Jim Calarco

Jim Calarco is an actor and a media and drama instructor.

Early life Calarco's hometown is North Bay, Ontario.

Career Teaching and stage He taught media and drama classes from 1969 to 2000. His career began when he was working as the Artistic Director of Caruso's Dinner Theatre in North Bay in 1981 and 1982. Claire and Jim Calarco formed Pine Creek Theatre Productions in 1983, producing independent freelance theatre. Calarco was a drama consultant with the Near North School Board of Education prior to retirement in 2000.

After retiring from teaching, Calarco focused his career exclusively on film and television.

Film and television Calarco became a board member of Loon Film Productions and of Nipissing University's Nipissing Stage in 2007. He served as a member of the Theatrical Advisory Committee for Canadore College between 2008 and 2009. Calarco worked through various casting agencies to seek new talent within northern Ontario by promoting original, innovative film development as a spokesperson for the Show Us Your Shorts film competition. In 2008, he formed Real to Reel BG Agency with Kate Adams.

Calarco is a member of ACTRA and the Actors' Equity Association. His most recent works include A Dark Truth, The Riverbank (also known as Tracing Iris) and One Wish. One Wish won the Mexico City International Film Festival's Golden Palm Award and the Canada International Film Festival's Award of Excellence.

In 2010, Calarco established North Star Talent Agency with producer Brigitte Kingsley to better represent actors from northern Ontario. Within the same year he started Real to Reel BG Agency with Kate Adams. In 2011, Calarco started Castnorth, a film and television casting and audition agency.

Many of Calarco's latest movies have been available on Super Channel, including Dark Rising 1 and 2, A Dark Truth, High Chicago, The Riverbank and The Entitled.

North Bay Nugget was released in September 2013: "Calarco can now add the Northern Flicks Award — top honours in CTV Television Network Best in Shorts competition — to his list of awards from a film that put the spotlight on dementia and Alzheimer's."

Awards Calarco won the Quonta Best Actor award in 1973 and in 2008 was inducted into the Northern Ontario Entertainers Hall of Fame. Many of Calarco’s recent shorts have been nominated for awards, some as finalists, and his movies won many festival awards. 1973 How The Other Half Lives – Best Actor Quonta Festival - Frank 2007 That Was Easy – Best Screenplay and finalist from Music in Film and Motion Festival 2008 Inducted into the Northern Ontario Entertainers Hall of Fame Film North: Finalist, Mexico City International Film Festival: Silver Palm Award, ICFILMS (Milan): Top Twenty finalist 2012 One Wish Canada International Film Festival: Award of Excellence, Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival Northern Flicks Award and winner at The Rimini Italy Film Festival

Personal life Calarco and his wife Claire married in 1969.

Filmography Calarco has performed as an actor, producer, writer, director, casting director, musician and voiceover artist.

Acting Year Title Format Role Note 1985 Street Smart Waiter 1988 No Angel Mayor Ruttan Caruso Production 1989–90 Moonlight Shadows TV series Jonah Rebus Six episodes 1991 Ravens Peak Edison Croft 1992 The Scaganegy Man Harrison 1999 The Lost Patrol Nick Delgenio Pine Creek Production 2001 Picture Claire Passenger on the train 2001 Soul Food TV series Senior lawyer 2 episodes 2002 My Name Is Tanino Mafia Don 2002 Conviction Parole Board Chairman James Calarco 2003 Benchmark Nick 2003 Into The Sunset Walt 2005 Shania: A Life in Eight Albums Tony Barna 2006 That Beautiful Somewhere Sergeant Mathis Loon Films Inc 2006 "Left Behind" Short Joe 2007 "That Was Easy" Short Man Pair of Ducks Production 2008 "Push" Short Doctor Roberts 2008–11 Météo+ TV series Homeless Man #1 / Chairman / Commissioner Charbonneau Production 2010 Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf TV movie News Reporter #1 Defiant Empire 2010 The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town TV miniseries Townsperson #1 2011 I'm Yours Bus Station Attendant Uncredited 2011 The Entitled Detective Uncredited; also Stand-in 2011 "The House" Short Husband Pair of Ducks Production 2012 "Boys Will Be Boys" Short Narrator Voice over 2012 The Riverbank a.k.a. Tracing Iris Mayor Jack Stubbs The Film Works Inc. 2012 Les Bleus de Ramville TV series Dr. Egervari Carte Blanche Production 2012 "Morning Zombies" Short Janitor Film North Huntsville International Film Festival 2012 A Dark Truth a.k.a. The Truth Robert 2013 "Strangers" Short Bill 2013 Hard Rock Medical TV series Jason Cahill 2013 Be My Valentine TV movie Carney as Jim Callarco 2014 The Captive Manager 2022 Essex County TV series Nursing home patient 2023 Orah Doctor

Writer, producer and/or director Year Title Format Position 2007 "That Was Easy" Short Screenplay Writer, Producer 2011 "One Wish" Short Writer, Executive Producer, Director 2011 "The House" Short Writer, Producer, Director 2013 "Strangers" Short Writer, Executive Producer

Other crew Year Title Format Position Notes 2006 That Beautiful Somewhere Casting Associate, Unit Manager 2007 "That Was Easy" Short Casting Director 2011 Dark Rising Background Casting Director 2011 Dark Rising 2: Summer Strikes Back! Video Casting Director; Extras Casting; Unit Production Manager 2011 I'm Yours Extras Casting 2012 The Riverbank Northern Ontario Casting Associate 2012 Still Mine Extras Casting 2013 Hard Rock Medical TV series Casting Associate 2013 Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds TV series Northern Casting 2 episodes: "Season's Change", "The Trankartak"