Biography

Curtis Harrison has been involved in the entertainment industry for most of his life. Throughout his years of school he was always around anything to do with theatre and television. After high school he went to Niagara College for a semester and majored in science but it was not for him. He decided to pursue a life dedicated to the entertainment industry after he arrived home from traveling for a year. During that year he went to the Cayman Isles to work as a glassier installing glass and doing odd construction jobs. While he was living on the Island he discovered the CDS (Cayman Drama Society) but because he was too busy working, instead of performing he decided to work backstage on a production that they were mounting. After leaving the Island he would travel a bit more and then return to Canada to settle down and start working on his education and also his acting career. He traveled to Cuba, Vermont, New York and across Canada to British Columbia and then moved here to Toronto to apply to school. He was accepted into George Brown, Ryerson, York, and Humber's acting programs. However, during that time he was offered a part in a touring show for 5 months, so going on a gut feeling he took the job. Curtis has been in Toronto ever since; he is an award-winning actor who has countless theatre and film credits to his name. During that time he has acted in numerous productions as well as working behind the scenes on just as many. Involvement with Chalmers and Dora Mavor Moore award-winning productions have helped educate Curtis in all of the elements involved with a successful production. Recently Curtis has just returned from New York after working with a theatre company called the Michael Group. Curtis is an actor, writer and producer and has been involved in all facets of production. Throughout working on various jobs he has learned much about the industry and is confident is his decisions. He has been writing for the past few years trying to get some interesting Canadian content together for a successful television series.