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Philip Cairns(I)

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Philip Cairns is a Toronto-based actor/writer/visual artist. He began going to auditions at age 11. Philip started acting classes in Toronto with Jack Medhurst at age 13 then began acting in children's theatre. After studying Theatre Arts in high school and doing school shows, Philip became a professional actor at age 21. He's been doing small theatre (in Toronto, Peterborough and Hamilton), independent films, TV commercials and TV shows, ever since.

His work has been published in Excalibur Monthly, Xtra! and The Body Politic. Philip has performed his own writing at "Plasticine Poetry" at The Central, "Oral Stage" at Paddy's Playhouse, A Space, the Gladstone Hotel & the Theatre Centre. He was MC for "Sexy Words" at Lula Lounge and "Bent Expressions" at Press Club. He recently performed in "Hard and Able #2" and "The Judy Monologues" at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre.

Below is a partial list of the acting credits of Philip Cairns.

Theatre: Toronto Fringe, Hamilton Fringe, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Nightwood Theatre, DNA Theatre, Paddy's Playhouse, Tempest Theatre, TAGLARC, Upstart Crow Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Solar Stage, Theatre Offstage, Bushwack Theatre, The Theatre Centre, SubCulture 1975 and Magic Circus Theatre.

Film and Television: Fluff, Abortion is Fun (which played at the Cannes Film Festival), Cell Phones, Most Guys Today, Transparent, Game Attics, Of Urban Myths and Other Stories & Metal Messiah.

Philip is also a Tarot card reader and a Reiki Master.
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    Known for

    Margaret Lamarre in Diamonds on Plastic (2024)
    Diamonds on Plastic
    Short
    • Director
    • 2024
    Metal Messiah (1978)
    Metal Messiah
    5.5
    • Actor
    • 1978
    Of Urban Myths and Other Stories
    • The Priest
    • 1998
    Jeff Teravainen and Rachael Ancheril in How Deaf, How Blind (2009)
    How Deaf, How Blind
    8.8
    TV Short
    • Journalist #3(as Phillip Carins)
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Soft (2022)
      Soft
      6.3
      • Sleazy man in nightclub
      • 2022
    • Stroke of Fate (2020)
      Stroke of Fate
      9.1
      Short
      • Doctor
      • 2020
    • Digging Up Dorothy (2020)
      Digging Up Dorothy
      7.8
      Short
      • Protester
      • 2020
    • Lily J. Robbins, Olivia Morresi, Peter Vardy, Nelson Eusebio, and Veronica Hortiguela in Keep Your Condolences (2020)
      Keep Your Condolences
      Short
      • Andre
      • 2020
    • Weird or What? (2010)
      Weird or What?
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Greg Spohns
      • Seance Participant
      • 2011
    • Webdultery (2011)
      Webdultery
      7.2
      • 2011
    • Jeff Teravainen and Rachael Ancheril in How Deaf, How Blind (2009)
      How Deaf, How Blind
      8.8
      TV Short
      • Journalist #3 (as Phillip Carins)
      • 2009
    • Abortion Is Fun
      Short
      • Brenda
      • 2007
    • Most Guys Today (2006)
      Most Guys Today
      5.2
      • James
      • 2006
    • Fluff (2003)
      Fluff
      4.5
      • Julian
      • 2003
    • Of Urban Myths and Other Stories
      • The Priest
      • 1998
    • Metal Messiah (1978)
      Metal Messiah
      5.5
      • 1978

    Director



    • Margaret Lamarre in Diamonds on Plastic (2024)
      Diamonds on Plastic
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024

    Writer



    • Margaret Lamarre in Diamonds on Plastic (2024)
      Diamonds on Plastic
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Phillip Carins
    • Other works
      Philip Cairns has acted in scores of small theater productions in Toronto, Hamilton and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. As well, he has acted in numerous short films and student films. A black comedy, "Abortion is Fun", in which he plays the lead role, played at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006.

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