television and commercial productions during this time, including a role in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne.

André continued his growth as an actor by entering the Professional Theatre Acting (Dome) program at Dawson College in 2003. During his studies at the Dome – under the supervision of teachers such as Victor Knight, Bertrand A. Henry, Fred Ward, Winston Sutton and W. Steven Lecky – André starred as Lenny in Neil Simon's Rumors, Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank, Longaville in Love's Labour's Lost and the outstanding Second Constable in Pygmalion. In 2005, he received from the Dome faculty the Willie and Beryl Moser Award for outstanding acting ability.

In the summer of 2005, he landed the job of host for YTV's reality series Prank Patrol. The series is now entering its fourth season, with André taking on the jobs of writing and directing for the show, in addition to playing the part of lovable host Andy.
In the meantime, André has continued to work in the theatre, notably in Fallen Angel's productions of Monster in 2006 and A Lie of the Mind in 2008. He also recently founded Last Tape Productions, an independent theatre and film company, for which he directed Samuel Beckett's Catastrophe and Harold Pinter's The Dumb Waiter in the fall of 2007.
Throughout his albeit short career, André has displayed persistence, hard work, energy, imagination, good humour, a hint of insanity and a good dose of passion for story-telling in all its forms, and looks forward to any and all future experiences.