'Tiger' Will Mason

Education

About me

Actor/musician/singer/songwriter with over 30 years on stage as band leader, or solo performer, back-up musician; also busker across Canada since 1984; Ottawa since '87; Vancouver Skytrain busker removed
Changed stage name to "Tiger" Will Mason-Will is middle name
LOOKING FOR AN AGENT/MANAGER
Session musician in professional recordings for other artists; produced own CD of original music, "Long Walk 49", on which one of the tracks won "Mainstream Song of the Year" at 1st Annual Native-E Music Awards, 2008.

Extra in movies, television, actor on stage/film; some include "X-Files", "Battlestar Galactica", "Masters Of Horror", feature film "Out Cold"; CBC's The Best Laid Plans(2014); was actor in KYTES theater troupe, 1984-84; 86-87; appeared in Sunrise Films doc “KYTES - How We Dream Ourselves”, released TV Ontario March 1986; original music featured in doc, directed by future Oscar winner Deepa Mehta
Independent (no agent)
previous mgmt-Trushel-Thompson(Vancouver extras agency); Top Talent removed (Ottawa)

apprentice member, ACTRA as of 2014. SOCAN member in good standing since 1985
Specialties: Instrumentalist/vocalist (guitar, mandolin, bass guitar, percussion, banjo, harmonica, drums)vocal range 3+ octaves around middle 'c' on piano;
Actor, character development, script writing and supervision;
theatrical production assistant
some martial arts: wing chun, karate, Jun Fan/Jeet Kune Do
awards:
Adult performer of the year 1994, 'Homegrown Cafe'-CJOH-TV, Ottawa
Native-E Music Awards(NEMA)-”Mainstream Song of the Year” for song 'Battle Raging' 2008
Canada's Aboriginals Got Talent-2012, Ottawa June 21 2012
www.reverbnation.com/tigerwillmason
www.youtube.com/andson49
www.linkedin.com/in/tigerwillmason/
Acting experience:
Acted since junior high-character Ben Rogers in Tom Sawyer musical operetta; KYTES Theater Troupe in Toronto 1984-85-toured Canada, featured group in Sunrise Film Documentary 1986 on TVO directed by Deepa Mehta. Several small theatrical productions in Toronto. Represented by Laurie Stewart in 1991, did several commercials. 1999-signed to Trushel Thompson Talent-did extra work for "X-Files", "Masters of Horror", "Out Cold", "Battlestar Galactica"...moved to Ottawa 2009 and signed up with Smyth Casting and Top Talent; played as extra in "Daddy's Little Girl", a couple small web commercials, CBC's "The Best Laid Plans", where he was an Elder in one episode. In 2016 he was an extra in several small tv shows, then "Night Raiders", as an extra in Octobr 2019. Joined ACTRA as apprentice in 2014 for "The Best Laid Plans".

Trained during KYTES in script development, property management, acquired university equivalent credits in English and Theatre; acting and movement, tai chi; studied wing chun kung fu, aikido, jeet kune do in both Ottawa and Vancouver under Sunny Tang, and Thomas Reichert; and JKD under Robert Currie. Aikido for one and a half years under Shihan Michael St Germaine in Vancouver.
Additional skills:
musician/singer/multi-instrumentalist(Guitar, Drums, handdrums, Percussion, Harmonica, Mandolin, some Bass and Banjo, some Ukelele), Martial arts-wing chun kung fu, Jeet Kune Do, Aikido, Karate
Industry awards:
Adult Performer of the Year 1994 CJOH-TV's "Homegrown Cafe"; Native-E Music Awards(NEMA) "Mainstream Song Of The Year" for recording/composition "Battle Raging"; Canada's Aboriginals Got Talent grand prize 2012 Ottawa Ontario.
Additional information:
indigenous-Mohawk/Upper Cayuga/Tuscarora

Skills

Accents/Dialects	American - General, Canadian, French (Québécois)
Dance Styles	Ballroom, Folk
Vocal Types	Alto, Belt/Traditional, Falsetto, Tenor
Athletics	Aerobics, Archery, Billiards, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Diving, Golf, Martial Arts, Running, Stage Combat
Musical Skills	Bass Guitar, Drums/Percussion, Guitar, Percussion, Ukulele
Organisations / Memberships	ACTRA