Christopher Gaze

Christopher Bower Gaze is an English–Canadian actor, host, artist, theatre and opera director residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Born in Guildford, Surrey, England, Gaze trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before coming to Canada in 1975,¹ spending three seasons at the Shaw Festival. He met his first wife, Merrilyn Gann, in 1978 at the Northern Lights Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, while performing lunchtime theatre.²

Gaze moved to Vancouver in 1983 and in 1990 founded Bard on the Beach which in 2014 achieved attendance exceeding 100,000. In addition to performing and directing for Bard, Gaze's voice is heard regularly in cartoon series, commercials and on the radio. He also hosts Vancouver Symphony's popular Tea and Trumpets series and their annual Christmas concerts. His many honours include induction into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame, Canada's Meritorious Service Medal (2004), Honorary Doctorates from UBC & SFU, the BC Community Achievement Award (2007), the Gold Medallion from the Children's Theatre Foundation of America (2007) and a Jessie Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Equus at The Playhouse. As an Olympic ambassador, Gaze was honored to run with the Olympic flame for the 2010 Games. A public speaker with the National Speakers Bureau, Gaze frequently shares his insights on Shakespeare and theatre with students, service organizations and businesses.

Gaze also narrated season 3 of Emmy Award-winning animation series Madeline (after Christopher Plummer stepped down).

Additionally, he has also performed voiceover roles for animation, most notably as Turaga Vakama in the first three Bionicle movies, as well as Diagnostic Drone in Beast Machines and Major Mint in Barbie in the Nutcracker.

Gaze was awarded the Order of British Columbia (OBC) announced on 18 May 2012 by the Premier of British Columbia and the Civil Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) (Canada Gazette 17 May 2005) from the Canadian Government in 2005.

His memoir, The Road to Bard, was published in May, 2026.³

• Action Man - additional voices
• Beast Machines - Diagnostic Drone
• Captain N: The Game Master - additional voices
• Class of the Titans - Zeus⁴
• The Fearless Four - The Narrator
• Hero: 108 - Fox King
• Kid vs. Kat - Mr. Cheeks
• The Little Prince - The Aviator (episode: "The New Mission")
• Los Luchadores - Rupert (episode: "Anxiety Attacks")
• MacGyver - Phil Sternwise (episode: "The Visitor")
• Madeline - The Narrator
• Milo's Bug Quest - The Narrator
• My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - General Seaspray⁴
• Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation - Dragon Lord⁴
• Pocket Dragon Adventures - The Wizard
• ReBoot - Hue Branch (episode: "Firewall")
• Sabrina's Secret Life - additional voices
• Spider-Man Unlimited - Bromley⁴
• Stargate SG-1 - Tevaris (episode: "The Shroud")
• Super Team Canada - Mr. Redgwell⁴

• Barbie as the Island Princess - Sagi⁴
• Dragon Tales: Learn & Fly With Dragons - Mr. Dustfree⁴
• Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects - voice of Magneto