Raoul Bhaneja
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Raoul Bhaneja is a Canadian
actor
. He was one of the stars on the short lived TV series Train 48
on Global
. He was part of Canterbury High School's
Arts Canterbury program for drama, and has been in several movies.
An accomplished stage actor, in January 2006 he debuted Hamlet (solo), a one man version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet
directed by Robert Ross Parker, which has been performed across Canada, the UK and several times in New York City. The production is the subject of a 2008 Gemini Award Nominated documentary directed by Jeff Stephenson.
He is also the front man of the Maple Blues Award winning blues band Raoul and The Big Time formed in 1998. They have released Big Time Blues (2000) and Cold Outside (2004) on Big Time Records and will release their third recording in 2009. Raoul is also a member of The Legendary Miles Johnson with Edmonton based musician Graham Guest.
Raoul's wife, Birgitte Solem, is also an acclaimed stage actress, producer and director.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He was one of the stars on the short lived TV series Train 48
Train 48
Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH airing from 2003 until 2005.Train 48 was based on the format of an Australian television program called Going Home....
on Global
Global Television Network
Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
. He was part of Canterbury High School's
Canterbury High School (Ottawa)
Canterbury High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.It is an arts magnet school, and located at 900 Canterbury Ave...
Arts Canterbury program for drama, and has been in several movies.
An accomplished stage actor, in January 2006 he debuted Hamlet (solo), a one man version of William Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
directed by Robert Ross Parker, which has been performed across Canada, the UK and several times in New York City. The production is the subject of a 2008 Gemini Award Nominated documentary directed by Jeff Stephenson.
He is also the front man of the Maple Blues Award winning blues band Raoul and The Big Time formed in 1998. They have released Big Time Blues (2000) and Cold Outside (2004) on Big Time Records and will release their third recording in 2009. Raoul is also a member of The Legendary Miles Johnson with Edmonton based musician Graham Guest.
Raoul's wife, Birgitte Solem, is also an acclaimed stage actress, producer and director.
Filmography
- The Dresden FilesThe Dresden Files (TV series)The Dresden Files is an American television series based on the books by Jim Butcher. It premiered January 21, 2007 on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States and on Space in Canada. It was picked up by Sky One in the UK and began airing on February 14, 2007.The series ran for a single season of...
(2007) - WeirdsvilleWeirdsvilleWeirdsville is a black comedy directed by Allan Moyle and written by Willem Wennekers. The film premiered January 18, 2007 at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. The film has also been shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Raindance Film...
(20062006 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
) - The SentinelThe Sentinel (2006 film)The Sentinel is a 2006 action thriller film about a veteran United States Secret Service bodyguard who is suspected as a traitor after an attempted assassination of the president reveals that someone within the Service is providing information to the assassins...
(20062006 in film- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
) - Cold Creek ManorCold Creek ManorCold Creek Manor is a 2003 American psychological thriller film directed by Mike Figgis. The screenplay by Richard Jefferies focuses on a family terrorized by the former owner of the rural estate they bought in foreclosure...
(20032003 in filmThe year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...
) - Train 48Train 48Train 48 was a Canadian television soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network or CH airing from 2003 until 2005.Train 48 was based on the format of an Australian television program called Going Home....
(2003–2005) (TV series) - BeybladeBeybladeis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki. Originally serialized in CoroCoro Comic from 2000 to 2002, the individual chapters were collected and published in 14 tankōbon by Shogakukan...
(2002–2005) (TV series) (voice) - AraratArarat (film)Ararat is a 2002 film directed, written, and co-produced by Atom Egoyan based loosely on the Siege of Van during the Armenian Genocide, an event that is disputed by the government of Turkey. In addition to exploring the human impact of that specific historical event, the film also examines the...
(20022002 in filmThe year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
) - MedabotsMedabotsMedabots, known in Japan as , is a role-playing video game franchise developed by Natsume and published by Imagineer in Japan in 1997. The video game franchise was later adapted into a Japanese anime television series produced by Bee Train. Spanning 52 episodes, the series originally aired on TV...
(2001) (TV series) (voice) - BracefaceBracefaceBraceface is a Canadian animated series that aired on Teletoon in Canada, and on Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. Then Noggin's pre-teen programming block, The N, aired Braceface in reruns from May 2002 to April 2004. It moved in reruns on CBS as part of its KOL Secret Slumber...
(2001) (TV series) (voice)