▁producer ▁and ▁film ▁director . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁His ▁debut ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁of ▁music ▁and ▁acting ▁began ▁with ▁musical ▁theatre ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 7 ▁in ▁the ▁title ▁role ▁of ▁Oliver ! ▁at ▁the ▁Lim el ight ▁D inner ▁Theatre ▁in ▁Toronto ▁which ▁performance ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁ra ve ▁reviews ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁press , ▁including ▁the ▁Toronto ▁Star . ▁ ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Jason ▁in ▁the ▁award - win ning ▁tr il ogy ▁by ▁play w right ▁Jim ▁Bet ts ▁" The ▁Myst ery ▁of ▁the ▁Oak ▁Island ▁Tre asure ," ▁" The ▁Last ▁Vo y age ▁of ▁the ▁Dev il ' s ▁W heel " ▁and ▁" The ▁Ha un ting ▁of ▁E lij ah ▁B ones " ▁at ▁the ▁Young ▁People ' s ▁Theatre ▁in ▁Toronto , ▁Canada . ▁It ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁theatre ▁company ▁that ▁he ▁star red ▁in ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁e pon ym ous ▁Jacob ▁Two - Two ▁Me ets ▁the ▁H ood ed ▁F ang ▁in ▁the ▁musical ▁version ▁directed ▁by ▁Peter ▁M oss ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁stages ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁he ▁played ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁roles ▁for ▁C BC ▁radio ▁dram as , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁four teen ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁a ▁D ora ▁M avor ▁Moore ▁award ▁for ▁Out standing ▁Performance ▁by ▁a ▁Male ▁in ▁a ▁Princi pal ▁Ro le ▁– ▁Musical ▁ ▁in ▁a ▁musical ▁for ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁Prince ▁Edward ▁in