Frank Cox-O'Connell

Frank Cox-O'Connell is an award-winning actor and theatre director from Toronto. The majority of his career has been spent on stage, performing in over 50 theatre productions. Most notably in leading roles in Hamlet and Hedda Gabler with Canadian Stage, and the Canadian premieres of Hand To God (Coal Mine Theatre), and Spoon River (Soulpepper). Awards for his acting include two My Entertainment Awards, two Dora Awards, and a SummerWorks Spotlight Award. He is a company member at the prestigious Soulpepper Theatre Company and is a writer and director for the Soulpepper Concert Series. He is also a regular collaborator with the experimental performance group Public Recordings. His directing credits include Romeo & Juliet (Canadian Stage), Fool For Love (Soulpepper) and Ajax & Little Iliad, a double bill of plays created with his longtime collaborator Evan Webber that toured across Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan. His body of work was shortlisted for the 2020 John Hirsch Director's Award. One critic remarked: 'Frank Cox-O'Connell is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist who has created some of the most interesting work in the last decade of Toronto theatre.' Frank started as a drummer in the rock group Boys Who Say No. He studied directing at the Soulpepper Academy with his mentor Daniel Brooks, acting at The National Theatre School of Canada and music in the arts programs of the Toronto District School Board. Frank began working regularly in television in 2020 when Toronto's theatres went dark.