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), and the Spanish Merchant in The Comedy of Errors, 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). 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." 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).

More recently he appeared in the 2024 film Mother Father Sister Brother Frank as Frank.

Voice acting

Chioran is known for his voice acting roles, such as Lance Boil on Grossology (2006-2009), King Caradoc in Jane and the Dragon (2006), 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?"

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

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

Chioran won a Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series in 2000 for a televised showing of his portrayal of Count Dracula in Dracula: A Chamber Musical. He was nominated for a 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for The Three Musketeers at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

Stratford Shakespeare Festival

Chioran has played the following roles at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1986) by Carlo Collodi , Father (ep. 6, 14, 21, 29)
• The Mikado (1993) by Gilbert and Sullivan , Poo-Bah
• Man of La Mancha (1998) by Dale Wasserman , Don Quixote
• The Winter's Tale (1998) by William Shakespeare , Polixenes
• Dracula: A Chamber Musical (1999) , Count Dracula
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) by William Shakespeare , Oberon
• As You Like It (2000) by William Shakespeare , Jaques
• Hamlet (2000) by William Shakespeare , Gravedigger
• All's Well That Ends Well (2008) by William Shakespeare , Parolles
• Bartholomew Fair (2009) by Ben Jonson , Zeal-of-the-land Busy
• The Three Sisters (2009) by Anton Chekhov , Solyony
• Evita (2010) by Arthur Laurents , Juan Perón
• Kiss Me, Kate (2010) based on a play by William Shakespeare , Fred Graham
• The Misanthrope (2011) by Molière , Philinte
• Twelfth Night (2011) by William Shakespeare , Fabian
• Much Ado About Nothing (2012) by William Shakespeare , Don Pedro
• Henry V (2012) by William Shakespeare , Montjoy

Filmography

Film

• 2000: The Perfect Son, Laurie 
• 2000: Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie (video), Green Knight (voice) 
• 2002: Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun (video), Wally Jollie (voice) 
• 2003: Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase (video), Willy Jolly (voice) 
• 2005: Heidi, Sebastian (voice) 
• 2008: Finn on the Fly, Pablo Reyes 
• 2011: Daisy, a Hen Into the Wild (English version), Rooster (voice) 
• 2017: Love's Labour's Lost, Don Adriano de Armado 
• 2021: Around the World in 80 Days (English version), Juan Frog de Leon / Bank Manager (voice) 
• 2022: Sneakerella, Gustavo 
• 2023: Mother of All Shows, Bradberry 
• 2024: Mother Father Sister Brother Frank, Frank 

Television